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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1949
Page
2
Calvert Reserve Blended Whiskey labeled with high proof details m786.8 and 65 percent grain neutral spirit appears from Calvert Distillers Cary New York City.
FT MEADE Md Feb 21 iPr Cal Henry H McClune San Antonio will go before in court martial board late this week or the first of next week on charges for mistreating American soldiers in a German prison camp Ne is the last of four army officers brought to trial on the charges The other three were acquitted McCline was commandant of the disciplinary barracks at Wurzburg in January 1947 when the alleged mistreatment took place Former prisoners testified in the previous trials they had insufficient clothing and blankets and that solitary confinement feels were unheated Pri Joseph Suggs told the board his feet were amputated because of frostbite suffered while in solitary confinement
Fire of undetermined origin caused an estimated 6000 dollars in damage at the Adams Cigar Co. on 434 E. Commerce Street Sunday afternoon. Deputy Chief Butler said merchandise suffered about 5000 dollars in loss and the one story frame building about 100 dollars. Mrs. Adams said her husband was in Allania and no one had been in the building for 24 hours prior to discovery. Fire Marshal Dresch was investigating the cause.
The Light and San Antonio Chevrolet dealers sponsor a boys soap box derby to promote sportsmanship and craftsmanship. Rules for Aug 1949 ages 11 to 15 require hand built cars, brush paint, no power tools, one car per entrant, no previous winners, cost limit six dollars for materials, and strict student-built requirements with inspection.
In La Paz on February 21 the Bolivian government, declaring a national emergency, rounded up suspects including high officials. The alleged plot, aided from abroad, aimed to topple President Enrique Hertzog during Carnival celebrations.
The Katzenjammer Kids resume their mischievous pranks in Puck The Comic Weekly, a color magazine feature paired with Sundays Light. The issue invites readers to join the fun and follow the duo’s latest capers.
Denver Feb 24 plan es and ground crews prepared to start at dawn in a search for two P 51 pilots missing since yesterday in eastern Colorado. Lt Harry W Wilkins and Lt Jay A Sheppard of the 120th Fighter Squadron Buckley Field were part of a routine navigation flight. The other two pilots returned reporting they were lost amid bad weather.
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