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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1944
Page
1
Washington dispatch reports the Senate rejected a cloture petition to halt a southern Democratic filibuster against the anti poll tax bill. The 44 to 30 vote falls short of the two thirds needed. Proponents of the House approved measure to outlaw poll tax payments for federal officers also planned to meet to decide next steps.
Valdez Bustamante, about 28, died at Clint hospital after being clubbed on the head near El Control agriculture community. He was found unconscious and could not recall details of the assault. Police seek Roberto Gueryra in a connected border crime. Federico Rincon is jailed after firing at an officer but injuring none.
Mrs Mary Katherine Dickson of San Antonio wife of Assistant Attorney General Fagan Déstson has been awarded one of UTs top fellowships for advanced study in Southwestern history receiving $600. She is on leave from Our Lady of the Lake College and previously led the Association of University Women in San Antonio.
The California Supreme Court denied dismissal of a paternity suit against comedian Charlie Chaplin. The suit, filed by Joan Berry, claimed Chaplin was the father of her baby. The ruling upholds previous lower court decisions in a case dating to 1824 references.
Allied forces report gains on the Italian front with four enemy officers captured and the front stabilizing northwest of Cassino. Gurkhas cleared San Angelo fortifications while engineers work under fire to build bridges on the Garigliano and Rapido fronts amid continued German resistance and river crossings.
Israel Amter, 40 State Chairman, declares communists will support Roosevelt for re election to unite forces for winning the war. He also says Governor Dewey shows ethical moral unfitness and intellectual inadequacy as a presidential candidate amid party lines. The text notes lumber production fell four billion board feet short of requirements last year.
Judge Edward Eicher ruled Smythe of New York among 23 defendants on seditious conspiracy charges may represent himself. The court found Smythe unable to intelligently waive his right to counsel. Smythe’s attorney James Laughlin reported conflicts over procedure and desire to obtain certain papers. Laughlin had been fined for contempt over an affidavit accusing the judge of bias.
Pennsylvania Attorney General James F. Duff announced the state will sue to collect about 24 million of Mrs. Henrietta Schafer Garrett's 30 million snuff fortune. If heirs are not proved the balance escheats under 1843 laws, with 26 000 claimants from 50 states and 29 foreign countries cited. the testate left only 62 000 in specified bequests.
David Peterson, a 1-year-old Negro youth who escaped from Deputy Sheriff Buck Carnal and was recaptured under a bridge on the Seguin highway, was sentenced in Crumlin District Court to two years for auto theft. Detectives Otto Leichman and Jack Hutton recaptured Peterson with a 20-year-old girl as they cooked dinner under the viaduct, after a passerby reported smoke. Peterson had escaped last week from Rok evert B. Green hospital where Carnal had taken him for examination. A second youth pleaded guilty to stealing a car from Bertha Neighbors at 416 South Hackberry last August.
Mexico City announces 18 Mexican citizens killed serving in the U.S. Army in 1944. The foreign relations ministry says it will notify relatives in Mexico of future casualties.
An informational booklet outlines a liquid sulfanitamide compound for soothing psoriasis eczema athlete s foot and related skin disorders. The free offer invites readers to write Sulfa Products Co. at Nepl 160 Grand Ave Kansas City Missouri for facts.
Mount Clemens Michigan May 1 Frank Buckley 45 father of 13 children allegedly tied four of them to a plow and allowed another to die without a physician Dr John F Deyounkers Warres township health officer said he abandoned custody petitions and will press criminal charges of cruelty and neglect aiming to enforce parental responsibility and potential punishment.
The burglary trial of Roy Deming of Henderson, indicted in a case tied to Sommer's drug store, was reset for March 17 after defense failed to call a key witness in Criminal District Court. Buckley, also charged, faced related allegations.
Fort Stockton reports May 15 fire destroys a two family dwelling killing Mrs. J. G. Dennis and fatally burning Mrs. Audre Cox while Mr. and Mrs. Cox escape with their children. Educators note the event followed a day of planning an all day recreation program at Starcke park. Dennis survived by her parents Mr. and Mrs. H. Conder of Monahane.
Monday morning Judge W. W. McCrory granted an extension after receiving a letter from Deming's attorney noting mixed dates. Deming allegedly used nitroglycerine to open a drug store safe and stole $50 cash along with codeine morphine and paregoric.
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