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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1948
Page
3
Police nabbed 21 year old Lyane at Poplar and Zarramora after he knocked Dinat Johnson into a mud puddle and grabbed her purse. Two silver dollars and a $5 employer’s check were recovered as Det. Larned and Campa questioned him about other thefts.
Moscow radio reports Marshal Pavel Semyonovich Rybalko, commander of Soviet armored and mechanized troops, has died after a lengthy illness. The notice appears in the Soviet press, with no further details on the cause or duration.
A crash near Hickam Field Honolulu on August 24 killed Lt Towers and crew of a B29. Born in San Antonio and raised in Bandera, he served with the Eighth AAF in England and was recalled to active duty last year. Survived by widow Mire Bernadine Towers, sons Bobby and James Richard, grandmother Bra W G Brymerer, two sisters Leona and Elaine Towers, brothers Bobby Clarence and James P. Towers.
Miss Lettice Curtis 34, a government test pilot, established a new 106-kilometer closed course speed record in the Lympne high speed handicap. Flying a Spitfire 11 entered by Livingstone Satterhwaite, she averaged 313.07 mph, surpassing Jacqueline Cochran of the United States who held the previous record at 292.604 mph.
President Truman plans a campaign tour starting with five Labor Day speeches in Michigan after completing a vacation cruise on the Williamsburg. The presidential yacht will dock in Washington tomorrow, launching a nationwide swing to begin within a week.
A formal application to establish and operate a foreign trade zone in San Antonio was dispatched to Washington to justify the zone. The project, led by George Bernhardt and W. E. Grisham, includes a $268 885 warehouse complex and a 50 year city lease with Scobey Fireproof Storage, with 130 000 000 pounds of goods expected annually.
A free clinic for children of the Stinson housing project and nearby areas opens Sept. 1 at the Stinson field club house. Sponsored by the Projeect recreation council and city recreation department, registered nurses from Stinson homes volunteer. Clinic runs 10 am to noon on the first day of each month and offers whooping cough diphtheria and smallpox shots. Fire health and sanitation committees plan a future well baby and prenatal clinic.
A spectacular Chicago fire destroyed a half block on the south side with continuous explosions and rising flames. More than a sixth of the citys fire force and extra police at the scene, while over 50 000 spectators gathered as 40 explosions shook the neighborhood. The blaze began in the National Lacquer and PainY plank and storage yards.
Four Santonians were treated at a hospital after a car side swiped another vehicle and hit a light pole on the Espaderd. Alfred Anthony, 22, suffered serious head lacerations and possible internal injuries while Elisa Perez, 18, was jailed for driving while intoxicated. Other injured were Alfred Guerrero, 16, and Jesse Pena, 18, with facial injuries and a fractured nose. Police report Perez’s car struck Clyde H. Robbing’s car as they traveled north on Espaderd.
Washington reports that Secretary of State Marshall will receive the Variety Club humanitarian award for 1847 in ceremonies on September 18. The prize, established in 1939 by entertainers, recognizes accomplishment and merit. the panel includes editors and civic leaders.
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