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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1946
Page
26
Henry L Laura of San Angelo was approached by three strangers at Pecos and Commerce streets on Tuesday. He was invited for a ride, beaten, robbed, and dumped from a car, police said.
The article notes that the average electricity in a lightning flash is far less than what a storage battery can hold. It emphasizes the compare between a lightning discharge and a charged battery's capacity to store power.
Col. Russell J. Oppenheim has been named chairman of the military avuision in the Bexar County Red Cross fund drive. He stated each military post in the chapter area would meet its quota this year as in prior campaigns.
The listing details KTSA WOAL KMAC OND KABO almanac programs for February 27 1946 including Coffee Time Daybreakers News and musical clock segments. It lists regular shows such as True Story Lights Wid Love Chaser Hymns and Rhythm Ex with several hosts and a nightly relay for The Light program.
Martina Lonez aged 105, reportedly mother of 88 descendants, died in El Paso yesterday after lengthy testimony about her life and family.
Churchmen from 32 nations warned yesterday that atomic energy may destroy civilization. The provisional World Council of Churches committee said the time is short and urged that the United Nations save future generations from war’s scourge. They called for a changed outlook to avert civilization’s collapse.
David H. Marlin, 17, who posed as a fighter pilot to live at Santa Ana army air base for three months, was sentenced to a federal correctional institution until age 21. He admitted the pose after arrest for theft, confessing to stealing various items.
Radio ringside notes Marlin Hurt, who voices Beulah and Bill, flubbed a line in his own voice then ad libbed in Beulah’s voice to the sponsor’s delight. Backstage Wife marks its 12th year with its 293rd broadcast as Mary Noble’s postwar struggles continue. Helen Hayes ends a Shakespearean radio day with Maurice Evans in Romeo and Aesch. Ed Wynn uses a red light gadget after overrun. Stefan Schnabel played a piano teacher on Grand Central Station.
Fort Sam Houston Army Police detained Leon Broadnax, a negro soldier, after an alleged attempt to rob J. F. Whinery at 431 Vine Street grocery. A 14-year-old boy with Broadnax was held for juvenile authorities. Whinery and son-in-law John W. Nelson, aiding after the thief fled, fought off Broadnax with a meat mallet.
A list of Navy separations shows personnel with ranks and multiple street addresses in Everett, San Antonio, and nearby cities. Names include Ambrosio Parra Sic Sige, Joseph H. Lucas Sto, Felipe Canter Sic, Eugene Thomas Jy Coxswain, Ben Robbert Jr AMM3c, Henry L. Wilson Am3ec, Howard Goetz CPM, Jose R. Medina MM2c, Lewis E. Russell MMac, Pic Alberto R. Martines, Alvin J. Dolle Pfc, Thomas A. Montran Second Lt, Florence A. Laughlin First Lt, Frank A. Carrico Jr Maj, Winfield S. Townsend Capt, Leslie E. Peek Capt, Dorothy M. Dickson First Lt, Thurman J. Beene Maj, with various street addresses. Also mentions U. S. marshal's office.
Gifts arrive for Johnny Camera the Italian war adopted by the 36th division. A telegram from William Prescott Allen publisher of the Laredo Times invites Johnny to spend a week in Laredo as his guest with all expenses paid. Allen also sent a real Mexican charra suit from Nuevo Laredo. Johnny said the more they saw of Texas the more he liked it.
The text notes graftage as known to horticulturists at least two centuries before Christ and references the geographic relation between the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America.
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