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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1947
Page
2
Portland veteran Raymond Potts, a double amputee from World War II, is fined 50 dollars and loses driving rights for 30 days after his manually operated car struck two cars, killing one woman and injuring seven. Judge J J Quillin allows driving after 190 days only at night and under 35 mph.
San Antonio saw 20 fire alarms on a winter Saturday with 11 grass fires. Deputy Chief M L Butler links higher fires to no school and roaming children. Cars on St Anthony and Houston streets suffered $260 in damage. fires blamed on cigarettes and a heater caused $25 at 1208 North Flores.
Union barbers in Port Arthur announce price increases. Haircuts rise from 75 cents to $1 and shaves from 50 to 75 cents effective immediately.
The CIO and the Rubber workers union extend contract negotiations from February 15 to April 30. President Truman praises the move as advancing free collective bargaining and industrial peace as wartime controls ease and industry faces a rebuilding year with about 2 million workers. Labor Secretary Schwellenbach endorses industry self regulation and pathways to stable labor relations.
A Pacific Electric streetcar collision on Glendale Boulevard near First Street left one woman dead and more than twenty passengers injured. Police and investigators canvassed the scene as crews cleared wreckage and traffic was diverted.
Edgewood district employs the federal lunch program to offer meals at 10 cents with tickets or 15 cents without, while free meals reach about 165 monthly. The program also provides nine cent subsidies per meal and occasional surplus commodities, with December showing 4893 meals served and a net balance of 24,584.4.
Los Angeles police renewed focus on the site where Elizabeth Short known as the Black Dahlia, was mutilated and bisected after her body was found in a vacant lot. Investigators since January 15 have tested theories about killers close to her circle or a random assailant.
The Greek coalition government led by Premier Demetrios Maximos won a confidence vote in parliament by 252 to 36 after a five day debate on government reforms and policies. The result solidifies the new administration's mandate amid regional tensions.
The National Catholic Welfare Conference supports a declaration of human rights stressing a living wage and the right to collective bargaining. It calls for social support, freedom of information, nationality, and access to livelihood, drafted for U N submission by theologians bishops and lay leaders appointed by the conference.
Walter J. Giesler announces the Carondelet club of St Louis will meet Bankston Hall of Dallas in the national amateur cup quarter final at a date set for February 22.
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