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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1943
Page
14
A long OCR fragment from a San Antonio area ad page describes pianos, radios, phonographs, and a broad array of home appliances for sale or service. It lists repair services, auctioneers, furniture, lighting, and musical instruments with prices and contact notes scattered among vendors and shop names.
An old ad promotes period model record cabinets from S. A. Music and nearby dealers. Prices range from $10.595 to $54.95 with terms. The copy is garbled but lists store names and addresses suggesting a hardware or music shop selling storage furniture.
Four of the 20 survivors from a tanker collision off the Florida coast remain hospitalized in good condition. The northbound tanker laden with aviation gasoline exploded and burned, drifting over 20 miles and nearly sinking a freighter from submarines years ago. The other tanker floated to port. 28 bodies were aboard the latter. Separately at Shawinigan Falls, hundreds of workers assemble at plant No 2 to relieve lines, while a strike at plant No 7 prompts aid from officers as tensions rise amid wage battles and wartime labor board actions.
Four professors from North Texas Agricultural College were injured Saturday night while returning from College Station after attending the Texas Aggie North Texas Aggie football game. The collision involved their car and another vehicle near Arlington. Injured named: Robinson, James Wesh Wake, Hughes, Col Ear D Irons.
Washington October 5 The Department of Justice won a review in the Supreme Court involving insurance as legal commerce. The high court will review a decision by Federal District Judge E Marvin Underwood of Georgia who held that the court has long treated life and fire insurance as commerce.
Obituaries note Gus W Hahn 68 of 405 Meer tschel at agreet died at home. survivors include widow Blanche, daughter Gladys, sister Mrs John W Payne, and three grandchildren. funeral services pending. Mrs Mamie Nora Hughey 72 died at home on Westway, native of Pennsylvania lived in Bay Antonia 18 years. survivors include daughter Mrs GC W Hounds of Austin, son W E Hughey of San Antonio, three sisters and two brothers. services held Monday morning. Katherine Rose Schussler 82 died at 1231 Carien Street. native of Wisconsin. survived by Rudolph and three brothers and four sisters. services Tuesday afternoon. Lamar Oliver died at Temple. survivors include widow Mrs Tae mar Oliver of Dallas, daughter Mrs Tavis Harris of Dallas, M D Oliver of San Antonio. funeral at Holy Trinity Church Dallas 9:30 p m Tuesday. Reuben P Pearce 16 died at 1414 Cincinnati Avenue. survivors include brother Allen J A Pearce, sisters Elle Rogers, Minnie Pearce, Barrick Lee Pearce, Mrs Emma Brown of Beeville. private funeral at Akers Funeral Home Tuesday with Dr Perry F Webb officiating. interment Digowlty Cemetery. William Seutler Orr 63 died at 220 South Cherry Street. survived by wife Lizzie Orr, daughters C E Wardcastle and Arnold Williams, sister Mrs Wyles Williams. funeral at Porter Loring Chapel Tuesday. interment Mocked Burial Park.ORTMANSENTURES NEW ORLEANS update notes cotton market and classified ads fragmentary.
Golden Cola reports a St. Bernard named Mike weighing 175 pounds caused trouble over meat rations. When Colorado Springs masters left for military service residents feared his voracious appetite and tried to isolate him, but the dog outgrew the chamber. A relief offer from applicants sought to provide a home for the dog once a safe solution was found.
The Supreme Court today affirmed the conviction of William T. Reid of Shreveport Louisiana for threatening the life of President Roosevelt. Reid received a sentence of six to eighteen months in prison after prosecutors alleged he claimed wealth time to travel to Washington and kill the President if he visited the South.
Royal K. Mann of the Georgia commission of corrections announced the escape of eighteen prisoners from the Bartow highway camp at Cartersville. All inmates were serving felony terms with some long-term convicts among them.
Eleanor Roosevelt is slated to address the CIO convention in Philadelphia next week along with other top government officials. The event opens Monday and runs through the week with presidents meeting Wednesday and a group executive board meeting on Thursday.
Houston report notes about 300 of more than 1000 workers at a plant joined a strike at dawn but did not return to work. A spokesman said the War Labor Board ordered strikers back to work, following a protest begun October 1 against hiring non-White laborers for a construction project.
Ott Bone Valley Forge general hospital faces cane shortage for wounded. Col. Henry Beeuwkes urges civilians to donate canes to the Red Cross after a tearful discharge. About 200 canes needed immediately to aid injured soldiers at PHORNEXVILLE Pennsylvania facility.
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