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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1949
Page
4
The senate finance committee will hear Dallas medical school advocates at 2 p m today, then a house committee at 7 30 p m. The house plans Feb 21 at 7 30 p m for San Antonio medical school bill. Dallas seeks 3600000 dollars, San Antonio 1000000, with strong opposition from Dallas leaders expected.
Luis Flores of 2403 S Flores St told police Monday he was beaten and robbed of 20 dollars by four men who called him from a bar in the 2300 block of S Laredo St. The incident occurred in the 2300 block of S Laredo Street.
In Manila two funeral processions collided at a cemetery as pallbearers abandoned their burdens and fought over access. The cemetery watchman intervened, two people were injured by harmless gunfire in the air, and the corteges resumed their routes as mourners separated the combatants.
Extradition motions set in San Antonio to return Clarence Lee Thompson, 32, to Florida for murder charges over taxi driver Bill Samford’s 1944 death. Thompson, a garage operator, signed a waiver of extradition after a sworn statement detailing the shooting near West Palm Beach.
SEWELL New Jersey February 14 A navy pilot was killed yesterday when his fighter plane dove from 30 000 feet and crashed in a front yard. Frank F Gauer said he was just coming out of his house when the plane exploded 20 feet away splashing him with mud. The pilot's name was withheld.
A Texas House bill from Rep. Louis J. Ivey of El Paso would require any home rule city to obtain majority approval from residents of adjacent territory before annexation. After an annexation ordinance passes, a certified copy is filed with the county judge who sets an election within 30 to 60 days, appoints officials, and canvasses ballots. The annexing city would pay the election costs.
Miss Marty Conner, secretary to the county superintendent of public instruction, is nicknamed the county school artist for painting holidays on a blackboard. Over four years, she has illustrated every school holiday, with her latest Washington's birthday bust drawn in black and white chalk, reportedly copied from a postage stamp.
Thieves continued to prowl city market trucks despite a strong warning issued last week. A spare tire valued at 100 dollars and the chain securing it were stolen from a sleeping owner Frank Espinoza and an accomplice. A truck was found with its lock broken and the tire taken, though 50 sacks of cabbage remained. David Gonzales, while drinking coffee, restrained a thief who lifted three 101b sacks of grapefruit before police arrival. Victorina Garcia of the San Antonio Truckers Association noted a wave of thefts and urged guards to deter prowlers or face punishment.
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin is scheduled to meet separately today with the foreign ministers of Norway and Turkey. Both are reported seeking information about the proposed North Atlantic alliance.
New York five led by Lee Hazen captured the Vanderbilt Cup National Contract Bridge title in a final 55 boards, finishing with a 200 point edge over a runner up New York team led by Mrs Helen Sobel. Hazen teammates included Charles Lochridge Morrie Ellis Harry J Fishbein and Harry Hirsch. The Sobel herd featured Bo Becker Myron Field Charles H Goren and Oswald Jacoby.
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