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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1944
Page
3
Tech high school begins conversational Spanish for beginners with classes starting June 5. Principal C. L. Troutz states intermediate and advanced sections will be offered, conducted at the school.
The article notes Sen. Antonio ministers urge Americans to pray for success and safety as Allied forces prepare to invade Nazi held Europe. Rev J J Rogers of the Free Methodist Church offers a wartime prayer pleading mercy, courage, and guidance for chaplains officers and fighting men amid the forthcoming invasion and hope for a just peace.
Three speakers from San Antonio will join a program sponsored by the American War Dads and Men of Wilson County at Floresville Friday night. Air WAC Lieut. Mexine B. Goswick of Brookfield, Lieut. Joseph W. Hurley of the San Antonio Air Service Command, and S. Fan Matheny, state director of the American War Dads, are listed among the speakers.
Mayor Mauermann received an honorary Cavalier of the Royal Order of the Fur-lined Compass Cover for a supposed breach of club rules during a visit to Hondo. The award cited an overlong speech and the use of a tub. First Line George F. McInerney received the compass cover for a noted voyage to Greenville, N C.
Chief Tax Collector B. Stephens announced Wednesday that city tax collections reached 4 209 852 dollars, about 70 78 percent of the total, with heavy receipts anticipated on the remaining day.
Owen Bernard Kildey, seven, son of Sheriff Gwen W. Kilday, slipped into the St. Mary's University pool during a St. Anne's school outing. Bob Hiunt, fourteen, jumped in and pulled him out, applying artificial respiration for ten minutes until revival.
Gulledge was elected president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night at the Lone Star Brewing Company patio. Other officers elected included ANRUs Cockrell R. C. Hoses Ray Moseley and Phil Bate Jr. as vice presidents. Rey McLean as treasurer. Dugan Ordss Lou Rikdin Walter Bowmat Wilson Tallmen John Huntress Jr. and Bob Cheshire as directors.
Allied and German forces clash as Americans press toward Rome. Heavy fighting along Highway 6 and surrounding towns including Valmontone Frosinone and Subiaco with Goering division backing German counterattacks. RAF air power targets Nazi traffic jams.
Mexico City May 31 The government enacts a new lunch allotment for workers reducing siesta time to 30 minutes to one hour at most effective June 1. Lunches will be served near workplaces as crews cannot return home to eat. About 60 workers face shortened rest periods while shops and eateries bid to supply meals. Townsend Club No 2 meets at 12:30 pm Saturday in Municipal auditorium West wing to discuss membership drive and related events in Hermann Bons hall May 41.
Governor Stevenson praised the work of Catholics in Texas during the second day of the Knights of Columbus state convention in Austin. He paid tribute to the late Father Paul G Folk of St Edward's University, a member of the Texas Centennial commission advisory committee.
A Navy custom dating to John Paul Jones has the captain receive the keys to the powder magazines each night for safekeeping aboard U S warships.
More than 500000 dependents of naval personnel are now receiving family allowance benefits as part of wartime support. The program provides monthly payments to spouses and children, aiding households during a period of extended service and mobilization.
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