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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1946

Page

6

Regents Move Faces Mass Rally Over Painter Appointment

Austin crowds estimated at 3000 roared as students protested Dr Theophilus S Painter being named permanent UT president. The Daily Texan editor and associate editor resigned after a committee blocked an editorial criticizing the regents and public calm claims. Horace Bushy and Mildred Nebenzahl also quit with editorials noting hostility at the university.

Austin University of Texas Theophilus S. Painter Austin Americas Daily Texan Painter Board of Regents Ayres American Association of University Professors Jim Smith Houston Students’ Association Parker Horace Bushy Fort Worth Edilor Mildred Nebenzahl Mercedes Sunday Texan

Young Democrats Postpone Meeting In Mu Nitorial Auditorium

A Young Democrats meeting scheduled for June 4 in the Municipal auditorium was indefinitely postponed. Secretary Beryl Weiher confirmed the delay due to an unspecified reason, affecting local party activities and plans.

Young Demos Young Democratic Byxer Munitioal Beryl Weiher

Raging Rivers Flood Cities Across Pennsylvania and New York

Raging flood waters from the Susquehanna swept large areas of north central Pennsylvania and southern New York, damaging millions in property and isolating cities including Williamsport Elmira and Lock Haven. The Red Cross mobilized as roads were impassable and rail service limited. Emergency declarations followed in Elmira and surrounding townships with widespread disruption and extensive damage cited in Bradford and nearby oil regions.

Williamsport Susantehanna River Pennsylvania New York State Bradford Lock Haven Towands Wilkes-Barre Red Cross Elmira Emora Strachen Louis Mosher Airlline Hemlock Lancaster York

Wilhelm Willmann Funeral Arranged

Funeral services were held at 3 p m Wednesday at Riebe Funeral Home for Wilhelm Willmann 62 who died at his home 1243 San Francisco Street Sunday Interment will be in Salado Cemetery with Rev William Durkop officiating.

Riebe Funeral Home Wilhelm Willimann San Francisco Street Salado Cemetery William, Durkop

San Antonio Commission Market Report Shows Mixed Produce Prices

Market Tuesday shows abundant potatoes and mixed price shifts across many items. Beets rise 60 cents per bushel while cantaloupes fall the same amount, with numerous fruits vegetables and grains listed in varied per unit costs from crates and bushels to dollars per dozen.

San Antonio Idaho Oregon Louisiana

Many Vets Now On Dole

Washington May 28. World War II veterans totaling about 2,000,000 are receiving $20 weekly allotments from the government. Of these, 1,784,595 are on unemployment dole, 237,610 on self employment subsistence, unable to maintain even minimum living standards. Another 171,920 have filed initial allotment claims but are not yet paid. California and New York lead states by numbers on the rolls.

Spreial New York S Pennsylvania California Michigan Ilinois Texas Massachusetts New Jersey Missouri

Employee Quells Blaze in Store

J F Sieds fire inspector reports a one man fire department action after discovering smoke at the C B Wallace Maydwarf Company on West Troyston Street. He rushed inside, used an extinguisher, and put out a fire in a drawer blamed on a cigar lighter.

J. F. Sieds C. B. Wallace ‘Maydwarf Company Troyston Street Siedo

Insurance Man Reappointed to Fidelity and Surety Panel

Travis D. Bailey of Lytle W. Gosling and company was reappointed chairman of the fidelity and surety committee of the Texas Association of Insurance Agents by association president Will M. Keller. Keller, of Palestine, was elected president at the association convention in Austin last month. L. C. Berry, Milam Building, was named to the aviation committee.

Travis D. Bailey Lytle W.gosling and Company Fidelity and Surety Texas Association of Insurance Agents Will M. Keller Keller Palestine Association Austin L. C. Berry Milam

Edison High School Graduation Cancelled on Radio

Graduation exercises for Edison High School scheduled for 3 pm over KABC this Tuesday have been cancelled. Superintendent G. Baynton said the school will try to hold a ceremony later in the summer at the school.

Edison High School KABC G. Bayntan

Car stop robbery report near Terrell Wells

Sam Flynt of 40 Grosvenor Street reported to the sheriff the incident as two boys jumped on his car’s running board near Terrell Wells and demanded money. He accelerated, the hogs were tossed off, and he named one of Use buys.

Terrell Wells Sheriff's Office Sam Flynt Grosvenor Street

Wainwright Warns U S Target by Next Aggressor

EL PASO May 28 Gen Jonathan M. Wainwright Fourth Army commander warned that the United States will be the first target of the next aggressor. He urged maintaining strength stating a strong nation is never attacked and that the next oppressor will strike first before we can prepare. He conferred the Legion of Merit on Brig Gen Sebastian Barriquette Andrade Juarez Mexico military commander.

