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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1948
Page
6
Police searched for a man who swindled Ada Williams at 147 Reichert Street by pretending to find a purse containing a $1000 bill. The article also notes rare atmospheric gases krypton xenon and argon.
In London on February 42, the Attlee government confronts a Labor rebellion over wage policy. MPs sign a motion opposing voluntary wage freezes as the party debates a proposed constructive approach to raise industrial output and curb inflation.
The gannet, largest north Atlantic bird, is a champion deep sea diver studied by aerodynamics experts. The bird climbs about 100 feet, dives with wings partly spread as a brake, and can plunge up to 90 feet underwater. Allan Cruickshank, Audubon photographer, features the dive in Wings in the Wilderness.
Los Angeles police hunted for a thief who stole a rare stamp valued at 50000 dollars from Otto Krumbach, 72, a philatelist showing his collection. The attacker struck Krumbach beside a hotel pool and grabbed stamps bound in a leather album from the 560-stamp collection worth about 165000 dollars.
CHICAGO February 12 A University of Illinois dental professor warned teeth in America are decaying six times faster than they can be filled. Dr Robert G Kesel professor of therapeutics at Milling and president of the Illinois State Dental Society said nine of ten children have dental caries and the average American consumes about his own body weight in sugar yearly.
In Allahabad on February 12, Mohandas K. Gandhi's mortal remains were submerged at the confluence of the Ganges Jumna and Saraswati rivers. Tens of thousands witnessed the rite as Nehru and other leaders observed the ceremony with cannons, conch horns, and a guard of honor.
The Jester's committee on traffic laws issued a nine point plan toward uniform municipal, state, and national codes. It calls for simplified lay summaries of rules, uniform traffic signs, and regional conferences to harmonize laws and enforcement. A separate note reports the coast guard escorting the leaking freighter Pierre S. Dupont toward the Azores after locating it off Cape Race.
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