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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1949
Page
11
Salem Ore March 10 A bill to bar known Communists from state employment won unanimous senate approval and awaits house action. Gambling syndicate smashed Read Swindle With Mirrors in The American Weekly magazine sold with Sundays Sun.
The Municipal advertising commission seeks citizen help with the San Antonio Story project. Old pictures maps letters and documents of historical interest are requested. Materials chosen for engraving will be paid for originals kept by the owner submissions go to the reference librarian at the public library 210 West Market Street.
An old advertisement claims the New American Encyclopedia volume set is available on a 10 day trial with free dog food promotions. It touts 528 pages, 20 000 subjects, 1 400 000 words, and full color plates. The offer requests payment and dog food proofs to receive the first volume.
The article catalogs a wide array of major league players and their unlikely hometowns from Sweyerville Pennsylvania to Paris Texas and Warsaw Kentucky, noting how many rose from humble or unusual locales to reach the big leagues. It highlights players from multiple clubs, including the Red Sox, White Sox, Yankees, Athletics, Senators, Browns, Giants, and Cubs, painting a map of diverse origins behind the sport’s top talent.
Cholly Knickerbocker notes that prominent families sent sons to fight and perish in wars, citing figures like Joe Kennedy Jr and John F. Kennedy among others. He argues rich and powerful alike bore casualties, countering claims of cowardice among elites and recalling Pepper’s wartime stance.
The piece lists diverse origins of players in the Phil Nes and St. Louis Cardinals camps. Ken Heintzthman, Curt Simmons, Hugh Casey, Roma n Basgall, Gerald Staley, Alpha Brazle, Harry Brecheen, Bil Reeger, Bill Baker, and Kurt Krieger hail from places as varied as Peruque Missouri, Egyptian Pennsylvania, Buckhead Georgia, Brush Prairie Washington, Loyal Oklahoma, Broken Bow Oklahoma, Dike Texas, Paw Creek North Carolina, and Traisen Austria, highlighting a wide geographic mix among peers.
Washington report notes a government agency warning job prospects for radio actors and singers are dim. A BLS study of 3742 artists shows unemployment higher among radio professionals than the general workforce, with some high paid stars not expecting weekly work.
Athens dispatch reports 21 guerillas killed and 7 captured in Peloponnesus fighting over the past 24 hours as the general staff logs ongoing guerrilla activity and casualties.
New York report states Robert Hale of Hears! Magazines condemns unauthorized price hikes on Good Housekeeping beyond 35 cents. He notes counterfeit overcharges tied to the Beauty Plan feature and announces a 25 cent booklet form soon, while the magazine’s 3,250,000 copies have sold out.
Out of the world for speed and lease in need filling. That’s Light Want Ads, Dial F 1231 to fit your needs.
Guthman will speak on Food for Purim Thought at 8 p.m. Friday at Congregation Agudas Achim. Emanuel Barkan and the choir will chant services. A social hour in the center will be sponsored by the sisterhood. Chiliren's services are held at 10 a.m. Saturday.
San Antonio’s SBexar County Amer. Hear Red Cross will sponsor a week showing at Joske's Hospitality House, 205 Wilawood Go East, starting March 26. Red Cross volunteers will be hostesses and all proceeds go to the 1949 fund campaign. Mrs. William He Splee Jr heads the committee in charge.
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