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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1946
Page
14
Hundreds of Mexican businessmen visit San Antonio to buy autos and trucks. G. M. Bernhardt, head of the chamber of commerce foreign department, says his office has received many requests for help locating motor vehicles.
London reports a major step in the Labour government's socialization program as King George signs a bill bringing the Bank of England under public ownership. The 128-Farm supply list and various advertisements are interwoven in the page, reflecting wartime and postwar commerce and public works notices.
Len Garter on Main Avenue was found not guilty of selling wine without a license by Judge McCol lum Burnett in County Court at Law No 4 on Friday. Gus Brown of the state liquor control board filed the complaint. Richard Bishop of 223 South Lardee Street was found guilty of stealing a jacket valued at 22.95 from Fred Evans of 120 East Trouston Street on January 24 and jailed for six months. Thomas E Barret of 120 North Chevy Street was fined 5 for displaying a pistol.
La Villita board of governors will name new officers at a dinner meeting in the Cos house Tuesday evening. Mayor Gus Mausermann has been invited to attend.
The report lists daily price quotes across a wide range of fruits vegetables nuts and grains. California and Oregon origins dominate with crate and bushel pricing for avocados lettuce tomatoes peppers cauliflower rhubarb and more. Livestock poultry and eggs appear with per pound or per dozen rates alongside hay and grain prices.
The weekday bulletin reports unrest in Boston as wool traders face a shaky market amid strikes and work stoppages at warehouses. Notes slow activity, rising inventories, and worker-led resistance affecting prices and supplies.
Fragmentary OCR mashes names numbers and places. text references Abidjan and Viger with figures 69,978 but content is garbled and unreadable for precise summary.
Lt. Col. Richard H. Wright of Kerrylife, a 35 year old former Texas A and M football starter and Manila Silver Star recipient, signs to manage a 1,920,000 acre Peruvian ranch with 120,000 sheep 16,000 cattle and 300 milk cows. Announcement came from his uncle in Fort Worth as local cattle markets note slow Thursday sales with 26,500 cattle offered nationwide and 300 cattle plus calves at San Antonio. Ensign Tom Sick of the Esser ranch returns from Pacific duty for the Kerrville district show on February 20 and 22-23.
Cattle and calves moved through the Fort Worth market as buyers showed interest. Reports indicate steady demand for Herefords and steers while cows and heifers brought mixed prices. Feeder pig offerings were limited and some lots failed to meet sale expectations.
Complex report details Kilbane Molean Nut RR hashes amid widespread weather and seismic chatter. References to Lae Clase-Cine Vlora corporate actions, Chicago grain futures, and Duval county drillings appear, with scattered mentions of Wallurang, Marinosa field, and local roadwork. The piece blends operational updates with commodity notes and a flood of fragmented locale names.
Geoffrey F. Morgan of Douglas Aircraft spoke at the St Anthony hotel luncheon on international relations and air travel. He urged stronger North South American trade ties and noted prewar Britain and Germany exploited the South American market more than the United States.
A stolen auto matching a police description was found in the police lot Friday. A military police member had the car moved after confirming ownership with auto theft bureau official C J ONeill. Willie Woods of Austin at Fort Sam Houston is pursuing the vehicle.
Miss Gertrude Morgan, a teacher at Tyearnate Word college, will discuss new education fields for women during a dinner and initiation meeting of the Della Kappa Gemma sorority at the Gunter hotel Friday night. Mrs. P. E. Dickison will preside. Several members will be initiated, including Miss Lucy Banks, Margaret Lou Buller, Clare Alice Comer, Hoseynery Hill, Elizabet h Opheib, and Mesdames Gladys Leffey, Mabel Preston and H. EB. Hingis.
Alberto Gayza twenty four of 317 Rip ford street and Prancisco Flores eighteen of 202 South Oneda street were held for investigation by police Friday in connection with four burglaries. The crimes targeted homes of Mrs. R. W. Briggs at 410 West Euclid avenues, Lee Thompson at 802 East Euclid avenue, W. M. Capurra at 529 Best Park avenue, and C. T. Sebring at 725 Erle avenue.
Ed Britton, an employee, was injured when a bulldozer overturned while he was driving it onto a struck load. He suffered injuries described as crushing and was hospitalized. The incident occurred Monday, and details indicate involvement of a local trucking firm in Wichita Falls.
Chicago bids show wheat, rye and oats at varied levels as traders await government orders on wheat and corn consumption. Prices edged lower from yesterday, with some grains holding near steady while speculative limits and short-term demand expectations push trading activity.
In Coryell County two teenage couples were detained after leaving Gatesville in a parental car. En route to San Antonio the vehicle was exchanged, drawing sheriff and officers’ interest as the quartet traveled. thejuvenile officer Mrs. Bora Davenport led the investigation.
A historical newspaper fragment lists marriages and divorces under vital statistics and divorces granted. Names include Thott Gofal, Alma McNeil, Eva Lue Pearman, Howard Warren Willetk, Mary Rita Mayer, and many others, with locations and partial dates scattered. The section preserves bulked names and entitlement phrases typical of public notices.
A press conference in Philadelphia described B-29 and radio controlled aircraft plans for a Cross Roads style atom bomb test in the Marshall Islands. General Henry H. Arnold outlined multi service involvement and aircraft delivery questions. Also announced is a reception for Air Chief Marshal Arthur Tedder in London.
Dr. Lewis Robbins of the city health department sent Mayor Gus Mauermann a letter enclosing a telephone bill for 7789. The six month period covered by the bill involved the county health unit's outside line. The mayor said the bill would be paid.
In Kansas City on February 15 a student revolt erupted at Central High School after an edict banned pigtails and certain clothing including wine jeans and plaid shirts for boys. The ban sparked immediate popularity of the restricted wear and a brief skirmish ended with school authorities yielding.
The San Angunio school district superintendent I E Sluismap asked the mayor Gus Mauermann to make 42 Stinson Gels buildings available for a Veterans training school once entry is gained. The plan calls for offering 20 vocational cases per the letter from Stutsman.
Pianist Iturbi headlines a Brooke event with brief performances by Salpite and others, featuring a large orchestral program and requests from attendees. A visit by Jose Thuybl to San Antonio patient Katy Jane Shantz is noted amid dance announcements and military personnel events.
Brig. Gen. John B. Willis met Friday with officers from the Surgeon General's Office to discuss establishing the Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston. The group included Col. Floyd L. Wergeland and Lt. Col. Carl Berry with key officials from Washington.
Federal activity kept busy as bonds were set by United States Commissioner Paul A. Lockhart in San Antonio. On a recent day in the past week two bonds rose to 25,000 each while others were set under 10,000. Deputy Marshal Houston Minor reported that 18 days into the Mobry campaign 8 prisoners passed through his office, more than usual for a month.
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