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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1952

Page

2

Regular Bee Line to 5 A Start

Joe Cummings, manager of Bee Vile Country Club, expects about 500 guests for New Year’s Eve at Brackenridge. Maj. Henry Gomez from Camp Pickett visits for a golf date with former A&M star Joe Berette. Eddie Davis recoups from a car crash. Barbara Eisenhauer returns to Rio Grande City. Big social roundup with Miguelito Valdez band and New Year’s events at Shamrock, Nix, and Anacacho venues. admission and entry details noted.

ED Castillo Joe Cummings Beevile Country Club San Antonio Joe Brackenridge Maj Henry Gomez Camp Pickett Leroy Barbara Eisenhauer Rio Grande City Texas Sonny Cohen Pullman Furniture Co Ralph ‘Vidaurris Nix Plaza Hotel Deadliners Blue Jackets Coppercats Vic Damone Patsy Reese Syd Fisher Rudy Haberman Manuel Leal U.S Blake . Stevens All Abels Col. Chadwick Miguelito Valdez Miguelito Shamrock Ed Shaunessy Gunter Hotel Galveston Wes Cooper Raoul Cortez KCOR Santa Rosa Anacacho The Eldred N. Steim

Trygve Lie and UN hiring of Soviet agents question

Fulton Lewis argues before a congressional committee that Trygve Lie may be questioned about UN hiring policies and links to Communist and Soviet espionage. The column traces Lie’s 1921 and 1946 Moscow visits, his role in Norway, and alleged Soviet ties, urging disclosure of talks and motives.

Trygve Lie Fulton Lewis Washington Congressional Lie Lewis Basil Capella Daily Worker Tryge Lie Capella Soviet Union Norwegian Labor Party Norway Lenin New Third International Moscow Kremlin Stalin Molotov Vishinsky Russia Congressional Committee Leon Trotsky Trotsky Spitzbergen New York Times C. L. Sulzberger

Britane tablets touted for fast relief of heartburn

An ad style fragment claims Britane tablets offer the fastest acting relief for heartburn and indigestion. It references universal distress and mentions a product name in a promotional tone without coherent context.

Bus Postoffice Gets Good Start

The San Antonio Corpus Christi highway post office opened with limited mail due to haste in launch. Alec Pothernick says clerks have not found us yet and the bus capacity is 200 bags. The daily run leaves at 9 15 a m, reaches Corpus Christi at 4 15 p m, returns by 10 20 p m, serving 16 towns and linking with trains and other regional bus post offices.

San Antonio Corpus Christi Highway Alec Potehernick Potchernick Corpus Christi Highway Post Office Houston McAllen Potehernick

Medic Gives New Hope to Dying Mother

Mrs Jean Garrett 27 underwent a caesarean for a lymphatic cancer diagnosis but her physician reports no Hodgkin’s disease traces now. The baby is healthy and further tests are planned to confirm the diagnosis.

Dee Hodgkin's Jean Garrett Hodgkin Garrett

Starlings Roost At Governor Palace Amid Rockings

Report from Mrs Elizabeth Grahm tutor and assistants who threw rocks at roosting starlings at the Spanish Governor's palace after they moved from the military plaza. Birds flocked so heavily that branches broke, with ongoing roosting more than in any previous year.

Military Plaza Elizabeth Graham

Eisler Said to Be Moved to East Berlin University

Berlin reports that Gerhart Eisler, Soviet zone propaganda chief, will be reassigned to a professorship at East Berlin University early next year. The article notes persistent Communist criticism and ongoing speculation he is being sidelined.

Eisler Reds Berlin Neue Zeitung Gerhart Hisler East Berlin University

Stalins offer to meet Ike viewed with doubt by five locals

In a survey of five residents Loren Kniep Paul Barnard Mrs Thelma Groves Telesforo Peres and Joseph Harris express skepticism about Stalin inviting President-elect Eisenhower to talks. Some see it as propaganda while others see possible peace if talks occurred. most agree current wars would not end without further conflict.

Sernaeeee Kaniep Ike Stalin Paul R. Barnard Eldora, Jr Eisenhower R. Barnard Here Fussia Pacific Wake Guam Telesforo Peres Brownsville Eisen‘hower Russia Joseph Harris Shadwell Sr

Shakeup in Mexico Army Bids Major Reorganization

Mexico City December 431 President Adolfo Ruiz Cortines after taking office a month ago announced 29 army appointments the largest shakeup since 1946. New chiefs include Alberto Violante Perez chief of general staff Neftali Gonzalez Cantu commander Matamoros garrison Alejo Gonzalez Monterrey zone Luis Cueto Ramirez commander Monterrey Leobardo Ruiz Military Academy head and Francisco L Urquizo head of the bureau of military industries.

Mexico City Adolfo Ruiz Cortines Alberto Violante Perez Neftali Gonzalez Cantu Matamoros U. S Alejo Gonzalez Senora Luis Cueto Ramirez Monterrey Leobardo €. Ruiz Lima Francisco L. Urquizo Bureau of Military Industries

Six Texans Hurt in Train Collision in Arkansas

Twenty-one people were recovering and seven in critical condition after a head on collision between two trains yesterday near Smith, Arkansas. Among the injured are six Texans: Clayton D. Sutton and L. B. Bell of Paris, Mrs. M. E. Lawrie of Pharr, Cpl. Charles H. Mitts and Pvt. Henry L. Thrasher of San Antonio, and Co. E Mabrey of Houston.

Ft, Smith Ark Clayton D. Sutton L. B. Bell Paris M. E. Lawrie Pharr Charles H. Mitts Henry L. Thrasher San Antonio E. Mabrey Houston

Trial Set for Annexation Suit Over Incomplete City Annexation

A trial date of February 9 was set in Fifty-seventh District Court for a suit by Coker Estates challenging the citys annexation. Attorneys Kellig Dibrell and Callan Graham argue the first reading of the ordinance attempted to annex Castle Hills and Balcones Heights, which had already incorporated. Another annexation suit, by Farmers off the Artesian, seeks urban suitability challenge and awaits trial setting.

Coker Estates Attys Kellig Dibrell Callan Graham Castle Hills Balcones Heights Harry Nass FE. G. Bradley Artesiard

Guard Stamp Details of National Guard Commemorative

Washington December 31 The post office department disclosed the design of the 3 cent national guard commemorative stamp to have its first day sale February 25 in Washington. The blue stamp will be printed horizontally in a special delivery size and features a guardsman ready for action with a background showing disaster relief and an amphibious landing under air national guard cover.

Washington Post Office Department National Guard Air National Guard

Maiden of Cotton named for World Cotton Week

The 19 year old Alice Carr of Selma Alabama a math major at the University of Alabama will wear the Maid of Cotton title to promote the cotton industry. She will represent 12 cotton producing states and serve as King Cotton's Ambassador to the World in Memphis Tennessee on December 31.

Alabama Memphis Tenn Bip Alice Carr University of Alabama Selma Ala Cotton-Bell King Cotton

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