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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1948
Page
5
In Youngstown Ohio on June 36 Mrs Harold E Wiseman was bathing when a radio fell from the tub edge into the water electrocuting her. Reports said the woman died from the shock as bystanders summoned help.
Police hunted for 35 dozen stolen frogs valued at eight cents per frog after a baltatore operator reported the loot at six dozen per dozen trading price. Authorities pursued leads yesterday in St. Paul.
Cindy Hill Dry of Reading Pennsylvania, 5 feet 2, green eyes and dark blonde hair, won at the National Secretaries Association 1948 convention. She quits her insurance office job to pursue singing and acting in movies after receiving prizes valued around 3000 dollars. Judges selected her from 52 candidates, and she said she feels like Cinderella as she heads to Hollywood for screen tests, modeling, dancing lessons, and weekends at California resorts.
Chinese Communist troops rolled south from Manchuria and attacked Chinwangtao port and the railway to Tientsin and Peiping. Peiping government reports say the port and several towns along the southwest railway are under fierce assault as fighting spreads in the region.
In The American Weekly, Pat Frank presents a gripping profile of a highly capable con woman from Hell's Kitchen who embodies ingenuity and risk. The serialized feature explores her methods, psychology, and the era's streetwise atmosphere.
Police seek two suspects after a cafe break in at 413 St Marys street. attackers entered through a rear door and took a metal box with $500 while leaving $100 in the register. Other local thefts include $6 in cigarets, $108 from a desk, and $100 in tools from a garage.
In Paris on June 26 a group of teachers began a strike disrupting annual nationwide exams that determine the French high school diploma. Students grow unhappy as marks were due today but exam papers await examiners to return to work.
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