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Fire in Candy Plant and Other Local Incidents
Fire at Jenner Candy Manufacturing Company on Flores Street was contained with minor damage after smoke and heat earlier in the night. Separate reports describe a blaze at a home on Monroe Street and a short circuit causing minor damage on Mason Street, with crews responding from No. 6 station. The notices also discuss wartime draft rule changes and plans to aid cotton growers and Fuller’s earth grinding in San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenner Candy Manufacturing Company
South Flores Street
Goetz
Jana
Monroe
Negro
Biniie
Joe Chalkley
Mason Street
Fran No. 6
San Pedro
Woodlawn
EL OR. Gassman
San Antonio
Federal Bureau of Markets, Transportation Department
Chamber of Commerce
Jacksonville
Tex