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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1947
Page
12
Chicago June 26 40 James W. Evan Jr president of the National Advertising Executives Association and Toledo Blade official said today the nation's newspapers had arrived at a new peak of advertising efficiency.
An antique ad describes ANTIPHLOGISTINE poultice as soothing for chest cold cough sore throat and bruising. It touts moist heat, gentle sprain relief, and comfort from chest irritation, urging readers to apply a half poultice for relief.
Mayor Alfred Callaghan welcomes 300 chiropractors to the Texas Chiropractic College Alumni Association convention in the Rose Room of the Gunter. San Antonio alumni attend the annual homecoming with D. I. A. Baker and J. R. Drain presiding. Speakers include G. G. Bronson, Devore Bisex, and John Hilly. A dance and banquet occur Friday night with officer elections Saturday.
Years of careful preparation show in The Yearling at the Texas theater. Gregory Peck, Jane Wyman, and Claude Jarman Jr. star in the Florida farm family tale of a boy and his fawn adapted from Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. Also Angel and the Badman with Gail Russell and John Wayne opens Friday at the Palehe theater.
In Shelby Ohio investigators probe a New York Central derailment that killed six to seven people when two locomotives on the St Louis bound special set by caution orders jumped the track near Shiloh. A railroad official noted caution implied speeds under 20 mph, while witnesses put the derailment speed at about 50 mph. The wreck sent locomotives and the passenger train into an embankment, delaying service from Cleveland to St Louis.
Sundow returns to the Empire Theater with Bruce Cabot co starring Gene Tierney in a drama of mountain people. The film opens Thursday and promises the star power expected by audiences familiar with their previous collaborations.
A government source in Tehran states Prince Mozaffar Firauz the Iranian ambassador to Moscow is on vacation in Switzerland and would be dismissed. The report notes official handling of the envoy's status and possible replacement pending.
Dallas man says Mertox relieved constipation and muscle aches, noting faster digestion and improved energy after use. The ad claims quick relief within hours and urges readers to ask any druggist for Mertox Compound. It presents a testimonial from a resident on Merlin Street, Dallas, Texas.
Ind June 26 The Prohibition party opened its national convention at the Billy Sunday tabernacle in Winona Lake. Delegates from most states total about 715. Optimism ran high that prohibition would return amid public revulsion against tax enforcement and reports that liquor laws worsen drunken driving and alcoholism among both women and men.
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