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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1950
Page
3
Tokyo Feb 23 Allied headquarters orders Japan to return 12 ships used to repatriate Japanese war prisoners to the U S maritime commission. The ships were employed in transporting prisoners after the war and are now to be reassigned.
St Louis February 23 report states composer Albert Eldridge died yesterday at age six. Eldridge was once featured pianist with Pat Whiteman's band and contributed songs to midcentury music.
A San Antonio area property owner, Pan coast of Ogden lane and Broadway, sought a building permit for a business. The Alamo Heights city council promised approval at a special meeting after requiring a deed granting rear access to the city. He earlier asked for permit assurance without providing an alley and was asked to submit a sketch of the plan.
Mrs W Berman of 724 Camden Street nearly suffered severe burns when a gas stove lit and flames singed her sleeve. Police reported the Thursday incident after a lit alarm was triggered. Minor damage only to the sleeve was noted in the confusion.
Marine Sgt. Carson James, 28, waived extradition from Prescott, Arizona, and will be sent to Pontiac, Michigan, to face a first degree murder charge in the 1947 killing of his father, Stanley James, 52, amid a family conspiracy. The case ends a nationwide manhunt after the father's skeleton was found in a barn on the Clawson farm. Sister Muriel Tuckersmith, 26, said James admitted shooting his father during an argument and that the family, including three brothers, conspired to keep the death secret.
Aubrey Peters, 20, dance instructor, plans to marry Garry Davis, 28, who renounced citizenship to back a world government campaign. They have corresponded though never met, and she will travel to Haiti as a medical missionary to join him there. Davis lives in Paris and they expect a reunion in Haiti.
Boerne officials on February 23 voted to buy four fire hydrants from fire department funds to serve the new trace and high schools. Installation will save taxpayers money on insurance premiums.
George J. Kempen announced a world ofler for the fourth 10 mile slip of Highway 118 south from Alpine near Big Bend National Park. The third 10 mile strip gets top dressing of caliche and will be oiled and asphalteted when warm weather returns. Appropriations are made for the fifth and sixth 10 mile sections. surveys have been completed and fencing begun.
Three members of the Japan science council including a leading nuclear physicist will leave March 3 for a tour of scientific establishments in the United States. Surgeon Dr Harold M Doolittle 73 founder of the Dallas Medical and Surgical Clinic died yesterday in Dallas.
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