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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1946
Page
7
Laredo residents capable of growing dates in back yards are harvesting a large crop, with experts noting Webb county as a top U S site alongside Coachella and Salt River valleys. Dr J L Crawford, a health service physician, reports over 20 years of date experiments here supporting Webb county as best of the three regions. The 1946 crop began ripening last week.
At the state experiment farm in Weslaco, workers report test plots of cotton varieties yielding up to three bales per acre. The Coker 100 has nematode resistance and high staple, producing about 3.0 bales per acre, followed by a high-grade hybrid at 2.8 bales. Wilds No. 47 yielded 1.9 bales with lower rank and staple.
The Los Angeles health department announced a third leprosy case within weeks, diagnosed at a San Antonio clinic and linked to a patient at Jere. Other cases include an 8-year-old at Brooke General, a 52-year-old woman on South Frio Street who refused transfer to a federal leper hospital, while San Antonio reports no new polio cases for 42 days.
UN RRA reports through Dr. Nye from the bureau of animal husbandry that 2063 horses and 53 mules were shipped to Yugoslavia this year. Included are 1125 wild Mexican horses, one of which bit an attendant, plus 794 horses and one mule to Poland and 4590 horses and 2712 mules to Greece.
Vito Kapplemann received a $15 fine on Thursday in Corporation Court for shooting at neighbors’ dogs. Judge Augustus McCloskey presided. Charges were brought by J. Q. Roza of 589 Prince Avenue, who alleged Kapplemann fired on dogs in the neighborhood.
Brig Gen A Johnson heads a board of officers in Brooksfield to inspect four air national guard units assigned to Lite Rock Arkansas. Col Harry C Wisehart Lt Col FP Whitney Hall and Col John O Neal serve alternate. The four units total 350 personnel as the first in the 10th Air Force to seek federal recognition.
A dubious home remedy claims to melt bulky fat from neck, chin, arms, abdomen, hips, calves, and ankles with minimal cost. It directs mixing four ounces of a liquid concentrate with grapef fruit, taking a tablespoon twice daily, and offers a money-back guarantee if no noticeable slimming occurs.
A 1945 brief to army engineers outlines a San Antonio river canal system with dammed lakes for flood storage and log reduction, plus Cibolo river reservoirs in Wilson County and near the Missouri Pacific crossing. It highlights recreational opportunities and future canal operations planning.
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