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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1949
Page
3
San Antonio school board meeting postponed after superintendent Thomas Portwood announced there was insufficient business on the agenda to warrant the session. The notice cites a light agenda and delays.
Curtis E L Calder, utilities executive, has agreed to become Secretary of the Army. Gordon Gray, assistant secretary, will be promoted to under secretary and serve as acting secretary until Calder assumes the role. Calder, chairman of the board for Ele Bond and Share, said he will be ready to take over within days.
Four men aboard a twin engine transport from the Azores en route to Argentina, Newfoundland bellylanded near the cutter Sebago 610 miles southeast of Newfoundland. Engine trouble forced an emergency landing. all four were rescued and the C-47 later sank. Flight crew included pilot Lt. George H. Behrens and navigator SSgt James B. Manion.
The commerce department estimates about 6,000,000 car sales are beyond the usual junk threshold, signaling a large market for new cars. Concurrently the Federal Reserve eases installment credit rules, allowing dealers to offer 24 month payments and lowering down payment requirements for appliances, with the initial down payment staying around 33 percent for most items.
Reports from the base describe a sudden rise in Leon Creek causing fish to beach along the banks. Airmen Pie, Bailey Tillman, Bowen, Flay, and others gathered 2a pounds of sh along the stream with white bass, perch, and carp weighing up to a pound. The airmen admired the catch.
The Texas Lutheran district convention was told yesterday that four million dollars worth of food and clothing have been sent to war-torn Europe by Lutherans in the United States since the end of the war.
A tense dispute unfolds as the Comic Weekly Club Corser eyes action against Puck and Sundays Light amid a publicized fray in the press. Names and titles reflect a period-style quarrel over publication influence and editorial stance.
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