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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1949
Page
1
A promotion touts Lavaptik eye drops for soothing and relaxing tired burning and itching eyes. It claims 30 years of success and includes a cup with purchase, urging thousands to try the product today and be delighted with results.
In Flagstaff Arizona on June 16 a uranium rush gathers in northern Arizona as 49ers armed with Geiger counters search canyons for carnotite and other uranium ores. The Arizona Department of Mineral Resources notes the field stretches from near the Grand Canyon east into Navajo lands with Maggie Riley claims garnering attention and locals from Ashfork to Holbrook reporting influx of hopeful prospectors and students.
A San Antonio homebuilder and fishing lure innovator, McGarraugh, died after a boating accident in a lake. Survived by a daughter, a son Robert Jr., another son Maury McGarraugh in Virginia Beach, nine grandchildren, and a nationwide lure business. Funeral arrangements pending as rescue crews recovered the other body.
AFL Teamsters union launches drive to organize more than 700 members of Stix, Baer and Fuller department store staff in St. Louis. Members mingle with shoppers and distribute leaflets bearing AFL Department Store Employes council amid a crowd of over 3,500 workers.
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp reports a new E steel that can be machined 10 to 25 percent faster than the fastest standard free machining Bessemer screw steel for nuts screws and studs. Investment value not disclosed in brief.
In St Louis on June 2 insiders report three officers of the board of education will begin two year salaries totaling 11000 dollars. The notice notes the salaries commence today and mentions an ad writer reference F-1241 in a light want ads section.
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