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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1950
Page
4
Mediation Chief Cyrus R. Ching pressed efforts to avert a nationwide telephone strike and aimed to arrange a meeting today with Bell system officials. He had yesterday conferred with Joseph A. Beirne, president of the CIO Communications Workers.
Washington reports that lending by leading federal reserve member banks rose for the third straight week, with a gain of 10,063,000 for the week ended February 23. The Federal Reserve Board released the data yesterday, noting continued expansion in business credit across the nation as banks show stronger loan activity.
San Antonio police pursue a killer labeled Public Enemy No 1 as the city joins a tuberculosis chest survey with mass X rays through Friday. Chief Fred Palmer leads the department in the health effort, cooperating with state and local health agencies to control tuberculosis in Bexar County. Assistant Chief Ranichisse and L A E Bogaschi coordinate free X ray scheduling for officers.
A Friday evening program at 8 p m features Cantor Emanuel Barkay and the synagogue choir at Agudas Achim with a live talk on the five greatest Jews. The sisterhood sponsors a reception at the center after services, hosted by Rabbi Sidney S Tho.
Mevily recreation department will add three new craft classes next week. Miss Leu Hamilton announced that an adult class opens at Palm Heights center from 9 to 12 20 a m on Wednesday. An adult welding class runs at Woodlawn gym from 7 to 10 p m Wednesday. A Mol Wells High School session runs 9 to 11 30 a m Thursday. Classes cover feather tooling figurine painting wood craft fabric painting and fish and shell craft.
Funeral services for Mrs Amelia Witte Schulze of 112 Goliad Street are set for 9 15 a m at the Zizik Kearns funeral home and 9 35 a m at St Cecilia Church. A lifelong San Antonio resident she is survived by husband Irred D Schultze daughter Adele Schultze Moores Maxwell Field Ann mother Anna Robinson brother Arthur Witte Tulsa and grandson Howard Ia Moores.
Norfolk reports the battleship Missouri in drydock after a 15 day shoal collision with Thimbleshear. Salvage teams expect little damage and refloat possible within a week while a mothball proposal from Rep Vinson gains support from Adm Blandy. A formal inquiry led by Capt William Brown will convene to review the incident and response.
A total of 2682 persons received chest X rays Wednesday in the Bexar county mass survey. Six stations are open this week at Ham-Ond store, Summers drugstore, JLE.B. store, Bexar county courthouse, Mala plaza, City health dept, and Postoffice. Hours are 9 am to 1 pm Tuesday through Friday and 10 am to 5 pm Saturday.
Fayette County Home Demonstration council met in La Grange and moved Rally Day from July to June 14. Mrs B W Luckenbach announced Distlinger Relter Mills of San Antonio would sponsor a baking program and provide prizes for the event.
DETHOIT Feb 2 A gangland style killing sent police hunting for clues to a possible gambler vengeance plot. Prison parolee J Marshall George was found trussed in the trunk of his car, strangled, with his legs bound and one side of his face smashed. His wife Mollie said he had been missing for three days. George had reportedly been involved with gambling rackets since his release from an armed robbery sentence years ago.
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