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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1941
Page
4
William N. Hensley urged a $50,000 municipal airport bond to safeguard the city’s future and noted four nearby Army air fields within 11 miles. He warned Stinson Field could be wiped from map as a commercial airport while federal officials see risk to pilots and passengers.
Missionary Lelia Kirtland, longtime worker in Japan, will address the youth of First Presbyterian Church at 6 p.m. Sunday. Dr. Jobin Crockett, supply pastor, speaks on The Church at 11 a.m. and presents Thomas: Frey Doubt, to Fail at 5 p.m.
Reverend Harold T. Pulls of the Waugis Drive Santist church in Houston will deliver two sermons at Main Avenue Baptist Church. The addresses are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday at 6 pm.
Police records show larceny totals rising in San Antonio with 465 cases in 1939 and 3400 in 1940. A six month period in 1949 reveals 1520 incidents, down from 1829 in the same span in 1819, indicating a decline of about 86 percent.
A one day lecture series on prob lame relating to the church begins Sunday at 10 45 a m at the Denver Weights Church of Christ 401 Porter Street Frank L Cox Austin opens with A Message to the Lost at 730 p m followed by Don Morris Aubine on The Sphere of Christian Education Monday speakers include W D Waughs Corpus Christi P D Wilneth Houston and John T Smith San Angelo Tuesday features G K R Tints Tulsa O O Lambert Port Arthur W Davis Harringen Wilbur White Houston and EB R Harper Little Rock Ark On Wednesday speakers are Coleman Ovethy Dallas Bi L Cole by Texarkana Ark C Bills Walker Longview W Curtis Pollar Tulsa and L S White Waxahachie Sunday speakers include O H P Showalter Anglin Floyd A Decker Glacewater T B Thomon Tyler and J O Saunderson Nashville Tenn Through Saturday ads run classed in The Big Sunday Light To place your line call Dial F 12921.
Princess Elephanie Hoheriche faces temporary reprieve in her bid to stay in the United States as immigration authorities review the case. In San Francisco typists prepared testimony for a bedside hearing to be sent to Washington for the attorney general’s decision. Attorney Joseph Bullock said the foreigner testified she did not leave the country after her sister’s permit expired, lacking a passport or visa, claiming nervous illness prevented travel. She cited visits to Captain Fritz Waldemar as research for a book and produced letters from Neville Chamberlain and Lord Rothermere to support sympathy with Britain.
John W Ward continues his diary style report from the induction center at Dodd Field focusing on the daily life of army selectees. He notes the dental clinic, late arrivals from Toyastown, and requests for better cooperation between local draft boards and the army to ease processing and reduce late-night work for post medical detachment staff.
Detective A G Lankford announced the search for Lyndra Dickerson Jr and Lawrence Winfred Beasley continues. Beasley was located in Uvalde for Mrs E F Russell of Polkstone who had appealed for help locating her brother since Christmas after he vanished in San Antonio. The teen Lyndra Dickerson Jr is missing from Hoax since January 16 and is reportedly seeking work in San Antonio with his father noting work in a drug store.
Work on remodeling the church kitchen at Travis Park Methodist Church has started funded by a 2 percent gift of 2200 from a congregation member. A kitchen furnishing committee led by Mrs A D Mangham and a purchasing committee including A G Craven Homer Verdenbaum and P Sedgwick oversees the project.
Rodessa officials in a special session agreed to move the local jail to a nearby city. The Caddo parish police jury oversees the jail and decided to close Rodessa’s facility in favor of a portable setup to serve surrounding areas.
A city wide revival sponsored by all Baptist churches will run the week of January 26 with twenty nine classes on Bible study and administration at First Baptist Church. Dr W R White of Hardin-Simmons University will speak at 8 p.m. nightly in the church auditorium. Dr G S Hopkins state secretary of Baptist Sunday school work will direct activities. Lead committee members include Troy V Campbell Rev O B Thompson and Rev Wills J Ray.
Rev C R Hardy associate pastor of Travis Park Methodist Church will appear in San Antonio Sunday night to preach on This One Thing I Do His appointment was noted in November He will speak at a National Christian mission meeting about Christ on the Grass Van Dyck painting recovered after a long search has been sent to Antwerp for restoration before returning to Termonde cathedral
The city board of education or the Methodist church will meet Tuesday at 7 19 0 p m at the Tra Wan Park Methodist church. The Rev B E Walton will be in charge.
Mira Ethel Gaskill, a representative of the Philadelphia Board of Education, will lead a discussion study on world education at Denver Boulevard Presbyterian Church Wednesday at 7:15 p.m. She will show motion charts illustrating the types of work being accomplished by the board.
St Johns Lutheran church to install nine consesssion into office Saturday morning. Inductees listed include A B Ellebracht Otto Ewert Ewald Hansen W J Hays RB E Hunke Pred Lewis Gilbert Scholl E T Staughter and BE E Welinar in a formal church ceremony.
On the eleventh anniversary of the highway patrol Texas State Police Director Homer Garrison Jr lauded the force for saving thousands of lives. He cited a 1949 traffic fatality rate drop to 10.83 per 100 million miles and thanked engineers educators and safety groups for efforts in traffic safety.
Readable fragments list numerous church locations and pastors across San Antonio. It notes Sunday school times, worship services, and sermon topics for diverse denominations including Baptist, Methodist, Episcopal, Lutheran, and Catholic parishes, with many street addresses and pastor names scattered throughout.
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