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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1949
Page
3
San Antonio sanitation workers call Fiesta de San Jacinto a week of crisis as they toil to clear streets after parades and dances. With no extra personnel or equipment, crews contend with shredded paper and debris peak times, hoping three new sweepers ease the load before Saturday night events.
The Sherwin-Williams company plans a field demonstration at Henry Waite farm Kelly Field to show a low gallonage sprayer and the liquid insecticide Kil-tone. A technician from Corpus Christi will direct operations using a sprayer with an inch foot boom to spray an acre with three to five gallons per acre. The chemical, economical and effective against most crop insects, remains active in rain and dew, improving onion thrips control at about 78 cents per acre.
A man was fined $3 in the Corpus Court for overrunning and hose running on February 14 at Cincinnati Avenue. He received an additional $5 fine for driving without a license. William C. Cox of 64 Leigh Street is cited as the source of the report.
Trinity university will celebrate Founders Day on Friday at 8 pm on the campus. The program opens with candidates for student government posts followed by dancing and a barbecue. Candidates include Don A. Dreyer James Arthur Siefkes Jana Lenon J Sosnowski for president and W F Hathaway Larry Kratz and Fred Newton for vice president.
The Associated Press reports retail prices for pork lamb and veal easing this week while most vegetables show declines. Dairy products remained largely unchanged as shoppers face a slower market.
Detroit reports a new drug named myanesin used with electric shock therapy to treat mental ailments. The announcement came from the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology as a potential advance in mental fitness treatment.
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