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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1947
Page
10
Charles Williams, sexton at St Mark's Episcopal Church, reported police that burglars knocked the safe knob off but failed to gain entry. The safe contained Sunday collections.
Senator McMahon asserts Russia may be building an atomic fission plant in the Urals while U S and Soviet officials spar over worldwide atomic control. He argues for exchanging atomic knowledge for control to prevent a sudden nuclear catastrophe and urges international inspectors to avert growing fear and arms race.
Boston dispatch reports a deadly blaze in a six family duplex on a Dorchester street killing mother Rose Myers 32 and two children Lee 5 Eugene 2. Bertram Myers 30 and infant Pearl 3 weeks old were treated for minor burns. Fire confined to the Myers unit. cause undetermined.
Cleveland firemen battled a three alarm blaze today near the site of the 1944 East Ohio Gas explosion fire that killed 130. The new gas company warehouse and meter repair shop, barely a quarter completed, was under construction at an estimated cost of 1.25 million dollars.
In Inglewood California January 27 a North American aviation Mustang fighter was being prepared for the longest nonstop flight ever. The Army Air Forces announced the plane would attempt a Honolulu to New York crossing to test its long-range escort capability.
In Jerusalem and Tel Aviv police report two Britons abducted by the Irgun Zvai Leumi. A British banker and a British judge were seized to influence the postponement of a hangings of an alleged underground terrorist. 90,000 Jews were placed under house arrest as a curfew was imposed after the kidnappings.
An Associated Press update notes a cold front entering Texas on Monday, predicted to chill the Panhandle and Red River Valley. Temperatures were expected to drop after the front moves south of Amarillo, ending the recent mild spell over the state.
CHICAGO JAN 27 IN SONE INS 25 persons including two on were arrested today as violence flared at the strike at Miller Meters Inn in Chicago. Bricks were thrown and fists flew as members of the independent International Association of Machinists tried to cross the picket line while about 75 United Steelworkers of America members battled them. Bilbo walks around New Orleans Senator Bilbo in bed near Touro infirmary after major operation a week ago.
The forecast calls for a fair Monday afternoon and night with partly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures. Tuesday will be partly cloudy and colder with a high near 40. Sunday is expected to be sunny with a high around 68 and a low near 40.
The Los Angeles Examiner received a postcard from The Black Dahlia Avenger promising to surrender at 10 a.m. Wednesday. Police questioned authenticity amid hoax possibilities and pursued leads including Elizabeth Short’s address book, photos, and Social Security card.
Former Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr has been asked to return his diary kept while in office. A department official said the request was made in a friendly letter noting the diary contains official documents that cannot be replaced.
A warm sunny weekend in San Antonia sparked fires as residents burned dead grass in their yards. Resulting activity led to 44 fire alarms across the area.
An American flag flown over the Capitol in Washington will be blessed by Rev I L Manning chancellor of the Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio at the Knights of Columbus hall Tuesday evening The flag was presented by Representative Paid Kliday to San Antonio Council No 786 K of C Members who served in World War II will be presented with individual pins by Brig Gen Joseph I Martin of Brooke Army Medical Center
Authorities in the Alice Devine kidnapping case received a detailed auto description. A state wide broadcast described a gray 1996 four door Ford sedan with a rear spare tire, trunk space, and a mounted spare. License plate number is unknown.
Grace Moore, famed blonde soprano who sang for six nations’ royalty, entertained American troops in camps across the continent and often forgone paid engagements to aid soldiers. She left the US last July due to husband’s illness and extended her stay in Europe to be with him between engagements. The singer, recently married to Parera, poised for appearances with the Metropolitan Opera, had built a career across motion pictures, musical comedy, and opera.
A weekend of air disasters left 58 dead including American soprano Grace Moore and Sweden’s Gustaf Adolf. Reports cited a China National Aviation passenger plane missing from Canton to Chungking, later clarified as a mistranslation. Sweden mourned Gustaf Adolf at Copenhagen after a Royal Dutch plane crash.
London editorials on January 27 reflect public worry after Copenhagen and Croydon crashes. Daily Mail laments the black weekend in the air and calls for confidence in civil aviation to recover. Daily Express questions the faults threatening civil aviation’s reputation and safety.
Tokyo report says crimes sweeping Japan are blamed on inflation and a barbaric wartime mindset among repatriated soldiers, with the nation's psychology described as ravaged by defeat.
Hamilton County Sheriff G. Taylor Handman reports police kept patrols around the Murphy home after a weekend note threatened kidnapping one of their three daughters. The note demanded $1000 by Monday and was signed The X-. Stuart Murphy, a father with three daughters under ten, said the note arrived in his mailbox though emails did not carry the message.
WEW YORK Jan 27 The 63.36 carat Star of India the world s largest star sapphire weighing over 100 carats and an 87.4 carat carved emerald along with other treasures were removed from wartime vaults and moved on display at the American Museum of Natural History yesterday.
Police report: a typewriter was stolen from the office of Assistant District Attorney W. Jay Johinson in the Majestic building on Monday.
The council approved a new tax rate totaling 3.11 including school levy, with a 12 cent district improvement levy for No. 4 and 2 cents for No. 15. A 0.19 cent net reduction contrasts a historical 1912 cent levy for a $5.7 million improvement bond. Tax official calls for further cuts citing $117,227 fund balance. The question of reducing the advertising levy remains.
The Monday meeting presented a $4,657,000 budget for the next fiscal year, up $734,000 from last year. City Auditor Walter Tatseh urged $90,000 more for commissioners, split as $20,000 in added revenue and a $70,000 mayoral slash to cover airports, aiming to move several departments into the black and cut Hein's deficit while adding $99,000 for contingencies.
Federal Judge Alfred C C imposed a 25000 dollar fine on the Dairymen's League Cooperative Association and 1000 dollar penalties on four officers after guilty pleas to manipulating the New York butter market to fix the January 1947 mills price. Named individuals include Henry Rathbun president Chapin Hedley Benson and Herbert Seeley.
Parsons West Virginia January 27 a 22 year old girl her brother and a third person were wounded and four others killed on an isolated farm. One armed lumberman McCray 35 killed the farm owners Joseph McManigle 53 and Mrs Dorg McManigle 45 and later shot his wife. The girl and her brother survived by feigning death until help arrived.
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