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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1940
Page
4
Bertley No. 1 mine, idle since 1929, is in a coal district with 250 workers. Hartmond, a company official, says 40 men were in sections not badly damaged and might have survived. L. C. Callins, 48, a Kirst sett team member, recounted the rescue effort after an explosion trapped about 89 men and two were found dead amid slate falls.
A six member jury acquitted Zorima, known as the queen of the nudists, of obscenity charges after ruling that a night club act showing a minimal undergarment was not evidence of indecent exposure. The defense argued nudism is a philosophy, not entertainment, and the judge barred a full courtroom demonstration.
Three typewriters stolen from Houston schools three years ago were recovered in San Antonio by City detective Frank Moore. The machines were found in local stores after information from Houston officers following the arrest of a Louisiana man.
Bexar county Young Democrats will meet at 30 pm on January 18 at the San Antonio Boys' Club, 712 Dolorosa Street. Officers announced that Professor A B Wacker of the University of San Antonio would deliver a talk.
Artur Biard announces vice chairs and executive and general committees to aid the National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis. Plans include a January dance at Municipal Auditorium with proceeds split for crippled children. local chairs include James Hamilton Turner, Walter Napier, and many school and civic leaders.
In Seventy third District court last week a suit by members of the Bexar County Colored Voters league aimed at a vote in the Democratic Primary has stirred local Negro politics uniting all factions. It draws attention from Republicans and includes the Mavericke and Bellinger groups with figures like Bob Sullivan and Commissioner Henry Hein. The article notes court action, park meeting permits, and ongoing rivalries amid political maneuvering.
A baby boy named Robert Charles Waterman was born at 3 15 am Wednesday on a Missouri Pacific train crossing the international bridge at Laredo. The parents Mr and Mrs Waterman of Monterrey Mexico were en route from Monterrey to San Antonio when the stork arrived a bit early halting the train at Lampazos Mexico where Dr Maldonado Garan joined. Waterman 45 a South Dakota native works for a Monterrey refinery for 11 years.
Contributions to the Finnish Re Net fund, routed via The Light, totalled 67 dollars on Thursday. The largest gift was a 50 dollar check from the Motion Picture Operators union, Local 407. Other donors included Elsie J. Pluer with 5 dollars, Johnston Hamilton of Cuero Texas with 10 dollars, 8 Friend with 1 dollar, and an anonymous giver with 1 dollar.
A three year old girl was burned in a fall on a hot plate and received care at Robert B. Green Hospital. Rosa Ramos reported the incident. Other individuals listed received minor injuries from various accidents, including finger fractures and a window-related hand injury, with first aid administered.
Glass wool is made from silica sand soda salt and limestone. It may or may not contain scrap glass or other materials.
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