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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1949
Page
3
The American Weekly magazine distributed with Sunday's Light carries a feature titled Shattered by Success. It explores the pressures and tragedies that accompany fame, prompting readers to consider why prominent individuals sometimes kill themselves.
A Chicago reader aged 79 writes that 60 years of constipation were alleviated after starting Kellogg's All-Bran every morning. He claims no laxatives have been needed in five months and urges others with bulk-deficiency diets to try the cereal, offering to send an empty box for a refund if not satisfied.
Washington July 19 The house extended the deadline for starting work on the highway bridge across the Rio near Rio Grande City. The bill authorizes a new date of July 31 1950 after delays pending negotiations with the Mexican government.
A B25 training plane crashed near El Paso yesterday killing three cadets and the instructor. One cadet, another cadet, and the instructor died when the aircraft crashed and burned after takeoff.
Col Lin Wen Kwei and Gen Claire Chennault discussed forming a second American Volunteer Corps to support the Chinese Nationalists, with some 3000 volunteers signaling interest. He toured Kelly AFB and Randolph APB, warned of Communist deception and warned Washington policy shifts, while noting Japan’s kamikaze program used Chinese flyers.
Washington reports Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan, President Truman's aide, allegedly received improperly furnished personnel data leading to Maj. Gen. Alden H. Waitt's suspension. Investigators, including James V. Hunt, probe Vaughan's possible role in steering government contracts. Army says Vaughan has no authority over duties as presidential aide and no fraud implied.
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