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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1946
Page
4
The Cisco Kid film The Gay Cavalier opens at the Empire theater. Gilbert Roland stars as Cisco with Ramsey Ames also appearing. The plot centers on Cisco seeking vengeance against an outlaw who impersonates him.
Washington August 23 The Army Air Forces announced a U shaped recoil tube firing sand bullets to slow the fall of parachuting jeeps guns and other heavy airborne equipment The device places an explosive charge in the bend projecting sand from two ends to provide deceleration The system claims to reduce a paratrooper with full gear from about 300 pounds to 20 pounds
The Bureau of Animal Industry will resume enforcing the meat inspection act and the 28 hour livestock shipment law on October 1. Dr. W. C. Dye, bureau chief in San Antonio, said the activities were withdrawn from the War Food Administration and will return to BAT work, bringing 332 veterinarians back for emergency animal disease eradication efforts. The 28 hour law mandates unloading, feeding and watering of stock every 28 hours.
Police report multiple thefts across San Antonio including a purse with $2 a fountain pen and keys taken from Miss Jessie Teed 120 Taylor Street. Other losses include a watch and $50 from Mrs Mary Beverly 220 North Cherry Street and items from a car in the 200 block of West Nueva Street. Authorities note varied stolen goods from residences hotels and public areas.
Lineas Aereas Mexicanas LAMSA files with the Civil Aeronautics Board to operate between Torreon and Houston via San Antonio and Monterrey, rejecting passenger mail traffic from San Antonio to Houston. The petition complements United Air Lines and LAMSA plans linking Pacific coast and Mexican routes, aiming to speed central Mexico to eastern and southern Texas transportation.
Demand for surplus commercial trucks jeeps tractors and cranes far exceeds supply. Certification of these items has been discontinued. W Y Walthall San Antonio WAA director announced Thursday. For the finest selection of Home Bargains see classification 20 Light Want Ads.
Government figures indicate individual incomes will reach about 165 billion dollars in the current fiscal year, exceeding 1945 by roughly 5 billion. The data reflect a sustained rise in earnings despite postwar adjustments and suggest broad expansion in consumer spending and tax receipts.
County Agent Aryle Eliott announces a ample supply of migratory cotton pickers ready for hire to harvest crops in this territory. A full time contact man is on duty in Victoria to direct pickers to fields as migratory workers come from the Valley.
Beeville mayor Douglas Hermes died in an automobile crash Tuesday night a few miles south of Monterrey Mexico. His fishing companion E Elliott was seriously injured. The U S consul at Monterrey relayed the report to City Clerk Ellis Quinn.
A plain talk on how kidney trouble can cause nagging backaches and fatigue. The piece notes kidneys filter waste and acids from the blood, and suggests relief comes from addressing kidney health rather than ignoring the symptoms.
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