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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1946
Page
2
Dallas march 8 The Texas Dairy Products Institute has petitioned the OPA for a state wide increase of milk prices. Meeting here yesterday more than 100 milk distributors asked for increases of 40 cents per 100 pounds to farm dairymen and one cent a quart with similar boosts for by products at retail and wholesale levels.
Alamo Heights city council received a petition Friday to rename Young Street to Claiborne Way to honor Claiborne Vernon an Alamo Heights boy killed in action in Germany on November 22 1944. The proposal cites a Hardinvale street named Young as precedent.
Police search for two girls suspected in the theft of Sgt. M. Louwis's packet book containing 174 dollars. He encountered them at a downtown bar. Blas D. Garza at 901 South Flores was booked for vagrancy after a complainant linked him to an image plan she alleges he advanced locally.
A police surge followed a Friday spate of car prowling with three arrests and more incidents reported. Suspects Ortiz Losoya and Roy Castillo, both 19 or 24, held on vagrancy charges after car entries in the 100 Black of Jack White Way area. Dan Lopez, 39, of North Comal street, arrested in Milam park, questioned in connection with prowls. A Milner hotel theft also noted with clothing and a radio missing from a parked car. Alice Oherlies, a California visitor, reported further loss in the 1000 block of West Commerce Street.
The Texas Highway Department will award contracts on April 1 for widening Bandera Road from San Antonio to Helotes at a cost of 300000 dollars. County Commissioner Sam C. Bennett announced in court Friday. The court approved land purchases totaling small parcels from Bax ter Salavar Whipate and Day, completing QQ percent of needed land for the project, and budgeted 3380 for steam-roller repair. It also authorized renting a voting machine to Alamo Heights for 4.80 dollars for the April 5 election.
The Army Exchange Branch seeks civilians for overseas work in the European Theater. Open positions include restaurant dietitians merchandise managers buyers fountain supervisors barbers beauty shop supervisors and quartermaster clothing sales specialists with annual salaries from 3816 to 6468 plus subsistence quarters and transportation. Contracts run one year with some longer terms for longer stays.
Ten drivers were booked by police for negligent collisions in five incidents. none were injured. Named arrestees include Curtis Baine, Sharles King, Peter Jones Jr, George Be Wall, R. C. Chisum, H. C. Dona von, Franks Hinojosa, Alfredo Espinosa, Mack Shotts, and Benito F. Zapata. One arrest noted for driving without a license.
A fragmented weather page lists Thursday forecasts with temperatures and humidity. It mentions city temperatures from Abilene to Fort Worth and notes no precipitation in the past 24 hours with monthly totals around .43 inches and yearly totals near 269 inches for various locales.
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