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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1946
Page
2
Safe crackers stole $450 from a meat market in Tacoma Washington but left behind their ticket to the policemen's ball. The quirky clue spots a link to local law enforcement in the aftermath of the burglary.
President Truman said he was not in a rush to name a new chief justice replying negatively when asked if Treasury Secretary Vingon was under consideration. In Yokohama on May 31 a radio message from the eighth army to Hawaii cited unavoidable spoilage in Manila quarters stock as the reason for candy shortages awaiting U.S. supplies to arrive by August.
President Truman announced he would not accept Edward R. Stettinius Jr.'s resignation as the United States representative to the United Nations Security Council. Truman and Secretary Byrnes urged Stettinius to stay, noting policy is being shaped in Washington.
Disaster workers rushed to Lawrenceville Pennsylvania in Tioga county where Red Cross reports the entire population 450 sought refuge in the town cemetery. Miss Cecile Kennedy and leaders William Chapman Aubrey Elliont headed to aid residents as flood damage rose across the Susquehanna valley with 13 dead reported and gradual normalisation noted after four days of heavy rainfall.
First observers return to Bangkok report that French forces withdrew beyond the Mekong and the Indo-China frontier is quiet. Maj. James Thompson of the U S Legation and Boonyarak Charoenchai also note shelling damage and casualties estimated at one Siamese, seven Annamites, and about twenty French Laos troops in clashes May 24 and 26.
A British radio report from Batavia says President Soekarno of the Netherlands East Indies rejected the latest Dutch proposals as unacceptable.
Tokyo May 31 Fim perer Hirehite a plain suited man made his secret second visit to General MacArthur at the U S embassy. They reportedly discussed food reconstruction and Japan changes since Hirohito arrived last September. Hidemasa Terasaki acted as interpreter. one other official present.
The University of Texas faculty, after a closed meeting, approved a resolution regretting Dr. Painter’s failure to consult them before becoming president. They pledged support for measures aiding the university and expressed an almost unanimous vote against a motion of non confidence.
Austin May 3 Gov Coke Stevenson said he was doing serious thinking about the University of Texas situation but refused to amplify. He declined to comment on the gubernatorial candidacy of Homer P Rainey the university’s deposed president.
Hoscoe Meador, 4, of 100 North Flores Street, held by police on intoxication charges as Animal Defense League investigates a report that a monkey was beaten. Meador allegedly bit Officer George Herzing on hands and arms during the incident at the station.
Clarence Morton Fleming of Houston died from chest injuries after being crushed by a bus during a scuffle at an interurban terminal in Dallas. A 36 year old bus company employee surrendered, was questioned and released. Police indicated Fleming fell under the wheels as Sam Owens of Palestine Texas drove the bus after a dispute over transportation.
An advertisement extols high returns from Light Want Ads and provides a dial code F-31231 for contact. The notice frames the service as a profitable opportunity and urges readers to inquire by phone.
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