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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1943
Page
5
A fragmentary ad copy hints at denture care products offering comfort and stability. It mentions applying powder and a rinsing bath to improve fit and ease while eating or talking, encouraging regular use for better confidence.
New York September 22 Kate Smith completed a 17 hour one woman bond selling spree over the CBS system counting 30 407 560 in war bond pledges Miss Smith who last October urged 2 000 000 worth of bonds in a similar campaign made two minute appeals on all CBS programs from 8 am yesterday to 1 am today
Lisbon dispatch reports the Semi official Diario Da editorial We Are All Mobilized warns Portugal may go to war at any moment against its will. It urges unity across parties and political views to strengthen national resolve in the grave hour for the country and its leaders.
Wardens selling war bonds in San Antonio surpassed one million dollars with $695 044.28 for the week ending Sept 20 plus $542 826 for the prior week. Campaign totals across four wards reach $2 237 670.38 since the Third War Loan drive began, with district and zone reports listing individual wardens and amounts.
A local compilation lists Khaki Facts about residents and relatives serving in the armed forces. It includes promotions to captain and technical sergeant, training at Camp Wolters and other bases, overseas arrivals, and assignments at fields in Camp Wolters Liberal Liberal Kan. Tuskegee and Norman Oklahoma with names and addresses of family members.
Tarrant County residents surpassed the third war loan quota and set a new target, pushing the total above the initial goal. Fort Worth and Tarrant County raised 23,110,250 75 against 21,866,000 with orders still unfulfilled. An extra 5,634,000 was added bringing the final objective to 27,500,000. Eddie Bracken is noted on the set of The Miracle of Morenn's Creek observing Preston Sturges directing.
The article notes the city’s parade Cadillac is worn for a war bond parade while Commissioner FP L Anderson says a moving van is needed to handle transportation requests. He emphasizes budget constraints and ongoing efforts to meet parade needs.
Three San Antonio graduates of the aerial gunnery school received wings at Harlingen and qualified automatically for promotion to gunner technician. The honorees were Billy F. Cottingham, Ona G. Burkholder, and John F.P. Coleman, all sons of local residents with listed addresses.
Cpl. Ray Simpson, captured at Bataan and held as a prisoner of war, has died. The War Department advised his mother Mrs. K. E. Gearln. Simpson is the fifth Victorian to die in this war.
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