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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1949
Page
1
Seven MPs in London demand the government use all means to secure the release from prison of Cardinal Mindszenty. The call comes amid ongoing tensions with Hungary and broader postwar European politics.
Columbia reports tabulations showing Missouri University students favor admission of Negroes to university courses. In Detroit a similar push is noted at Hudson Motor Car Co. with about 12,000 men offered. Lincoln university discusses a 5,600 count in another state. A strike and rubber sector issues are mentioned, reflecting broader labor tensions.
Excerpt recounts B 25 crews in the 1942 Doolittle raid landing in Russia after fuel runs out. Emmens, co pilot, describes thousands of Russians surviving on thin soup and black bread, mud huts, and dirt floors. Soviet guards kept the Americans overnight before a transfer toward Khabarovsk under international law.
Emmens and four others were seized near a city outskirts by five Red Army guards and held for months in Soviet centers. They endured harsh transit, a brutal Okhana stay, and a mud- and matrass-filled camp before moving toward freedom with a smuggler. Emmens recalls bleak conditions, mixed treatment, and later life in Romania and the Soviet-dominated era. He now lives in Adington, Virginia, with his family.
Kerrville reports Pvt. Carl W. Simmons, World War II veteran and son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe B. Simmons of Monahans, is en route for reburial in Kerrville. Simmons, a former Kerrville resident, is honored in this arrival notice.
Pittsburgh February 16 Phil Murray president of the CIG and the United Steelworkers of America says there is sufficient steelmaking capacity in the United States to support a high level of prosperity and employment.
London gossip notes Princess Margaret travels to Scotland to see the Earl of Dalkeith her third beau of the week. Earlier she attended Lingfield races with Tom Egerton 30 and the Covent Garden Opera ballet with Michael Fane 21. Dalkeith is 23 and linked with Marias October in prior speculation.
Washington reports the average family spent an estimated 687 dollars for a market basket of food in 1943, up seven percent or forty five dollars from 1937, the Parriculture Department said. Readers are invited to consult Light Want Ads daily.
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