EL Paso Jonathan M. Wainwright Fourth Army United States Wainwright Sebastian Barriquette Andrade Juarez Mexico

Auto Crash Driver Sentenced

Frederickburg May 28 Robert Littlejohn of Comanche was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary by Judge Raymond F Gray in Gillespie county district court on a guilty plea to homicide in the death of Felician Reyna who died after his car was struck by Littlejohn Reyna's wife also died in the collision which occurred on the San Antonio highway two miles south of here on September 30 of last year according to County Attorney For Martin

Fredericksburg Robert Littlejohn Comanche Raymond F. Gray Gillesple’ Courty District Court Felician Reyna Littlejohn Reyna San Antonio Here Martin

City Tax Collections Hit 4 174 790 Mark

City tax receipts reached 4 174 790 dollars on Tuesday with tax collectors five days behind in counting. The figure equals 57.2 percent of the levy, against an estimated 89.65 percent by the May 31 deadline. Last year, total collections were 3 427 596, with 89.3 percent overall.

Arrange Rites For Strum Baby

Funeral services were to be held at 5 p.m. Tuesday in Riebe Funeral Home for Terry Lynn Strum, 10 month old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Strum, 145 Cliff Avenue, with interment in Sen Sese Burial Park. The infant died Monday.

Riebe Funeral Home Terry Lynn Strum Ted Strum Cliff Sen Sese

County Plans Bids for Dormitory Remodel at Robert B Green

The county auditor announced bids to remodel two nurses dormitories at Robert B Green hospital at an estimated cost of 50000 dollars. Applications are being received for the hospital’s nursing program.

Auaitor Tuesay Robert B. Green Hospital Aurelia Watkins N Nursing

Supreme Court rules veterans not entitled to super seniority

The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 1 that the Selective Service act does not grant returning veterans any extra seniority in prewar jobs. The case centers on Abraham Fishgold a Brooklyn welder who claimed nine days back pay after layoff despite serving in World War II and facing seniority-based layoffs. The ruling follows a long legal appeal involving the Marine and Shipbuilding Workers Union and government counsel.

Washington UPI Supreme Court Douglas Abraham Fishgold Brooklyn Sullivan Drydock and Repair Corporation Fishgold Sait CLO, Marine ,and Shipbuilding Workers Justice Department U.S Federal Circuit Court New York

Dance Hall Shooting Injury Involving Deputy at Losoya

Cpl. Von Ramos, 24, of Kelly Field, was to visit the district attorney’s office Tuesday to make a statement about a flesh wound in the left foot suffered while leaving a Losoya dance hall Sunday night. The hall proprietor said his pistol discharged accidentally while breaking up a dine game. the bullet ricocheted from the concrete floor and hit Ramos.

Cpl Vonn Ramos Kellyfield District Attorney’s Office Contvetion Losoya Ramos

Club Women Have Full Say San Antonio Meeting

San Antonio women petitioned for city cleanup at a council meeting last week. They attended Monday's session but stayed silent as the mayor and city commissioners discussed the budget, providing no public input. The commissioners debated figures with no clear action taken.

San Antonio

Jaycees Plan Safety Campaign

Junior chamber of commerce safety committee scheduled a Saturday street campaign with police department representatives to assist. The meeting occurred Tuesday at noon at the Plaza hotel to outline the plan for the safety drive.

Chamber of Commerce Safety Committee Plaza Hotel Police Department

Permits Given for Storm Repairs

Forty two more permits for repairs or replacements to roofs damaged by the recent hailstorm were issued Tuesday. The permits ranged from 100 to 3500 dollars and were part of a total 366,187 dollars in building permits issued by Carl Wideman, full building inspector.

Carl Wideman

Cattle and Hogs Trade Steady at San Antonio Livestock Sale

The San Antonio Livestock Market reports steady to firm activity across cattle hogs and sheep. Calves and stocker cattle show mixed prices with light to moderate demand, while mature cows and bulls move at varied quotes. Hogs and sheep remain active with mix of common to choice lots, prices ranging across moderate to high levels.

San Antonio Federal-state Barket Wwethera Nackers Hepa Ag Stocker Wether Angoras

Cotton prices and Red Cross moves headline

Cotton market figures show mixed bids and several monthly price points with July and December quotes. The regional Red Cross veterans' claims service relocates to San Antonio, with A. Surber named head from Waco. In Austin, Miss Alice Fay attends the Texas Public Health Association meeting.

