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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1947
Page
3
Regular monthly dance of the Old Trail Drivers association will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Old Trail halt in San Antonio. The event is announced in the San Antonio Light dated Tuesday January 28 1947.
Bar nett Welansky, 50, operator of the Cocoanut Grove Night Club where 492 died in a 1942 fire, died at his home after being pardoned from a manslaughter sentence. A physician had forecast he could not live beyond nine months. he died two months and one day after his pardon.
New details from Harper's magazine reveal former Secretary of War Henry Stimson stating the United States had only two atomic bombs ready when Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed. He argues the bombs shortened the war, avoiding planned vast land invasions, and notes no warning or demonstration would have sufficed to compel surrender.
Danish police probe a mysterious pre crash phone call to Copenhagen fire brigade asking how to summon help. The caller may have originated near Kastrup air field before the Dutch airliner crash that killed 22 aboard. Authorities consider a locked rudder as a possible cause. one apprentice recalls forgetting to remove locks.
A Texas house bill proposes standardized monthly salaries for police officers in incorporated cities based on population. Minimums range from 150 to 220 dollars, with higher pay for larger cities. Introduced by Charles B. Moore II of Del Rio and Woodrow W. Bean of El Paso.
Washington reports that price controls on domestic molasses including blackstrap and peel final molasses will be revoked at midnight tonight. The move ends government controls on the commodity in the United States.
Eleven servicemen die when a B 29 crashes at Kirtland Field near Albuquerque New Mexico after engine trouble. The aircraft carried secret equipment and climbed little, catching fire on impact. One crew member survives thanks to two GI firefighters who saved him. Names of many dead were released with others withheld until families were notified.
The Board of U S Civil Service Examiners posted vacancies for aircraft mechanics at wages from 0.93 to 1.43 dollars per hour. Positions are with War Department establishments near San Antonio. Applications are due by February 26.
Police report two tavern bandits attempted robbery at 103 Glenwood court. One holdup was thwarted with $400 in cash saved. another succeeded, fleeing with $327. E. W. Cozier and Charles Caribary were targeted in separate incidents on nearby streets.
Vernon E Ledger 59 oilman and former San Antonio resident died Sunday in North Hollywood California He worked 25 years for Standard Oil of New Jersey Survived by widow Heddy Ledger daughter Mrs W P Matheny 312 Delmar Street and son Lt BE Ledger stationed in Yokohama Japan
Alvin May of 104 Perez Street pleaded guilty to burglary and received a two year suspended sentence from Judge W W McCrory in Criminal District Court. In the same court Joe Rodriguez of Stott Field, IM, was sentenced to two years in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to theft of an auto.
Col Michael F Davis, West Point graduate and Cincinnati native, commanded the San Antonio Aviation Cadet copter unit during the war and now serves again in San Antonio as deputy chief of staff of the Tenti Air force at Brooksfield.
A mule, ownership undetermined, was struck and killed seven miles south of San Antonio on Highway 281. The car, driven by Mrs. Dick Burke of Pleasanton, sustained damage in the collision, sheriff reports say.
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