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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1947
Page
3
Sel Wa wiant sorter os no pa rol division was suspended on Tuesday by Police Chief Pred Palmer. Porter was charged with unwarranted violence on a prisoner on May 28 and with conduct unbecoming an officer. The prisoner was a Marine in MP custody. suspension followed a prior recommendation by former Chief Bruce Weatherly, delayed for further investigation.
Robert Eckhardt and Harriet Leary invite voters to a public session at the Mani ngal Auditorium Hast Wing on Tuesday. They will discuss the past session’s legislative record and the roles of senators and representatives, urging interracial community interest and informed voting.
San Antonio's bid for a University of Texas medical branch appears doomed after Governor Beauford Jesser signed the general department appropriation bill Tuesday, with no reduction to the $1,000,000 medical branch appropriation. The state comptroller reported all revenue absorbed by the bill, leaving no path for approval.
Knight and planning officials invite city council members to a Planning board meeting to discuss the interregional highway. Fite says a city hall meeting was held with Thoas, McAllister, and others, offering engineering data and seeking a suitable day. The committee emphasizes not mandating plans but helping the city.
Miami reporters say 10 year old Richard Keener of Fort Lauderdale is recovering after a delicate weekend operation to remove a foot long rubber tube from his stomach. He was rushed to hospital last Thursday night after swallowing the tube worn in his esophagus for a year.
Funeral services for Mrs. Gertrude Greenfield 68 a prominent local clubwoman of 347 East Craig Place were held Tuesday at her residence. She died Tuesday morning in a local hospital after living in San Antonio the past 30 years. Surviving are her son Louis Greenfield of Los Angeles and four daughters. Burial will be in Agudas Achim cemetery. DEATH SCHEDULED IN REIDSVILLE GA James Brown 25 to die in electric chair today for rape of a white woman May 6.
A parked truck carrying explosives near Gramercy Place prompted police action after a resident called in. Police traced the vehicle to a nearby address and learned the explosives had been left in place for weeks, raising fears of danger.
The census bureau reports May cotton consumption at 827,234 bales of lint and 80,410 bales of linters, up from April levels for lint and down for linters. For the ten months ending May 31, lint use totals 8,629,564 bales and linters 829,056, versus last year’s 7,641,287 and 876,684.
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