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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1948
Page
6
The Rome peddlers union reports over 27,000 peddlers in the city. About 12,000 hold regular licenses and sell vegetables, fruit and other foods in Rome’s 27 markets. The remaining peddlers tour the streets selling wares from antiques to brushes.
San Antonio August 8 Ross Irwin announces a no cost booklet titled Modern Science and Your Hearing. Prepared by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric it covers hearing loss and aids for better hearing. Interested readers mail name and address to Audiphone Co 712 Majestic Blog San Antonio Texas or call F-2033 to obtain the free booklet.
In Mays Landing New Jersey the American Sunbathing Association staged a masked ball at Sunshine Hall as part of its nudist convention. Attendees wore minimal attire with most in nude, while a few conformed by wearing shoes.
Dallas store owner J. Hugh Campbell reports a dramatic rise in Confederate flag sales and inquiries since the Dixiecrat rebellion era. The shop now receives several calls daily, far above the former 25 to 30 monthly inquiries.
In Salt Lake City on August 7, Kennecott Copper Corp Western operations faced hours of talks that failed to yield a settlement. Negotiations were extended to tomorrow, with a strike planned for Thursday. The schedule has been delayed twice and now targets Monday at 9 am CST.
Lorna Williams, 21, daughter of artist Edward Williams, was found dead today in her car in a secluded wooded area near Hollister. Officials believe carbon monoxide poisoning, with a hose connected to the exhaust leading into the vehicle, caused the death.
A local ad writer adopts light want ad format to handle F-1231 notices quickly. The move aims to speed up small classified listings while maintaining clarity for readers.
Ottawa Aug 7 Louis Stephen St Laurent French Canadian minister for external affairs was named today successor to Canada’s Prime Minister W L MacKenzie King. He won on the first ballot defeating James Garfield Gardiner and C C Power to lead the dominant Liberal party and likely become prime minister when King retires later this year.
Chester Morris stars in the Columbia film filmed under the working title Boston Blackie's Honor. Seymour Friedman directs and Rudolph Flothow produces.
A fragmentary Moscow notice reports currency rates and subway conditions with references to a ruble value near five dollars in Corpus Christi terms. It mentions stability in a medical context and a brief note about a patient named Hand returning from a prior location.
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