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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1948
Page
4
Burglar or burglars took nickels from a juke box at Everybody's Drive-In 67015 Floves It. and left about $500 behind. Owner Roy P. McCormick told police on Wednesday he stored cash between beer cases and several cases had been moved. He named a former employee as a suspect, Se.
Nine year old Martha Gonzalez of Mexico City discovers miniature zebras giraffes and unicorns in St Anthony hotel flower shop amid downtown San Antonio decorations. Her parents Mr and Mrs A Gonzalez Gallardy note the novelty and say nothing similar exists back home.
Paul West of Southwestern Bell announces customers may permanently connect voice recording machines to lines with a required recorder connector and tone warning device. Installation costs $5 and $2 monthly thereafter. The device emits a 1400 cycle beep every 15 seconds as a courtesy warning.
Philadelphia police report Rev. Theodore Bullock 39 shot and killed Robert Winters 25 after surprising him stealing $50 from the study at New Light Tabernacle Baptist church. Five bullets ended the pursuit as parishioners gathered in an adjoining auditorium. Bullock was charged with homicide.
John F. Raskob, former Democratic committee chairman, predicts an easy Dewey victory in November. He spoke briefly in traveled stopovers from Mexico City to New York, noting his 1932 withdrawal from party leadership after Roosevelt’s nomination.
Motorcycle officer C M McNeal resigns Wednesday from the San Antonio police force effective July 31. He has served 18 months and plans to join the Clovis New Mexico police department after leaving San Antonio.
Texas Attorney General Price Daniel warned leaders of the Ku Klux Klan and similar groups that state laws used to crush the Klan in 1925 will be employed to halt any new reorganization. He urged enforcement against unlawful assemblies and hooded marches, linking potential moves to the ongoing civil rights controversy. The secretary of state's office said no Klan charters had been requested.
The H B Zachry Company was the low bidder for grading drainage and paving a 0.87 mile section of US 81 from Martin to Guadalupe streets in San Saba Pecos streets. The State Highway Department awarded the contract to Zachry for 319 808 dollars.
Police warn residents of Winnipeg avenue to watch pets for rabies after Mrs H E Parker and her grandson Allen Avery were bitten by a rabid dog at their home. The dog’s head was sent to Austin for testing.
A widow Bessie Stephens and her eight children found shelter in the embalming room of a funeral parlor in Atlanta after fire destroyed their home. Thornton the undertaker gave space, making a roof over their heads with a wooden coffin as a table.
Arabs and Jews in Jerusalem reported violations of the armistice to the UN truce commission. An Israeli spokesman said Arabs attacked Jewish positions on Mt Zion and dynamited a building while Arabs charged Jewish mortars fired into the old city. The Israeli cabinet met in Tel Aviv to respond to Count Bernadotte’s demilitarization proposal.
In Beirut on July 28 an FLA bomb targeted a four story building in the Jewish quarter. Eight people were wounded in the blast and the area was cordoned off as investigations began.
Gen. Preston A Weatherred, a lawyer and National Guard member since 1900, will retire Aug. 11 from command of the Texas National Guard. The notice was announced yesterday in Dallas.
John J. Sweeney, 87, former peace magistrate known for unorthodox hearings and sharp repartee with defendants, died in Pittsburgh. His courtroom style drew notable visitors and helped popularize the phrase Tell it to Sweeney.
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