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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1946
Page
1
A board investigating deaths among GI babies en route to the United States recommends banning future passage of infants under one year on army transports. The Zebulon B. Vance ship and its medical staff were cleared, with deaths blamed on mothers’ unhygienic habits.
Los Angeles June 6 Dr Glenn T Seaborg codiscoverer of plutonium told a lecture last night that atomic energy based on fission may power large planes ships and submarines in the future but will not be used for bombs He spoke as a University of California physicist.
Washington reports a potential general rise in shoe prices atop a prior boost as leather costs climb. Officials foresee alloy steel, used in many consumer projects, and housing components, edging higher. The leather shortfall has prompted shoe makers to seek higher prices to offset leather costs, though overall finished goods may be less affected.
In Leesville Louisiana a 19 year old youth Cederick Miller confessed to trying for three years to kill his father and finally bludgeoning the 50 year old man to death with a wrench hatchet and the butt of a rifle He was jailed on murder charges in Sabine Parish for the death of Celeric a prominent farmer and timber buyer Captain Wingate White of the state police presented the account stating the youth claimed he did not know what was wrong with the old man and that he even added arsenic to the milk but the father drank it without harm.
A fire in the Empire room of the Oklahoma Club in downtown Oklahoma City forced 40 people from their beds and left a fireman overcome by smoke early today.
Eddy Jones Jr. of Cleveland Ohio was convicted by a military court of fatally shooting Army courier Pvt James Clendarniel of Lincoln Del The judge sentenced him to life imprisonment for the slaying which occurred last night in a military post office area.
Alfred Perez a 50 year old Stowers Furniture employee died from suffocation after a rooming house fire at Anne Snapp 223 Blum street. Firemen initially thought Perez escaped. his body was found in the bathroom hours after extinguishing the blaze. The fire started from an oil stove explosion in Perez room.
Two German war prisoners, G. Meisel age 21 and A. Boehmer age 28, escaped from Fort Sam Houston stockade. Described as five feet nine inches tall, 151 pounds, both with blue eyes and brown or blond hair. Authorities, led by FBI special agent M. W. Acers, urged sightings along the Austin highway area where a nearby resident reported suspicious characters.
Ed Winfree, a candidate, promised to fulfill a first campaign pledge by gifting two foxes to Mayor Gus Mauermann during a San Antonio visit. His son Jo Ed reportedly traveled from Houston to trap the foxes, praised for slyness and tricks, and the pair were to be kept at Mauermann’s ranch before a transfer to a larger ranch.
City council approved substituting materials not in the electrical code for the current building emergency and noted the alternate materials are nationally approved. A street-closure order affects Berlin avenue and Clinton street. Ground will be deeded to Harlandate independent school district in exchange for city street parcels. SPUR APPROVED A railroad spur along Calva and Brazos streets. Bids for USO hall concession to be opened June 20 for July 1 1946 to May 31 1947. Parks Chief Heinrich notes several applicants. An appropriation of 13517 from general fund covers May withholding taxes and 494 funds sewage plant machinery replacement.
Three San Antonio officers are serving in Europe with the European aviation engineer command. Maj. B. W. Spillman, Capt. Martin A. Diedrichs, and Second Lt. Oscar E. Heuser are listed, with their wives identified and home addresses given.
A burning automobile believed owned by Bill A. Denney of 232 West Harding Boulevard was found stripped and ablaze fifteen miles from town on Pleasanton road. A farmer reported the scene to the sheriff early Thursday as investigators examine the incident. A separate land dispute in a residential area valued at about 25 dollars pits seven lawyers armed with 24 documents, with a former owner traveling 300 miles to testify in a property suit.
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