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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1944
Page
7
Mrs A L Cowan entertained with a shower Tuesday evening honoring Miss Betty Thoride-cleet. Seventeen guests attended at home with help in serving by Mr Tauise McGinlvery and Yessie Jen Comstock.
The American Red Cross sources report shipments of comfort kits to officers and enlisted men via barkine for trend service. Delphian volunteers at La Villita HQ pack 2000 additional kits for the Navy and Army, targeting ships and battle fronts. Each kit includes shaving items soap writing supplies sewing gear and small books to aid personal welfare at sea or ashore.
Lieut Geneva Kilgore of the WAC has been entertained at daylong parties in San Antonio. She was hosted by her sister Mrs Harvey Neville at 2038 West Gramercy for a Wednesday event. On Friday she proceeded to Fort Slethorpe station in Georgia.
The San Antonio Light Pattern Departent announces 1944 sewing patterns including Pattern 9059 overalls, playsuit, and fashion items with drop-seat and side ties for self help. Orders vary by size and yardage. two-digit prices and coin payments apply. The ad promotes a 1944 Mariam Martin spring pattern book and a fancy book with decorative motifs, with orders sent to New York and delivery times noted.
Ten thousand six hundred fifty members of San Antonio's Parent Teacher Associations were urged to help a house to house dengue and yellow fever eradication canvass this spring. Health officials warned of imminent danger if preventive actions are delayed. The effort targets the Aedes aegypti mosquito by eliminating standing water in homes and yards. Miss Catherine Stafford to host a local Yemmessee Signia library gathering Thursday at 5 pm.
A column compares utopian schemes for a better world to a schoolboy’s rainy day ship design. It argues real constraints of nature and finance undermine globalist fantasies while urging reverence for time tested methods to curb juvenile delinquency and improve public services in San Antonio.
Announcement seeks applicants in Washington for clerk jobs from March 29 to April 8 with interviews at the U S Employment Service office. Open to women over 17 and a half, disabled veterans, and 4-F men. Immediate work at Fort Sam Houston and later transfer to the War Department in Washington. Government aid provided. 3000 rooms available for war department staff. Prior stenographic or typing training not required. some applicants urged to reapply after civil service exam failures.
Mrs B P Pitlman hosted a luncheon at the Country Club on Wednesday to honor Mrs Allen Remmick of Quincy Massachusetts visiting with her daughter Mrs D W Reynolds and to fete Mrs Gorton Smith of Liberal. About 12 guests attended. Mrs Ganahl Visits in New York City currently staying at Windsor Hotel after visits to Washington D C and before trips to Cleveland and Kansas City. appointments may be made. War Department nursing service provides employee relations advisor for girls adjustments and issues.
Civilians in the Army Service Forces at Fort Sam Houston suggested ideas for victory saving the government about 3560 dollars annually. Since August 1843, 134 suggestions were offered and 15 adopted, with awards totaling 203 dollars.
Fragments advertise a drug store promo seeking men and women with hearing loss to try a home test promising restoration. Wording implies a money back guarantee and urges inquiries at Summers Drug Stores and other outlets.
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