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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1949
Page
1
Police report a tense standoff with railway employees who began the dispute by ending the police free ride policy. In Osaka, officers arrest workers for secretly transporting rice, signaling a widening flare in the dispute.
The indictment accuses Tucker and associates of spending 28 million dollars on promoting and building a car with dubious postwar claims. It details funding from dealer franchise sales stock and accessories, with millions diverted for personal use and expensive expenses. Disbarred lawyer Karsten is cited, and Tucker Corp. remains under bankruptcy act reorganization after a federal shutdown.
Film actor Lawrence Tierney and three others were arrested after a Weehawken brawl. Tierney posted bail of 56 dollars and was released, while photographer Myles de Russy artist John Morris and antique dealer Edward J. Carti all received bail.
Vice-President Alben Barkley urged foreign assistance for Israel saying taxes alone cannot fund the nation. In Chicago he spoke at a combined Jewish appeal event backing a $250 million fundraising drive. The report also notes a separate corporate reorganization with assets of $14.43 million and liabilities of $3.64 million, while true asset value was not readily realizable. Tucker’s Class A stock, once $5.40, traded around $1.50 during the reorganization.
Senate hearing on Communist bills reaches a heated exchange between Sen Eastland and Baldwin. Baldwin, former farm security head and Progressive party secretary, refuses to answer about Communist membership and denounces the anti Communist hysteria.
A Federal Reserve Dallas district report shows San Antonio store sales up three percent for the week ending June 4 from a year earlier. Dallas up eight percent and Houston up one percent, while Fort Worth fell six percent due to ongoing effects of the freeze. The district average rose about three percent.
Heated exchange features Solon urging IECA head to resign as fans from Pennsylvania and Ohio weigh in. McKellar interrupts as allegations about lobbyists and job offers in Korea surface, Hoffman disputes claims, and notes the exchange about influence and accuracy remains unsettled.
James Jenkins, 52, died after a tractor overturned while hauling a mower up a steep hill in an orchard. He was pinned beneath the machine and strangled by a rope of twigs, coroner reports say.
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