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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1946
Page
5
San Antonio posted a high of 102 Friday, among the nation's hottest spots, with Crystal City at 106 and Laredo at 105. Forecasters warn no relief soon as weekend highs near 100. Saturday’s outlook shows continued heat, first such rise in months.
LONDON July 13 M Tase reported preliminary figures on the first six months of the new Soviet five year plan, showing Russia is making a rapid recovery from four years of war. Heavy industry and railway transport are making the quickest comeback the dispatch declared. STRIKE CLOSES BANKS BELFAST July 13 All of Northern Ireland s banks were closed today by a strike of 1450 employees demanding wage increases and improved working conditions. About 100 banks were affected.
Maj. Woodrow Swancutt, pilot of the 829 crew that dropped the fourth atomic bomb on Bikini Atoll, has a seven pound nine ounce boy born last night to him and Mrs Swancutt in Tampa. The birth occurred 26 hours after his plane Dream Team ferried him from Roswell, New Mexico. The child is the couple's third, with two daughters ages four and two. Mrs Swancutt is resting well and the major plans to return to Roswell Monday.
New York July 13 A CAA order grounding all Lockheed Constellation airliners after a crash snarled international travel. Three American carriers cancelled flights and shifted fleets to keep service near normal within days. Pilots group cited safety concerns and fire hazards, noting earlier fixes to the Constellation’s fuel and supercharger systems. Pan American Airways and others moved passengers via alternate routes from Gander and Stephenville to London Lisbon and beyond.
ABC commentator Raymond Swing said a prisoner pilot’s claim that an atomic bomb would hit Tokyo on August 12, 1945 helped the Japanese surrender. He noted the statement was untrue and not authorized, but spread via a San Francisco broadcast and influenced Japan’s cabinet.
Forecast calls for fair conditions Saturday with partly cloudy skies Saturday night and Sunday. Maximums near 100 for both days, with a Sunday low around 70. Saturday low near 69 and Friday’s high around 102. Adtraditional weather Page 2.
PRANKFURT July 13 Officers say venereal disease among American troops in Europe is likely the highest in U.S. military history. They note unofficial recommendations for severe punishment of infected soldiers, potentially needing Congress action. The chief surgeon reports a rising trend despite a crackdown by Gen. McNarney with a 21.6 percent infection rate in Europe on June 16, and some areas showing rates more than twice the average.
Dallas reports on a Federal Communications hearing over Texas Democratic primaries broadcast time. Homer Price Rainey challenged network allotments as arbitrary and inadequate, while four gubernatorial candidates testified and debated fairness and calls for state law to require rationed air time.
Lt Gen Robert L Richelberger Eighth Army commander criticizes Yank soldiers for crimes against Japanese civilians in Yokohama. He vows strict action, detailing identified serious breaches. One American soldier was condemned to the gallows with others awaiting trial or receiving lighter sentences.
Charles L Cuowder, 24, of 538 Kirk Place, treated at Robert B. Green hospital after his car struck a post at Ward and South Presta as he dodged another vehicle. Octavia Enzande, 5, of 809 South Leona Street, treated after being hit by a car on Guadalupe Street in the 400 block. Jose Sada, booked for negligent collision.
Paris July 13 The secretary of state Byrnes proposed another foreign ministers council to meet again after the peace treaties are adopted and before the UN session in New York set for September 23 He discussed Trieste as a test of international cooperation and noted a possible split between Russia and the Western Allies over Germany.
PETCAIRN Pa July 13 Papa Arthur Griser 38 celebrates his fourth set of winnings and a 13 child brood with wife Tema She just delivered twins the first identical pair among their many children Griser a veteran and boiler house worker notes the family’s ample meals and cheerful resilience
Washington July 15 The senate passed 62 to 15 an OPA revival bill, denuded of major price controls, with final passage at 1:58 a.m. on the thirteenth day of OFA lapse. The house likely to push toward a state-house conference committee to rewrite it.
Madrid July 13. The cabinet of Generali Francisco Franco announced in a communique that conditional liberty had been granted to 3000 prisoners. It did not state whether the prisoners were political detainees.
Rome papers picked up a Zagreb Minos agency note claiming Marshal Tito was wounded by a pistol bullet during the night of July 11 12. The report could not be confirmed in Rome or Trieste.
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