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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1946
Page
6
Judge C K Quin granted injunctive relief to Selma Meider Guido wife of Frank A Guido to prevent disposal of his property valued at 15 by the allotment. Attorneys asked for time to file new petitions and a second hearing date has not been set.
Janean Dee of the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the average moderate income city family saw food prices rise about 4.5 percent between mid October and mid November. Consumers’ prices on November 15 were 14 percent higher than June 15 and 17 percent higher than last January.
The Air Materiel Command announced successful radar guided missile control in a test of a B17 Flying Fortress near Ohio. Engineers from AMC’s electronic subdivision directed a 60 mile flight Thursday before senior officers, with the aircraft kept out of sight of engineers and inspecting officers during the demonstration.
New York officials announced rescue workers have pulled 82 bodies from a Manhattan tenement collapse site. Four more victims were believed buried as investigators described a ruin of twisted steel and bricks from an ice house wall collapse triggered by a fire.
Police found the bound and beaten body of John J. Darby, 53, an extra in a movie, in his Hollywood garage apartment. The back of his head was bashed in and the room showed signs of a violent struggle. A male friend seen leaving the apartment earlier is being sought by investigators.
A runaway locomotive risked catastrophe near Chicago with a switch misfire sending a train toward a junction. Death was reported at the throttle as the engine veered into a yard, overturning or derailing cars while the authorities secured the scene and ferried away the injured. No precise fatalities or numbers were confirmed in the readable text.
The Senate Bilbo investigation plans to recall Robert Gandy of Jackson to testify about a 1942 Mississippi pay-for-political-advantage scheme. Gandy testified he cashed $25,000 in checks to Bilbo via Felix Newton and turned funds over to Bilbo for disbursement for Doxey.
In Shanghai on December 14 the dollar fell sharply on the black market losing nearly 1000 points to trade at 5700 Chinese dollars after a two day surge that had sent it to 6700 Chinese dollars. The official exchange rate remains favorable.
Saturday and Saturday night and Sunday bring partly cloudy skies with a high near 74 degrees and a low around 50. Friday’s high around 73 with a low near 47. Weather page 2.
London December 14 King George VI marked his listed birthday with family as official June celebrations proceed. A 27 gun salute fired by royal horse artillery at noon, with a Windsor castle salute planned for the weekend. First Windsor salute since 1839.
More than 20 McKinley High students who walked out for the second time in a week will be suspended for 30 days. Thirteen were taken into custody as police cleared the line. The walkout followed student grievances including lack of a football team and a ban on girls slacks after a lecture by Captain Andre.
Five youths aged 15 to 18 were booked for investigation in the brutal rape and bludgeoning of Mrs. Naomi Tullis Cook, 52, a Texarkana Texas native and sportswear clerk. Her body was found Wednesday behind a parking test room.
ROME Dec 14 UNRRA is sending Italy an entire penicillin factory from the United States the director of the UNRRA mission to Italy disclosed today Italians have traveled to the United States England and Canada to study penicillin production.
WARSAW Dec 14 Roosevelt and his wife will stay in the Wilanow palace as guests of the Polish government. They arrived by plane from Moscow on Thursday, according to a foreign ministry spokesman.
United Nations General Assembly plans Saturday discussions on world disarmament with emphasis on the atomic bomb. Byrnes warns that secrecy of America's weapon could be damaged unless the world agrees on controlled demobilization. Molotov accuses propaganda for new war and says atomic bombs are not defensive weapons. Formal approval of New York City as skyscraper capital of the UN expected.
In Burbank California on December 14 a Royal Netherlands Indies Airways plane will fly to Kwajalein Island with Christmas trees for the troops. The return leg of its Batavia to California inaugural run will deliver a supply of silver tipped firs to the tropical post.
Nanking dispatch says government troops seized Yencheng after a four day night battle, virtually completing recapture of northern Kiangsu. The city 88 miles northeast of Chinkiang saw heavy casualties as Communist forces fled. remnants of the garrison withdrew.
Venice reports a man posing as Captain John Willis led police to a ransom plot. He claimed his wife was kidnapped and a jeep seized, demanding 2250 dollars. The fake captain and vehicle vanished at the payoff spot, identified later as William Capuzzo of Chioggia, claimed to serve in a GS division.
Two men faced jail or required child support for nine and ten minor dependents after fatal auto crashes. In Seattle, John W. Fitzwater and Richard C. Hook pled guilty to negligent homicide and faced penalties including monthly payments and potential prison, while in Hattiesburg, Miss., Sherrill Gardner was found guilty of manslaughter and ordered to pay $5 monthly per child.
United Airlines claimed a Chicago to Boston flight speed record with a four hour and 31 minute journey. Capt Clifton L. Brigham piloted the four engined craft at an average 269 mph and a top speed of 338 mph, shaving 70 minutes from the scheduled time.
Charleston West Virginia December 14 194? mountain and winter warfare training outlined for selected guard infantry units near mountainous regions. Plan part of Second Army program under Lt General Albert C Wedemeyer with ground forces headquarters announcing the initiative.
Interor Secretary Zulueta reported 41 peasants in Nueva Ecija were held against their will by Hukbalahap guerrillas while harvesting rice this week and at least four were fatally wounded. Several others are missing. In the same province Hukbalahap fighters attacked 24 civilian guards protecting harvest crews. one guard was injured.
Edwin Pauley, U S reparations commissioner, told President Truman the Russians may seek to force communism on all of Korea before they withdraw occupation troops from the north. He reported to the White House after touring the Russian zone under Red army escort. Pauley said Koreans are flooded with Communist propaganda and treated crudely by Soviet troops. He also cited damage to Manchurian industry by Russian occupation forces for long range strategic reasons.
Washington dispatch reports 14 year old Townsend Ames accused of wounding Policeman William C. Grooms and Policeman Richard H. Taylor before firing on detectives and turning the pistol on himself in a night club district near the White House. Taylor, 47, left three children, died from chest wound.
A British woman was shot to death in her Wiesbaden hotel room. An American civilian, Everett H. Snedeker, 33, of Lincoln Nebraska, was held for observation during the investigation and apprehended at the scene. He is described as a civilian employee in the European theater judge advocate office.
Washington labor experts expect a national wage pattern of about 12 to 15 cents an hour for the second round of postwar wage demands. The figure, linked to Secretary Schwellenbach’s optimism for 1947 labor-management negotiations, is seen as a reasonable target unlikely to trigger major controversy.
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