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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1942
Page
8
A reader recounts a humorous yet alarming shift in domestic life as wives study label details during grocery shopping. The writer laments the burden on husbands who must carry baskets and dodge moving cans while wives read every label closely. The piece quips about past grocery trips and notes gradual changes over years, ending with a tease of continued reading on page 3.
Delegates at a bar association luncheon hear warnings about parliamentary systems versus unitary government. Justice Robert Jackson and Rep. Hotton Wy summms of Dallas will address the audience. Bratton urges world peace plans offering fair trade opportunities, as delegates split into sections for reports and law committee discussions.
Three thousand delegates to the third annual meeting of the State Bar of Texas heard Walter P. B. Armstrong of Memphis Tennessee, president of the American Bar Association, discuss American government and the shift toward parliamentary systems.
The article cites quotes on parliamentary governance and constitutional limits. It notes that constitutional restraints have loosened, granting legislative bodies broader immediate action while cautioning that major subjects remain under federal oversight. It contrasts with British experience as discussed by the Dar association Teed.
Walter P. Armstrong, president of the American Bar Association, urged a broadened history study across states. He said the association will seek remedial legislation and promote adult education to improve historical literacy, proposing a conference of foundations and groups tackling the issue.
City police and PGE agents launched a narcotics sweep with two men picked up during the operation. One suspect, a 2 year old named at Commerce and Stackberry, and another, age 2T, cited at residences in the 1100 block of North Zarzamora.
Supreme Court Justice Jackson praises small towns and urges plain speech as he plans a talk on war, business, and law relations at the Texas State Bar convention in San Antonio. He travels with a light entourage, noting his son attends Harvard Law and works with the China Lend-Lease group amid a busy scheduling period.
The navy announced a casualty list naming local youth Albn Joseph Schnee and two other South Texans as killed in action. Lt. Schmeéldce is cited as son of Ce sya Schneliey of 702 Carolina Street, with other victims including John McElree King of Har, Angen, and Willian PB Webster Jr. of Alice.
The Brooks Singers directed by Dave Grien will perform in a concert at the MTSQ-Na Wanes Catholic Community service day Friday at 8 p m Pvt Charles Hill will accompany with piano. vocal solos feature Kay Francis Mrs Roy S K Barbee Miss Adile Sal Ading and Miss Nancy Griffin. Rev G B Stale is noted as Tos
G Beirne of Kenyan-born with experience as a lawyer and real estate appraiser, was on the job as rent director for San Antonio defense rent area. He will lead the local office until a permanent director is named by the OPA, joining Noel attorney and others in the area staff handling county coverage and new rent regulations.
Fragmentary OCR yields a chaotic fragmentary piece referencing a Fourth and War, with scattered phrases about conscience and routines. It appears to be a reflective, perhaps satirical column or poem, but the readable portions are insufficient to establish a clear event or person beyond a few named terms.
Veterans to close plan fund drive to aid purchase of army training planes. Delivery of initial aircraft scheduled for Saturday, with planes to bear donor plaques. John Noll heads the local journal staff coordinating contributions from members and readers.
Miss Turner reports that twelve states reduced speed limits to 40 miles per hour to conserve gasoline. Officials from a motor club explain the move as a nationwide effort to ease fuel shortages and promote safer driving conditions.
Fragmentary wartime style notice lists several recruit candidates at a Navy station in San Antoniony. Names include Robert Campos, Willard Avery Short, Jane Swith, Walter Henry, Rex Wellman, Jock Nottingham, George Miller, Curtis Walker, Thomas Olterpont, Howard Irwin, and John Mocaygemba. Each entry records parentage and residence, reflecting a local community roll call.
A prowler frightened a woman on a porch then fled as police pursued. Investigation shows a door cut to the porch. officers linked a suspect to a prior incident at a nearby residence. The report notes a transfer of a person named Cheseey L. Sider from Mission to Wrightfield Dayton for further action.
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