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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1946
Page
6
The readable fragments discuss plant care and growth, mentioning avatar plants and cautions about watering. Scattered phrases reference roots, planes, and locations, but no coherent event or clear persons, organizations, or dates emerge. The piece appears as garbled OCR with miscellaneous horticultural fragments and stray terms.
The War Department reports the army’s housing program costs about 25 million dollars to retire Derracks and quarters. Lt. Gen. Wheeler says conditions at posts are generally satisfactory but maintenance remains strict. Witnesses say new permanent barracks are needed with per-person costs varying by rank, and the army plans construction including repairs and installations to support posts at home and overseas.
Washington reports a wartime era hearing on chemical research urging restraint. General von Walden warned that bacteriological and chemical warfare has potential to rival the atomic bomb, urging that research be redirected to stopping war and noting the cost of a $26,104,000 budget request and continued use of civilian scientific assistance.
Washington June 20 The army’s Tripler General hospital in Honolulu called the “Pentagon of the Pacific” was labeled too elaborate by the house appropriations committee which denied a War department request for 13 865 800 to complete the hospital The army says 16 million has already been spent and the panel allows completion of 140 started buildings but bars new structures until Congress approves further plans Representative Albert Engel questioned the cost estimates and referred to the project as another Pentagon building noting he heard of it only after a committee inspection last August
Washington reports lift of postwar policy hints from Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Chief of Staff Thomas T Handy. Army priorities include maintaining occupation forces in Germany and Japan for years, a technic canning program to preserve surplus equipment, and the aim to field 4.3 million soldiers within a year of any war. WACS will remain in the regular army with hundreds of women in commissioned roles.
Everett Marshall, former world heavyweight title claimant, challenges Joe Louis to a mixed match signaling a bold return to the ring and rekindling speculation about the heavyweight scene. Marshall seeks high profile clash to revive his standing and draw substantial spectator interest.
The army outlined heavy armored divisions and expanded training as a feature of a proposed 10 million dollar army program. Mountain training at Camp Carson, winter at Camp McCoy, Arctic at Adak and Fairbanks Alaska, airborne at Fort Bragg, and amphibious at Fort Ord were proposed with Canada cooperation.
Charles E. Tedder pleaded guilty before Judge W W McCrory in Criminal District Court to forging and passing a check on April 8. Tedder received a suspended sentence of three years. The check was for B12 drawn on the Post National Bank and payable to W T Halim of 241 West Com waree street.
Washington reports the army touts its overall health gains and reduced sickness while venereal disease infections among U S troops soar to the highest since 1920 at 49 per 1000 in 1945, overseas rate peaking at 32 per 1000 in the Mediterranean. Major general Kirk notes three key points: wartime casualties, medical recovery rates, and advances in treatments shortening treatment duration from 14 days in 1942 to 4.9 days.
Kidney fatigue causes night awakenings and painful urination. Doan's Pills are promoted as a diuretic remedy to flush waste from the blood and reduce backache, swollen eyes, and low energy, claiming decades of use and widespread success.
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