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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1947
Page
7
WAVE assists Navy recruiting during a week long drive with a booth on Alamo Plaza and personnel aiding enlistment efforts. The effort targets Navy recruitment and reenlistments with outreach by WAVE volunteers.
St Louis June 21 announcement by J F Hennessey Jr vice president of Titan's traffic says Hugh Kendall Missouri Texas passenger agent at Austin is promoted to general passenger agent at New York. D B Foater traveling passenger agent at St Louis is named to the Austin position.
The U S department of agriculture reports general crop conditions in Texas as satisfactory. Weather and soil factors are noted as favorable with weed control and relay farming efforts mentioned. overall outlook remains positive for the season.
The San Antonio Light invites amateur photographers to submit entries by noon Thursday for the fourth weekly snapshot contest. Winners will be announced Friday with $3 prizes in four classes: babies and children, living people and adults, scenes and still life, and animal life. Submissions with stamped return envelopes preferred. Six weekly contests in total with additional merchandise prizes and a chance at national prizes.
San Antonio chamber of commerce endorses the bond a month saving plan as an alternative to payroll deduction for U S Savings Bonds. Bank delivery of bonds to customers with deduction from checking accounts was outlined by Alex St Thomas. Walter W McAllister introduced the treasury program to the chamber. The plan aims to help individuals and government debt management without changing current spending.
In Chicago on June 21 a suit for an injunction and 300,000 dollars in damages was filed against the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers AFL and Local 1101. The action, in behalf of the strikebound Natron Utilities corp, seeks to curb violence at the plant and damages for a vicious campaign of violence.
Five railroad unions representing 956,000 workers demand 44 controversial rule changes, a move that sparked last year’s nationwide railroad strike. They pressed the issue as contract talks with carriers resume, signaling potential disruption.
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