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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1949
Page
2
President Truman asked Congress to appropriate 5.272 billion dollars for the European relief effort, aiming to speed disbursement. About 1.074 billion would be spent by June, with 4.188 billion planned for the next year starting July 1, as Congress had authorized 5.430 billion overall.
Hensley led the campaign to oust Mayor Callaghan with Jack White as mayoral candidate. At a kickoff rally on Monday night, more than 200 on the west side heard Hensley attack the administration, pledge to open jobs for the people, and urge change as White promised to beautify the city and reopen Robert B. Green hospital. Speakers included Jose Padilla and Dr. Carlos Urrutia.
In Hollywood frazil April 26 the Che Club urged uniform marriage and divorce laws to curb illegal divorces and illegitimacy, seeking a constitutional amendment giving Congress power to enact uniform legislation. About 2000 delegates from 10,000,000 members opened the convention.
Washington reports a congressional move to honor Charles A. Lindbergh for vital secret air force assignments. His hush hush overseas base survey aided Vandenberg. Lindbergh’s prior missions include expanding Corsair and P-38 ranges, with combat skirmishes noted in WWII.
Washington April 26 William W Remington titled for an important role in President Truman s new program to share America s technical skill with underdeveloped areas Commerce department officials reveal he will figure prominently in laying the ground work from Truman s plan Remington the government economist once accused of giving wartime secrets to the Communists but later exonerated and reinstated in federal employment is central to the effort
Mortis P. Moore editor and general manager of the Brownsville Herald died last night in Brownsville at age 44. A former Oklahoma City journalist, he had been in Brownsville for about a year and served as president of the Brownsville Herald Publishing Co.
Atty Hensley spoke at a YMCA dinner in St Paul as the organization begins its annual membership campaign. He highlighted the thirty delinquency index and Dr Nelson Greeman as chairmen, noting efforts to support 3000 boys through sponsored recreational activities in San Antonio. Legislation also approved $225000 in appropriations as the legislature ended its longest session in history.
Bob Hope recounts a 2 a day tour stopping in Shreveport and Little Rock. He recalls a near escape before arriving in Little Rock, praising the Arkansas air and noting locomotive repairs and an audience with limited laughs, ending with a plug for his weekly WOAT broadcast.
Principal Ralph Shelton boasted that a flood turned the Colorado Elementary campus into a lake on Monday. Almost all pupils attended half-day sessions, with 70 percent present in the morning and higher turnout in the afternoon. Among the students arriving barefoot in jeans and battered hats were many girls posing as boys, reflecting the disruption and improvised attendance.
Vegetable supply remained tight as truckers returned to Haymarket plaza after carnival events cleared. Wet fields hindered Bexar County farmers from gathering, with Pete Batista and the marketmaster noting a predicted shortage over the next two days.
Frank Dow, acting commissioner of customs in Washington, visited San Antonio Tuesday to observe plane inspections from Mexico at the city airport. He arrived by car from Laredo as part of a tour of ports of entry.
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