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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1947
Page
4
Albert M. Day, director of the Fish and Wildlife Service, warned at the Wildlife Conference that postwar gains in game supply are at risk. He cited shorter work weeks and social changes as factors depressing game, while hunting licenses rose to a record 9.85 million in 1940, up 20 percent from 1936.
MANAGUA Nicaragua Feb. 3 Retiring President Anastasio Somoza said partial returns from 12 of 15 departments show his Liberal candidate Dr Leonardo Arguello leading with 35 523 votes to 17 676 for conservative rival Br Enor Aguado Parlan 63 year old former vice president Somoza urged calm and said victory appeared clear based on incomplete tallies.
Unconfirmed reports claim the Venezuelan army was deployed as rumors spread that enemies of the government planned an invasion from Caribbean bases. Leftist papers link exiled former President Lopez Contreras to a planned invasion, with centers in the Dominican Republic and islands such as Curaçao and Trinidad. President Betancourt has warned Contreras seeks civil war in Venezuela.
Police shifted focus to Los Angeles Harbor area in the Elizabeth Short murder inquiry. An informant described a polite young man seeking a room with a private bath near San Pedro the night before the Dahlia’s body was found, prompting intensified searches and new leads. Funeral services for Mrs Alberta Johnston Denis, 86, daughter of Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston, will be held Wednesday in Los Angeles after her death at a local hotel.
American Canadian and Mexican dignitaries inaugurated the North American Wildlife conference in the Plaza hotel plaza. More than 1200 sportsmen and officials were expected with speakers from the U S Forest Service Texas Game and Fish and other agencies. Governor Beauford Jester did not attend.
The three day Wildlife Management Institute conference opened Monday at the Plaza hotel drawing outdoor enthusiasts and experts from across North America. Frederic Walcott, former Connecticut senator and American Wildlife Foundation president, opened the event themed Americas Wildlife and Tele Land. Helmut Bueckner of Texas College discussed pronghorn antelope numbers in western Texas and forage concerns. He noted ranches stockpiling forage and the impact of antelope on cattle poisonous plants. Elusive elk overbrowse in Jasper Park was tied to subsisting on low grade food, per Jan Taggert of Vancouver. Wildlife management aims to balance big game populations and maintain sport hunting on the western range. Technical sessions followed.
Firemen reported twenty grass fires on vacant lots from Saturday morning through Sunday night in San Antonio. No deaths and no significant damage resulted, though 37 lives were affected by the incidents and investigated by police.
County Judge Charles W. Anderson explains he was on previously granted leave after being listed as AWOL at a county commissioners court meeting. The court approves an auction sale of used equipment including two tracks and two trailers, to be conducted by Special Commissioner Pan Traugall at 2 p.m. on February 11 at the Precinct No. 3 camp on Nacogdoches Road. District Attorney William Hensley requests all legal opinions be submitted in writing.
Hugh H Bennett urged complete soil and water conservation on American farmland at the Plaza hotel wildlife conference. He warned erosion wastes hundreds of thousands of acres annually, outlined eight soil classes, and cited more than 50 conservation practices now used by farmers.
County Commissioner R L Reader found Green County Hospital inadequately equipped and in need of painting and remodeling after a weekend inspection from Saturday evening to Monday dawn. The hospital treated 14 patients from dog bites to auto accidents, with none offering county or city addresses or payment for care.
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