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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1946
Page
5
In Los Angeles on December 14 a truck overturned at an intersection spilling a large quantity of whisky case goods. The incident highlights ongoing shortages but details remain unclear.
An Associated Press survey across six Western European nations finds U S relief programs delivering aid to liberated France Belgium and Holland with many citizens thanking American relief workers in multiple languages. Germany Austria and Italy still face shortages as recovery continues.
Senator Wiley of Wisconsin criticized federal rent restrictions calling them blockhead control and urged the new congress to hand the program to the states without delay. He argued rent control froze rents at low levels and hindered rental wealth. A Texas temperance group issued a open letter appealing for a liquorless Christmas to churches and Sunday schools.
Holly wood star George Raft faces a $300000 damage suit by Edward Raiden, filed in Superior Court. Raft called the suit ridiculous as his attorney prepares an answer. The seven-page complaint accuses Raft of actions linked to love gifts and a disputed $600 worth of furs and jewelry involving Betty Doss, a 14-year-old actress.
Walter H. Sherrill 29 agreed to pay 4615 toward support of the Gardner children rather than a 2 to 20 year manslaughter sentence. County Judge William Haralson ordered five dollars monthly per child until age 18 with first payment in a month. If fulfilled, payments end in 1961 when Robert Gardner turns 18. Mrs Gladys Gardner said she cannot work to support ten children.
Marion Martin of Bangor Maine resigns as assistant chairman of the Republican National Committee and director of its women division. The resignation takes effect January 1.
Scotland Yard faced a flood of mysterious phone and letter warnings claiming the police offices would be blown up at Marble Arch in Hyde Park and Victoria Station. Authorities enacted special precautions in response to the threats.
Walter Be Wolf, convicted in 1921 of embezzling 3.691 million from a Chicago bank where he worked as a 75 dollar a week clerk, was paroled after 15 years and a month in state prison. He joined his family in Oak Park and called the case a raw deal while remaining silent on the funds.
The Gridiron dinner marked the GOP’s first return to the spotlight since winning control, with President Truman and notable figures from politics, diplomacy, journalism, and labor in attendance. Skits mocked labor disputes UN affairs and a nostalgic “horse and buggy days” theme while Hoover and Wallace figures were satirized.
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