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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1944
Page
7
Coroner's officers inspect two deposit boxes rented by Mrs. Williams at a hotel after a murder in which she was shot in her room by an assailant who killed her and wounded another woman. The boxes will be examined for evidence.
Police probe widens after Mrs Williams is slain in Drake residence. Mrs Goorbody testifies she saw the killer appear from behind a bathroom door and fire. Witnesses include Frank Williams, husband, and Cook who saw the killer flee. Police seek a gray haired woman in a black Persian lamb coat and jewel theft motive suspected.
Harry C. Russey deputy collector in charge of the internal revenue department said the office in the federal building stays open at 5 p m every day including Saturdays for the benefit of San Antonians and those needing assistance.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at a southside undertaking establishment for Mrs. Adele Williams wife of a career diplomat fatally wounded at her Inkurious apartment in the Drake hotel Wednesday evening. Police continue to pursue theories as Lieut. Otto Erlanson plans to rebuild the case focusing on Patricia Goodbody the victim’s daughter and chief witness. Investigators also opened a newly found deposit box containing $35000 in jewelry and questioned a Drake Housemaid on the hotel’s eighth floor.
Evansville Ind. fire kills ten wartime workers in a run barracks housing. Officials expect to identify five or six victims today as two others suffer serious burns. The blaze shocked workers and prompted urgent inquiries into safety at the facility.
San Antonio area debates annexation and city taxes as Mayor Mauermann lines up new housing board members. Tax Commissioner Calhagan resists annexation while other commissioners seek public opinion. Utility lease issues threaten rate cuts as postwar planning and leadership ambitions surface.
A note on the college picture tone series notes the film You Can t Ration Love as the fourteenth entry shot on the Paramount campus era. It lists other titles Collebate College Rhythm Campus Confessions College Swing and Sweater Girl.
Mrs Basia M Barron received two medals posthumously for Sgt Vincent Barron Army Air Forces killed in action in Europe. Air Medal citation praises meritorious achievements on five bomber missions and Army Air Forces credit. Parade at South Kelly Field preceded by a formal retreat and review by Replacement Army No 2 at Kelly. A separate item reports a deadly bicycle-car collision near Dallas killing J W Martin.
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