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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1940
Page
10
A garbled column sketches local figures on blind dates, a dog exercise routine, youths attempting small scams for snacks, actors mistaken for film principals, a Cupid joke, a returned attorney, and a traveling salesman crisscrossing towns including San Antonio.
An OCR fragment notes Trotsky and ex King Carol amid assassination chatter. An old friend of Trotsky’s aids his peril while Carol faces threats amid war talk. The piece contains garbled names and fantastical imagery with no clear event or date.
Police officer John Robards of the vice squad halted a fight in the 400 block of Soledad Street and was mobbed by a growing crowd after stopping a man beating a woman. He was disarmed before Patrolman M J Bilis arrived, and the suspect was booked for interference with an officer.
Patrol cars will be dispatched daily to San Antonio primary schools to organize traffic patrols. C L Dobbs, educational director of the police department, announced Monday. Officers will serve Agnes Catton, Robert B Green, Bonham, Travis, St. Ann's and Edison High schools with Edison directing traffic for the first time. The school was added to the Los Angeles Heights area.
Gus Garcia ten received treatment after being struck by a car that did not stop Sunday in the 1200 block of North Pine Street. Tomas Ramon forty six was cut on the nose when his bicycle collided with a car in the 1500 block of South Flores Street. Driver was identified as Clarence Burrier.
In a hushed corridor of Santa Rosa hospital Archbishop Brossaerte neared death early Sunday. Six priests and a nun prayed around his bed as an oxygen tent whistled softly. The archbishop passed away soon after the litany concluded.
Archbishop Arthur J. Drosmerts, longtime San Antonio spiritual leader, died Sunday at age 60. Born in Breda Holland September 11, 1692, he entered the priesthood at 35 after uncertain early years. He rose from small parish work to become the first archbishop of the San Antonio archdiocese, consecrated in 1927, guiding Catholic affairs across Texas and Oklahoma and aiding exiled Mexican prelates during church closures there.
Robert E. Guerra, park police guard, assists Koehler park picnickers with sun shade and ant care while keeping the park orderly. Though injured and leaving the fire department in 1931, he remains indispensable to visitors through willingness to help and friendliness.
Bungay night in HK FE Hill Jy area when a resident awoke to a prowler on the back porch. The would be thief fled as residents gave chase. In a separate incident James Stewart reports losing 88 dollars to pickpockets at Center and Chestnut streets. Items stolen include a thermas fug and Live shamns from J Blair at 620 East Quincy Street.
A police scout car and a civilian vehicle collided at Rusk and Market streets on Monday. The officer reported minor damage to the police fenders while the civilian car sustained no major damage after the impact involving Mrs. Victoria Pavis of 692 Avenue 5.
Attendants at Robert By Green hospital treated members of two families after a Sunday altercation on the Castroville road. Thomas Vargas Sr. 66 suffered serious body cuts, Tommy Vargas Jr. 24 had head gash, and Vargas family members were involved along with Natividad Herrera 9 and Ruben Herrera 29. Deputy Sheriff Eltan Cade said the fight occurred on a Wednesday in which Wille Herrera was involved.
The body of Archbishop Arthur J. Drossaerts, 77, archbishop of San Antonio and Catholic leader for Oklahoma and Texas (except El Paso), died Sunday. In state Tuesday at San Fernando Cathedral until funeral Thursday. multiple masses and rites planned with regional church leaders attending.
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