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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1940
Page
9
A fragmentary domestic vignette shows a busy morning as a husband navigates kids, bills, and household chaos. The piece portrays a wife directing chores, a bustling kitchen, and a radio landscape of recipes and homemaking tips as family life unfolds with humor and strain.
A food store at 2224 Blanco Road was broken into by sawed bars from a rear window and $400 stolen. The money was reportedly hidden in a truck at the rear. Police report multiple other burglaries and thefts involving ladders, clothing, and cedar posts across several addresses. City Detective Otto Lelchinazin captured a youthful prowler Friday night and recovered $100 in clothing from a car theft case. Additional thefts were reported by residents including Walter Seydler and Mrs. H. Stupper.
Ernie Tank A Bishop of Houston will preach Sunday morning at Tauris Park Methodist Church and again at night in the interest of the University at San Antonio. He formerly served as pastor of Laurel Heights Church.
A fire started at the sleuth's residence on South Hamilton Street causing about £50 in damage to the City Detective Higgins. His daughter Miss Whe Higgins extinguished the blaze before the fire brigade arrived.
A suburban resident group urged incorporation of Harr ylandale and called a mass meeting at Stonewall public school at 3:30 p m Monday with DLN Stancell as chair and W A Fairclough as secretary. BR W Helmes signed the call as sponsors intend to form a committee to study the fiscal impact on taxpayers and require poll tax payment to vote on incorporation.
Radio Patrolman Hulton spotted two pajama clad men in a cafe claiming confinement near City Hall. A shifting cast of locals including Victor Wehmeyer and Maurice Crass appear in a collage of odd notes from a frigid weekend with slapstick incidents and public notices.
A garish report claims a man named Cactua Jack, resembling John Nance Garner, faces daily confusion as a presidential candidate according to Billy Swears, an Antonia trader. Swears alleges he is mistaken for Garner at least a dozen times daily, noting a humorous but persistent resemblance.
An unclear excerpt portrays Uglan claiming many enemies and noting the cate rider’s white hair and cowboy attire. It suggests he hopes Garner’s election could aid him politically when Garner has multiple engagements, referencing three or four pincus at once.
Mrs Bly was found unconscious in her apartment at 123 Woodward Place and rushed to Santa Rosa hospital in serious condition. Neighbors report her radio played through the night. doors were locked when others broke in and found a gas stove burning.
Dr Reymes Cleveland, a missionary from Lubandai Alttea, will be guest speaker during the week of prayer and self denial for foreign missions at Beacon Hill Presbyterian Church. He will preach at 11 am Sunday and address a combined youth meeting at 6:30 pm. A film, The Story of Bamba, will be shown at 7:50 pm Sunday. Dr Cleveland and his wife, formerly Miss LeNoby Ramsey, were previously in San Antonio and joined the mission. Dr Sewell to Return. Dr Jesse P Sewell, pastor of Grove Avenue Church of Christ, will return to his pulpit Sunday after lecturing at David Lipscomb College, Nashville.
Fragmentary report notes daughters received domestic aid and moral training and were instructed in a trade, though text is garbled and specifics remain unclear.
Public Service company bus driver on Marcus Street near South Siak narrowly escaped injury when a stray bullet crashed through the bus window. The driver said the projectile likely came from a distant pistol shot and heard no pistol report. The incident prompted safety checks on the vehicle and surrounding area.
Following a morning review at McCada field, Second division units prepared to break camp Saturday at Christine where winter maneuvers had been held since January 3. Maj. Gen. Walter Krurger led a post-review critique as units arranged echelons and moved toward San Antonio and Port Sam Houston with backup formations remaining to mop up at Christine.
In Seattle on January 27 John Chick a 72 year old former vaudeville troupe member recalls Tony Pastor’s historic shows in New York. He and his wife Hawk once billed as The Chicks say later movies misrepresented the venue as cabaret noting Pastor ran a clean respectable theater and costumes were modest.
The Rev Walter F Golntka president of St Marys University announced three faculty appointments effective with the opening of the semester Monday The Rev Bro Leo J Drexler Professor of History named chairman of the extracurricular committee The Rev Hyo George B Kohnen Professor of Economics named faculty advisor of the senior class The Rev Bro Gerald J Schnepp Pratissay of Sociology appointed faculty proctor of Chaminade hall
In San Antonio tourists are invited to attend a program at St Mark's parish house under the auspices of the Gouneil of Protestant. Mrs. George P. Droky will present an original monologue titled The Traveler. Other participants include Mesdames Laws FP Moyer R Delavan and Molly TR Steen plus two scholars from the University of San Antonio, Mrs R K Brice.
Police held a 23 year old after a break in at the Bermin Kircher cafe 236 Best Commerce street when a nearby resident reported the entry Sat L G Dunsway led to the arrest. John Badgwick 24 West Rutland Va and Mert Weiss Spahr of the hotel 280 East Commerce street were reportedly seen by witnesses to alert officers.
The Rev. Cat Burkle of Nebraska was named pastor of the Bethany Evangelical Reform Church in San Antonio. After six years of study at Elmhurst College and Eden Theological Seminary near St. Louis, he received his master’s degree from Boston University.
Seven people suffered injuries in a series of traffic mishaps on a street near the city. In the Roberts street collision a 15 year old boy was pinned between two cars and injured on the left side.
San Antonio residents learned of Mrs Josephine Milby Carnilius death in Hollywood California at age 58. Survivors include a son Ernest Carnilius of Austin a daughter Mrs Jack Webb of Hollywood and siblings T B Milby Mrs J P Fisher and Miss Mabel Milby of Denver. Services planned Saturday at the Lily of the Valley Church Forrest Hills Memorial Glendale California.
Brackenridge High School ROTC officers and cadets received twenty five medals for outstanding military work during a Saturday program sponsored by the PATA. Forty eight sponsors contributed a precision bin while cadets performed calisthenics.
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