Sunday San Antonio Diary of June 30 1946
Nostalgic look at San Antonio on June 30 1946 with Atomic Liquor Stores Kilroy's opening, triple feature at local theaters, Independence Day plans, polio cases, Joe Louis vs Billy Conn, a Broadway car lot air show, church attendance and Truman talk. Notables include Howard Hughes film ban, Bob Tigpe show, Bing Crosby outdoor act, and writers Hotchkin Hornaday Battersby Moss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boral
Bikini Atoll
Opa
Frederick Lewis Allen
Cone
Rudolph Valentino
Wall Street
San Antonio
Travis Park
Joe Louis
Billy Conn
Commerce Street
Veterans
Presient Truman
Shreveport
Howard Hughes
Jane Russell
Texas
Loew
Houston
Hughes
Dallas
Kenny Delmar
Senator Claghorn
Radio
Southern Pacificnes
San Antonio Symphony Orchestra
Four Killed In Auto Accidents Reported In City
Four persons died in weekend traffic crashes around San Antonio. Three year old Coldreen Gold died at Nix hospital after being struck by a hit and run driver on Montana street. Teen George Clarence Thomas, 16, was killed when his car overturned on Fredericksburg road near Leon Springs. several teens injured. A woman believed to be Marie Lott, about 25, was killed by a hit and run on Seguin highway. Pedro Montalbo, 50, was killed on St Hedwig road near Martinez after a car driver claimed to be blinded by lights. Additional injuries included Fred Casanova Jr., 12, struck by a city street cleaning truck. Steve Alvarez, 23, in a collision on North Flores street. John L Weaver, 77, injured in an accident on Roosevelt avenue.
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Coldreen Gold
Dreiss Street
Nix Hospital
Hpart
Montana Street
George Clarence ‘Thomas
Hunstock ‘Avenue
San Antonio
Fredericksburg Road
Leon Springs
Dan
Jackie Riegel
Clarence
Vogel
Buckingham Avenue
Wylie Wooten
Schrey Avenue
Marie Lott
Mies
Seguin
Thomas Cox
Cox
Pedro Montalbo
St. Hedwig
Martinez
Emory
Rt. 1
Montelbo
Fred Casanova Jr
Alcalde Street
Wilson Boulevard
Meredith Drive
Steve Alvarez
Bar Street
Eualilo Alxarec
Hickman Street
E. W. Chapel
Biocle
North Flores Street
John L. Weaver
Roosevelt Avenue
Frente J
Dairymen Set Meeting in San Antonio Area
Mark Buckingham newly appointed dairy specialist for the San Antonio milk shed will meet at 2 p.m. Monday with the dairy improvement committee of the chamber of commerce and the San Antonio Dairy Products association in the Bexar county home demonstration office to work out a progress program for the area. Kelly Field to observe July 4 as a holiday for military and civilian personnel Brig George H Beverley commander of the San Antonio Air Technical Service command announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Buckingham
San Antonio
Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio Dairy Products Association
Bexar County
Kelly
Kelly Field
George H. Beverley
Fish tale ends with boy injured by fishing hook
Carlos Kerchner age 14 from 1821 Lean ders avenue went fishing on Sunday. A sudden jerk on the rod yielded a bite and Radio Patrolman A Almaguer found him on South Flores street with a fish hook deeply embedded in his left arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlos Kerchner
Leanders Avenue
A. Almaguer
South Flores Street
Dogs Fear Fireworks Urged Watch Pets Through July Fourth
Mrs Emmet Sharkel ford president of the Animal Defense league appealed to San Antonians to guard their dogs through the Fourth of July period. She warned that frightened dogs leave homes and many are picked up by dog catchers each year during fireworks.
