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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1947
Page
3
Governor Jester announced proclamations for special elections on August 23. Electors will vote on the college building program and the offices of state senator and state representative.
ST LOUIS June 18 The Local 603 Milk Drivers and Inside Dairy Employes union voted by a large margin to strike after June 30 if a new contract is not agreed. The transit strike continues into its sixth day with no settlement between Public Service Company and the streetcar operators union.
The Texas Supreme Court refused an application for writ of error in the Wantland case affecting Bexar county warrants since October 1946. The suit sought to restrain Kelly Construction from work on the Uhr Drive segment later renamed A. O. Borgfield Drive, with a disputed $6935.46 contract tied to former commissioner Robert Uhr.
Courthouse regulars fear Senate Bill No. 303 will let the commissioners set deputy pay and staff numbers for sheriff, clerk, tax collector, and other offices, excluding the district attorney. The measure, targeting counties 300,000 to 500,000 in population, could curb courthouse influence and shift leverage to the commissioners, prompting a scramble to learn who supported the bill and its fate.
Completion of the Neisner building at Houston street and Broadway is slated for September. Architect At Lee B Ayres says the four story structure will cost over 1,000,000 with a 10 cent to 1 dollar store operator Neisner company financing interior refinements including Mexican decorative tile and a mural. The basement cafeteria feature, Texas limestone walls, and a largely wine-free exterior mark the design. The store will employ 225 people and include modern show windows and a plastic door system.
In Los Angeles on June 18 the subcommittee probes Earl Carroll over union pressure from James Petrillo’s AFL musicians. Carroll claims he was compelled to hire three excess orchestra players, framing the hearings with a theatrical entourage of blond show girls.
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