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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1949
Page
10
Ernest Feehner of 946 WL Caamerey pl. will be buried or honored at 4 p.m. Friday at Porler Loving chapel. Surviving are his widow Elise H. Feehner and a sister Mrs. Lou Daliye of Hodister, Missouri.
Washington reports President Truman will create a steel wage-pension fact-finding board to review the dispute with U S Steel Republic Bethlehem and the CIO United Steel Workers. He urged the three to reconsider their rejection of the plan while the union warned of a 60 day strike if firms do not participate.
SY, LOUIS, July 14. Shoe factories of the International Shoe Co in Quincy Illinois and Poplar Bluff Missouri will shut down in town. They employ more than GM. Decreased shoe demand is blamed.
Washington reports the interior department plans a civilian governor for Guam next month. Guam’s present governor, Rear Admiral Charles A. is to retire in September, and the civilian head will succeed him as both governor and military commander.
A Roanoke report says a 9 to 11 year old girl who tipped police about Eagle Scout Lee Buddy Scott will receive a $1116 reward for information that led to Scott’s arrest and conviction. The girl’s name remains withheld by authorities at family request.
San Francisco dispatch says a government witness denied brutalities or threats were used to force Mrs. Iva Toguri Tokyo Rose to broadcast propaganda for Radio Tokyo during the war. Counsel sought admission from Lt. Col Tsuneishi, but the cross examination framed her as a victim of wartime coercion while she faces charges of traitorously broadcasting to damage U.S. morale.
London reports a massive relief effort as 4500 troops and sailors move into the London docks to unload ships tied up by an eight day stoppage. 2700 RAF stand by for duty tomorrow, with 14289 idle dock workers, and emergency powers approved 412 to 4 in Commons.
In Helmstedt Germany Russian guards reduced their slowdown and allowed a Gostrucky American convoy to pass the Soviet zone checkpoint in under eight minutes. The move followed a late night signal relaxing the blockaded flow and permitting German trucks bound for Berlin to proceed.
A Sabinal inquest returns an accidental death verdict for John T. Hargrove who was found dead in his yard east of Sabinal at 4 a.m. He was shot in the chest by a 12 gauge shotgun after likely snagging the gun when reacting to a noise. Survivors include his widow, a son in New Mexico, and two brothers in Uvalde.
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