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San
Baering Down on the News by Arthur Baer
A satirical column by Arthur Baer mocks postwar independence notions and modern life. It parodies political and social themes with humorous, fragmented references to 1776, 1946, governance, landlords, and historic figures, delivering a playful critique of American identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Detectives Lead Quiet Existence in San Antonio Agency
Albert Stuhl and Elton Cade, Brackenridge High grads and former deputies, opened a private investigation agency in San Antonio. They emphasize discretion, rarely go to court, and handle cases like marital trouble with simple, nonintrusive methods. Shadowing dominates their work, aided by carrot juice for night vision and a superstition coin linked to a deputy’s slain battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Stuhl
Elton Cade
San Antonio
Brackenridge High School
Stahl
Cade
Cude
State Bar Opens Session in San Antonio
The State Bar of Texas began its seventh annual meeting at the Gunter hotel in San Antonio with Mayor Gun B. Mayermann and Jesse I. Edwards welcoming about 1000 attendees from the bar association’s 8000 members. Highlights included talks by Judge John H. Rickett and Wilford W. Naman, plus plans for sessions on postwar judiciary issues and the Nuremberg Trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munbers
State Bar Association of Texas
Gun B. Mayermann
Jesse I. Edwards
San Antonio Bar Association
Gunter Hotel
Edwards
Armed Services
Herr
Association
San Antonio
John H. Rickett
The
Asso
Ciation
Fourth Court of Civil Appeals
Dallas
Wilford W. Naman
Waco
Texas
Julian B. Alexander
Supreme Court of Mississippi
la Villita
Arneson River
Robert
Story
Robert H. Jackson
Europe
William J. Donovan F
New York
Jon
Central Intelligence
Baylor University Law School
University of Texas Law School
State Bar
San Antonio shoppers face post OPA price unknowns
San Antonians woke to the end of price controls and wondered how it would affect their budgets. Shoppers, homeowners, and business people eyed costs, hoping retailers and wholesalers would hold prices. Officials and merchants pledged restraint while awaiting Congress actions and guidance from suppliers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonians
Werth Vine
Mary Rylander
Property Owner’s Association
OPA
Rent Control
Congress
San Antonio
National Real Estate Board
Joshe
Albert F. Snell
Snell-Hocker Anwar Company
C. L Patrick
Phil Johnson
Johnson's Cafe
Broadway
Ben Merrick
Don's
Ben's Liquor Store
Andy
Sleeping Baby And Mezanna With Iodinated Powder
Sleeping Baby receives Mezanna iodinated powder to soothe diaper rash and heat irritation. The product claims relief for minor skin irritations and heat rash while absorbing moisture from clothing rubbing. Marketed as a long standing favorite for 40 years, it promotes blessed relief for irritated skin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moxeana
Moxiana
Amore
Infant Dies in Oshkosts Wisconsin
The death of Donald Earl Heilsberg a 100 month old son of Mr and Mrs Earl L Heilsberg of Oshkosts Wis was reported to relatives in San Antonio Mrs Heilsberg formerly Miss Gertrude Bordean of 625 Crosby Street San Antonio The notice lists the child death and parental details without further context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oshkosts
Wis
Donald Earl Heilsberg
Earl L. Heilsberg
San Antonio
Heilsberg
Gertrude Bordean
Crosby Street
Bar Proprietor Held in Shooting Case
A bar proprietor at 704 North Nav ol Braunfels Avenue was booked by police after a Saturday night shooting in front Victory bar. Willie Kyle of 315 Ord Street was wounded in the incident at Pearl's Place 389 Hedges Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eyla Thomas
Victory
North Nav
Braunfels Avenue
Willie Police
Mon Poy
Sature Arene
Willie Wright
Melvin Kyle
Ord Street
Pearl's Place
Hedges I Kyle
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U.S
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London
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Whittlesey House
Hotchkin
Saturday Evening Post
the Hornaday
Austin
Meet
Joe
Tokyo
Todge Atwood McDonald
Ila Mat Willbern
Texas Bar Association
Baering Down
Oregon
Tey
Siavary
Grant
Stonewall Jackson
Clyde D. Eddleman
Corona Avenue
Leyte
Luzon
Jesse ] Edwards
Hunge J. 1. Bickett
S. A. Jurisi
Loral
Fy Teesheets
Eae Ek
Amitte Pugh
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