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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1944
Page
12
Ex film actor Freddie Bartholomew is no longer a student mechanic at Amarillo army air field. He received a medical discharge yesterday due to a back injury from an accident years ago and departed for Los Angeles.
London reports say Poland's cabinet in exile is meeting to respond to the Moscow proposal for settling the Poland Soviet border dispute. Russia proposes using the Curzon Line of 1919 as a basis and keeping large Ukrainian and White Russian lands within the Soviet Union while offering a Baltic outlet and German-lands adjustments. Washington sources indicate officials think the Polish government should accept Russia's terms to resolve the boundary issue.
Dick Johnson, executive director of the Boys' Club since 1938 and a leader in civic, church, and war effort activities, was chosen San Antonio's Outstanding Young Man for 1943 by a committee of eight from Rotary, Canopus, Lions and Optimist clubs, the two Chambers of Commerce, and newspapers. The award honors Johnson's work with boys, his War work, and extensive civic service, including his roles with the Boys' Club of America Victory Council, Travis Park Methodist Church, Riverside Chapel, and Tee Bennett Settlement House.
R W Briggs and company and B Darby of San Antonio win two construction projects announced by the war department chief of engineers. They will build apron runway taxiway additions at Harlingen Army Air Field for 156 784 dollars and apron taxi way runway extensions at Laguna Madre ground range for 414 422 dollars.
Seven new directors were elected to serve a three year term for the chamber of commerce. The appointees are H. L. Badgman Bart Jett Cocke Charles J. Fehr George Friedrich Melrose Hulmgreeen Albert Steves and H. B. Zachry.
Funeral services for Mrs. Eliza Beth Jackson, 79, were to be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday from the Porter Loring chapel, with burial at Mission Burial Park. A native of Texas, she lived in San Antonio 26 years and was widow of Judge William F. Jackson. She belonged to First Baptist Church and the McKinley Avenue Wesleyan Service Guild. Surviving: daughters Mrs. Clarence D. Rutledge of San Antonio and Mrs. H. Ratliff of Corpus Christi. stepson John T. Jackson of Shreveport. six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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