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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1946
Page
3
A San Antonio Light item notes a baby born in a department store on August 22 1946, reported in the 6-A section. The unusual birth occurred as the mother shopped, with hospital authorities later confirming details. The brief item captures a remarkable early birth in a retail setting.
In Biscayne Bay Miami, 18 refugees from Estonia aboard the 35 foot sloop Little Yellow Hair hope to sail elsewhere after being denied landing on American soil without immigration permits. Skipper Wellx Tandre said the group, including a five year old, fled German and Russian rule and may continue to sea after replenishing supplies.
Mrs. Rosalind E. Breslauer, 38, a War Assets administration employee, fell from the sixty second floor to a terrace on the twenty first floor of the Empire State Building in New York. Police said she left three notes.
The city council on Thursday signed a contract with the state highway department to begin construction on the interregional highway. It approved setting aside 35 acres south of Princeton Avenue for relocation of houses moved from the highway right of way. Commissioner Alfred Callaghan was the sole vote against the contract, while Commissioner Anderson questioned the city’s real estate role and public hearing process. Mayor Mauermann said the plan to move homes had appeared in newspapers.
The state department said the plane was shot down with some or all occupants killed, wreckage found near the Austrian border. The United States blamed bad weather for forcing the planes off course, while Yugoslavia claimed the planes violated its territory. The U S note condemned Yugoslav explanations as unsatisfactory and called the act outrageous, noting the planes were unarmed and not a threat to Yugoslavia’s sovereignty.
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