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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1946
Page
1
Bolls are opening on cotton plants from a seed crossed with okra on six farms in Williamson county. Sixty acres have been planted. The new plant shows an extra long staple and hardy stock, with an estimated yield of 3-4 bales more per acre. The okra rootstock is said to resist insects and pests better than normal cotton.
World air routes shift as U S planes avoid eastern Europe amid attacks on American airmen. Detours run via Brenner Pass when weather allows. Pan American flights reduced to once weekly to Budapest and Bucharest, with possible further reroutes if Soviet pressure limits operations. Cholera kills over 1000 in Tung feng Liaoning province as coffins rise in price.
Weather data summary for the past 24 hours shows total rainfall 0 inches, monthly total 1.860 inches, yearly total 243 inches. Sun times indicate sunrise 8:07 am, sunset 1:05 pm, with the moon rising 2:30 am Friday and setting 5:03 pm Friday. Moon phase is last quarter. Wind at Ft. 14 mph, tides at Aransas Pass with highs at 8:60 am and lows at 7:48 am. Pollen counts: mold 234, grass 5, ragweed 1. Mean temperature 78 with deficiency 9.
Washington lawmakers backed the state department stance against Yugoslavia and Russia, urging restraint and a possible move to the United Nations Security Council. Some senators warned of war risk and questioned demobilization. others pressed for Russian pressure to halt fighting in China and Yugoslavia, with calls for guarding citizens and preventing a repeat of the incident.
Judge Robert W. B. Terrell refused to release 36th division veteran John E. Craw from the police venereal clinic. Craw, 24, Crockett hotel, said he attended school in San Antonio on the GI Bill. Tests were being run to detect a venereal disease. results were not yet known.
Mrs D Leigh Colvin, president of the W T U, urged RKO Pictures to cut a scene in the unreleased film The Bachelor and the Bobby Soxer showing Shirley Temple taking a drink. She warned the depiction would instruct youth and provoke protests from teenagers who idolize Temple.
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