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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1949
Page
1
The article notes continued hospital fire tolls and discusses inspections in November. Officials claim some progress but criticize limited results from inspections. Convalescent homes are improving after a November fire, while elevators, laundry chutes, and basement sprinkler systems remain major hazards observed during the Tuesday visit.
In Austin on April 6 the senate urged immediate inspections of all state institutions after a midnight blaze at St. Anthony's Hospital in Effingham, Illinois. The resolution seeks to prevent further fires and improve safety standards statewide.
In Northbrook a suburban couple Ward Clay Jr and Florence Clay perished early today trying to rescue two McCracken children from a blazing 10 room home. The McCracken infants Thomas and Robert suffocated in their cribs, while Clay saved his own nine year old daughter and rushed inside to save the youngsters.
Paris reports French soldiers felled trees in the Black Forest to supply telegraph poles amid early occupation, but German officials insist only approved cutting occurred and that replanting will restore the forest in three to four years. Meteorologists say only slight local effects possible. weather myths persist.
General Bradley argues for strengthening alliance defenses on the continent. He says the North Atlantic pact lets free nations channel strength to Europe and warns against abandoning Western Europe to the enemy in any war. He rejects using European ground forces as the initial strike, urging against an overreliance on bombers. Clay tells troops the U.S. will prevent aggression in Western Europe by force if needed, and that joining the pact commits America to maintaining peace.
Ambrose W. Gosch of 318 Ev Eu elidst is named a defendant in a federal suit filed Wednesday by housing expediter Tighe E Woods. Woods alleges an overcharge of 46.89 dollars to a tenant and seeks recovery of the amount.
A.C. Jack Waite announced Jack Hebden would serve as precinct manager in White's mayoral campaign. The headquarters faces N Marys Street in the Travis Building and opened Wednesday with Evelyn Cheif as receptionist. A library expansion proposal was discussed by Maverick and others, seeking a courthouse library for attorneys and officials, funded by a dollar deposit per suit since 1947.
Carrizo Springs High School boys travel to Kingsville on April 8 for the Area 10 judging contest. Livestock judging will feature Bill Kraggs Alfred Allee Jr. and Richard Mills. Poultry judges include Lloyd Vivian Loyd Sluessy and James Butler. Dairy judges are Pete McMains Ed win Frazier and Earl Smith. Farm shop contestants are Benny Miller Frankie Pow Cineel and Raul Guerrera.
Readable fragments mention Felosity at Baus Wellsday and a Pass at Truster with references to a Moon phase and an event on a Wednesday. The text is garbled but hints at a cultural or social occasion with named participants.
In federal court on January 20, Chester L. and Margaret Shuttlefield filed a petition for declaratory judgment against Handy Andy Community Stores Inc. The Shuttlefields sought 360,000 for false imprisonment and alleged assault and battery by store employees, but their case was dismissed for failure to appear at a hearing.
Pravda denounces Winston Churchill's Boston address while examining its impact on American readers. The Soviet party newspaper summarizes the English leader's remarks and mocks his stance, reflecting ongoing Cold War tensions and satire directed at Western leaders.
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