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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 14, 1948

Page

3

Grasshoppers Ravage Prairie Crops Across Canada

Canadian Agriculture workers battle ravenous grasshoppers sweeping central prairies. Hordes devastate tender grain in Saskatchewan and nearby provinces. Officials fear damage surpasses 14 million dollars as infestations extend across central and southern Saskatchewan.

Edmonton Alla Dune Canadian Department of Agriculture Canadian Canada Saskatchewan Agriculture Department

Hughes Brewster War Flare Rekindled In Hollywood

Hollywood scene heats as Howard Hughes and Senator Owen Brewster clash anew. Hughes offers Brewster a film actor job at 300 dollars weekly after acquiring control of RKO. The letter praises Brewster’s acting potential while noting past conflicts over wartime plane contracts and Hughes war investigations.

Hollywood TNS Howard Hughes Owen Brewster Maine Hughes R-K-O Studios Brewster Amd

Film Star Loretta Young Father Dies in Poverty

The Los Angeles Examiner reports Fol V Earle 58 father of Loretta Young and Polly Ann Young died of a stroke June 6 in Los Angeles County General Hospital. He had deserted his wife and children 31 years earlier and lived under an assumed name. A few friends paid toward his funeral, and Loretta Young later disclosed she never knew him, having only recently learned of the man who may have been her father.

Lohr. Wy Los Angeles Examiner Los Angeles Loretta Young Fol V. Earle Earle Salt Lake City Loretta Polly Ann Young Sally Blaine Jackie Harle Los Angeles Counity General Hospital Polly Ann John Earle Jack Earle Miss Young Tom Lewis Laura Lund Vermosa Beach Lawra Young Inglewood Tam

NORITO Promises Quick Relief for Rheumatic Pain

Advert says NORITO brings fast relief to thousands suffering rheumatism neuralgia and neuritis promising quick action with a money back guarantee if first doses fail. The bold claim urges readers to ask their druggist today and feel relief to work and sleep comfortably.

Norito

Man Kills After Car Dispute in Downtown Row

A borrowed car sparked a deadly confrontation when Theodore Jones shot Jack Armour Williams three times in a downtown parking lot Monday morning. Williams, 38, died at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Jones, who surrendered at police headquarters, claimed Williams took his car Saturday and recovered a $100 duo of rings from the vehicle. The incident follows a Roman of rail and city news items, including Berlin Soviet rail restrictions and comic weekly notices.

Jack Armour Willams E. Houston St Willams Wolff & Marx Matin Ave Theodore Jones Mendieast Jones Williams Baptist Memorial Hospital D. £. Kelly Kelly

Reds At it Again

London dispatch from Tase the Soviet news agency reports a Greek guerrilla charge and alleges a U S officer ordered terror killings. The broadcast claims government forces killed many children in Strommi village on Mount Gion, part of a terror campaign carried out under orders attributed to General James A. Van Fleet of the American relief mission.

London Tase United States Army Free Greece Radio Ar Strommi Mt. Gion Ghiana James Alward van Fiiet Greece

Jack Leads To Bond of $250 For Hyde Action

Wayne M. Baker of Devine was released on a 251 dollar bond after arraignment before U S Commissioner Paul A. Lockhart on a charge of applying to his own USP a government owned hydraulic jack and handle valued 34.50 May 4.

Wayne M. Baker Devine Manly U. S Paul A. Lockhart

GOPs to Meet In Waco State Convention Picked

Dallas June 14 Waco was chosen as the site for the Republican state convention August 319 over Beaumont by the state Republican executive committee meeting attendance included R B Creager Brownsville and Eugene Nolte San Antonio with nominations of state and district officers to occur at Waco The state committee also ordered 9 county chairmen to call county conventions for July 31 to nominate delegates to the state convention.

Dallas Waco Beaumont Republican Executive Committee R. B. Creager Brownsville Eugene Nolte San Antonio

ECA Grants $95.6 Million in Europe China Recovery Aid

The Economic Cooperation Administration approved a new package totaling 95,610,605 in recovery goods for Europe and China, the largest single outlay since the Marshall Plan began. Commitments rise to 393,737,029 with Britain receiving 36,300,000 in metals sulfur cheese and tobacco. Netherlands 4,183,905 France 21,740,879 French zone of Germany 941,320 Austria 2,485,210 Denmark 810,400 Italy 5,967,000 Norway 1,427,000 Greece 8,164,000 China 13,000,000 and Trieste 378,601.

Washington Europe China Germany Britain Netherlands France Austria Denmark Italy Norway Greece Trieste

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