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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1946
Page
5
At Nuremberg the top Nazi leaders including Hermann Goering and Rudolf Hess made final pleas before the international tribunal. Goering declared innocence in a dramatic 10 minute speech as Hess joined in attacking the proceedings. The packed courtroom awaited verdicts with judges set to recess then deliver a ruling in about two weeks.
In Richmond California on August 31 police report two seven year olds confessed to torching a school church and a residence within an hour. The boys were part of a juvenile gang based in a housing project basement. One was placed in a juvenile facility and the other returned to parental custody.
Police hunted a vandal who wrecked St Michael Serbo Russian Orthodox church interiors in Pueblo. A note signed Now this is a church not a place of demons appeared amid scarred murals robes and vestments. Rev Peter Pripisnoff valued the loss at 2000. A separate item notes a Alexfar temple picnic at Scottish Rite cathedral at 6 30 p m with dancing from 9 p m to midnight.
Jack Woolams, 29, Bell Aircraft chief test pilot, died in a Thompson air race trial near Lake Ontario after his P39 went down off Harrison Beach. He had aimed to win the Cleveland race, earlier placed second in qualifying, and was selected to pilot the XS 1 for supersonic speed tests. His team mate Alvin Johnston also competed, with Woolams finishing second in Thompson trials at 192.7 mph. Another Cleveland air races report on page 3.
Rioting in downtown Rio de Janeiro left one dead and nearly 100 injured as mobs smashed store windows and attacked theaters grocery stores and funeral parlors. Police fired volleys and used tear gas while adults blamed high living costs and students protested theater ticket prices. Theater owners cut prices to try to curb the violence.
Senator Pepper proposes a new Big Three meeting among Truman Attlee and Stalin to end ongoing international friction. He told reporters the United States Britain and Russia should back up and start over to improve relations.
A high speed chase on the West Side ended when Officer A Turegano arrested Ernesto R Dominguez 1314 Flanders street for theft over $5 and Amado Casares 216 Saldana street for vagrancy. The auto stolen from Gordon Smith 225 Primera drive was involved after firing one shot near Dolorosa and South Brazos streets.
Washington reports a peak travel burden as Mr and Mrs America and their children take full advantage of a three day Labor Day weekend. Trains planes buses and autos are jammed with travel hungry citizens on the move.
Army planners urge expanding the infantry division into a 47,000 officer and troops structure with own tanks and anti air craft guns. Final recommendations before Eisenhower include adding a battalion of tanks and artillery, restructuring regiments into combat teams, and reducing infantry squad size from 12 to 9. Six generals per division would be needed.
Torrential rains spurred floods across South and East Texas from Gonzales to Victoria. The Guadalupe and Nueces rivers surged, with the Nueces near George West rising a foot per hour and Guadalupe set for overflow near Cuero. Highways 173 346 72 closed. San Miguel river overflow on Highway 173 halts travel. Pearsall logged nine inches of rain since Wednesday. County roads around San Antonio suffered damage estimated at $10,000. Residents warned of rising waters and stock moved from lowlands around Nueces River.
In Athens on the eve of a plebiscite to restore King George II, political meetings were banned. Royalist leaders claimed victory while Communists accused Britain and the United States of meddling. Observers from the U.S. and Britain prepared to monitor voting. Police and gendarmerie barred arms. intoxicanis sale banned. The government reported 21 deaths from Communist, raids, with 18 killed and 32 kidnapped in Macedonia, Thessaly, and the Peloponnesus.
VFW members flock to Boston for the 47th annual national encampment as housing and the troubled international situation loom as key topics. The veterans prepare for their first business meeting on Monday to air concerns affecting their homes and national affairs.
A nutritional committee representing the three powers reports worsening civilian health in western occupied zones. After a 12 day survey, definite starvation trends appear in several cities, signaling a grave humanitarian crisis.
Forecast calls for considerable cloudiness with scattered showers Saturday afternoon and night and again Sunday. Slightly warmer on Sunday. Temperatures range from a high near 80 Friday to 84 Saturday with a 66 minimum Saturday and 70 Sunday plus a peak 86 Sunday. Additional Weather Page 3 references.
Police reported an unknown RAF trainee known as James Ry King was the car driver that crashed into a telephone pole at the intersection of Inn and Sixth streets. The unknown soldier passenger fled the scene, with investigators unsure of the passenger’s identity.
Tokyo August 31 reporting that the historic Zaibatsu financial empire will be dissolved by September 30. The Mitsui Mitsubishi Sumitomo Yasuda Fuji Sangyo groups comprised 255 companies with capital of 1.4 billion yen, signaling a major economic restructuring in Japan.
Detroit reports police investigating a baby name branding incident after a 17 month old boy named William Kelly bore initials A S with a faint L on his left shoulder. Neighbors and children questioned, William treated with first aid, mother Margaret Kelly says he was in the yard with other children when marks appeared.
The State Department expects Yugoslavia to pay for loss of life and property after Yugoslav fighter planes gunned two U.S. transport aircraft. Undersecretary Dean Acheson said a bill will be presented once incident details are complete. Five Americans were killed when one transport was shot down August 19. another crash-landed August 9 with no fatalities.
Col James Kilian filed martial charges against Capt HarJ Carroll accusing the former prosecutor in the Lichfield cruelty cases of maliciously instigating the trial that led to Kilian's conviction two days earlier. Kilian received a conviction for permitting cruelty to American soldiers at the Lichfield guardhouse with a two day sentence of 3500 and a reprimand. French troops completed their Lebanon evacuation with the last contingent sailing aboard the cruiser Mantcalm after a farewell ceremony with Lebanese army commanders.
New Orleans reports Senator Theodore Bilbo of Mississippi will undergo an operation for inflamation of the mouth at Touro Infirmary. The 60 year old politician, clad in red pajamas, predicted a five day stay and said he felt better than in many years.
In Frankfurt on August 31 Colonel C F Fritsche said 14 of 15 Germans seized on Soviet espionage suspicions in the American zone have been released. Only Walter Kazmarek, alleged head of the group known as Free Germany, remains in custody. He offered no comment on why the others were freed or whether charges were filed.
Four goats used as guinea pigs in the June 3 atomic bomb tests at Bikini have recovered satisfac torily after a month of observation. The medical director of Argonne National Laboratory on the University of Chicago campus, Dr. Austin Brues, announced the news in Chicago.
Tokyo aug 1 members of the house military affairs committee now in Tokyo voiced sharp criticism of Russia's activities and pressed for a strong mobile U S striking force in the Far East. They heard a secret off the record report by Gen Douglas MacArthur staff deputies and revised their itinerary to visit the U S occupation zone in south Korea. Rep John E Sheridan urged an armed force to retain surplus Pacific war materiel and build a mobile force with long range bombers near the Asiatic mainland. Rep Dewey Short accused Russia of undermining U S authority in Japan and warned of danger of another Pearl Harbor in Korea Trieste and Alaska. He noted Russia maintains about five times more occupation troops mainly in Korea.
New York authorities ordered a rail freight embargo into the metropolis with exceptions for essential goods in anticipation of a wage strike by about 12,000 metropolitan truck drivers set to begin at midnight. The move aims to curb disruption to supplies during the labor action.
Leonard Woodarn of Fort Sam Houston reports he was stabbed at North Zarramora and West Poplar by a woman who departed the scene in style after calling a taxicab.
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