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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1948
Page
3
The Iron Age notes rising steel prices due to anticipated wage demands by union head Philip Murray. It reports firms will raise costs on pipes tubes finished material and structural shapes as demand remains strong, with an annual $68 million impact cited.
The Eastern Star Temple, seven San Antonio chapters, received a charter in Austin and launches a fundraising drive to buy or erect a building. Officers include Othelia Dye as president and Pat Armstrong as vice president with trustees named from each chapter. The drive has raised a substantial sum and aims to occupy a new home soon.
Beauford H. Jester will receive a large welcome in Washington on his first visit since becoming Texas governor electing to testify before the senate judiciary committee on a bill granting Texas ownership of submerged lands. Presidents and state leaders expect him to be the guest of honor at a Saturday dance amid the greetings.
Rep Worley of Texas requested the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission in Pittsburgh award the medal to the Texan rescuer who saved several lives during a Panhandle blizzard last week. The agency had been informed of the rescue details by Sam Wohlford and multiple Texas papers.
The Atlanta Constitution reports Dixie Democrats may push for a Southerner to replace Tom Clark of Texas as U S attorney general. It calls Clark insufficiently Southern for intervening in racial disputes and suggests Sen Walter F George as a possible Democrat vice presidential nominee.
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