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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1949
Page
8
Heavy October rainfall pushed the month past its average, with 2.04 inches in 1 hour 20 minutes on October 22 and a total of 7.58 inches for the month, a fourth wettest on record with a 5.35 inch excess. October temperatures averaged half a degree above normal, with a high of 99 and a low of 32 in historic extremes. Sunshine was slightly below normal, with about 165 percent possible.
A German engineer claims to have found traces of uranium ore in the American sector of Germany near the junction with the Soviet and Czech zones. The report cites potential ore deposits and highlights the contested border area as the source.
Vice-President Alben W. Barkley leaves St Louis for Washington Pa to speak tonight. He and his fiancée Mrs Carleton S Hadley failed to pick a wedding ring on a shopping trip yesterday. Barkley jokes he will be "floating around" St Louis until his November 18 wedding.
Long Beach California reports the fishing vessel San Francisco burned to the waterline early today off the southern California coast. All nine crew members were saved. The incident follows another note on British Overseas Airways Corp cutting 14 executives in an economy move likely to affect about 1000 administrative workers.
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