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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1944
Page
6
A terse field note style item titled Around the Plaza presents an operative report from DAQ. It records brief situational details and the agency’s observations in a compact newswire tone. The fragment emphasizes procedural notes and discreet outcomes without graphic detail.
An excited San Antonio civic informer, Richard Fischer, reports from Dallas about the Trinity River survey and canal plans. He notes the Dallas project seeks lower freight costs and suggests San Antonio and Dallas could jointly benefit, proposing a cooperative scheme to boost river traffic while tagging San Antonio as a key partner in the Inland waterway effort.
Louise Lee Alkens, 19, of 2114 Hays Street, was taken to Robert B. Green Hospital after being strangled and dragged into a cemetery by a Black assailant while walking home from work in the 1500 block of East Commerce Street. She regained consciousness and screamed, prompting the assailant to flee as officers nearby intervened.
O B Mc Culloch head of the juvenile division reports July figures in San Antonio. Twenty eight youths under 17 were arrested for sex offenses, 23 for theft, 9 for garbling, 1 for rape and 1 for disturbing the peace. Of 111 youths apprehended, 24 were repeaters. Four of 21 girls faced second offenses. Mrs Aikens, wife of an overseas soldier, is being treated for bruises about the neck.
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