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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1944
Page
9
A wartime Red Cross feature explains how the organization helps disaster victims. It outlines meeting needs through donations, family support, and the limitations on repayments for aid provided after disasters.
War prisoners in Germany receive Red Cross aid as donations reach the American War Fund. Letters from Lieut Goddines P. G. Neveremix and Capt. Tian J Vapock describe prison camps and requests for parcels and funds. A Marine hero from Wake Island and others report hardships, with a boy asking his grandmother to send a check to the Red Cross.
Reports from Chungking say Wai Ching Wei, premier at Nanking, lies critically ill after complications from a bullet extraction. The operation followed an assassination attempt and was performed by a Japanese surgeon.
Chungking March 10 The Chinese government has promulgated a law providing for one public school for every 100 to 150 households to fight illiteracy. Schools will be free and attendance compulsory for all children from 6 to 12 years old.
Boris Karloff, famed for his cadaverous screen persona, faced a minor legal scrape in Hollywood over a parking violation. He paid a $2 fine after being cited for parking his car on a Devers Street side.
A garbled OCR fragment mentions a sequence of names and actions, with unclear events and places. The legible portions reference a change from bitterness to a smile and imply a detainee or conflict context amid nonsensical surrounding text. The piece reads like a clipped diary or notebook extract from a local page.
The item skims gossip from New York and Hollywood detailing Charles Boyer’s potential return to a Universal project and his readiness to play a Jap role similar to Hara-Kiri. It notes Ernest and Tallulah Bankhead, Bing Crosby’s new MGM deal, and Margaret Sullavan’s busy schedule, with updates on Arthur different movie plans and social notes from the Hollywood Canteen.
Wilmington march 16 military mud known as General Mud met a dent in Line form of a firm compound announced by Firemins Powder company. Stabinol a new resin compound waterproofs earth and proves practical on roads landing ships and other construction in this country and overseas. Water on ground treated with the new mixture evaporates drains off the company said.
The Purple Heart opens Thursday at the Texas theater for a holdover engagement starring Dany l Andrews. Where Are Your Children? with Jackie Casper and Gale Storm plays at the Empire, showing in a sarong vogue style reel.
A dense OCR fragment lists musicians, programs, times, and stations from a 1944 newspaper. It names Bing Crosby, Glen Gray, Abbott, the Jamboree and Serenade series, various show times, and hourly roundups across stations KTSA WOAI KMAG. The text evokes a wartime radio schedule with many proper nouns and program titles, though the fragment is garbled and incomplete.
Braniff Airways Inc reports a 1949 net profit of 958002.22 after tax provisions, down about 247000 due to a civil aeronautics board pay adjustment set Feb 3 1943. Adjusted net profit nears 613000 about 12,140 daily scheduled units operated versus 3086 in 1942.
The spy Oswald John Jobbt, a British-born agent convicted of espionage, was executed today at North London’s Pen tonville prison. He was the fourteenth spy and the fourth British subject to die in this war, following Germans and other nationals. He reportedly traveled from Payin via Spit and Portugal as a refugee before being caught.
Wilford Edwite Wiegand aged 32 of Mexico City was arraigned Wednesday before U.S. Commissioner A V Knight on charges of failure to report for induction. Wiegand allegedly failed to report as ordered by the Trenton draft board, was arrested in San Antonio Wednesday and released on $400 bond, records show.
New officers will be elected at a meeting of the Blind Citizens organization of San Antonio at 4 p.m. Friday in the Ida Stephenson room of Travis Park Moniordist. Day Nir pyngrany will be Miss Br Me Teinsich veneer and Sel Mar fit Bowie guitarist.
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