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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1946
Page
1
AUSTIN Jan 17 State Treasurer Jesse James reported that cash in the state's 116 funds has doubled in the past three years. The cash balance was 77,163,380 at year end and the general fund balance stood at 13,358,463.
Washington reports Russia has begun establishing a long term presence on the Kurile island chain near Siberia. Troops and families reportedly arrive with belongings as officials note the Potsdam conference agreement on occupation. The move comes as a strategic shift following Yamamoto's Pearl Harbor attack and ongoing wartime tensions.
Dallas dispatch reports two people died in separate fires yesterday in Dallas. John W. Long, 49, and Charles Lee Tenison, 2 months old, perished in different blazes. Officials elsewhere announced plans for a Carnation Milk plant in Houston, a $1,000,000 project.
Cafe strike at 205 South Alamo Street with a picket line. Local 12 claims the new owner J B Cain refuses to recognize a contract dating from 1936 and the union’s jurisdiction over busboys and dishwashers. Cain denies withholding a contract and accuses the union of demanding salary misclassification to align with OPA rules.
A Bell helicopter from Alexandria Army Air Base Louisiana landed at Brooks Field Thursday after a six hour and 45 minute flight averaging 80 miles per hour. Piloted by Major Choate and Lt P T Choate of the Scandiaizon squadron, the craft was one of the few experimental air ambulances used by the AAP. The squadron trained to operate with military ground forces, spotting artillery and locating enemy positions to aid convoys.
Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid assumed command of the eastern and gulf sea frontiers, directing a zone from Maine to Mexico. The force includes an inactive reserve of 1000 combat ships.
Denison residents rally to raise funds for the purchase and improvement of General Eisenhower's birthplace. Schoolchildren and volunteers conduct tag days to collect money while contributors wear Eisenhower tags. Local effort aims to support preservation and public access.
Tokyo January 17 General MacArthur approved civilian police in Japan to carry pistols and provided 200 rounds of ammunition for each permitted officer. The move extends postwar authority to local police as part of security measures.
Partly cloudy skies and rising temperatures are forecast for Thursday afternoon night and Friday in San Antonio. Meteorologist J H Jarber predicts warmer conditions with temperatures rising after a brief slide early Thursday.
A new subdivision in Terrell Hills approved by the county Thursday will cover about three and one half acres of the former George Brackenridge estate. Martin Baums owns the property bounded north by Terres road south by Bury road west by Exeter road and east by the Harry Wurzbach military highway.
Oklahoma City Times reporter Bob McMillan arrives in Fort Worth on short notice and endures hours of searching for a room. He finally signs up around midnight Wednesday for the only available bedroom, the bridal suite at the Blackstone Hotel, amid housing headaches and heating woes.
In Bridgeport Texas Sgt Bert Jones of the 131st Field Artillery Lost Battalion showed a prosthetic leg secretly fashioned in a Japanese prison camp in Burma. Navy carpenter from the torpedo cruiser Houston and a one legged Australian infantryman helped craft it.
A herd of cattle attacked a Denver and Rio Grande Western freight train near Spear Rut on the Maryaville road, overturning a caboose and injuring two crew members. Conductor W. M. Hoffman and brakeman D. B. Wagstull sustained minor injuries.
A 42 foot pipe section fell from a drilling rig nine miles east of Agamst yesterday, killing EB M Brooks 26 a war veteran and critically injuring Wulved Pugh a former White football player recently discharged from the marines.
Edward Chapa reports being struck in the face with a blackjack and robbed of 450 dollars at about 11:20 p.m. Wednesday near East Commerce and Water streets after leaving a club on East Commerce street. Police are investigating the incident at 307 Mtatagolde Street.
Randolph field enlisted men join protests against army demobilization. Several hundred petition Senator Ed win C Johnson chairman of the senate subcommittee on demobilization, charging field officials ignored authority for discharge of men with 36 months service. They claim future service not essential and that mechanics are used as truck drivers clerks and in other army jobs. Officials check facts. 36 month men in certain critical military occupations discharged only if not in those roles. Further details on demobilization on Page 6.
Jan 17 United Nations General Assembly heard Czech Foreign Minister Jan Masaryk urge placing the world arms industry and the latest destructive inventions under UN control to safeguard humanity. He warned against uranium use for wholesale destruction and denounced antisemitism. Iran’s Nasrullah Entezam said Iran will seek SC action tomorrow on its dispute with Russia over northern Iran.
