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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1949
Page
1
Mrs. Mary Goodman, 36, confessed in Beverly Hills to staging the kidnapping and ransom plot involving her son Joey to cover horse racing losses by her husband. She claims gambling fever caused the scheme and says she sought forgiveness to reunite with her husband, now at her parents' home.
About 250 children from San Antonio orphanages and the Lighthouse for the Blind will attend a carnival Tuesday afternoon during Fiesta San Jacinto. Jack Ruback hosts the exposition show with rides games popcorn and peanuts. Henry Hiverts chairs the party with special bus transportation for children from St. Peter's St. Joseph's and the Protestant home.
Funeral services were held at noon Tuesday at Porter Loring chapel for Barbara Jean Jordan 10 of 323 S Audubon, killed Sunday afternoon at Shadowland Park when a racing car crashed into a fence. A Wichita Falls native who lived in San Antonio eight years, she is survived by her parents Mr and Mrs James Jordan.
By 3IRS. MANY GOOD MAN (As told to N.S) from Reidsville North Carolina April 12 recounts a wife confessing gambling addiction fueled by horse racing. She details betting up to eight long shots daily using her husband Joe’s money and a $33,000 safety deposit box, then increasingly large losses.
Lewiston Idaho April 19. The birds have taken a fancy to Paul Brooks late model auto. Service station attendants removed a bird's nest from under the hood last week. Brooks brought the auto back yesterday with an oil check. On a crossbay between the motor and hood attendants found another nest containing three small white speckled eggs.
The mother 43 admitted involvement in two killings on a New Hampshire farm. A teen brother, Robert 15, and Raymond 23 corroborated her role. Bodies were exhumed and burned in a pigpen, then dumped. Police traced letters from Mrs Brennan amid the case notes.
Leaders of nine CIO unions pledged manpower and money to Franklin D Roosevelt Jr in his bid for a Senate seat. A PAC meeting in New York saw activists support him despite a rough incident earlier when Margarito Perez was allegedly slashed after a request for a cigarette. Perez sought treatment at Santa Rosa Hospital.
Paris police sought a crafty thief after a circus break in. A lion was stolen this morning and investigators reviewed clues as officers pursued leads. The incident shocked spectators and raised safety concerns for traveling shows visiting the city.
Adrian B. Salvatierra, 37, driver of a police scout car, escaped unharmed after the vehicle sped to a fire alarm and rolled over three times in the 600 block of Castroville road. The blaze at Lucinda Malacara’s residence was extinguished by the time firefighters arrived.
Marquis Eaton CPA will be principal speaker at the National Association of Certified Accountants meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Menger Hotel. He will discuss Unequivocal Reporting by Public Company Accountants. Eaton is a partner at Eaton and Huddle and serves on the American Institute of Accounting publication committee.
Dallas reports J. Perrin, an oilman, claims Baker hotel raised rent from 500 to 1200 dollars monthly for his five rooms breaking a verbal lease with Hotel President Fenton Baker. Perrin says he spent 12000 dollars redecorating the suites and seeks to halt eviction in court.
Manila report says Coconut King W. D. Robinson aged 68 of Mindanao was killed yesterday by a plantation foreman named Mora. His wife, Mrs. Ann Hodges Robinson, is listed as living in Dallas.
A military air transport route themed float sponsored by MATS Continental division at Kelly AFB will showcase a Texas map with a 2 foot illuminated star marking San Antonio. A 7 foot C-54 model with MATS markings leads to a Berlin replica as the crowd sees airlift supplies ferried from San Antonio to Berlin. Texas Rangerettes Marcia Howe, Marcille Howe, Annabelle Walters, Luanne Matheny, Joyce Frith and Bette Mansfield will perform from the truck.
Fragmentary OCR hints at a playful feature in Puck The Comic Weekly. Mentions Barney and a light color comic weekly club cofter style, with reference to a Sunday publication and a visual gag.
Damaged ad promises a denture powder named FASTEETH to secure false teeth firmly. It touts alkaline formula, no gum irritation, and a paste-free taste, urging purchase at local stores despite garbled OCR.
Humidity at 6 30 am Thursday shows a 7 percent mean for April. Precipitation in the last 24 hours was 0.29 inch, total for the month 1.51 inches, excess for the month 0.31 inch, total for six months 6.87 inches, excess for the year 2.87 inches. Moon phase is Last quarter with Moon rises at 2 02 am Tuesday and sets 11 26 pm Tuesday. Wind at 5 am Tuesday northeast 10 mph. High at 12 39 pm and low at 7 04 pm. Weather for tourists lists stations and readings including Indianapolis and Kansas City with varying temperatures and precip totals.
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