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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1946
Page
3
ANTLERS Okla Aug 13 A posse pursuit across the Kiamichi mountains continues as authorities close in on two bank robbers who sought food hauling away a sack of potatoes from a farm woman Mrs Lewis Trent reports one man dark haired and matching the suspects description entered her home while she returned from gathering eggs he knocked a yard fence and fled before Captain Dale Pelly arrived.
Louis Bruch aged 81 died in Evanston Hospital after a career as first president of the Audit Bureau of Circulation and a former president of the American Radiator Company. The longtime Chicago area business figure passed away yesterday.
An ad explains that backache and fatigue may stem from tired kidneys. It promotes Dean's Pills as a diuretic to cleanse the blood and relieve symptoms, urging readers to ask their druggist for the product used by millions for over 40 years.
In San Francisco Professor Simon P. Alexandrov of Moscow refused to confirm Russia’s atomic plans. He said Russia has natural resources and is working on the bomb but would not state whether Russia has the horn or has Bikini tests planned. He arrived aboard the observer ship Panamint after attending Bikini tests.
A scooter rider and multiple drivers were injured in several vehicle collisions on Broadway and West Commerce Street. Fort Sam Houston soldier Donnell McMillan, 20, was hospitalized with facial injuries and missing teeth after a crash in the 2700 block of Broadway. Driver Gustavo Valdez Romero, 42, was involved. Capt. George H. Alderson, 27, was cut above the eye in a West Commerce Street crash with Higinio Silva, 40, of Pearsall. Two passengers injured when an auto driven by Joe Harmes, 48, hit a car parked on West Commerce. G. A. McMillan, 23, broke a leg and Sally Ann Leary, 18, suffered a broken collarbone. Juan Murquiz, 51, was slightly injured in a three‑way collision with Henry Kubbeek, 23, and a stationary car carrying Maj. Wallace Grubbs.
In Los Angeles proceedings against Mrs. Luz Patterson, wife of American citizen William N. Patterson Jr., were postponed to May 2, 194? The Philippines born woman said she expects a child next March and immigration officials then delayed the case to next year.
Moscow reports the Dnieper dam now has water flow for the first time since the war. It was twice "searched" as both Soviet and German forces damaged and later repaired the structure during retreat and advances on the Russian front.
Henry J. Kaiser protested a maritime commission ruling restricting Richmond California Shipyard No. 3 to ship scrapping. He argued Kaiser subsidiaries planned to build ships and perform conversion work there including aluminum bus and steel fabrication.
Rio Grande Valley farm cash income for the first six months of 1946 reached 74.688 million dollars, topping Texas crop districts by nearly 30 million. The Fort Worth Dallas district followed with 47.981 million, Wichita Falls 42.086 million, San Angelo 41.018 million, Amarillo 35.082 million, and San Antonio Corpus Christi 36.087 million. The Winter Garden Laredo area reported 20.493 million. Figures from the University of Texas bureau of business research show improvement over the year before when income was 71.217 million.
Engineers from the Southwest land division in Dallas are in Laredo to appraise the Laredo army air field to compute a rental basis for joint city and army use as a municipal airport. A decision is due by August 15 with possible steps to declare an air port of entry. If surplus, the city may acquire the entire field, says Mayor Hugh J. Cluck.
An autopsy reports George Porter a 52 year old Washington DC attorney died from strangulation after a piece of beefsteak stuck in his throat. Porter had represented a San Francisco radio station in Washington and was dining with friends when the incident occurred.
In Mercedes on Aug 13 police say an outbreak of rabies was brought under control after Pasteur treatments for 17 residents. Eight local dogs died and several cats were infected and destroyed. Police Chief Troy Bone suspects a rabid coyote introduced the disease to town, residents urged to stay vigilant.
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