Meat Buyers Strike Urged by UAW CIO Across Nation
The UAW CIO called a seven day meat buyers strike starting today inviting all Americans to join. large rallies in Detroit Cleveland and Chicago pressed for price controls and consumer sacrifice as unions urged Congress to restore price controls amid rising costs. Chrysler plants saw 20000 to 30000 workers walk off briefly with no broad disruption reported.
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Detroit
Cadillac Square
Congress
Cleveland
Chicago
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Uaw-Clo
Richard T. Leonard
Dejtroit
Wheeler Trails By 4000 Votes In Montana Primary
Senator Burton Wheeler trailed Leif Erickson by about 4000 votes in the Democratic primary returns reported Wednesday. Erickson, 40, surged in urban areas while Wheeler hoped for gains in late returns from small towns and rural districts with support from President Truman in the campaign’s final stretch.
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Leif Erickson
Montana
Industries Hold OPA Price Line
The National Association of Manufacturers reports that U S factory heads largely kept prices at OPA levels for items including refrigerators to autos after OPA ended. Six of 64 surveyed admitted price increases since June 30, three due to loss of subsidies on real and food products, others due to selling below cost under GPA and higher raw material costs.
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National Association of Manufacturers
NAM
Court Rules Senate Lacked Power to Recess Appointments
In a 5 to 4 ruling the Texas Supreme Court said the senate cannot convene to act on governor Teresy's recess nominees. The decision nullified the senate's bid to reject Harry Benge Crozier as chairman of the Unemployment Compensation Commission and upheld that the attempted rejection was invalid and the session illegal. Senator Weaver Moore of Houston led the effort.
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Texas Senate
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Texas Unemployment Compensation Commissing
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Grover Sellers
Crayier
Weaver Moore
Houston
Polio Case Reported in San Antonio Area
San Antonio reports the 86th polio case, a 15 month old girl from the 400 block of Allende Street, listed as a patient at Robert B. Green Hospital as health officials confirm the case on Wednesday.
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Allende Street
Robert B. Green Hospital
Jews Strike In Protest Over Detentions In Palestine
In Jerusalem on July 17 Jews across Palestine stopped work in a one day general strike. All Jewish owned businesses closed except hospitals newspapers and essential services to protest British detentions of Zionist leaders. Vaad Leumi led the action in solidarity with about 2000 detainees.
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Palestine
Vaad Leumi
National Jewish Council
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Hog and Lamb Prices Hit New Highs in Texas Market
San Antonio live stock market reports good and choice hogs over 16 pounds selling at 18.50 dollars, surpassing Tuesday’s 19 high. Two packages of spring lambs reached a Texas record at 17 dollars, beating the 16.75 prior. Cattle prices held steady to 25 cents higher for mature slaughter classes.
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San Antonio
Texas
Wholesale index rises to 5.2 highest since 1920
The Weekly wholesale index of Dun and Bradstreet for 31 commodities, week ended July 16, advances to 5.2 from 4.88, the highest level since January 1920. It remains 12 percent below the 1919 record of 5.30 set July 21, 1919.
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Dun & Bradstreet
Fi Nly
Cattle Prices Hit New Peak at Union Stockyards
Chicago July 17. Prices for prime Iowa fed steers at Union Stockyards rose to 26.23 per hundred pounds for 1400-pound averages amid strong demand. Lower grade cattle fell 25 to 50 cents while hogs surged to a mid-session high of 22, then retreated as gains evaporated. yesterday’s top hog price was 20.
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Chivcauy
Union
Meat production soars in week ending July 13
Dallas reports meat production nearly doubled week over week. The U S department of agriculture says 327 million pounds were produced versus 149 million the prior week and 21 percent above last year. Cattle slaughter reached about 270 thousand head, over twice the prior week's tally. calf slaughter rose 58 percent to about 98 thousand.
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Dallas
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Typhoon Revelations Bring Heavy Losses in North
Reports from northern typhoon area indicate heavy property losses and possible loss of life along flooded Cagayan river. Isabella province corn crop believed destroyed as harvest nears. River and harbor traffic in Manila suspended. three landing barges capsized offshore.
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Silver price set at 90.5 cents per ounce in conference
Senator Murdock of Utah announces that a House Senate conference committee agreed on a 90.5 cent per ounce price for silver sales. The accord marks a final pricing decision for treatments of silver sales.
