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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1944
Page
11
A discussion on calendar reform notes past shifts from Julian to Gregorian and the 11 day removal. It predicts future calendar changes will be resisted, while claiming eventual adoption will alter timekeeping. The piece hints at public resistance and a final, global calendar.
A World Calendar Association plan would keep four three month quarters with 26 working days per month and add a world holiday after December 30 plus a blank day after leap years. The system would be perpetual with consistent weekday alignment and would place January 1 on Sunday and other month starts on set weekdays.
Marine Master Technical Sgt. Emmett Montgomery returned from the battle of Tinian with trophies including a 903 caliber machine gun with 10-shell chamber and bayonet, a 31 caliber rifle, a razor, and two battle flags. He has served 32 months overseas and also saw action at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and Saipan. His division is cited twice by the president, a unique honor in its service branch.
The aviation committee plans several flying clubs offering member instruction at reduced rates and potential partial ownership. Groups of 19 members will be formed, with J B Koch, aviation chairman, urging interested pilots to sign up immediately. A&M Club Luncheon to be held at noon Thursday in Travis Methodist basement.
Driller J B Johnson reported the artesian well at the Gunter Hotel reached water at seven feet. The pump is expected to yield about 1606 gallons per minute, with the drift and Edwards strata noted at 684 feet. The well will be used exclusively by the Gunter hotel.
Lieutenant Royce W. Priest of San Antonio landed his Mustang near crash site in France to rescue Captain Bertie Marshall after flak hit. Priest ignored orders to return alone and helped Marshall into the cockpit. He then barely cleared a haystack to lift off and flew both men to base while the control tower scrambled to coordinate the emergency.
The San Antonio Air Service unit at Kelly Field received two war bond honors on Tuesday. A red white and blue plaque from the secretary of war and a scroll from the president's interdepartmental war savings bond committee recognized the base for a bond participation rate over 12 percent of par, with 95.09 percent of workers purchasing bonds. Maj Gen Richard Danavan awarded Kelly Field the Eighth Service Command's roll of honor.
Funeral services for Alex Bluestein owner of the Bluestein department store in Port Arthur who died Monday will be held at 4 p m Tuesday in Port Arthur with burial in Beaumont. Bluestein spent winters in San Antonio at the St Anthony hotel and is survived by three sons Leon Edwin and Frank all of Port Arthur.
Civil service announces new examinations for electro typer finisher electrotyper molder and stereotyper. Information and application forms are available from the local civil service commission office room 116 Poste office building. Positions in government printing office Washington DC roughly 5947 dollars yearly with overtime. No age limit and no written test required.
Mrs Janehaven began her duties on Tuesday as a new stenographer for the health department, taking over the typist division duties formerly performed by Miss Agnes Savage.
Arturo Gonzales, 20, of 825 Santiyo San Marcos street, treated at Robert B. Green Hospital Tuesday for a two inch knife wound in his right temple. He said three unidentified Mexican youths attacked him around 11 p.m. Monday in the 400 block of Matamoras street, beating and cutting him before fleeing.
Congresswoman Clare Booth Luce of Connecticut is expected to deliver an address soon. Joe Sheldon, Bexar County Republican chairman, said he invited her to Los Angeles during a recent strip to Washington D C.
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