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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1944
Page
11
In a humorous column, a bachelor editor recalls buying bobbie pins at a quarter a paper amid a rumored shortage. He recounts misgivings from his wife, the purchase confusion, and a colleague’s windfall as a “providential” supply, noting one man allegedly faced a citation for thoughtfulness.
A hit and run on the Seguin highway early Sunday killed Fritz Schwenn 49 of Converse after he stopped to help others. A black sedan with two men fled the scene leaving four injured. a chase led to Clellmer McMullen and Wills Morton injured. Funeral services for Schwenn set for Monday at Riebe's chapel with burial in Converse.
Argentine governments move in and out the gaude yilliangs in a theatrical boarding house. Revolutions show vaudeville flavor as new presidents are the same guys with different hats. Our neighbor policy differs from South America, shades pulled at night, cooperative business hurtful to partnership.
The Pan Am Council of Pan American Relations will host a banquet honoring William H. Furlong for receiving Mexico’s Order of the Aztec Eagle. Hon chairs include Mexican Consul Carros Tr. Raji and Mayor Gus B. Mauermann, with Preston H. Dial as active chair. Howard W. Davis and Manual C. Gonzales oversee arrangements.
Two new classes in the vocational Program of the San Antonio part time and evening school will be ranked at 6 30 p m Monday according to E Troutz principal A class in receptionist training and office practice will meet at 6 30 p m Mondays and Tuesdays and replacement training at 7 30 p m Mondays and Wednesdays Employment interviews will be arranged.
The sheriff's office warned Monday that 13 rabid dogs have been reported in the 400 and 1300 blocks of Humboldt Street, the 400 block of Mourland Boulevard, and the 7100 block of Somerset Road. The two dogs on Humboldt Street have bitten several other dogs and other animals.
Police report weekend domestic violence saw two wives stab and punch their husbands at separate locations on Austin and Durango streets. One wife hit her husband seven times with a bottle to knock him out near a resort, while another stabbed him in the groin at their home. In a third incident, the husband prevailed, stomping his wife after a fist fight.
War department lists several South Texans among wounded in the Central Pacific and Europe. Private first classes Gilbert D. Gomez Rupaco T. Gonzalez and Robert Lee Uzzell, with relatives named, are noted as wounded or missing. Lieut Earl Dean McKenna, a Jefferson high graduate born in Midland, reported missing over Germany since February 10.
Mrs J P Lucey wife of Capt J F Lucey president of Lucey Petroleum Company died at her Dallas home last night.
Polly the parrot refused to sell until a high school boy offered a bid. The bird shaped the bargain with a spoken hello as owners Mrs. M. M. Wormsley and Mr. Wormsley tried to sell Polly in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
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