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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1947
Page
3
Ike Meador owner reported 24 panes broken Tuesday at 1518 Grayson Street. He suspects youths with stones caused the damage, and police were notified.
David Dubinsky of the A F L U garment workers says changes would strike a “body blow to our democracy” and criticizes outlawing industry-wide bargaining and closed shops. Raymond Livingstone of Thompson Products accuses the NLRB of destroying independent unions and bias, while a Geneva auto show preview notes the 17th international show set for March 13–23.
A reader letter from Martha Leyne of Charleston Wyoming lauds Kellogg's All-Bran for alleviating constipation in herself and her daughter. The note says daily All-Bran with water aids digestion, and invites returning an empty carton for a double money back guarantee if not satisfied after ten days.
Attorney General Price Daniel warned seven delegates to the Dairy Products Institute that federal control of public schools could come if Texas systems remain ineffective. He cited one third of Texas children ages 6 to 17 not attending school and urged efficient, nonracial reforms while praising bills for a Negro university at Houston. He attacked Communism and centralization, urged four freedoms, and urged support for veterans without handouts. He praised General MacArthur's popularity in Japan and warned against weakening the U.S. military. He urged spreading the American way and warned a real Communist is a dangerous activist.
John I Caldwell, age 15 at the time, was under a 400 appeal bond Tuesday after attorney Joe Barkett’s motion for a new trial was overruled by Criminal District Judge W W McCrory. Caldwell was convicted February 4 for the killing of Thomas Barrett alias King Kong.
Kenneth M. Renner of Lubbock told the Dairy Products Institute that West Texas needs hundreds of new dairies and that Lubbock is becoming a center for an expanding creamery industry. He noted 57 Texas Tech dairy students, a 5000 gallon per day shortfall, and warned creameries about sun exposure harming vitamins.
Gen. Hodge said negotiations for Korean unification under a provisional government have stalled as tension with Russia grows. He noted Koreans favor addressing the issue at the Moscow Big Four conference and warned of possible Korean army conscription reports amid Russian mobilization claims. Dr. Rhee cited a similar figure of 500,000 for potential forces. Whisky exports to the United States from British Columbia totaled over 5 million dollars in the first ten months of 1948 according to the Victoria bureau of economics.
Jon G. Cherry of Chicago told the Dairy Products Institute of Texas at the Gunter hotel that dairy equipment manufacturers face severe shortages of meeted iron and steel. He noted $45 million in dealer orders with 15 months delivery, rising labor costs, housing issues, and 33 percent more workers since World War II, forecasting future equipment as pricier, more sanitary, and more labor saving.
Former Standard Oil of Indiana chairman Robert Wright Stewart, 86, who lost a dramatic 1929 power struggle with John D Rockefeller Jr., died yesterday in a Miami Beach hospital.
Washington reports that Earl Wilson cites that four percent of federal taxes fund travel and related costs for public officials, with $41 of every $1000 in taxes going to government travel. The analysis notes cabinet and military travel, long-distance calls, and other expenses. In Buenos Aires, Gen Juan D Peron marks the first anniversary of his presidency with a speech viewed as a strong anti communism stance.
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