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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1943
Page
4
A damaging explosion at Norfolk Naval Air Station caused multiple casualties and structural damage. Reports describe a heavy blast, fires, shattered hangars, and medical responders at the scene. Authorities secure the area and investigate the cause and extent of injuries.
A car collision on Saturday morning injured Sophie C Maldonado 28 of 1917 West Commerce Rivet with a fore head laceration and shock. She was taken to Santa Rosa hospital for treatment while D Vy Maven engineer 610 Avenue was named in the police report as the driver. The Rivet police department investigates the crash.
Huisache Church announces a songfest at 2 20 p m featuring speakers Rev Giga Dromapoole of Matchell Terrace Baptist and Rev Den F Holmeh describing the Bigs Buddy's Boys Home at 21 Avenue A. Pastor Rev Luther B Osborne notes the event will be directed by John Douglas.
TEMPLE Sept 18 bloodhounds treed two escaped German prisoners of war William Vietinghoff and Fritz Hornulf eight miles north of Gopperas Cove, camp Hood public relations office announced. Two other escapees who left the POW camp Wednesday night were seen nearby and the hounds picked up the trail yesterday.
Dance program announced for September 18 with performances by Feal's Orchestra Hill Heewig and Pioneer Band. Admission starts at 2.39 with proceeds supporting the event at the Bechnabel facility.
Hollywood desk reports Gary Cooper has signed to star in the original comedy Casanova Crown produced by Nunnally Johnson for 20th Century Fox. The film, not a biography, aims for a light change of pace with Cooper overseas for service boys soon after. Other notes include Eddie Cantor’s renewed popularity, Nancy Kelly joining a cast, Paulette Goddard’s fiesta plans, and various Hollywood moves and social glimpses from the era.
A satirical column mocks wartime politics and figures including Mussolini and Cap, comparing their antics to a quarrel over a bone. The piece riffs on Italian leadership, juvenile behavior, and aging career politicians with sharp, humorous jabs.
Gideons plan an evening service led by Minnie Grau pastor, with J W Giwe and Fra figures mentioned in the readable fragment. The notice presents an upcoming religious gathering at a local venue, reflecting a community church outreach in a historical newspaper snippet.
RAF fighters bombed railway buildings at Seywa and Tindeinvan in Katha district and struck Jap communication centers in Western Burma. The Upper Irrawaddy was shelled with two river steamers and several barges damaged and a barge set ablaze. The action included strikes on Chank and Yaw river routes and a Jap army camp at Mayi peninsula. All planes returned safely.
Atlanta reports the Senate penitentiary committee's month long investigation into Georgia prisons. It found convicts whipped with slicks and rubber hoses, shackled, sworn by leg irons, and given inadequate clothing, with women especially lacking shoes. The panel urged sweeping reforms and eventual abolition of wall state and county chaining camps.
Rev Samuel Orr rector of Ghost Episcopal Church will lead Sunday morning prayer and sermon service at 11 o clock. Belknap and Russell will bring nine timely messages. Holy Communion at 3 am with church school at 9 30 am.
Henry A. Fitzhugh of Bexar County outlines key wartime goals for livestock, poultry, and dairy producers. Emphasizing breed quality, culling unprofitable stock, and reducing feed loss, he argues that high producers should receive more resources while wasteful birds and cows are eliminated to meet feeding targets.
A high school student, George Waite, was revealed as the youngest Navy veteran after his father informed authorities of his age when he enlisted in December. Waite trained as a boatswain's mate and served briefly before being honorably discharged, while awaiting a call back to service.
Listing shows Wweat Loa Charrox and music by Shrednike N Bandstand. Programs include Art of Javing, World Today Newscast, Inside the Gun, Inner Sanctum, Truth Or Conscaues, and Grand Ole Opry segments with Pancho Marx, Duke Fillington, and Glen Gray among others.
The long running children's radio favorite Let's Pretend moves to television this week as a sponsored KTLA program at 10 05 a m The show with Miss Nua Mack has inspired many actors including the Mauch twins Bly Halep Patricia Peardon and Mish Mack who creates adapts and directs the tales shaping careers and toys for generations
Lieut Kene suentes will lead the Holiness meeting at Salvation Army headquarters 615 Elm Street Sunday morning speaking on Patience Comfort and Hope. In the evening Captain Horace Thomas will speak on Following Jesus at the Salvation meeting.
Madison Square Presbyterian Church plans Trinity Sunday services with a 9:20 am Sunday school and the regular morning service. Dr Samuel A Terry, pastor, will preach on The Christian Mceod.
The Gideons State Church scheduled morning services at Emmanuel Baptist Church on Sunday and evening services at Government Hut Tah Mele and Glad Tidings Church. Offerings will fund New Testaments for men in the armed forces.
Interest and attendance grow at the Northside Primitive Baptist church now meeting in the San Antonio academy auditorium on North Flores Street. Devotional previews begin at 1 10 a m with Elder M P L Yandiver reading, followed by the morning message. Cold air and a quiet gathering frame the scene as services proceed.
Broadcast listing for ETSA with daily time blocks featuring The Colonel Inner Sanctus and Hit Parade from 6 p m to 9:45 p m. It includes Saturday Night Serenade with Jessica Dragon and Gus Maenschen orchestra, Groucho Marx program with guest Dorothy Lamour, followed by News of the World and CBS Sunday News continuations.
A bus carrying 12 passengers was stopped by 40 armed masked bandits on horseback eighty miles northwest of Mexico City. The driver Luis Estrada and two passengers were wounded as bandits searched travelers and seized cash and jewelry during a heavy rain near Adams on the Mexico City to Paso route.
Representative Van Zandi of Pennsylvania announces resignation from Congress on September 24 to enter active duty in the Pacific theater with the Navy. A World War I veteran and former national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, he will serve as lieutenant commander after completing his Atlantic naval service and naval reserve tenure.
Washington reports the Salerno beachhead cost the United States two warships in underwater explosions off the Talia coast. The 1800‑ton destroyer Rowan and 1450‑ton tug Nauset were lost, with the Navajo also damaged. Casualties and totals cited reflect recent combat losses since the war began.
Roll call for soldiers and church members to gather for a 11 a.m. service at Highland Park Baptist Church 000 South Hackberry Street. Pastor the Rev Tolbert Huttman will lead with three local servicemen among about 27 members absent. The service is a thanksgiving for the state with Principal speaker Cpl. G Matthews of Brooke General Hospital Fort Sam Houston. Music will be arranged by L Desmuke, church chorister.
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