The U S Attorney for the Western District of Texas Smith W B R Smith will resign effective mid night Thursday and join the Parker Smith and Rice firm with offices in the National Bank of Commerce building. Judge Charles Boynton will appoint a temporary district attorney pending presidential successor. Smith began in El Paso in 1924, served in the state legislature, then held the district attorney post for the Seventieth district before moving to San Antonio in 1933. He served in the Navy 1941 14 and led criminal prosecutions nationally from his office.
Dallas city council approved an order for tear gas grenades war gas shells and gas mask canisters for the police department. The purchase valued at thirty six dollars was authorized in the January meeting.
Thirteen Midwestern senators urged President Truman to seize striking Midwest truck lines. They argued negotiations between AFL drivers and companies failed to end the 60 day work stoppage and urged directing court action to operate the lines and seek arbitration or mediation. They had earlier asked for a factfinding panel to investigate the dispute. Driver demands focus on pay claimed to be the “low can pay” for workers east of the Mississippi.
U S meat supplies shrink rapidly with a potential two to ten day exhaustion under a looming packing-house strike. Major packers Swift Armour Cudahy and Wilson hit hardest as livestock receipts plummet. farmers scramble to sell to small packers at selling prices amid strike fears. Meat production drops up to 75 percent in Chicago yards as feed and dairy consequences loom.
The House labor committee today agreed to defer action on President Truman’s fact finding boards plan for major industrial disputes. Acting Chairman Randolph said the panel would wait for a modified bill from Representative Landis that would strip subpoenas and drop an 80 day cooling off period. In Dallas, Alpha Phi Omicron plans a campus contest to name the ugliest man on the University of Texas campus with no candidates announced.
The policy lets veterans have first call on newly built homes for a month after completion, with sales at setting prices. If none of the veterans wants the house, it can be sold to other buyers after that period. Construction costs range from 1000 to 10000 for single units and 16500 to 254550 for multi unit buildings. Ten percent of available building materials must be reserved for veterans.
Chinese authorities in Nankin announced that 21 war ships were being turned over to China by the United States and Britain. The ships include a 7000 ton cruiser and two submarines. With U S Navy aid, China will train 500 officers and 3000 men in the next 15 months.
In New York on January 12 at One Madison Avenue market meat supplies were exhausted by a workers strike. A sign promised pheasant at 2.35 per pound and caviar at 5 a pound with no price listed for arouse.
In Dallas, city officials moved to require streetcars to shield their right of way. The ordinance, passed yesterday, makes trams liable for obstruction or danger within the right of way, prompting debate over priority on urban streets and transit safety.
Frigid Texas rose five to ten degrees Thursday as a north cold wave eased. The U S weather bureau reported no new snow and dry skies will persist for 24 hours. Most areas stayed below freezing except the Rio Grande valley and Gulf coast, with Clarendon at 12 degrees and Amarillo at 14 below zero the prior night.
Santa Barbara coroner jury ruled the Christmas week explosion that wrecked a building and killed five people was caused by criminal means. The verdict cites an unknown person who removed a valve from a butane fuel tank in a truck stored in the building, the first door of which housed workers.
A Joliet Rockdale crash killed six people when a car collided with a Rock Island passenger train. Deputy Walter McKay said five of the dead, all Joliet residents, were identified: Donald F. Emerick, 32, his wife, Mary Ann, 27, his brother Cal Emerick, 22, Ernest Chisholm, 26, a former serviceman, and his wife. The sixth victim was an unidentified girl about 17.
San Antonio packing house workers maintain they are not on strike as the SA Cattle Mart inches toward normal operations after three days of sparse receipts. Commissioners predict about 600 cattle and 10 calves, 140 hogs, and 50 goats moved from surrounding ranches, with earlier days lacking stock to sustain a market. Thursday shows improved activity though business remains weak.
President Truman weighed action to curb wage disputes affecting over a million workers in steel and meat industries as meetings convened. Officials said government seizure had not entered discussions. talks aimed to avert a steel walkout and resolve packinghouse strikes amid offers and counteroffers from Jones and Murray, with tentative settlements possible.
Lamare Willingham estimated $9,500 loss from Thursday fire at 1723 Hammond avenue. His wife Willingham rescued their 14 month old daughter Darrell Sue from a smoke filled room as flames spread in a front room. Fire caused $3,000 to house, $3,500 to furniture, and $3,000 to clothing including a fur coat. fire department put estimated loss at $2,500.
ForceCa3i weather bulletin notes partly cloudy skies with a rise in temperatures. Thursday's high around 58 degrees, Friday's high near 68, and overnight lows about 38, with warmer conditions expected through Friday in San Antonio and vicinity.
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