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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1949
Page
2
An ad brief notes efficiency aim with a light touch. It mentions F-1231 as the reference code for the ad and suggests faster problem solving through compact want ad style. The item reads like a newsroom classified directive for rapid placement.
A humorous 1919 column notes a fad of burger eating on campuses. A USC junior reportedly ate 13 hamburgers, claiming world champion status while joking he could eat more, as rehearsals saw 15 burgers consumed. The piece traces past fads and jokes about college life and the idea of meathead diplomas.
To make sales, prospective buyers must be contacted. To reach interested buyers, phone a Want Ad for The Light. Bis F-1231.
BRIGHTON Colo March 15 Larry C Browning 22 of Alice Texas yesterday was sentenced to six years for an attempted holdup in which Leonard B Knox of Ft Worth his brother in law was killed Knox 24 was shot to death by Henry Jackson liquor store owner when he and Browning tried to hold up the store 10 days ago Browning pleaded guilty to the robbery charge yesterday in District court here The slain man's widow Clara Faye Krox pleaded guilty to a charge of being an accessory but indicated she will apply for probation.
Representative Thompson of Texas introduced a bill proposing operation of the tin smelter at Texas City as the nation’s sole private enterprise facility. The plant is currently operated under RFC jurisdiction.
An ANPA official warned at the Ohio Newspaper Association convention that the industry must rein in costs as wages rose 50 to 60 percent postwar while living costs surged 85 percent. He urged management and unions to negotiate carefully as shorter weeks and added benefits push expenses, to avoid new waves of consolidations similar to those in the 1920s and 30s.
On March 45, 1919 about 1000 World War I veterans planned to found an organization later claiming more than 4,000,000 members. Theodore Roosevelt’s legacy spurred the effort. Paris Post Commander C Denby Wilkes, a navy veteran of both wars, to lay a wreath at the torn down Circus building site. American Legion name adopted after Maj Maurice K Gordon motion. he is now a lawyer in Madisonville Kentucky.
An ad promotes PASTERTH powder for upper or lower plates to hold false teeth firmly and reduce plate odor. It claims better retention and odor control, urging readers to obtain PASTERTH at drugstores.
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