New York Eer Cate Ir Suleto Red Hor Cress veterans' claims _service San Antonio Waco A. ‘Ly Surber Red Cross Houston Goes Austin Alice Marcella Fay Incarnate Word College The Texas Public Health Association

Recruitment Milestone Reached At AAF Center 2000 Join

The AAP Military Training center recruiting office reports passing 2000 enlistments toward a 3008 goal. Col. Charles T. Olmsted announced the milestone while Pvt. Lytle D. Robinson of Sutton Nebraska reenlisted to gain extra regular army benefits.

AAP Military Training Center Charles T. Olmsted Lytle D. Robinson Sutton Neb Regular Army

Orleans Cotton Futures Edge Higher in Early Trading

New Orleans May 28. Cotton futures opened steady with slight gains as traders weighed current prices. Front month March futures stood near 36 cents per pound with gains modest. later contracts for October hovered around 28.0 to 28.5 cents amid thin volume and mixed demand signals from key buyers.

Orleans Corton Orleans

Burglary Plea For Delmar D Bowers Receives Three Years

Delmar D Bowers of 1611 Roostwell Avenue pleaded guilty in Criminal District Court to burglarizing the home of Mary K Rose at 119 Fannin Street on March 28 and was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary by Judge W W McCrory. A separate report notes a clothing shortage as a thief stole a number of dresses from the C B Caro Faway home at 336 Meredith Drive on Tuesday.

Delmar D. Bowers Roostwell Avenue Criminal District Court Mary K. Rose Fannin Street Byudge W. W. McCrory C. B. Caro Faway Meredith Drive

Marital Status and Divorce Notices Compilation

A dense OCR fragment lists names associated with vital statistics, marriages, divorces and notices across a community. The text enumerates individuals such as Gretia Dar Vorderbeum, Maria J Acus Lacy Levinn, George H Leaner, Patricia Dally, Paula H. Reyes, Joan Gayle, Louil Russell, Ester Paria, Betty Mae Lempert, Cleo Chiado, Mildred Hammond, Virginia Ry, Esther Leg, John McComey, Elizabeth Witlis, and many others, intermixing with marital events and statuses. It reads as an archival roll of persons connected to marriage licenses, separations or divorce filings, and public notices, typical of a late 19th to mid 20th century county vital statistics page.

Lacy Levinn George H Leaner Malalix Montana Tod H. Swafford Patricia Dally Juan Ry Morales Paula H. Reyes Joan Gayle Louil Russell Quo H. Gruen Billie T. Leuschner Florencio Villanueva Celestina Stow Prahejaco J. Revilla Ester Paria Hugh W. Lempert Betty Maelager Vincent “R. Chiado Cleo Wilmoth Rockwall Hammond Mildred

60 Days Given In Assault Case

Abul Chavez of Cementville was sentenced to 60 days in county jail after pleading guilty in Dist. Judge W W McCrory's court to aggravated assault on Polomm and a neighbor.

Abul Chavez Cementville Dist W. W. McCrory Polomm

Oil News finds mixed results in early Texan drilling blocks

Reports from Texas oil fields describe multiple test wells with varied outcomes. Some wells reached depths around 2,000 to 5,000 feet, showing breaks in limestone formations and one bottomed near 2,155 feet while others were drilled deeper to attempt production. Several wells near Luling, Dale, McMullen, and Duval counties show casing, perforation, and ongoing drilling with mixed prospects and several failures noted in South Texas.

Sone Willgall Ailea Ban Foy Eure Aidyall Ha Edwards Umestone T. C Watts B. Curtis Luling Stanley A. Thompson Carvenki Dale Caldwell County Georgetown Edwards Jimstone Wl Brown Brown William Hubbard M. Neil McMullen John F. Canina Sen.Antonin H.R Hogist Skinner Eddy Uuet Ashing Atascosa County Daul Sullivan Falfarras Etadks Howell Lizaie Singer Palangana Duval County Juan Benavides Bruni Cabeza Creek

Grain futures ticker shows steady gains in late May trading

Grain futures edge higher as markets digest weather data and export demand. Chicago Board of Trade prices for corn and wheat rise modestly, with soybeans trading near session highs. Analysts note limited supply concerns and strong global demand underpin gains.

City News Dance at Woodlawn Pavilion May Twenty Nine

City residents are invited to a dance at Woodlawn pavilion on May 29 with music by Louie's Old Timers. Admission 60 cents including tax. Patrons are asked to note that advertisements are provided.

City News Woodlawn Pavilion Louie’s

Micago Poultry Prices Update At Chicago Market

In Chicago market reports with Michago Poultry, Hayet Ave Nouttry outlines updated prices for assorted fowl and eggs. Trade firms note steady demand as buyers seek common poultry staples and bargaining options.

Chicare

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