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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1946
Page
2
Mark Meriy reports on Schenley Distillers testing music in the Empire State Building for about five hundred workers in three departments. The office manager notes potential mood benefits, aiming to ease stress, fatigue, and monotony in busy, high-pressure offices.
Funeral services set for Laurette Taylor, renowned actress, who died Saturday night after coming out of retirement to star in The Glass Menageries. She will be buried beside late husband Tartley Manners at Woodlawn Cemetery.
Franco addressed a Madrid crowd on December 9 from the national palace balcony denouncing foreign interference. The turnout surged after a long march, with banners echoing Franco yes and foreign no as state media framed the protest as a plebiscite against foreign interference.
Sunday in San Antonio featured the San Antonio Symphony Orchestra in a second pop concert sponsored by Joske's of Texas. Max Reiter led an engaging program including Niculai, Bizet, Mendelssohn, Suk, Kabalevsky, Boccherini, Ponchielli, Stephin Foster and Johann Strauss with encores. Xavier Cugat then presented a two hour show at Williamson auditorium to a lively crowd, followed by Henry Busse and his band at Sevenoaks Night Club delivering a dance program focused on dancing and sentimental favorites.
Peiping reports say Communist forces bombarded Chungyang in Shansi for 10 days as Nationalist troops manned the walls and repelled assaults. The Nationalist air force may drop food and ammunition, with Liucheng in Shantung also under siege amid repeated attacks.
Parley Nanking reports the Chinese government is considering sending an emissary to Yenan to restart negotiations with the Chinese Communists. Spokesman George Yeh said no decision on envoy yet. General Marshall expected to return to the United States before Christmas. no word on reporting to President Truman if talks stall. Mrs. Marshall departed for Honolulu for the winter.
Otis Whitehead, chairman of the chamber of commerce convention committee, arranged three conventions for 1947. The State Mineral Society of Texas will meet with about 50 delegates on April 5 and 6 at the Gunter hotel. The State Association of Insurance Women, with about 100 attendees, will meet on October 1 and 7. The Texas Probation Association plans a November 20 and 21 gathering with around 100 in attendance.
News of Stanley Moon a 15 year old San Antonio Light carrier fatally injured in a motorcycle crash near Fredericksburg road. He and 15 year old Danny Daniels were returning from Boerne with Moon dying on arrival at Robert B Green hospital.
The Thel Dyatt of China's proposed constitution will require passage through nine national assembly committees with revisions anticipated in nearly every article, Ta Kang Pao reported from Nanking on December 9.
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