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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1946
Page
5
Calcutta reels from Hindu Muslim clashes after Direct Action Day as reports cite up to 200 dead and 2500 wounded. Curfew, suspended transport, looting estimates exceed 1 million dollars while British troops stand by for limited aid.
Hollywood workers scale back demand for $5 hourly pay and 40 hours weekly after Ed Gilbert accepts a plan from Robert Montgomery to draft a new wage scale. Set designers currently earn $2.96 per hour while the industry prepares for a meeting with producers.
In Albany California the legality of dog ages sparks a dispute over licensing. Police Chief Williams questions age proof while a university student claims the pups are under the required age. A humane officer seizes the dogs after neighbors complain about the canine chorus.
YOKOSUKA Japan Aug 17 i Rear Adm Shiro Sato former wartime commander in New Guinea killed his wife and two children as they slept then shot himself. He had returned from New Guinea last January and reportedly spoke of feeling degraded by defeat.
Helen Vanaman 19 and her brother Herbert 19 died after Herbert's car collided with a bus. Their mother Edith Vanaman planned a birthday dinner as Leroy M. Ford 23, the bus driver, was severely injured and later lost a leg. The incident happened as officials said the family awaited guests.
Police seek to identify a Latin American man about 70 found at the base of the Ben Milam statue in Ben Milam Park at 6 a.m. He showed no signs of violence and had likely been dead for hours when Miguel Cortinas of 124 Alla Vista Street found him.
The Paris peace conference approved inviting Austria to present views on the Italy treaty with 15 votes to 6 amid Russian opposition. The United States and Britain supported hearing Austria on the same terms as Albania Mexico Cuba and Egypt. Soviet delegate Vishinsky argued against the move citing Austria’s South Tyrol claim and opposition from several states. The conference then moved to invite Iran with U S support and Cohen said the delegation was pleased to back the proposal.
Beattyville deputies pursue Ben Chapman a 30 year old war veteran accused of chaining his wife to a bed post nightly over months. Sheriff Shelby Kincaid said Mrs Chambers obtained a warrant charging assault and battery. The woman described a trace chain and wire used as a collar as she fled with her two children to friends.
Dayton Ohio August Lu or William C Wells has endured 17 months of relentless hiccups. Four operations and various remedies failed to stop the spasm as he sits upright or on his head and consumes water ice and other methods. His wife and three children have tried every known cure while his weight fell from 135 to 88 pounds before stabilizing near 96.
Heavy rains flood numerous Illinois communities near the Mississippi River, killing four people and leaving over 1200 homeless. Levee breaks near St. Louis flood Pearl and nearby towns while East St. Louis and Belleville lose residents. A 13 year old girl drowns in Elsberry and a man dies by electrocution in Centralia as trains stall and boats rescue thousands.
MINNEAPOLIS Aug 17 An increase of 74 new polio cases in the last 24 hours brings Minnesota infantile paralysis toll to 1326 cases with 90 deaths reported to date.
Fright high near 74 then a cool weekend with Saturday peaking around 38 remaining mild Sunday. Overnight lows expected around 74 with Saturday and Sunday following similar warmth. Additional details available on Page 2.
President Truman rests on an Atlantic cruise aboard the USS Williamsburg as he takes a rare holiday from White House duties. His doctor prescribes diet and rest while officials monitor world events via radiotelephone and teletype aboard the Naragansett Bay voyage.
Government experts warn a winter drought will cut about 30 million bushels of Australian wheat and reduce meat and butter supplies this year. Thousands of cattle have died and 5 million sheep on the brink if rain does not arrive. scrap paper fire causes $15 damage in the West Commerce district.
Two men used a truck and car to steal 200 melons valued at 75 dollars from Jesus Lendez a produce market dealer. Lendez waited with the truck as one man left and the other drove away in the vehicle.
A typhoon on Iwo Jima battered fortifications at 175 mph winds, destroying air installations and power lines. Food rations were ruined, nearly all U S and Japanese facilities damaged. No casualties reported. further impact expected toward Tokyo.
Jack R. Burke operator of the Turf bar at 121 Soledad street has been denied a beer and wine permit by the Texas Liquor Control Board administrator for illegal sales on April 25 27 30 and May 1 2 within six months of the application. Gus Brown announced the action after County Judge Charles W. Anderson granted license purchase for the Turf bar owned by W. E. Red Berry. No appeal from the ruling was announced.
Genoveve Riche 24 of 822 South Smith street died at Robert B. Green hospital after a 12 gauge shotgun blast in a late night assault. Gregory Araujo 18 of 517 South Leona street told police that Riche was attacked after entering a dance with him. an ice cream stand near El Paso and South Frio streets was involved. William Duboise, owner of the stand, said prior fights around the place led him to carry a gun which discharged accidentally during a scuffle following a bump.
Dumarsais Estime, former secretary of education, is named president by a constituent assembly. The election follows the overthrow of President Elie Lescot last January as Haiti stabilizes its leadership.
In Haifa a large crowd gathered behind barbed wire barricades to protest Jewish deportations to Cyprus. An unseen speaker urged preparedness as authorities feared uprisings while British forces prepared further deportations. The Vaad Leumi considered a non cooperation strike. Ben Gurion commented from Paris that US refugee entry would not alter Palestine.
Athens reports say forty Communist band members were killed and fifty wounded in two major clashes with the gendarmerie near Volos. The regional report cites ongoing operations and casualties as authorities pursue the group.
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