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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1943
Page
7
An urgent warning from Dr. W. A. King city health officer urges mothers to protect children under two from infectious diarrhea. He cites 11 cases in a week and 76 percent mortality among spring cases, urges Well Baby program attendance, and lists immediate measures such as netting, boiled bottles, covered diapers, and thorough hand scrubbing.
A musical program featuring Pfe. Milton Berg pianist and Pfe. Wil bert Des Roches baritone of Wooke General Hospital will be held Sunday at 1 p.m. at the service men and their friends are invited.
City engineer Thomas Coghill authorized by Mayor Gus Mauermann to rent eight chlorinators for water purification in Menger Creek. Officials state creek water polluted by sewage and chlorination is part of a campaign to clean up sewage disposal. Rent costs estimated at 15 percent monthly.
Washington May 22. A high level plan for a major aerial offensive against Japan this year including attacks on Tokyo is expected from the Roosevelt Churchill strategy talks. A Burma land campaign is possible but not certain, dependent on Europe by summer and Russia holding against Germany. Washington officials see large scale action against key Japanese points from bases in China and the Aleutians, with future operations near Paramushiro and Tokyo.
OPA plans to require proof of tire availability before ration certificates are issued to qualified drivers. Eugene Kurtz, district OPA Livernant officer, predicts fall changes may add features. Supply is nearly exhausted, worsened by increased summer demand, especially in smaller cities. County ration books will rise for several more months.
The county chapter of the Red Cross will hold an open house at 7 p m Monday May 31 in La Willlin with demonstrations and displays of Red Cross services Proper chairman announced Saturday Forty new board members will be elected for a one year term Arrangements are by Charles B Weimar chair safety education service
Constable Schaefer struggles to identify a prowler among 13 locals with the same name in San Antonio. At John T. Black’s home on Terrell avenue, a man fleeing under a beam dropped a pair of pants and shoes, raising questions whether the items were his or stolen earlier. Black reported noises, found the clothing after turning on a flashlight.
Mrs. G. M. Chambers, widow of the late Mayor CG. M. “Mae” Chambers, was named receptionist in the Oller reception room at city hall. New bookcases and chairs were added to improve the room’s appearance, and she will serve both the mayor’s and city attorney’s offices.
Stage screen and radio star Martha Raye, recently given the rank of captain for entertaining servicemen in North Africa, is recovering satisfactorily from an attack first feared to be appendicitis. She was stricken during a strenuous tour of army camps in the New Orleans area and will return to Hollywood for a long rest.
The last coal strike groups in western Pennsylvania and adjoining areas ended today as UMW workers at the Berwind-White Maryland shaft in Cambria county voted to return Monday. The stoppage, sparked by contract talks, had idled about 6,000 miners at its peak and disrupted operations across Indiana and Cambria counties.
Major Herman A. Little of the Air Corps, listed as a prisoner of war held by Japan, has been reported missing after the fall of Corregidor. He has reportedly been reached by the Red Cross and his wife Mrs. Little, living at East Locust Street, Kay Kary Little, confirms the family status. The notice appears in a Belin Light Want Ad offering 7 days of service for 2.52.
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