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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1949
Page
6
Washington April 2. Willie Mey Thomas a 30 year old laundress is held on $1000 bond for grand jury action after scalding David Hawkins with boiling water over money owed.
Guatemala announces that the army thwarted a plot to unseat President Juan Jose Arevalo. Several army officers were arrested as part of the crackdown reported by UPI on April 2 in GUATEMALA.
Loera, cafe operator at 1924 W Commerce St, began making tortillas de harina by hand for outside sale in response to demand. The slow process requires about 30 seconds per tortilla and they are packaged six to a cellophane bundle selling for 10 cents each.
In Greenville Mississippi on April 2 a report notes growers may depend on Texas workers to harvest cotton this season as Mexican labor may be unavailable due to no signed agreement with the Mexican government. Texas has agreed to accept orders from Mississippi programs.
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