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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1943
Page
11
A humorous column proposes marriage identification like cattle branding. The author suggests registering a earmark at marriage and using a cleric’s seal to prove belonging. He jokes about brand marks on ears and offers witty devices to prevent misidentification.
Mrs Lee Griffin of 110 McCullough Avenue says her husband is alive and well. A forged death report circulated among friends after a Texas chiropractor with the same name was reported killed in a car crash. Mrs Griffin traveled to Austin to debunk the rumor.
Mayor Gus B. Mavermann reported support for a government lease of two concrete Exposition grounds buildings to house reclamation shops. Maj. Gen. Richard Donovan seeks a one year lease. if approved, Fort Sam Houston operations move here boosting payroll and saving about 100000 dollars monthly in clothing and equipment. Remodeling would cost around 59000 dollars for sewer gas mains and a railroad spur.
Col Clem Wurzbach of San Antonio, a St Marys University graduate, took part in a bombing raid on an airplane engine plant in Le Mans France during Fourth of July celebrations. An AP dispatch quotes the flier saying the mission was very successful with few enemy attacks and that Spitfires guided them home after meeting expected resistance.
Applicants for petty officer ratings in the Navy's Seabees will be interviewed from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. Wednesday in the Navy recruiting station by Lieut. (j.g.) A. T. Gaffney. Trent Ross D. Margrave, medical officer, Seabees, will accept men between 18 and 39 for every type of construction work, cooks and bakers. Men of draft age report to their local draft boards for induction and are sent to the Seabees. Men of 38 to 50 and 17-year-olds may volunteer directly.
District judges name Judge John F. Onion of the Seventy third District Court as presiding judge during Judge Robert W. H. Terrell's vacation from the Thirty seventh District Court. Onion will oversee court calendars until Terrell returns on January 16.
County Court St Law No 1 heard drunk driving charges with only two defendants present. Simon Gomez of Stevens Road and Clara Mae Dyer of Canterbury Street pleaded guilty and received $50 fines and six months license suspension. Others had cases passed or bonds forfeited for nonappearance. Additional counts included aggravated assault, illegal liquor possession, and unlawful display of a pistol with several defendants fined or detained.
July 6, 1943 issue fragment shows a Future Aces learning how, from a wartime youth or training page. The readable text emphasizes instruction and preparation during the war era, with a focus on developing skills and readiness for service.
Navy ministry says Australia built auxiliary cargo vessel for United States will be launched this month. Also notes Mexico City report of a $1,000,000 public welfare hospital under construction in Monterrey to be inaugurated in early September.
Eleven airmen die in three crashes near San Antonio and Creedmoor while training. Names include Lloyd C. Mercer Roger Mockler Clarence Wilkinson Frederick Nolte John Louzecky Ward Moody and Harold Moore. Military officials confirm fatalities from Randolph Field and San Marcos schools in Texas.
In a rambling account, a writer on Staten Island recalls spies and watchers, likening a fish hawk in a tree to observation over New York Bay. The piece veers through peculiar metaphors about planers and sightings along a coast near New Jersey and Brooklyn.
Four airmen from the Taughlin Army Air Forces based near Del Rio died Sunday night when their medium bomber crashed in a field 12 miles north of Potect. Listed victims include Second Lieut Elwyn L. Roberts Jr of Sacramento California pilot Odeon R Millman of Del Rio Opt David A Pulrang of Seattle and Pvt Carl W Turner of Columbus Ohio.
Judge Wiley B. Rutledge of the US Supreme Court visited San Antonio Monday staying at 235 Stanford Court with a side trip to Kerrville. He spoke to the Texas Bar Association in Houston last week and said Supreme Court justices avoid public comments. He noted Texas development in 40 years and planned a Colorado vacation.
Marine Marne Leslie O. Pack of San Antonio is reported dead by the Navy Department. He had been listed as missing in action since June 24, 1942, and was the son of Samuel Pack of 151 Rosaline Avenue.
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