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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1946
Page
3
Smokey Joe at Kellyfield used by Lt William Schmidt to advertise for air force enlistments has become popular. A second skywriter will be prepared with the plane in Wrightfield Ohio for training another pilot, with Schmidt returning to perform at the Yoakum Tom-Tom June 13 15.
The Veterans section of the War Assets Administration in San Antonio will stay open Saturdays until noon and Wednesdays until 9 p.m. to improve access for veterans. The Transit Tower third floor hosts the office. the change was announced Wednesday.
City health officials urged ongoing DDT spraying along creeks and fogging of case areas to curb polio, while avoiding blanket stand spray. Dr. Nixon warned creek banks remain a major contamination source and urged more workers if needed. Theater managers were warned to enforce age limits, and nursing schools and nurseries faced policy protests over bans affecting working mothers.
Alamo Heights City Council approved paying Sanitary Engineer Robert A. Sturtevant $75 monthly from the general fund for his part time work investigating and correcting unsanitary conditions.
Vatican City reports Mother Francis Xavier Cabrini will be canonized as the United States first saint. The ceremony, a public consistory, occurs tomorrow with Pope Pius XII and American nuns present. Also canonized are Bernardino Realino, Joan Elizabeth Bichier des Ages, and Aoa de Britto.
Great Northern Paper employees identified a newspaper photo as George KE Hardy of Westfield New Jersey, the man seen leaving President Whitcomb’s office before his death after a blast. Lester Smith and Elizabeth Shannon, a 23 year old receptionist, testified Hardy carried a pistol and used a silenced weapon. Hardy died Monday in the apartment wrecking explosion. his wife Emma suffered severe burns.
Maintenance mechanics of the San Antonio Housing Authority urged Mayor Gus Mauermann and spokesperson Fred Salas to present a definite personnel agreement to the housing board. Mauermann indicated he would likely grant the request. Delegates from San Antonio LULAC Council No. 2 led by Joe Olivares will attend a League of United Latin American Citizens convention in Houston on June 15.
Texas Air Airlines began operations February 1 and moved its ticket office from the municipal airport to the Gunter hotel lobby. The carrier’s first Beechcraft eight-seat twin-motor plane was delivered and erected with Mayor Gus E. Mauermann officiating. Six daily flights link San Antonio and Dallas Tyler El Paso Houston Texarkana and intermediate points, with headquarters in Houston. President is C. F. P. Erwin.
Three city commissioners appeared before the Criminal District Court grand jury on Wednesday. The scope of the questions was not disclosed. Commissioner Paul E. Steffler and colleagues FP Anderson IL Anderson and Alfred Callaghan stated they answered questions satisfactorily and found the jurors to be nice gentlemen.
Directors of the Bexar County Metropolitan Water district planned a Wednesday 4 p.m. meeting to discuss a possible bond election to extend and improve San Antonio sewerage and nearby areas. Mayor Gus B. Maverman doubted any vote would succeed given expected city noncooperation. The district originally aimed to coordinate all sewerage around San Antonio, but the city retains control within its limits.
Pope of San Antonio elected president of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants at the state convention in Dallas. Leon O. Lewis of San Antonio chosen as director. Next convention slated for San Antonio in June 1947.
Independent Veterans ticket endorsed I Swan for county surveyor on Wednesday. Willie Dunsmore, Veterans ticket candidate sheriff, announced the move and pledged support.
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