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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 28, 1943

Page

13

Wordplay on politicians sparks reader coinage suggestion

A San Antonian suggests rebranding politicians with a revived Greek-Dutch roots term. The column quotes Bonner A Bentz proposing poly-tekes for the corrupt and mono-teckian for a would be politician, likening them to ticks in a lengthy polemic that ends with a note to continue on page 2.

San Antonian Bonner A. Bentz

Pension Fund Crisis Strikes City Fire Police Ahead

City fire and police pension fund faces revolt as members threaten to quit after Mayor Mauermann delays a widow’s payout. The dispute centers on proving leukemia as the on duty cause, with a special hearing planned next week.

DON Politico Gus B. Mauermann Chale Marie N. Pankratz West Woodlawn Avenue John McHugo Cobbs Tommy Cobbs McHugo

Cantaloupe Name Origins Tied to Italian Gardens

The cantaloupe derives its name from the gardens of the Castle of Cantalupe in Italy where it was first cultivated, linking the fruit to historic cultivation sites.

Castle of Cantalupe Italy

L A Girl Joins Hollywood All Girl Orchestra

Lois Marie Coulon 18 daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Coulon of 833 Denver Boulevard leaves this week for Hollywood to join D Artega's all girl orchestra as accordionist and vocalist. She quit Thomas Jefferson High School to take the contract as the ensemble plans a nation wide tour soon.

Lois Marie Coulon Snd Charles Coulon Denver Boulevard Hollywood D'artega Conlon Thomas Jefferson High School

Bacring Down On the News Bacring Down On the News

Arthur Bugs Baer recalls a wartime return to America from Rockefeller Center and the Empire State Building. He notes numerous publishers seeking his story titled Step by Step I'm Marching Back to Fou and mentions a tense elevator strike and brown leaves in autumn.

Arthur Bugs” Baer Rockefeller City Empire State Building al Smith New York Fou

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Mason Pankratz Forstmann David Lewis Lois Marie Coulon L.A America Ust Ray Shop Frost Hudson Bay
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