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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1947
Page
5
Alamo Heights fire department plans a Monday dinner at Christ Lutheran church to honor retiring fire marshal Paul Villaret. Villaret will receive life membership in the department.
Texas dairy business is now a 10 million dollar industry according to Texas Dairy Products Institute president Bryan Bja Jock at the institute’s convention. Texas moved from 30th to eighth in U S dairy production since 1930, with 1 45 million dairy cows valued at 130 million dollars. In 1946 the state produced four and a half billion pounds of milk and consumed 40 million gallons of ice cream, 65 percent more than 1945. The average Texas cow yielded 1414 quarts in 1946 versus a national average of 2227 quarts, and 700 dairymen attended the three day meeting.
Dairy officials say milk prices will decline yet stay higher than prewar prices. Samuel W. Water of the U S Department of Agriculture notes prices have eased from December but remain above normal. Retail prices jumped in November after controls ended, with December U S average milk sold at 5 12 per hundredweight versus 3 42 a year earlier. Powder production rose during the war and disposal now challenges dairymen, with markets sought in England and South America and school lunch programs urged to use powder.
Moscow reports on the Voice of America broadcasts via Munich with limited impact. Russians describe reception as poor and broadcasts as dull and noticeably American in style, with strong interference from other stations and weak beam alignment, noting Frankfurt is heard better in Moscow.
Randolph Field will hold a small surplus and salvage sale. Inspections available at building T-195 from 8 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Items include wall lockers office furniture tools shoes cabinets mattresses pillows electrical supplies and more. Bid slips available at building I.
An old advertisement touts Creomulsion as a potent non narcotic remedy for coughs and chest colds. It claims to target the cause, loosen phlegm, soothe mucous membranes, and restore sleep, urging readers to trust the product if it helps within a short time or seek refunds.
L. D. Losure of Somerset faced a sheriff's booking for driving while under the influence after a three vehicle crash on the New Laredo highway. Deputy Bob Osbourne reported Losure’s car side swiped Cortinas at 1817 North Flores before hitting Osbourne’s vehicle. no injuries were reported.
Cuero dog owners post rewards totaling over 100 for arrest and conviction after scores of dogs poisoned in the city over two weeks. Police Chief Rufus Taylor's collie is among the latest victims as examinations show definite strychnine traces.
The one room school is far from extinct in the United States with over 100000 such schools still in operation nationwide.
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