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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1948
Page
6
Riley B. McCaine, 40, of Houston, executed by electric chair at 12:10 am in Huntsville for murdering Einora Collins, a Houston clerical worker. Her nude, burned body was found roadside near Braumont on October 4, 1945. McCaine’s final remark: See you in heaven.
The 3 cent Poultry Industry Centennial commemorative stamp will go on sale in New Haven September 9. Postmaster General Jesse M. Donaldson announced the plan and urged readers to use the new issue.
The county agreed to assume full responsibility for burying all pauper dead in the city and county. A conference at city hall between County Commissioner Dan Traugott and Mayor Alfred Callaghan led to the agreement. Previously the city paid for in city limits burials and the county paid for those outside under a gentleman’s agreement. Each burial cost 17 dollars and there was no contract with any funeral home. The county will seek bids from San Antonio funeral homes after burial regulations are drawn up by health directors. Both the city and county attorneys say pauper burial is within the county judge’s jurisdiction.
State fire officials revisited the Charles Willey farm to probe a string of mystery fires. Three additional blazes appeared in the absence of the investigator, destroying the second barn while the chicken and milk houses and another barn were saved by the elderly couple. The second barn fire was reported late last night, too late to save the structure.
Mexico's government communications department announced plans to remove tolls at five border bridges Matamoros Nuevo Laredo Reynosa Piedras Negras and Ciudad Juarez An official said efforts would move quickly after coordination with U S authorities including plans to finish a new bridge at Nuevo Laredo and ease flood risks from the Rio Grande site concerns.
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