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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1946
Page
4
An odd help line promotes rapid relief for hangovers with a pragmatic tone. It advertises dialing P1231 as a fast route to move from financial strain to relief, framing the service as a speedy solution within light want ads.
Santa Hosa May 21 Deputy Sheriff Boynton Fleming wrestled a group of boys playing marbles. The incident centered on S178 worth of stolen ball bearings from a Farmers Cooperative gun. Bows and ages 7 to were using the ball bearings in slingshots.
Harlingen May 21 cotton pests are scarce this year with pink bollworm infestations reported in Cameron and Hidalgo county fields. Positive infestations noted in 10 Cameron and seven Hidalgo fields, with larvae found mainly in San Genito Brownsville and Mercedes Weslaco areas. The infestation is lighter than 1943 and the year before. Cotton crop condition is factory-like with plants about 290,000 acres versus 255,000 last year and 287,000 two years ago across Cameron Hidalgo Willacy and Starr counties.
In a Manhattan hotel suite Benny directs the first read of a script with Fred Allen as guest star, Mary Livingston and Phil Harris present, Rochester and producer nearby. Benny guides Allen to stay or go, granting broad latitude for script surgery while four Benny writers revise. Allen proposes a line about an atomic arc and Gro myko’s reaction prompts.
A fragmented listing outlines a May 21 1946 radio schedule with multiple era program names and times across stations and genres including news, music, poetry, and variety slots. The garbled OCR preserves numerous program titles and time stamps such as farm news folk songs and sports, but readability is limited.
May 21 report from Taylor describes persistent rainfall hindering farmers. many have not planted late crops while some corn planted early is thriving. several growers have only managed a few rows of cotton amid ongoing wet weather. A separate note from Mexico Mo claims Albert Tyree converted his milk truck to aid a car fire, with the grateful owner paying for 10 gallons of milk used.
Authorities at Fort Sam Houston seek 155 workmen to repair buildings damaged by hail on Thursday night. The positions include refrers, carpenters, painters, glaziers and common laborers. Apply at the civilian personnel office in Room 3 Building 371 south of the main post exchange.
SAN ANGELO May 21 A hailstone at least 10 inches in diameter struck Charles Jurecek 50 a Concho county farmer in a field at Eola fracturing his right jaw during a storm. The victim reported the size of the hailstone.
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