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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1949
Page
7
Canberra reports Australia has about 25 000 more men than women. December 1941 census shows 7 794 860 people with 4 910 051 males and 3 884 829 females, up by 156 252 in a year. Natural increase births minus deaths 301 137 and net migration 85 145.
Seven people including two children are missing after a 16 foot motorboat sank off Halibut Point near Cape Ann. Among the missing are Fred Brody, 62, a mill executive from Amsterdam New York, his son Robert 36, Mr and Mrs Carl Clonkin and their two children Carl Jr. and William, and Horace Hager, 35, Amsterdam schools assistant superintendent. The party was on a fishing trip when the accident occurred.
State police report a head on collision in Baton Rouge between a motorcycle ridden by Bessie Jones 26 and passenger Robert E Cooper and an oncoming auto. Jones was instantly killed and Cooper listed in critical condition.
A free Hawaii display anchors Rockefeller Center for July and August, organized by Honolulu Garden Club and supported by United Northwestern and Pan American. Honolulu women ship 60 pandemonium plants weekly, while federal quarantine requires fumigation and soil sterilization before arrival in New York. The setup uses lava sand, orchid racks, and exotic blooms to transform the channel gardens into a tropical oasis.
Analyses of Salt Lake City water show salt content varies from under 13 to about 27 percent through the years. The high salinity means swimmers cannot sink easily while minute brine shrimp larvae insects and algae inhabit the lake.
A flash fire in a Chicago north side rooming house sent Mrs. Mary Brady 70 and McArdle 58 down ladders to safety though no firefighters were overcome. Mrs. Brady, wheelchair bound, was rescued after the blaze appeared to stem from a gas explosion in a furnace. Thirty others escaped quickly as flames spread.
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