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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1946
Page
7
Funeral services for Sam Grant Bechtel, 2, of 875 Estes Street, owner of White Star Laundry since 1899, will be held at 10 p m Saturday from Police Soring chapel. He died Wednesday. Bechtel came to Texas in the early 1890s from Illinois and taught school in Selma. Survived by widow and three children W Grant Sam G Bechtel and Mrs John B Hing.
President Truman announced John R. Steelman will direct the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion and succeed John W. Snyder who has been nominated for secretary of the treasury. Steelman will continue as labor advisor, and OWMR will be maintained on cabinet advice despite earlier plans to liquidate it.
Washington reports the United States ready to aid China in forming a military force possibly up to one million volunteers. Plan envisions five to one ratio of central government to Communist troops and seeks internal security to preserve peace. General George C Marshal approved a program by state war and navy departments with repeated references to cooperation with United Nations peace efforts.
Funeral services for Mrs Thusnelda Baetz 92 will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday from Highland Park Lutheran church with Dr W A Sielkes officiating. A family service precedes. Pallbearers include six nephews Hugo Elmendorf Gilvert George Dietzel Walter Briam and Clarence Barta. Survived by five daughters Alma Baetz Mrs Wise Mrs Zizelmann Mrs Langholz and Mrs Peters. three sons Herman M M and Joseph P B and Lenny W Baets. Also ten grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Governor Thomas B. Batley continued to show improvement after a delicate operation at a Mississippol facility. The governor's condition and schedule remain closely watched as doctors report progress.
The state highway commission announced bids for farm-to-market roads and primary highway improvements totaling about $5,000,000. Bid openings are scheduled for June 25 and 26, covering 281 miles of farm-to-market roads with projects across multiple counties including Karnes, Live Oak, Guadalupe, and Bexar among others. The list details asphalt paving, concrete pavement, and base treatments across numerous routes and intersections in Texas.
Buenos Aires reports President Juan D Peron launched a 60 day campaign to slash living costs. He described the effort as a war against speculation and vowed to crack down on ceiling price abuses and excess profiteering in the economy.
LITTLE ROCK Arkansas June 14 A public flogging for burglary did not stop Richard Kurman 18 of Cleveland Ohio from further crime Sheriff Gus Caple said one week after the whipping Kurman took part in a robbery and an unsuccessful burglary He and two other soldiers were given 20 lashes June 1 Kurman admitted last night he joined two youths in a robbery of a Holly Grove Mississippi man and an attempted break in at a Lime Rock store on June 8
Brig. Gen. John M. Willis announces the opening of the roentgenology school at Brooke Army Medical Center. The first class reports for a course on basic principles in X ray studies with Lt. Col. Henry G. Mohring as director.
Members of the San Antonio Rotary club plan their annual stag event this Friday at Jack Cofey's residence on Chavaneaux Road, with activities starting at 6 30 and supper at 7 13.
VPAHIS June 14 Byrnes first foreign minister arrival signals high stakes in Paris conference. Molotov expected from Moscow Bevin set to land. Iraq? No. Treaties may be forced with defeated nations if no accord. Byrnes and colleagues persist on American positions amid Russian opposition.
City Building Inspector's office issued building permits totaling 391,984 on Friday. The churches affected are High Christian Church at 35,000 and Jehovah's Witnesses at 134 Divine Street for 15,000.
The 18 day bakers strike in Kansas City ended as the Master Bakers Association signed a new agreement halting disruption to bread supplies. Union leaders announced the settlement ending the walkout affecting local consumers.
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