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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1949
Page
8
A feature on enduring love across conflicts highlighted in The American Weekly weekly magazine distributed with Sunday’s Lent issues. Readers are invited to submit ads via Light Want Ads, dial F-1231 for an adwriter to craft a concise notice.
The city commission votes to ask one Jester to decontrol rents, outlining a plan to adjust housing costs and regulate limits within the municipality.
Justice officials investigate or act against 33 suspected subversive aliens and a bill to jail deployable aliens like Gerhart Eisler is urged. Senate considers rivers harbors food programs, and education aid fuel federal control concerns.
The senate judiciary subcommittee continued its study of anti red measures, examining potential impacts and legislative options. Staff briefings and testimony from experts were scheduled to inform forthcoming recommendations.
House labor subcommittee conducted hearings on creating a fair employment practices commission to prevent discrimination based on color race or religion in industry.
Sen. Joseph McCarthy leaves the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee investigation into the Malmedy trials after denouncing the inquiry as a sham and a whitewash. He had joined the panel to press for a probe into alleged coercion of Nazi POW confessions.
The navy Marshall Mars carried 308 men from Alameda to San Diego yesterday, surpassing the previous record of 269 aboard its sister ship Caroline Mars on the March 4 San Diego Alameda route.
All Faiths to Unite plans a Memorial Day exercise at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery under Lt. Col. L. W. Evans supervision. An Army band will perform and speakers will deliver addresses on the one hour program. Evans notes 1500 of the 5700 interred have been added in the last year.
An official of the CIO United Auto Workers said the shutdown at the Bendix Aviation plant, now month old, has been broken off indefinitely. Richard Gosser, union official, said no immediate conferences are planned, but union representatives would be available for meetings at any time.
Berlin reports show traffic moving today with Soviet permits required for trucks entering the city while Western protests over the Soviet economy persist. Economists from Russian and Western zones meet amid deadlock on reviving inter zone trade as Berlin railway workers threaten a midnight strike over wages.
Special to The Light reports Noakum city commissions proclaims May 22 to 28 as Clean-Up Week. Alleys and streets will be cleaned and city trucks will collect all trash gathered during the period.
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