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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1948
Page
2
The American Weekly presents a thrilling mystery as investigators on two continents chase clues around a baffling case titled The Mysterious Mr Vaughan. Details remain scarce as journalists await key evidence and official statements.
Miss America Barbara Joe Walker married Dr. John Hummel in Memphis First Methodist church with 2000 spectators in heat. She wore a cotton bridal gown and grange blossoms. Walker, a Memphis State College graduate, wed a Charleston Missouri interne in Memphis hospital. Honeymoon plans were not announced.
Rep Paul J Kilday announced the measure will have a workable draft with limited discharges and few inductions in some areas. He said a ceiling on service allocations and liberal exemptions for students in critical professions, and planned an active reelection campaign. He returned to San Antonio with Mrs Kilday and two daughters.
Voters were told a long ballot would appear as 87 candidates posted filing fees by Saturday night. Most major races paid by the midnight deadline, with 11 remain unpaid including State senate candidate Burton Morris and others in various precinct roles and offices.
Police report a pedestrian, W. L. McCormack, age 135, residing at 616 Waverly Ave, suffered a fractured skull and left leg after being struck by a vehicle in the 1409 block of Broadway. He was taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital. The driver Merritt, 22, of 114 E White Ave, is identified by Traffic Investigator G. O. Hummel as involved.
Jack Ray, 30, of 1503 Mendhata Street, remained in critical condition at Santa Rosa hospital after a slashing in the 1000 block of North Zarzamora Street Saturday night. Police sought a 270 pound suspect in the assault in a swift case update.
INDIANAPOLIS June 26. Approximately 1001 employees of the National Malleable and Steel Castings Co. walked off the job and formed a picket line around the foundry. Company and union representatives failed to reach agreement on a new contract. The plant produces castings for Studebaker Chrysler and Dodge motor cars.
In Bucharest a military court sentenced four former Romanian army officers to life terms for killing 10,000 or more Romanian Jews in 1941. The proceeding included 32 defendants with four acquittals and other sentences ranging from life to 15 years.
Tel Aviv reports two twilight attacks by Syrian troops along the Tiberias Nazareth road and at Shaar Hagolan near Lake Tiberias, as Arab and Jewish forces trade fire for about an hour. Israel claims repulse of the assault with Syrian casualties. A U S Army colonel, David Marcus, whose body is en route to the United States, led the Haganah and was killed June 11 just before the cease fire.
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