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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1948
Page
3
Mexico City reports warn that within four or five decades heavy cultivation and deforestation will cause severe soil erosion and a new dust bowl across the country. Dr Tafall and engineer Briquie Ordonez cautioned that rains wash soil from highlands, soil loss may force depopulation as land becomes uninhabitable.
In Chicago and Indianapolis, officials explained mysterious sky fireballs. Dr. Howard Aldrich said the Indianapolis display was a surplus army balloon with two railroad fuses attached, creating flaming streaks. Chicago airport staff noted reflections of searchlights on clouds at 15,000 feet, clarifying the phenomena. Alice, 12, is linked to a balloon branding, but details remain sparse.
GALESBURG Aug 9 Forty years after his search Glenn Glass finally recovered one of two millstones once used at Knox county s first water powered mill built in 1831. The other stone had been buried in a well and remains missing.
In Rhinelander Oneida County Judge H F Steele sentenced Lloyd Turcotte 42 and Margaret Turcotte 31 to six months in jail under the Huber law for the death of their 9 year old son Victor in a July 24 fire blamed on parental neglect and drinking. The couple may work outside the jail during the sentence and must spend nights there with a warning that any drinking will forfeit Huber privileges.
Bloomington Indiana August 9.1 police chief Clyde Hibbens could not find motorists performing courteous acts as he judged a traffic courtesy contest. He patrolled the streets and observed a disabled pedestrian crossing. four drivers failed to stop, prompting him to say he would have awarded the prize if one had stopped, and urged readers to use a light want ad.
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