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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1951
Page
4
Chief Robert J.B. Allen announced a revised police patrol plan effective Sunday at 8 am. The city is split into four sections northwest northeast southwest and southeast with a sergeant in charge of each shift. Six new sergeants added and traffic investigators eliminated. a Dutch sergeant rotates days off and downtown patrols on off days.
Rosa Cerasa Azzi of Rome, aged eighty two, arrived in San Antonio to visit her daughter Mrs William Kenney after 82 years apart. She traveled from Rome to Naples aboard the USS Independence, landed in New York, then rode to San Antonio arriving December 15. Her daughter, a World War II bride, persuaded her to come, and Mrs Azzi plans to stay as long as she wishes while learning American life and language with help from her daughter.
The agriculture department reports farm product prices rose about 1.3 percent from mid November to mid December marking the third straight monthly advance after a spring dip. The level remains about 2.6 percent below February peak, around 7 percent higher than a year ago and 23 percent above pre Korean War levels.
Mexican travel advisor Alph Guerra says tourist beds are tight along the Pan American route between Monterrey and Mexico City and in major hubs. He notes that superior accommodations in Monterrey Mexico City and Acapulco require advance reservations, while several towns offer first class facilities but remain hard to secure.
Washington reports five Texans on a public list of 54 prisoners of war from Korea. The department cautioned about accuracy. Texans named include Pfc. Mitchell R. Conway of Dallas, Sfc. duel A. Hinojosa of Falfurrias, Pfc. Reymundo Altamenday Erinburg, Pfc. Gilberto Galvan of Raymondville, and Pfc. Alfredo Z. Humada of Corpus Christi.
In The American Weekly, a dramatic account recounts a catastrophic shipwreck where a commander faced a dire choice to save 25 lives at the cost of 16 others. The tale frames moral courage, duty, and the heavy burden of split-second decisions in a perilous crisis.
A San Antonio retail landmark tracing its roots to Julius Joske and sons in 1873, Joske's has grown from a tiny Austin Street shop to a sprawling department store empire. The latest expansion, starting next week, marks the greatest growth in the store's 78 year history, adding appliance and TV stores, a budget house, farm and ranch shop, hardware, sports, and toy outlets. The piece notes San Antonio’s growth alongside Joske's, with milestones and past relocations to Alamo Plaza and Alamo and Commerce.
Robert Camp formerly of Navajoata, Texas, is ordered held for trial in Saltillo Mexico on charges of assaulting two boys who suffered shotgun wounds. The boys are in hospital.
A 70 page House committee report accuses a United States Justice Department official and others of involvement with Soviet espionage. The document cites unnamed former DOJ figures and names a possible agent network connected to 1937 operations before World War II.
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