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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1941
Page
12
A bronze plaque commemorating the late Archbishop Arthur J. Drossaerts was completed Tuesday by engraver Theodore Simmang and awaits dedication plans at La Villita. Monsignor Peter P. Schmetzer, an originator of the idea, announced the progress.
A plaque measuring 16 inches wide features a likeness of Archbishop Drossaerts and the inscription Most Reverend ArMUT Jerome Drossaerts, D. D., First Archbishop of San Antonio 1840.7 The ceremony is planned for a future date.
Pins are under way for the annual convention of a Texas chamber of commerce managers in San Antonio on June 2 3 and 4. Tractions of the city are described in the current issue of the official publication of the organization.
Los Angeles March 25 Mrs Natalie H Scotto files for divorce from film director Aubrey Scotto alleging adultery with former Met Opera singer Marion Talley. The suit cites 72 years of marriage and says Scotto spent $126,090 inherited from her father.
Deputy sheriffs tied a three year search to the burglaries at Scenie Loop playground cottages. They captured Bob Schmidt, 26, after officers found him hiding in brush near the scene. A .22 revolver, flashlight, knife, two watches and items from cottages were recovered. Schmidt faces a burglary charge for the Perron cottage theft valued at 17.50.
At the University of Texas student registration stood at 11085 on March 1, up 60 from last year. Assistant registrar Max Fischtenbaum stated the figure today.
Open House at St Marys University begins 7 30 p m Tuesday with three and four hour displays showing what classes are doing Demonstrations in physics biology chemistry and geology will run continuously In the auditorium the universitys military band will play and the Spanish department will show films on South America
The War Department approves a 1200-capacity cadet replacement center at Kelly Field. Captain Benjamin R. Winner of the Corps of Engineers says bids will be invited in three weeks. The 42 temporary barracks will house 31 cadets each, on bombing-range land, with completion targeted by July 1 at about 1 million dollars. Flying cadets will train there before transfers to flying schools, with one center planned for each of the three air corps training areas.
Mrs W F Pratt reported two boys aged five and six threw stones at her while she found them in her chicken house on Calhoun Street. Police observed as parents administered spankings after a talk with officers and the boys’ guardians.
Eleven San Antonio students join Phi Eta, the freshman men honorary fraternity at the University of Texas. Pledged are Byron W. Franklin, Paul J. Kalish, Magee Janszen, Thomas E. Berry, William A. Barnes, Jack C. Hebdon, Herman Levin, Gerald McAllister, John M. Naltin, Norman B. Pauling, and Alex R. Thomas.
Carmen Quinones coloratura soprano will appear in a concert with the San Antonio WPA Tipton Orchestra at 3 p m Tuesday in the Governor's palace. She has sung across the West including the Philharmonic in Los Angeles and the Temple of Music in Turson Ariz. The local concert is sponsored by the city and free to the public.
Forbes will feature the plan for Texas governmental reorganization involving the South Texas East Texas and West Texas chambers of commerce. The Texas senate in Austin has received a favorable committee report on the reorganization bill sponsored by the chambers. Ray Leeman vice president of the South Texas chamber, announced the development.
Hong Kong officials announce 503 cholera cases since January with about 10 new cases daily. Deaths exceed 300, all among the Chinese population, as the outbreak continues to affect the crown colony.
SAPSCO announces a two-way shark wave radio system to speed emergency repairs in San Antonio. A 25 watt combined sending and receiving set, plus a 40 watt dispatching station, are installed near Nadog dochea road outside the city limits under a federal utilities permit. The system uses frequency modulation to reduce static and will cut line repair time by linking repair crews with the main office.
Snow drifts six to three feet across northern New Mexico slow highways while central and southern areas endure torrential rain. East of Albuquerque a convoy of nine light planes was grounded and commercial flights halted after hazardous landings in fields and along US Highway 66. A party of Hatons civic leaders touring Cimarron spent the night in a highway dance hall and nearby farms, with most accounted for. Snowfall totals reached about nine inches by mid-morning, with drifts varying across the region and extending toward Santa Fe and beyond.
Senate Agriculture Committee approved a bill by Senator Bankhead to raise government loans, aiming to add about 1 billion dollars yearly to farmers’ income. He said the loans would establish a parity with labor and industry, serving as a price floor for cotton, wheat, corn, tobacco, and rice, with 13 committee members in unanimous support.
Washington March 25. After a unanimous confidence vote chair Josep W Martin of the Republican National Committee vowed to revitalize the party with intensive organization in every precinct. The House Republican leader, whose resignation as national chairman was rejected 94 to 0, will stay on indefinitely with a salaried assistant or executive director to be named.
Thunderstorms lashed the eastern United States with heavy cloud cover over eastern New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle. Clovis saw rainfall pegged at about nine and a half inches, stirring concerns of season disruption and localized damage.
An educational motion picture on cancer control titled Choose to Live will be shown at a public health meeting in the Rose room of the Gunter hotel Tuesday at 7 30 p m. Sponsored by the Women's Army of the American Society for the Centre of Cancer the film presents a woman’s cancer journey and the fight against the disease. It features early shots of a new million volt X ray machine and other devices, with brief remarks by Surgeon General Thomas Parran and director GC G Little.
Miss Enola Anderson, clerk in Corporation court, reports she forgot her fountain pen when leaving the office Monday night and found it missing Tuesday morning. She has asked police to help locate the pen.
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