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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1946
Page
1
Boston's James Michael Curley, 71, swings into a fourth four year term as mayor after taking oath, extending a half century of political influence in the city. His attorneys seek acquittal on mail fraud charges in a directed verdict request.
Sheriff department logs show fingerprints taken Monday after a prowler breached a home on West Sealy. A window was broken and the suspect fled, with officers continuing the probe as investigators review recovered prints and nearby evidence.
The article reports ongoing protests by U S soldiers in the Philippines against General Patterson and the war policy. Delegations demand an end to compulsory military service, with chants and banners urging withdrawal, and discussions with Patterson or a Senate committee are arranged amid mounting pressure to shorten overseas deployments.
U S Army troops marching to camp headquarters at Le Havre protested delays in shipment home. Stars and Stripes quoted a theater commander saying four readiness dates had passed since January 2. Men were told they would not be cleared into the port area before January 25.
American forces in Berlin clamored for defile news on redeployment and policy norms today. Radio reports of the planned Blowdown in redeployment circulated Saturday night among troops. Observers believed soldiers would send protest letters to hometown leaders and officials.
A Red Cross team from St Louis aided local officers and relief groups as five East Texas counties bore a tornado on Friday night. More than 400 people were injured, 20 died, with 500 families left homeless. Robert Edson, Red Cross Midwest director, put property damage at 2.6 million dollars, likely to rise. The storm left 299 hospitalized, 184 homes destroyed and 419 other buildings damaged.
A tornado struck a plantation a few miles south of Lake Village Arkansas on January 7 killing three people and injuring several others. Ten or more frame structures were destroyed or damaged. Emergency crews responded to assess the devastation and aid survivors.
Tornadic winds Saturday caused wreckage and about 200000 dollars in property damage in rural Louisiana. In Mississippi a tornado struck the Coile community injuring and killing residents Ernest Shuh and her year old daughter in Greenwood area.
Fourteen oil companies notified the government they prefer direct negotiations with the CIO oil workers union over wage demands and continuation of fact finding hearings. Only two companies attended the reconvened panel. one entity said it would continue on its terms. The Truman panel asked U S Steel and CIO steel workers to resume bargaining as government sources hope for a steel wage offer. General Motors’ fact finding follows a 175,000 CIO auto workers strike over an eight to ten percent wage rise, with a report due by Wednesday or Thursday.
The National Labor Relations Board ordered an election among Seguin Milling Company production workers in Seguin Texas to determine if they want the American Federation of Grain Producers to represent them in collective bargaining. Government economists and party officials pushed to fix the stance on a price rise for four meat packers as part of the broader policy effort.
About 200000 workers at General Electric General Motors and Westinghouse planned a January 15 strike in support of wage increase demands two dollars daily. The action was organized by the C I O and United Electrical Workers late Saturday.
A poll of 260000 Netonal Federation of Telephone Workers members is underway to determine support for a sympathy walkout with 17000 Western Electric Employees association strikers. The survey seeks to gauge possible labor action amid the industrial dispute.
Telegraph Mayor O'Dwyer of New York used his office to push to avert a Western Union strike. He conferred for 11 hours Sunday and Monday with officials of the company and the C. I. O. American Communications association which called the walkout.
Texas cotton leaders and national traders protested OPA chief Bowles plan to cap the 1946 raw cotton price to curb clothing costs. Lamar Fleming Jr of Anderson-Clayton called it oppressive. others warned ceilings would not ease shortages or hurt small growers. Congress and hearings were urged as costs and farm inputs rose.
A long program for Texas Girl Scouts boards opened in St Anthony on Monday led by Misa Mulley region nine training adviser and Miss Demna Kennedy field adviser.
Funeral services are scheduled for Stella Calbillo, a child who died after a fall from a staircase. The 14 year old daughter of Antonio Calbillo fell from a stair to strike a stone, while being treated at Robert B. Green hospital after head injuries. Inquest proceedings are led by Justice Frank Vaughan with Janette handling the case.
Parsing violations in the Kelly field area triggered a provost marshal dive to direct officers and civilians to designated areas. The effort was led by Maj or Pa Hoover, provost marshal.
The United States formally recognized the Austrian government today and expressed hope that the nation would quickly attain democracy and complete independence. Russia Britain and France joined in granting recognition to the Vienna regime led by Chancellor Leonard Pigh and President Karl Renner, though the Allied Council’s authority remains to pursue allied objectives in Austria.
The article clarifies that Papua is a name associated with the island of New Guinea, outlining its use in historical and geographic contexts. It emphasizes that Papua refers to a regional designation rather than a standalone country, highlighting cultural and colonial naming patterns.
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