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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1944
Page
1
The OPA announced a national seven million pair ration free sale from July 10 to 29. Footwear for men and women will be included and priced at about 28 percent below the June 1 price. Exclusions apply to children's and certain boys shoes. the 1944 supply portion remains limited.
MOLLYWOOD June 12iiw reports that noted director Gregory Ratoff and his actress wife Eugenie Leontovich are headed to divorce court on grounds of mental cruelty. Mrs. Ratoff says the divorce is imminent within a few days through her attorney. In St Louis a salvage driver delivered a truckload of scrapped tires to a distant filing station, the irony noted by locals.
Dallas reports show Texas Democrats split over July primary referendums on binding electors and Roosevelt support. Pro Roosevelt electors remained contested while the state committee weighed legal questions and potential court actions amid national party tensions.
Washington reports that the Senate postwar planning committee estimates the United States must employ 54 to 56 million people in peacetime, even if 2 to 3 million servicemen stay in the armed forces. Present employment runs around 50 million plus overtime. The report says war workers will return to school or leave the labor market, while veterans will rejoin, and demobilization will release 500,000 to 600,000 monthly. War plants will wind down. auto plants convert. Areas built on wartime boom may face unemployment. only a much higher gross national production in peacetime can ensure full employment.
Civilian automotive advisers working with automotive officers of the Central Flying Training command met at Randolph Field on Monday for a two day discussion of duties under a revised automotive operations system. Col. Samuel Smeilow, ordnance officer for the command, took a prominent part in the discussions.
Henry Dumestre 32 a former ster rotyper for a local newspaper died Sunday in Englewood Colorado where he had gone for his health. The body is being sent to San Antonio for funeral services. Survivors include a brother W J Dumestre and sister Mrs Eva Zegler both of San Antonio. COUPLE ON HONEYMOON SANTA MONICA Calif June 12 former Barbara Douglas daughter of plane builder Donald W Douglas and Lieut William Brute Arnold son of Gen Henry H Arnold chief of the army air forces are honeymooning at an undisclosed retreat today
Maria Muentes 45 of Brownsville faces federal charges of harboring and concealing 27 Mexican aliens. Arraigned before U S Commissioner Knight and set at $500 bond. Authorities stopped a truck on the Austin highway and found the 27 aliens hidden under a tarpaulin. The aliens claimed to have entered via brush near Brownsville and planned work on Texas farms and saw mills.
Two youths snatched a purse from Mrs. Legi Gaylord while she walked with her daughter and a friend near Julson and Turner streets. The thiefs escaped with $2.25 in cash.
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