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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1949
Page
1
Most of the city takes a February 22 day off to celebrate Washington's birthday with federal and city offices health department city hall courthouse and banks closed. Only the post office and schools stay open. Students had forfeited a vacation by taking a day off January 31 during the big snow. Dial F-22334 for quick action economical results.
Two newlyweds who met aboard a cross country train married in Omaha after stopping with plans to wed in Iowa to skip parental consent. Marine Cpl Floyd H Simonis, Milwaukee, wed Mary Ella Taunt, 19, on a train east from San Francisco. They will travel to Chicago and Flint Michigan to surprise the bride’s parents.
Weather fragment reports humidity and precipitation figures. Estimates show February mean humidity, 10:50 reading, Saturday values unclear. Past 24 hour precipitation, monthly total around 15 inches with 0.75 inches rainfall as a possible amount. Also references to yearly totals and eagle or eagle-related data unclear.
Services for Major Louis T. Bass, who died in Japan while assigned to the military government, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Fort Sam Houston post chapel. He was a graduate of the first Beaumont officers' training camp and served in World War II. survived by his widow Muriel Bass, a son William Bass, his mother Mrs. Charles L. Bass, and siblings in California and Texas. Burial will be in National Cemetery New York City.
Dense fog disrupted Houston operations with the municipal airport closed for about three hours, causing one plane to be held for 75 minutes. The Houston ship channel was blocked as the SS Mar Cantabrico failed to depart for sea after a 40 minute push.
The article notes tension over government measures including church school nationalization. Cardinal Mindszenty opposed these moves and urged divine guidance for judges in a plea shortening his final trial. Informants say bishops studied a letter and then adjourned without a decision. Also Prague reports two students, Miroslav Choe and Slavej Sadek, were hanged for espionage for the United States CIC while others were tried in absentia.
A Vatican source stated the Holy See will not negotiate with Hungary until Cardinal Mindszenty is freed and church freedom is guaranteed in Hungary. The comment follows Budapest dispatches noting Mindszenty, still in prison, urged Hungarian bishops to pursue church-state understandings.
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