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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1946
Page
18
Merchants allowing slot machines on premises face misdemeanor charges, Attorney L. J. Gitt nger said Monday, with possible 30 days in jail. Previously the district attorney filed felony charges on machine owners, and now the plan targets merchants who exhibit machines on their premises.
New York futures opened with gains yet showed mixed early action as MarchCotton around 25.87 cents and May near 28.80 cents, while December 25.60. Prices faced pressure from commission-house profit taking and hedging amid evolving policy outlooks on wage, price controls, and industry regulation.
The paper notes Texas Trails Low Jenkins, former light weight champion, seeks a few more fights then plans to buy a ranch near San Antonio to raise cattle. Ironically his rival Hassell, a wealthy oklahoma ranchman, frequents the livestock exchange at the Gunter hotel. Karnes City youth prepare to tour the Central Livestock Market with sponsor A Morris county agent, bringing five calves as a marketing demo.
Gorin Feb 13 AP Grain prices moved lower after brief trading gains as wheat, corn, and barley markets showed softer bids. Skyrocketing costs and talk of a government conservation program sparked concerns of reduced demand and possible impact on storage and future supply, with mixed futures and some contracts slipping.
Livestock auction updates show cattle calves hogs and sheep trading with prices ranging from common to choice. Bulls steers and heifers move at 8 to 17 dollars. calves around 9 to 15 dollars. hogs near 1.30 and sheep 6 to 14 dollars, with varied demand and active buying patterns across grades.
The Canadian wheat crop for 1915 stood at about 321,409,000 bushels, a substantial yield reflecting the era's agricultural output and market expectations for the year.
Lewis Haney argues the market may move too fast amid seasonal factors and policy risk. He warns against premature reactions before February, citing speculative pressure in low-priced stocks and utilities, and urges guarded buying once a correction finishes.
AUSETN Feb 11 The Texas Academy of Science named a development committee to map an expansion program for the future. President F B Plummer UT geologist said today. The committee includes J K Petty head of the Petty Exploration Company of San Antonio.
Valentine dance scheduled for 8 p m on February 14 at La Villila venue. Blessed Sacrament Academy promotes the event with music by Johnny Watts and his orchestra.
Congressional investigators heard a civilian woman in the navy department translate a Jap spy’s message on December 6, 1943. The message set up code signals to report movements of the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor. Sen Ferguson and others questioned Capt. A D Kramer about a rough translation by Mrs Edgers, and Noyes may be summoned to probe the wind message. The committee expects night sessions to conclude hearings by Friday.
A cluttered column blends poetry and gossip with World War II home front notes. It recalls a Bostonian’s divorces while abroad, comments on New England and Western brides, and snippets about long-lived Chicago merchants, a Manhattan romance, and music hall trivia. The piece also ponders American and Australian marriage sentiments and profiles of notable names from politics, sport, and industry.
Pacific Stars and Stripes relieved of duties of managing editor Kenneth L. Pettus of Chicago and columnist Barnard Rubin of Waterbury Conn and ordered to Okinawa depot for reassignment. They appeal to General MacArthur claiming their transfer stems from a censorship controversy. Staff members report Pettis and Rubin are being made scapegoats and exiled to the salt mines.
Archbishops Forward Mooney of Detroit and Samuel A. Steifle of Chicago arrived in Shannon Eire en route to Vatican City to receive their cardinal appointments. Prime Minister Eamon De Valera greeted them at the airport for a luncheon before they fly to Paris and then Rome for the February consistory.
An OCR readout reports a 10,000 ton operation with a new well in Edwards limestone producing substantial crude, noting a potential 2nd producer. It lists current depths, pressures, and several county wells in progress including No 1A No 1W Re Julnsin and Bumbley No 1 Adama, with some production forecasts and giant daily capacity estimates.
Washington February 1971 the war department announced a posthumous Medal of Honor for Major Horace S Carswell Sr Fort Worth deputy commander of the 308th Bombardment Group after his B24 blew up during a mission to a Jap convoy in the South China Sea. He ordered his crew to bail out as engines failed and chose to stay with a dying comrade in a crash landing, dying in the flames. The medal will be presented to his widow Mrs Virginia E Carswell of San Angelo.
YERSHINGDON reports Attorney General Tom Clark announces a 22 member National Volunteer Advisory panel to meet today and tomorrow. The group will oversee a program to curb juvenile delinquency and help the justice department combat the upsurge in serious crimes by teenagers.
In Conshohocken on February 11, Rt Rev Msgr Fulton J Sheen, professor at Catholic University Washington DC, warned that another world war will occur within 15 years. He said the UNO will not endure and global moral decline will trigger the conflict, urging vigilance.
A long list of wholesale prices for fruits vegetables and dairy across multiple states including California Oregon Colorado and Louisiana. Items include avocados lettuce celery tomatoes peppers onions garlic and potatoes with per crate per bushel and per pound rates. Also notes about hay and grain prices and a brief definition of feldspar as a rock forming mineral.
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