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Utah
House-Senate
Meat Thrown At Neon Sign Over Beef Market
A youth reportedly wrecked a neon sign at 105 Lasoya Street by hurling a package of steaks at the display. Mrs. J. B. Hernandez valued the sign at 85 dollars as authorities investigate increased beef supply claims in the San Antonio market.
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San Antonio
Lasoya Street
J. 8. Hernandez
Nazi Enforced Death March Told
Washington reports identification of seven American airmen forced to march through Borkum on August 4, 1944, beaten and shot by Nazi soldiers. Four German officers and the Borkum mayor were sentenced to hang. nine others jailed. Local air raid police chief was acquitted. families notified by the adjutant general.
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Borkum
North Sea
War Department
Ludwigsburg
Klase Meyer-Gerhards
Jap Family to Dissolve Mitsui Empire in Global Financial Rise
Tokyo reports that the Mitsui family council, the world’s largest family business network, has decided to dissolve. The organization, dating to 1722, pools assets across 11 affiliated families and controls a vast empire potentially worth over 5.6 billion. The move signals possible disintegration of the historic family conglomerate.
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Tokyo
Mitsui
Suit Seeks 65000 Over Medina Lake Toll Road Injury
In 57th District Court, Cora Jane Craighead and Toby S. Craighead sue Medina Lake Toll Road Co for 65000 claiming Mrs. Craighead broke her leg July 1 1934 while driving a cow on toll road property in Medina County and that an employee caused a permanent injury.
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Cora Jane Craighead
Toby S. Craighead
57Th District
Craighead
Medina County
Ackerman couple told to file brief by July 3
Hans and Frieda Ackerman interned at Crystal City alien camp must submit a brief to Federal District Judge Ben H. River Jr. by July 3 to argue against deportation to Germany. Former Taylor residents edited the Texas Herald, immigrated in 1925, naturalized in 1938, denaturalized as enemy aliens in 1943. Attorney E. M. Grimes contends they were citizens when war began and not aliens.
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Frieda Ackerman
Crystal City
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Ben H. Rive Jr
Germany
Ackermans
Taylor
Texas Herald
United States
Austin
E. M. Grimes
Re Hearing Denied In Texas Trucking Case
Texas Supreme Court overruled a motion for re hearing in Gilbert vs Gilbert over control of Gilbert Truck Lines. The San Antonio to Laredo operation valued over 100000 dollars will be tried in Bexar County rather than Webb County where Roy J. Gilbert resides.
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Roy J. Gilbert
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Bexay County
Truman to Name Economic Council
President Truman plans to announce a three member economic advisory council at a news conference tomorrow. Presidential Press Secretary Charles G. Ross said Truman is making progress in selecting men to administer the hill employment act offering jobs at $15,000 a year.
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Truman
Economic Advisory Council
Charles G. Ross
Postal Workers Sign No-Strike Pledge Across Nine Hundred
Nine hundred post office employees submitted signed pledges to Postmaster Dan J. Quill stating they would not participate in a strike against the federal government and would join no organization that proposed such a strike.
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Dan J. Quill
Weather forecast for Wednesday to Thursday
Forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy conditions on Wednesday afternoon and night and Thursday. Maximum Wednesday 98 degrees, minimum Thursday 72. Tuesday high 99 and Wednesday low 73. Additional details appear on the weather page 2A.
Russians slain by Polish NSZ gang amid Polish raids
Reports from Glas Ludowy detail NSZ attacks across Poland. Twenty five Russians and nine Poles were killed, with captives and hostage executions tied to a Kielce pogrom. The NSZ reportedly halted trains near Lublin and Bisly- Stok while ambushing retreating Russians.
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NSZ
Poland
Glas Ludw
Lublin
Kielce
Mihailovic and Eight Others Executed at Dawn
Belgrade reports Gen Draja Mihailovic previous Yugoslav resistance leader was executed by firing squad at dawn after treason and collaboration convictions. Eight co defendants were executed, including Radoslav Radic Milos Glisch Oskar Pavlovic Jovanovic Yanasje Dini Velibor Yonic Dokic and Kosta Musicki. Trial began June 10 with partial confessions. Mihailovic maintained innocence and said he fought to drive Nazis from Yugoslavia.
