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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1946
Page
7
Ed Appling head janitor at 1901 Dawson Street and Webb Burton cement contractor at 217 Dawson Street clashed at City Hall with boards bottle and hammer. Appling suffered a head cut while Frank Yuse a tax office employee separated them, Burton jailed for assault.
John C. Weller of 112 West Pecan Street was knocked down near police headquarters after an altercation with Patrolman R B Collins following a Main Avenue fight. Weller booked for theft from person aggravated assault, intoxication, and creating a disturbance. others jailed include Goldie Welter Velma A Paiman Joe Flores and Felix Flores for related disturbances.
Pete Gilbert pleads guilty to swindling by check. Address 704 Elsworth Street. Fined $1 and costs total 23.10 by Judge Charles J. Matthews in County Court at‑Law. Complainant merchant C. BE. Bedgood at 1409 Frio City Road.
A House fight over a housing bill centers on omitted provisions from the administration requests for federal funding and price controls on existing dwellings. The controversy includes Edwin W. Pauley's undersecretary of navy nomination and a push by Senator Pepper to withdraw Pauley, with White House lobbying ongoing as President Truman and Pauley remain steadfast.
A spokesman for retail clothiers says manufacturers are holding about 700 900 suits awaiting OPA price changes. Louis Rothschild of the National Association of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers calls it a conservative estimate and notes manufacturers will continue to hold suits until the new price regulations are announced.
A split formed within the Republican Party as Herbert Brownell Jr signals resignation and a national committee meeting is set for April 1. Advocates push for a full-time well-paid successor, with West and East factional rivalries shaping the search.
Four individuals face new charges filed Tuesday in Connoration court by City Sanitation Inspector A A Luther under city garbage ordinance. Charlie Meyer of a Broadway radio shop Joe Black of a sandwich shop L Cloud of a grill and Marcial Jimenez of a cafe are accused of permitting garbage and trash accumulation at their premises located on Broadway Jefferson street and Main avenue respectively.
Japanese diplomat Katsui Okumura, former first secretary in Washington, says embassies were warned 14 days before Pearl Harbor of a coded war warning via Radio Tokyo weather forecasts. He claims only Rangoon and Chile received the message. Washington did not.
Funeral services for Walter Heimer 53 of Austin highway will be held at Riche funeral home with Rev William Burkap officiating. Heimer a Cranes Mills native, lived in Hexar county 29 years and will be buried in Sunset Memorial park. Soldier Slashed at Fort Sam Houston scene Jayior Davis 20 is in Brooke hospital after knife wounds from a fight on Buena Vista street Monday night.
Aaron Snyder, 27, was booked by police on Tuesday in connection with an $18 forged check passed at 304 West Evergreen Street. The case involves E. R. Fitzpatelek.
The county commissioners' court awarded the sewage disposal field extension contract at the Bexar county boys' school to Tarrillion Brothers on Tuesday. The project is valued at 473 dollars.
Sgt. Desrosiers, 26, of San Antonio, on trial in Littleton for the murder of his wife Katherine, 24, resumes testimony about marital strife and despondency. He describes plans for death by his own hand and says his mother in law disliked him. Prosecutors read his postcrime statement admitting a pistol was held to the head but claiming no intent to kill. The police learned of the slaying after Katherine’s body was found in a Denver car.
Gen. Douglas MacArthur was awarded the Air Medal by Lt. Gen. Ennis C. Whitehead in Tokyo. The citation notes MacArthur directed the September 1943 Nadzab paratroop assault from his plane until all troops landed.
Five month old Mary Greer Brown, called a blue baby for her cyanotic heart, was flown from Carthage Texas three weeks ago to Johns Hopkins hospital and underwent surgery there today to repair her malformed heart.
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