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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1950
Page
1
Ruth Roman, actress of Warner Brothers, married Mortimer Hall, radio station executive, in Las Vegas on Saturday night. They returned to Hollywood today where Roman resumes work on her film, with no honeymoon due to her studio obligations.
The San Antonio Knights of Pythias announce their annual roll call meeting at 7:30 pm on Monday in the W.O.W. hall at 822 E. Houston Street. Jay Johnson leads the program with an invocation by Rev. Clyde Childers and Christmas carols sung by the men’s quartet of Northside Baptist Church.
A cryptic line offers a reward based on using Light Classified Acts, noting a numeric tag and a humorous nod to frequent use. The fragment hints at incentives tied to activity but provides no concrete names, dates, places, or organizations.
Occasional snow flurries are expected over the Great Lakes region and northern plains with rain across the northern Pacific coast. A change to snow is expected in higher Cascades elevations. Elsewhere, generally fair weather. Much colder in the east with a gradual warming trend toward the Plains states.
In Washington the House considered a bill to grant $10,000 free life insurance to men entering service since the Korean War began, potentially replacing the current service life insurance system. A separate measure would revive a $1,000,000,000 War Damage Corporation to insure private property, and the vocational rehabilitation act extension for armed forces since 1943 was scheduled for consideration.
Senate finance leaders push to bring the excess profits tax bill to a vote before a Christmas recess. The measure aims to raise 2.15 to 3.55 billion in year one, with higher returns as defense spending grows. House counterpart would yield about 3.4 billion first year, below President Truman’s request. Treasury plans to offer war bond holders a chance to earn extra by holding certificates, with Series H and E bonds affected and changes considered in Congress.
Miami officials dodged questions about a rumored polio cure at the University of Miami while not denying the report. Columnist Walter Winchell broadcast a cobra venom based cure used on monkeys, but researchers urged caution and said data must be published through proper scientific channels. The Miami Herald noted the research had been known to local medical leaders before the speculation.
Houston report notes Hughes Tool Co. may restart the WWI Dickson gun plant as early as February. General manager F W Ayers says the government asked for preliminary work to reactivate the facility and its 3000 workers. Production would cover guns from 37 mm to 105 mm and reflect renewed military demand.
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