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Draja Mihailovic
Radoslav Rade Radic
Milos Glisch
Oskar Pavlovic
Zagreb
CiLky Drugi Yovanovic
Relogade
Yanasje Tase Dini
Milan Nedic
Velibor Yonic
Nediic
Jure, Dokic
Winsiuter
Kosta Musicki
Fenior
Peter
Unlessluns
Mihailovic
Hotel fires blamed on smoking employees
Police and Fire Commissioner P. L. Anderson released a report blaming hotel employees for two fires last Sunday night. Fire Marshal A. F. Dresch said a cigarette ignited a folding movie screen in a St. Anthony storeroom, causing damage about 875, and a Plaza blaze tied to careless smoking in an above mezzanine storeroom with rugs, estimated at 1500.
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P. L. Anderson
A. F. Dresch
Driver Faces Murder Count
A complaint charging Joseph Orosco of Monterey street with murder over a vehicle death involving Rosa Serrato on July 15 was filed Wednesday before Justice of the Peace Bat Corrigan. Additional charges against Tilly Frank Johnson and O E Divan, plus child desertion charges against several others, were filed in Corrigan's court.
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Monumental Street
O. E. Divan
Antonio L. Cuerrero
South
Laredo
Harold W. Cress
Gates Street
Raymond B. Hhtuner
Soldiers Still Missing In Bevin Russia Case
U S soldiers Capt Harold Cobin of New York City and Lt George Wyatt of Oklahoma City are missing after boarding a train for Oranienburg in the Russian zone near Berlin on July 4. Russian authorities say two others have disappeared and released three Russians held on suspected espionage.
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United States
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Harold Cobin
New York City
George Wyatt
Oklahoma City
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Berlin
Samuel L. Harrison
San Antonio
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Jeep Ambushed in Trieste Kills Soldier and Wounds Two
Unidentified machine gun fire hit an American army jeep near midnight, killing one soldier and wounding two others. Four days earlier US patrols reported no Yugoslav casualties in a brief skirmish near the Morgan demarcation line. In Belgrade, 30,000 protesters demanded revision of the Paris decision on Trieste and called for Slavia and Tito.
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Nickel Cone Is Gone Nickel Cone Is Gone
PITTSBURGH July 17 41 The nickel ice cream cone was a thing of the past here today. Many stores are charging seven tents for cones as well as popsicles and ice cream cups. George Mehlich sales manager of an ice cream company remarked himior might as well learn early in life that things are tough all over.
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George Mehlich
Hhimior
Rites Set For San Antonio Teacher Vera Stukes
Services will be held Thursday at 4 p.m. at Akers Funeral Home for Vera Stukes a longtime San Antonio teacher who died Tuesday. She lived at 1217 Bailey Avenue taught at Borthans School for 31 years and held degrees from Our Lady of the Lake College St Mary’s University and Southwest Texas State Teachers College. The Rev Peyton Waddell will officiate with interment at Mission Burial Park.
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Vera Stukes
San Antonio
Stukes
Bailey Avenue
Texas
Daughters of the Republic
Elijah Stapp
Southwest Texas State Teachers College
Our Lady of the Lake College
St. Mary's University
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National Education Association
Reem Teachers’ Association
Texas Teachers’ Association
Man With a Country Becomes Naturalized Citizens
Capt Nicolas N. Belenikei, 42, of Fort Sam Houston, gained citizenship in Federal District court becoming no longer stateless since 1919 when he fled Russia with his parents to China. Also naturalized Wednesday was Pvt Clinton Hayes, 24, formerly a British subject from Jamaica.
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Fort Sam Houston
Belenkei
Ifi
Federal District Court
Hussia
China
Clinton Hayes
Jamaica
Senatorial Names To Be Inserted In Voting Machines
A Wednesday agreement settles a bitter dispute over use of voting machines for both the Democratic primary and a special senatorial election. Six state senate candidates will have their names inserted. Democrats will run both elections on the same machines. The deal, drawn by County Judge W. Anderson, waives machine rental, sets repainting and drayage by Democrats, and charges county to rent polling places. The plan requires Judge C. K. Quin’s ruling to dissolve a prior restraining order.
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Tis Settlement
Securdinile Anderson
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Six Pounds of Sugar Found at Federal Building Lobby
Six pounds of sugar labeled ralionert stuff awaits claim in the Federal building lobby. Also unclaimed are three cameras, an electric iron, and a pair of dark glasses.
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Riveau
Federal Building
World Dangers Alarm Pope Pius
Vatican views a dangerous 2000 year crisis as the world shifts toward conflict. Pope Pius XII met with Vatican prelates and American publishers, stressing concerns over religious freedom, press liberty, and anti Catholicism in Russia. He urged unity for the Paris peace conference and warned communism threatens faith.
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