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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1949
Page
5
Spokane police report a patrol car was stolen from in front of the station after two officers left the keys inside while bringing a prisoner in. A taxi alarm broadcast via radio led to a cab driver spotting the car, and officers recovered it after a brief chase.
A drunken man tried to keep warm under a church in the 1900 block of Montana street. Neighbors summoned police. Officer Redus Downing found the man had started a fire beneath the church floor. The fire was put out with no damage. The 13 year old was booked on a drunken charge.
Horner Shorp’s pet monkey escaped Monday after being teased by neighborhood children. The animal tore a fence, pulled hair on Mrs I. Benson, and dangled by its tail from a tree before police recaptured it.
Homer B Adams files a 2 215 000 suit in Seventy third District Court alleging the C J Bettes Co breached an interim financing contract for 4000 homes. He claims he organized a $35 000 operation after a meeting with Bettes executive vice president and would have earned 2 180 000 if the deal had gone through while pending Bexar indictments accuse him of taking deposits for unbuilt veterans homes.
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