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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1947
Page
1
Ad offers devices for floor refinishing and sanding sold by the day or week. Highlights ease of use and low cost with a large display of paints varnishes cleaners and equipment. Encourages readers to refinish floors themselves with available machines and supplies.
A Westover field C-54 crew rescued a seven man B29 crew crash survivors in Greenland after a 20 minute operation. The rescue followed a belly landing on a snow lake amid 25 to 30 degrees below zero. Generals and crews coordinated a large airlift from Alaska and the U.S. to support the effort.
Weather brief shows humidity 46 percent at 12 80 p m Tuesday and 67 percent for February. Precipitation 1.33 inches year to date. 24 hour rainfall noted as deficient. Sunset 6 32 p m Tuesday, sunrise times inconsistent. wind noted as light to moderate. Mean temperature around 49 degrees with various city readings including Boston Brownsville Chicago Fort Worth Houston and more.
A shaky press excerpt claims the Mafia runs a vast narcotics empire tied to postwar U S societies, using doctors burglars and international runners. It alleges a paroled figure of notoriety, Luciano, was used to push a fiction for U S entry. The piece critiques wartime and postwar drug trade among elites.
Albany reports Democratic Assemblyman Owen McGivern introduced a resolution seeking a New York legislature investigation into the release from prison of Charles Lucky Luciano. The move follows news Cuban officials plan to deport the former New York gangster to Italy after his parole was commuted by Governor Dewey thirteen months ago.
Mount Etna began erupting violently this afternoon as fire brigades stood by in villages beneath the mountain. Authorities said there was no immediate danger.
Federal narcotics officers questioned suspects tied to a nation wide dope syndicate revealed in El Paso after three night club entertainers were arrested. Two Los Angeles men Arthur Clemons and Willie Pipkins were arraigned on narcotics violation charges. Charles Balkin of New York, a former singer and salesman, faced illegal possession charges for 58 000 grains of marijuana and an unrelated heroin seizure. The arrests followed a depot sting where a locker and suitcase containing drugs were recovered. Officers linked the trio to a syndicate that included musicians and operated across California New York and Mexico.
This ad promotes FASTEETH a non acid powder to sprinkle on dentures. It claims to steady false teeth improving confidence with no sour taste. Available at drug stores as TPASTEETH.
Cork calendars printed on thin Portuguese cork have been distributed in Portland. Wick Fowler, Dallas newsman, will speak to the Optimist club at the Gunter hotel Wednesday noon.
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