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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1947
Page
1
Congress moves the Taft Hartley labor bill toward President Truman after Senate approval 54 to 17 on the union card measure. Senate and House margin signals possible override if vetoed, while labor and tax cut bills await Truman’s stance as debates continue.
Fragmentary notice reports a drowning at 25 Vanlue Ohio near Findlay. Name fragments and unclear details hint at a woman and a man involved. authorities describe a suspect or relative as implicated but text is garbled.
Sudans chapter elects Minlop Lone Slav as state president of the Future Farmers of America at a meeting in Lubbock. The state FFA leader Tadmes Sheaves presided and market terms noted for pig sales and listings.
Legion Post No 2 of the American Legion will install Lee Hensley as commander at Alamo Post. Others named include Hannah A. Johnston as first vice commander Edward Fest as senior vice commander Norther Re Voolkel as second vice commander Fred Cox as third vice commander Emil A. Boehm as finance officer James A. McKay Jr as judge advocate Reilly W. Taitte as chaplain Dr Charles D. Stuart as historian John T. Williams as sergeant at arms Clem J. Smith and Edward Fest as central council representatives.
Washington June 7 Retailers industrial and institutional sugar users may not deposit vending or cash value coupons after Monday. The Agriculture Department announced this marks the first end of ration banking.
Readable fragment shows a historical commission market with diverse produce prices for vegetables and poultry. Items include avocados at 2.35 each, green onions 2.50 per bunch, potatoes red 2.50 per 50, peppers, squash, yams 4.75, oranges California 4.50 each, apples and bananas per crate, and poultry rates like ducks 16 cents per pound and turkeys 16 cents per pound. The OCR includes numerous OCR artifacts and misreads.
A local heart association event in Atlantic Cite Minnesota gathers laymen including Samuel Golistyn and Marold E Blassen who are linked to the 1948 Republican presidential nomination race. Clare Baath barce is noted as secretary and contributor to yankership efforts.
Police investigated a fatal shooting at an L A residence where 62 year old physician Dr George Wade Wilson treating a patient was killed by the patient. Raymond Wesley Hobert, 51, died from four gunshot wounds in a nearby room. A 38 revolver was found.
Fragmentary note mentions Seguin and private event at Dy Whe with rhythm Aires. Details unclear. appears to reference a social gathering or party as part of local city news brief.
A Texas governor signed a rural aid bill delivering about 2.24 million dollars more than expected to rural schools, creating a windfall amid the 50th legislature's closing days. The bill reappropriated 3.237 million from excess funds, lifting the next biennium rural aid to a 36 million baseline, with contention over final totals and possible veto actions.
New York June 7 The GLO Nations Marine union says President Joseph Curran demands early extension of contract talks after their dair rejection. A strike and a curb of 60 members continue as negotiations with 38 Atlantic and Gulf coast shipping companies proceed amid dispute over the current contract.
A garbled Vital Statistics section lists numerous marriage names and related notes with unclear spellings. It references individuals such as Tae Von Mathiv Ruth Parsasa Anita Cantilly Huby Rhar Coriolis Montelongs Max Dawson Laprene Dickzan Alfred Oliveina J Varese Stacy Unelial Belin Thonivaun and others, mentioning buried figures and disorderly entries amid a note about want ads and cash seeking in Imachette Kein.
The Bexar County Polio Foundation was 1700 richer after Highland Park Lions Club donated a check to Jimmy Johnson, a polio victim, following a May talent show at Grackenridge and Harlandale high schools. Andrew Fueger chaired the event. Dani Quill attended with other foundation members.
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In Olympia Washington voters in the unsettled third district cast a special election seen as a national barometer for shifts in political mood. The contest pits a 34 year old Republican newspaper publisher against a 41 year old former lumbermen’s union official, focusing on foreign policy and the sitting Republican congress record.
An advertisement from VALUE- Light Want Ads outlines a scheduled Saturday event at 10 a.m. for a sale or auction. It mentions an evaluation of bedditx stamps valued at about one million and references the State Wealth Department. Specifications are provided by the Board of Control Printing Division.
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