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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1944
Page
1
Miss Martha Axley will lecture on El Greco and His Times at the Bar Antonio Art Institute at 3 p m Wednesday. The talk is the twelfth in a lecture series on the background of modern art hosted by the institute.
From the 15th Air Force in Italy Fortresses attacked Pola harbor on the Isthmus of Istria aiding Yugoslav patriots. Bombers struck harbor area factories and a merchant vessel, with fires rising thousands of feet. Submarine pens and other facilities may have been damaged as German supply routes to the Balkans came under attack.
Alamo Iron Workers rejected union representation after a daytime election held Saturday afternoon under the direction of the National Labor Relations Board. The vote was 2905 against, with Local No. 857 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Chauffeurs Warehousemen and Helpers involved in the dispute. Melrose Holui-Green, secretary-treasurer of the company, announced results Monday.
New York January 10 funeral services will be held at 11 am at St Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church for Mrs Herbert Hoover 68 wife of the former president who died Friday night Dr George Paull T Sargent rector and friend of the Beavers for many years will officiate Interment will be private in Palo Alto California
Camp Bowie authorities probed the asphyxiation death of Pvt. Albert Loveless 32 found in a car trailer in Bowie. He was in Bard Medical battalion, armored, and was discovered with his unconscious wife Evelyn Loveless who is hospitalized.
Applications for dairy subsidy payments on November and December milk production in Bexar County are being received at the Triple-A office in the courthouse. Nearly 400 producers in the county received 23,298.20 on October milk and butterfat production.
Washington January 10 Undersecretary James V Forrestal announced a program to complete 45000 additional landing craft. He said invasion dates have been set and that future offensives depend on completing the extra craft.
The Bexar County Tuberculosis Association met Monday afternoon in the Municipal Auditorium west wing. Guests included Dr. Lewis G. Robbins new city health officer and Dr. H d Schattenberg member of the board of health.
Bougainville forces push into New Ireland as Allied air raids target Rabaul, with Liberators and Australian aircraft hitting three of its air dromes. Seventh Army air force bombed Mili atoll in the Marshall Islands as operations expand across Burma and Indo China. United States fighters strafed river traffic on the Yangtze while bombardments and fighter-bomber strikes extend to Japanese positions across the Pacific.
New York January 10 five men including Hans von Gontard grandson of Adolphus Busch were indicted on charges of conspiring to violate the selective service act. Named with von Gontard were John Edward Wilson Arnold Hutschttecker Francis X Groiano and Michael Mangano in connection with the draft law case.
More than a hundred high ranking officers from across the nation opened a three day conference in Fort Worth today to discuss proposed improvements in the training program for ground and air crew. Conferees will form subcommittees to study special projects and changes are expected to appear in the program weeks from now.
San Antonio committee announces arrival of 1457 toys shipped to aid orphans of servicemen killed in action and children in hospitals. The toys will benefit youngsters separated from their parents due to wartime conditions, not to impoverished children.
Washington Jan 11 The article outlines common myths about the federal income tax for 1943. It explains that most people still owe taxes or must file, regardless of how much their employer withholds, and details timing for estimated payments and potential refunds for servicemen and others.
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Milam at San Antonio completes No 447 Canales in Jim Wells county and Sun reports a second discovery in Milango nin field Ree county. Multiple wells show oil and gas production with varied perforations and pressures, including a 14 barrels per day first flow and a 4520 something feet depth in several zones.
Five property owners alerted Vax Commissioner Alfred Callaghan of their plan to oppose the annexation. Names include Frank, Davis, W C Holand, Henry Elmendal, Charles Dittmar, and Julius EAS. They have 30 days to file protests per city ordinance. Callaghan refused to comment on potential tax collection amid questions about the annexed land extending to the Municipal airport for cheaper insurance.
The first meeting of the San Antonio rat control committee will be held at 8 pm Monday at San Antonio Tech High School. Warden Walter Waitt will preside over a program featuring city health department staff who will speak on rat control. Demonstrations include poisons traps and related devices.
Lorena Gregory, 2, was charged Monday in Justice of the Peace Bar Corrigat's court with the murder of her husband Leonard Gregory a well known figure in Texas politics. Gregory was found shot through the heart near the East Side recreation club.
In State College Pennsylvania police questioned sixteen men and six women of Latin American descent in connection with a recent series of robberies. Victims were brought to the city jail for identification by alumni families, as the probe widens across the area.
The Supreme Court declined a bid challenging the interstate railway labor act interpretation that deprived Black workers of joining or choosing a union. An 8-1 vote upheld the brief, with Justices noting reconsideration as sought. the ruling affirmed that 45 porters from St Paul Union Depot were barred from representation due to race.
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