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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1947
Page
6
Washington reports the CPA warns builders to obtain proper permits before starting stores factories or other commercial projects. Commissioner John C. Houston says lack of permits invites enforcement difficulties as compliance staff shift to construction while controls ease in textiles and chemicals.
EL SEGUNDO Calif Feb 6 The navy unveiled the Douglas D-558 Skystreak jet to test speed in the sonic range between 500 and 850 miles an hour. It is driven by GE turbojet and has an ejectable forward section to aid emergency bailouts at high speeds.
An ad explains that backache relief may come from addressing kidney function. It touts Dana’s Pills as a diuretic trusted by millions for over six years to flush toxins from the blood and ease pains from poor kidney health.
Australian scientists from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research flew a LibERATOR to cloud tops west of Sydney and dropped dry ice to induce rain over the Blue Mountains. Rain followed but researchers tempered enthusiasm noting ongoing work and plans for further tests if conditions allow.
Washington reports that the bitter national cold comes from eastern Russia and Siberia, with Dr Jerome Namias of the Weather Bureau noting unusual Russia-Siberia and eastern Pacific conditions behind January warmth and now extreme winter weather in the United States, likely to continue for several weeks.
WARSAW Poland gains nine machine factories from the Russian occupation zone in Germany as Poland's share of war reparations. The plants include 2500 lathes with five factories producing aircraft parts two for metals and another for chemicals.
A severe European cold snap grips Britain and Western Europe with heavy snow. Fourteen ships carry coal to London amid fuel shortages. many ports unload and industries shut down. Berlin reports deaths from exposure, widespread unemployment in the Soviet zone, and a ramping fuel crisis. German roads block, bread trains restore supply, and RAF planes deliver food to snowbound villages. Moscow endures its worst blizzard of the year as northern Italy and France face isolation and factory closures.
The Associated Press reports a new cold spell pushing southeast, bringing a frigid weekend across the nation. Temperatures drop from Minnesota to Florida with Florida lows near 17 to 33 and Miami-Tampa area unheated homes enduring 22 in Miami. Dade county schools closed as Florida braces for continuing cold.
Detroit report shows 25,142,527 passenger cars registered in the United States in 1946. Figures from R L Polk indicate the total was 9.23 percent below 1941 levels, suggesting war scrappage did not materialize as expected.
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