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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1946
Page
7
Lois Jonson notes women in Alamo Heights plan an independent League of Women Voters chapter. They will study civic life attend meetings and study issues while sending candidate questionnaires and posing pointed questions. The piece also mentions fashion shoots and local figures.
Juxtaposed excerpts discuss jealousy as a self-doubt trait, three body types linked to ape families, and Yale medical research on alcohol’s narcoleptic effects. The piece blends psychology and physiology, noting personal mixtures of types and how alcohol affects cognition, with copyright credit to King Features Syndicate.
Ten members of the St Marys Hall that showcased new sub deb fashions in a Bright Shawl event. Attendees included Barbara Briggs Marian Engelke Gloria Critz Patty Nix Ann ox Mary Leigh Zerbee Betty Stone Virginia Webb Katherine Vander Nancy Scott and many guests from Denton Chicago Austin and local families.
The Fashion Academy named America's best dressed women for 1946 across 11 fields of endeavor. Winners include Claudette Colbert, Margo McNellis, Mrs. Alfred Cwynne Vanderbilt, Jeanne Murray, Helen Gahagan Douglas, Ann Delafield, Ruth Hussey, Helen Jefferson, Ann Sheridan, and Mrs. Thornton. Two last year honorees, Miss Sheridan and Mrs. Thornton, reappear in screen and business categories.
The city announces a simultaneous training program across church unions starting Sunday and running through March 20. A rally kicks off at First Baptist Church at 3 p.m. with speaker Ti. Gardney, state secretary of the Training Union department of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. Dr William M Wall reports his return from active duty and reopens medical offices at 4717 Nix Professional Bldg.
Secretary War Patterson issues a policy directive to Eisenhower and service generals urging a vigorous comprehensive technological program to bolster national security. The memo stresses stabilizing and integrating research, studying conditions affecting implementation, and prioritizing recruitment and retention of scientific personnel.
The Pilgrims society of Great Britain named a committee led by the Earl of Derby to raise funds for a statue of Franklin D. Roosevelt in London. If completed it would be the third U S president statue in the capital after Washington near the National Gallery and Lincoln near Westminster Abbey.
The permanent committee of conn ness announced plans for an April 12 observance marking the flat anniversary of President Roosevelt's death. The program includes laying the cornerstone for a Monterey monument where Roosevelt and Avila Camacho met.
Wrap and tie the sash belt to give you a doll like waist pattern 9267 is three pieces Tulip appliques add floral charm Applique pattern included Pattern 9267 in sizes 12 14 16 28 20 30 32 34 36 38 40 Size 16 requires three yards white fabric Send 20 cents for pattern to San Antonio Light Pattern Department Texas Print name address style number Brimful of chic easy to make fashions Orders filled in New York delivery may take two weeks or longer
Dr Soren H Mortensen chief electrical engineer for Alls Chalmers Manufacturing and 1944 Lamme medal winner will speak at the monthly meeting of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. A native of Denmark Mortensen is noted for synchronous motors and generators. The talk is scheduled for the Plaza Hotel.
Dear Miss Fairfax advises a 15 year old girl to seek steady attention from other boys and not press for immediate commitment. She cautions against seeming too eager and suggests the boy may be playing hard to get, urging a moderate approach to encourage better behavior.
A dubious Rome style recipe advocates using four ounces of Tiquid Barcentrate with grapefruit ice in a pint bottle, taken as two tablespoons twice daily. It claims rapid slimming of neck, chin, arms, abdomen, hips, and legs with a money back guarantee, urging readers to try the plan for a youthful, energized look.
San Antonio organizers announced Thursday that the 25th Saturday night Youth Rally will be held at the First Baptist auditorium on Tp. 1. T. W. Wilson, Monafield representative of Youth for Christ and Billy Graham associate, will speak at this interdenominational gathering.
Deputy sheriffs acting on a tip nabbed Harvey A. Marley an ex convict awaiting transfer to Huntsville. Marley was convicted in Criminal District Court last year for burglary and sentenced to three years in the state penitentiary after a Laguna reformatory release.
Mrs Eleanor Branum formerly city playground director is announced as the Red Cross recreation director at Tripler Army Hospital in Honolulu Hawaii The placement marks a shift from city service to military hospital recreation leadership in the islands.
Commissioner Ups Aid's Pay announced Thursday, raising pay amid seven employees of County Commissioner R. We Stappenbeck. The increase ranges four to six percent and aims to make telepay uniform with employees in the other three precincts.
Camden street man seeks Miss Mary Greenberg after an exchange of hand luggage on a March 11 train trip. In a taxi to the SFP depot he learned the other passenger’s bag contained his own, and she apparently had his. Vets surplus sale at Camp Wolters reports 66 of 90 vehicles sold to buyers from Mineral Wells on March 21.
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