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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1948
Page
4
Chicago May 2 General Dwight D Eisenhower reaffirmed a no political position. The general who will become president of Columbia University in New York on June 7 declined to make any statement on either Republican or Democratic nominees.
Houston attorney and White House hopeful Morrow accused San Antonio pro Truman leader Woodville Rogers of backing a Texas national committeeman and opposed civil rights plans. Rogers backed Wallace in 1944 and 1948 and shifted stance on Truman in 1940 and beyond.
Austin officials will award a contract to Uvalde firm Spanger and Davenport for Garner Field construction. Bid 329,980 with drainage, paving and runway widening. Federal grant of 17,000 and total project cost about 34,000. Trans Texas Airline plans city feeder line stop after completion.
Washington May 22. Aircraft industry witnesses testified on the cost of a new type plane ranging from 20 million to 50 million dollars. Lockheed president Hubert E. Gross said the sum covers only one or two prototypes and flight tests, with no firm footing without federal aid.
Dr. Austin B. Hill orders sanitation checks of stables and stockyards after US Department of Agriculture guidance. City health engineer Albright borrows fly traps and urges residents to remove manure and decaying matter as Bacillary dysentery tests show high positives. He notes one female fly can lay 160 eggs and criticizes plane dusting as ineffective.
Bank Women Inc A for Meet gathers in San Antonio at the Plaza hotel for the first South West division convention of the National Association of Bank Women. National officers include Miss Willa Riley and Miss Florence Coupir with regional and bank executives from Florida New York and Georgia assisting. Delegates stay through Monday at the Counter hotel for the bankers convention.
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