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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1949
Page
7
A San Antonio Light brief from June 9 1949 promotes Father’s Day gifts featuring the Comic Weekly Club Corner in Puck The Comic Weekly, a color comic magazine offered in two sections with Sundays Light. It notes the Light Want Ad service by dialing F-12ai for any need.
Bob Hope notes a Hollywood shift as older stars like Ezio Pinza gain romantic hero roles. Reactions range from Jolson to Bushman and Benny, with jokes about wrinkles, social security, and age affecting casting. Standby quips point to a surprising late bloom in fame.
Flatonia June 9 L. 3. San dera of Flatonia was informed that he has been appointed a member of Local Board No. 43 in La Grange, as a representative of Fayette county selective service board.
WALNUT RIDGE Arkansas June 9 A 10 year old boy admitted he slammed shut an unused ice box door causing the deaths of three siblings while they were playing spy inside. James Buddy Chesser uncle of one victim identified by police said he shut the door and could not open it. He said he ran home then to the store and forgot. Victims were James Delibert Chastain 2 Joyce Ann Chastain 9 and Shirley Ann Ramsey 6. Chesser held temporarily and possible charges anticipated.
Preparations for the twenty national Lulacs convention are under way led by John Esquivel of the San Antonio council. The opening event is a cocktail party at 7 30 p m Friday in the Pan American room of the Casa Blanca restaurant. Registration begins at 8 30 p m Saturday on the North Terrace Gunter Hotel with Alvaro Baeza in charge. Raoul Cortez, president general, will open the convention at 9 30 a m Saturday. chaplain A P Sanchez gives the opening prayer. Five Californians including Gonzalez and Veiga Jr plan to present a resolution to fund state organizers and salaries for national officers.
Washington June 9 The defense establishment will censor statements from army navy and air officers and their secretaries to protect military secrets A new order signed by Secretary Johnson assigns the joint review branch to delete only material classified for security reasons The prior policy and propriety grounds are not referenced in the rescinded order
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