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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1944
Page
8
Representative Marshall Bell pledged to reintroduce a bill on Saturday if the state legislature convenes to address the soldier vote. The measure would split community property to reduce estate taxes, aiming to protect widows and orphans from double taxation under federal inheritance tax rules. He argued Texas community property law allows posthumous tax losses, harming widows and children.
Local appeal targets men and women facing hearing loss due to wax buildup. Consumers are urged to try Curine Ear and inquire at Sommers Drug Stores for a simple test and potential compensation.
Wirth is elected president of the 5 A Auto Finance Group by Rew officers at a San Antonio Association of Automobile Finance Companies meeting in the Gunter hotel. Ferd L Wirth serves as president with R E B Witten as vice president and Herbert Cochran as secretary treasurer. Campbell Woods, general manager of Nash Kelvinator propeller division, Lansing Mich, addressed the gathering on postwar industrial planning.
Police investigate the gunshot death of 14 year old Donald Kaiser found with a bullet wound in the temple at his South St. Louis home. The body was discovered by his mother Mrs Louis Becker who returned home late last night. A revolver lay near the body.
A dense roster of churches across San Antonio area with address blocks and service times. Entries cover denominations from Baptist to Catholic to Lutheran, listing locations such as AVONDALE, BEACON HILL, CALVARY, FIRST SAN ANTONIO, GOVERNMENT HILL, HARLANDALE, ALAMO HEIGHTS, and more, with morning and evening hours, mass times, and special services.
Twenty World War I veterans will be guests at a musical program by the San Antonio lodge of Elks at 8 p.m. Monday in the Elks club. Lieut. Gov. John Lee Smith and Elks secretary C. E. Smeltz will give talks.
Master Sergeant John Prazier, quarters master corps, retires from active duty after 31 years of continuous service. He plans to settle in San Antonio with his wife. A Fitchburg Mass. native, Prazier enlisted June 8, 1933, and served at Brooks, Port Sill, and other stations before final duty in Italy. Their son Jack Fraser serves in the quartermaster corps.
Helena Mont A Helena rancher rode his horse to the county gasoline ration board office and asked for gasoline for his truck saying the tank is bone dry. He mounted the horse again and left after the request.
Maj Bam Lane, formerly director of training at the San Antonio Aviation Cadet center, writes from somewhere in England that mail from home is the greatest morale booster for overseas troops. He notes many soldiers do not receive Texas letters for weeks, recounting his own 38 days without word before six letters arrived. He adds enlisted personnel miss Texas sunshine and grow low in spirits, stressing the impact of letters.
Mrs Lucile Klaus Whiteside will headline the vesper hour with Miss Jenniy Blank as accompanist. The recital is set for Sunday at 7 p.m. in the USO Balfean Army lounge located at 505 North Presa Street. The public is invited to attend.
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