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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1949
Page
7
Dan Parker highlights bookies and gamblers as the focus of a column in American Weekly. A Los Angeles doctor says tuberculosis screening via bloodless X rays can detect early disease and even mediastinal tumors, offering potential complete cures with timely treatment.
In Austin on May 5, Comptroller Robert Calvert announced $134 million remains in the general revenue fund for legislative appropriations after accounting for the Gilmer Aikin school program and rural roads funding. Senate committee actions keep bills on course to a potential $56 million deficit, while liquor bills fail to advance and new education and state service expenditures loom.
The piece recounts Bob Hope in Washington from Capitol steps to the visitors’ gallery, noting a Republican on the Capitol steps, a tour with Irene Ryan, a tour of the printing bureau, and a filibuster observed in Congress. It mentions learning how laws are made, making flapjacks, growing flowers, and the Guatemalan grasshopper’s love life, with WOAI broadcast details.
Senator Henry A. Wallace accused the State Department of concealing a March 21 Soviet offer to lift the Berlin blockade to undermine support for the North Atlantic pact. He urged delaying treaty action for a foreign ministers conference to pursue a two nation talks on armament cuts and noninterference, with Eugene Dennis of the Communist Party among next witnesses. The education aid bill faces continued debate as church state funding is debated amid amendments about school bus funding for private and parochial schools.
The last house labor battle round went to administration forces but the win leaves the chamber without a labor program. Senators Taft Smith and Donnell proposed a bill similar to Taft Hartley. Admin leaders will push their plan to the senate as the fight restarts. The house may vote again or the labor committee may offer another bill.
The text notes Sen McCarran of Nevada proposing gold sales back into the market. The House banking committee weighs a federal housing program. The Senate appropriations subcommittee asks for testim ony from Secretary Acheson. A joint atomic energy committee discusses the next budget for the AEC. Other panels study the Malmedy massacre, airlines, and armed services unification act amendments.
Alexander Stevens known as J Peters, described as an alleged Communist underground chief, will sail to Europe with U.S. government permission. Stevens was once aided by Whittaker Chambers and faced deportation proceedings after refusing to answer questions about his alleged Communist ties before the House Un American Activities Committee.
Atlanta police indicate a possible new feud in the John Garris murder case. Det. Lt. Coppenger says investigators are examining clues in Maryland or California as they probe the death of 36 year old Metropolitan Opera tenor German-born John Garris found shot in a grimy Atlanta alley after a performance on April 21.
A testimonial ad touts a fat loss plan claiming rapid weight loss and body firming with a home recipe. It highlights dramatic before and after results, naming a supposed user from San Antonio and boasting pounds shed in a short period. The copy stresses ease, safety, and low cost with claims of visible improvement.
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