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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1950
Page
3
Former Decatur Texas resident and longtime mayor of Fort Lauderdale died yesterday. Local officials confirmed his passing at age given in reports. He led the city through periods of growth and served as a civic leader respected by constituents.
Victor Martynuk, a Russian naval engineer, claims secret rocket installations reach Alaska, Norway, and Sweden from Arctic and Baltic areas. He says he learned of these sites while in a Soviet prison camp and describes an escape after killing a guard with a wrench.
Manila dispatch reports Huk bands raided four towns on May Day, firing on buildings and killing six law officers. They kidnapped a mayor and police chief, leaving at least four dead as they fled.
A federal mediator began efforts to open new negotiations in the two day old teletypes operators strike against the United Press. UP said nationwide operations continued on an almost normal scale. The union initially sought a 15 a week raise over 90 base pay but later lowered the demand to 6.50. Just 20 minutes before the strike deadline UP raised its offer to 221.
In Berlin on May 2 an American court convicted two members of the Soviet sponsored German People's Police for transporting war weapons through the U S sector. They testified the People's Police was a 36,000 man war machine with armor naval units and air force.
Buffalo records detail a 0-year old elephant named Koko being helped to stand with block and tackle and hay stacked under her as zookeeper Joseph Abgott explains the animal weighed around 800 pounds and was assisted by a fifth of rum.
News from Paris reports Bob Hope and Crosby performing in cabarets while in Paris. Crosby naps on the Champs Elysees as gendarmes wake him after a late show. Cop mishaps and thrift jokes circulate as audiences react to the scene.
Residents weigh cuts versus higher rates to reduce the postal deficit. Speakers including Chaves Y. Schultz and William Van Gorder argue reduced service harms the public, while others favor price increases to fund a leaner operation. They cite internal leaks, costs, and demand better management and smarter budgeting.
Dr. Austin E. Hii warns operators of eating and drinking establishments to obtain city licenses by June 20. Noncompliance could lead to eviction in Corporation Court after ordinance passed March 16. Applications available May and June in the health building lobby at 128 W Commerce Street.
A garbled report claims a watch company made a policy to sell imported watches to the blind, with references to “Berns” and a writer dying in Los Angeles while composing gags for a Bob Hope project. The text also instructs on cleaning a damp cloth toaster base and removable parts.
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