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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1949
Page
4
In a terse report a naval officer's wife, Princess Elizabeth, is seen beside her husband’s ship anchored near her window as plans for a wedding anniversary unfold. Elizabeth joined Prince Philip in London after a long flight.
Mrs Mildred Lewis awaiting trial on a murder charge in the beating death of her two year old son last October gave birth to a boy at Scranton State Hospital. Lewis faces trial in the Stepequehanna County court for the homicide of James Lee Brown, a son by a former marriage, found beaten to death in the Hackney home.
The San Antonio PTA Council will meet Tuesday at 10 a.m. in the municipal west wing. Dist Atty William N. Hensley will deliver the principal address as the executive meeting opens.
About 200 Americans and corporations were honored by the Freedoms Foundation for promoting the American way of life in 1949. Eisenhower presented awards at Valley Forge, with over $84,000 in prizes and 100 honor medals and certificates. Winners included public figures like Herbert Hoover and Jackie Robinson, plus editors, publishers, and researchers across media, business, labor, and education. The foundation outlined goals of educating Americans to understand and defend rights and freedoms.
An advertisement promotes Doan's Pills for kidney and bladder discomfort. It urges readers to seek relief when urinary symptoms arise and claims decades of trusted use to ease backache, frequent urination, and eye and body heaviness. The copy emphasizes a household remedy from a familiar brand.
UNALUE November 21 marks John Nance Garner's 81st birthday as he moves toward a personal goal to live to 93. Garner, a long public figure from Texas, served as a legislator congressman speaker and vice president. He has no public celebration planned. last year he hunted deer with Tess Brumfield upon turning 80. He remains the only Texan to be vice president and twice sought the Democratic presidential nomination.
AML veterans of the Second Indian Head division are invited to a 7:30 p m meeting Monday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars home 10th Street. The committee calls this gathering led by Jimmie Brought Steve Schwebke and B L Maloney.
Sixtus Pewik of Our Lady Marys University was named state president of the Texas Association of International Relations clubs after a weekend convention at the University of Houston. Annette Mills of Our Lady of the Lake College was elected state secretary, with Oscar Law of Laredo vice president, J C Reagan of San Marcos treasurer, and Jake Richards of Weatherford parliamentarian. The group includes 30 chapters.
Police report Officer C W Kilgore halted a burglary at the Herweck Paint and Paper store at 101 Fredericksburg Pa. The midnight patrol found a back window almost sawed through, bent to admit entry. The burglar fled after Kilgore shone a light. three brushes and a roll of canvas were discarded outside.
Advice on serving Lauterne and Burgundy wine at meals. Emphasizes cost ease and guest appeal, with tips to chill Burgundy and Lauterne, suggesting California wines as popular choices. invites readers to request a booklet from the Wine Advisory Board at 717 Market St, San Francisco.
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