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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1949
Page
1
W F Willis a Transit Co adjustor 24 of auteunon ave told police he was held up early Wednesday by an armed man who flagged his car on San Pedro avenue. The man produced a pistol and demanded money. Willis surrendered company funds plus $19 of his own.
A weeklong Catholicism study program starts Sunday in San Antonio with sessions at Ursuline Academy auditorium and De Mazenod scholasticate. St John’s Archdiocesan Seminary and De Mazenod sponsor the forums, titled Transplanted by God, a three act play, and Catholic Action and Rural Life.
Street dancing lights the Fiesta evening after the illuminated parade. In front of the Majestic theater square dancing features four veteran callers from San Antonio Junction Archer City College Station. Red River area hosts Dave's band at Alamo plaza and Emilio Caceres orchestra near the International building. Only fiesta garb dressed dancers qualify for the squares. Henry Hudson's fiddle band from Austin wraps up the hoedown to 11 pm.
Austin April 20 The house committees on privileges and elections sent to the attorney general a proposed presidential preference primary bill asking an opinion on its constitutionality.
The report lists humidity at 9 percent at 6 30 a m and April mean precipitation at 1.69 inches for the past 24 hours and 317 inches monthly total. It notes a 11 33 inch excess for the year, sunset at 7 04 pm Wednesday, sunrise at 8 02 am, and a later Thursday sunset. Moonrise at 8 24 pm Thursday with last quarter phase and NE winds around 10 mph. Tides at Aransas Pass Thursday give high and low times, with tourist-focused notes for Corpus Christi Galveston Houston and other Texas locations.
Weather reports show heavy rainfall across Texas with Brownwood logging 5.24 inches since Monday night. Other totals for 24 hours ending 6:30 am Wednesday include Austin 2.55, Galveston 2.05, Waco 1.48, Houston 1.13, San Angelo 0.31, Victoria 0.78. No homes were flooded, but cresting high water occurred in Brownwood before receding. Rain is expected to continue through Thursday in east Texas, possibly ending in central and west Texas.
Cannes reports Prince Aly Khan, son of the Aga Khan, broke an ankle last Saturday. Friends say the injury will postpone his wedding to actress Rita Hayworth by at least a month. French law makes Aly eligible for Hayworth’s hand on May 7, a month from his divorce.
San Antonio Buicks announces immediate delivery on select 1949 Buick models including 2 door and 4 door Super and Roadmaster strains. Spires cites a production boost of over 32,000 cars per month, the highest since before the war, enabling rapid delivery.
Three dealers faced charges in M D Jones court for unlawful pistol sales. David Cohn and Norman Riemer allegedly sold pistols without a good character certificate and failed to maintain sale records. A Siegel was charged with selling a pistol with only a county tax collector license. Dist Atty Hetsley said pistol purchasers must present a good character certificate signed by a local judge.
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