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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1946
Page
7
Rear Adm George H Fort reports a two year old Navy enlisted cook was shot by a sentry at the Seattle receiving station last night after being detected with 12 pounds of Navy butter and three sides of meat during an attempted arrest. The incident occurred as officers tried to detain him for theft.
Optimists elect William H. Pierce of Dallas as president at the International convention closing in Miami Beach. Denver chosen as 1947 meeting place. H. L. Scott of Corpus Christi elected vice president.
Longshoremen and sailors refused work at six Manhattan piers and six Staten Island piers delaying ships with relief cargoes bound for Europe. The action follows a mass AFL protest against a West Coast union boycott led by Harry Bridges.
Sgt. John Melshaw U S A retired age 83 recalls enlistment in the Fourth Infantry at 22 and fighting in the Indian wars including Wounded Knee South Dakota His stories describe frigid marches hunger and life in service He and his wife Annie Melshaw live at 1046 Rigsby Avenue and he mentions Buffalo Bill Cody Lone Ranger and his wartime earnings of 18 monthly.
In South Bend Indiana on July 13 Brother Edmund Hunt C S C named president of St Edward's College, first head of the school operated by the Congregation of the Holy Cross. He is a Notre Dame 1935 graduate who earned a PhD from the University of Chicago before returning to Notre Dame as professor.
William F. Brogan, organizer of the Junior Deputies of America, warned that problem youth and delinquency resist cure in any home. He said reformatories and penitentiaries never end delinquency and conversion cannot be overnight. He urged supervised meeting places and counselors, and blamed lack of religion and parental neglect as major factors.
A garbled advertisement touts a new book offering skin care, bust shaping, wrinkle reduction, hair and scalp tips, neck firming, weight changes, and body sculpting. It promotes self-pleasing recontouring and youthful beauty with questionable medical claims and bold, impractical promises.
Cleveland July 13 George D. Anthony resigns as justice of the peace at Hay Village citing inability to endure evictions while landlords exploit the Interla cancellation of OPA. Anthony says he cannot stomach the evictions and will leave his post.
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