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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Nov 02, 1949

Page

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Solons Push Crash Probe Tighten Civil Flight Rules

Congressmen pressed for stronger fighter regulations for military planes in civilian air lanes after a Washington collision killed 55. Efforts moved toward government hearings as rescuers recovered 46 bodies from the Potomac. one survivor, Eutele Rios Bridoux, was hospitalized in good condition.

Waghington Washington Potomac River Eastern Airlines DC Eutele Rios Bridoux Rios Bridoux Alexandria Billy Bridoux Ayarene Michael Kennedy New York Congress Sageguards Edwin Johnson New Orleans Hlos Bridoux Potomec George J. Bates Ut-Mass al Seven

Mild Chill Heads for L A

A smud new cold front will chill San Antonio temper tures just a bit Thursday from the 80 degree high expected Wednesday. Weatherman Oren Edrington expects the new front to arrive Thursday. It will lower the daily high to 76, down four degrees from Wednesday but still above the 71 Tuesday. Gentle variable winds will shift to the north Thursday under generally fair skies. The Thursday morning low will climb to 48, up five degrees from Wednesday morn.

San Antonio Oren Edrington

Texas Weather Outlook Warns of Cold Front

Texas faces cooler conditions as the weather bureau predicts a strong cold front overnight. Temperatures range from 34 at Dalhart and 45 at Brownsville to others like 34 at Junction and 40 at Texarkana, with Tuesday’s high around 0 at Alice.

Texas Weather Bureau Panhardle Dalhart Brownsville Junction Dallas Texarkana Alice Yukon Valley MacKenaie Basin Canada

Free Taste Day at Mitsukashi Mittor Counter Tokyo

Free Taste Day at Mitsukashi department store in Tokyo showcased products from 14 Japanese distilleries. Visitors met new people and sampled a wide range of offerings as part of the event.

Voikyo Mitsukashi Tokyo Mittor

Canadian naval officers need more training leaders

Ottawa reports a three man commission investigating condition aboard Canadian warships finds Canadian officers must receive instruction far more frequently and intensively to act as proper leaders. The study notes officers have retained English accents and must improve in guiding their crews.

Ottawa Cathyada

FBI Captures Meek Desperado in El Paso

El Paso reports Jack Tatum, 28, a wavy-haired desperado who broke a Phoenix jail, turned up unarmed and out of funds, surrendering to FBI agents on a quiet downtown street after the mass escape on June 22. Only Tatum among five escapees completed the break.

EL Paso Jack Tatum Phoenix Ariz FBI Tatum Maricopa

Two Men Hold Up Bank in Falls Church Va

Two armed men entered the Falls Church Va bank shortly after opening with their accomplice waiting in a car. They fled with about 14,959 dollars according to reports from WARLINGTON.

Warlington Falls Church

Truman Heads For Twin Cities Visit

President Truman heads out for a 10 hour swing through Minneapolis and St Paul. He will attend Minnesota centennial events with a full schedule including a 20 minute address in the St Paul auditorium at 9 30 p m CST.

Mashington Truman Twin Cities Minneapolis St. Paul Mitmesota

Six Die In Blaze In Cincinnati Apartment Fire

A blaze in a Cincinnati story apartment building trapped six residents in their rooms and six died. Seven others were burned or hurt as they leaped from second and third story windows. Five victims died of burns and one died in a leap from a window.

Cincinnati Aljerath

Brush Fire Hope Rises as Winds Aid Control Efforts

A brush fire near Agoura California driven by dying winds neared containment after scorching at least ten homes and forcing hundreds to evacuate. Firefighters battled flames through the day as residents watched for improvement in the volatile situation.

Agoura Calit

President Teayman unveils foreign aid plan

President Teayman said his plan for developing underdeveloped foreign areas will prove the American system is best for peoples of the world. He spoke informally to the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Washington Teayman American Society of Civil Engineers

Princess Margaret Rose Smokes At London Charity Ball

Princess Margaret Rose allegedly smoked a cigarette at a Halloween charity ball in London drawing public comment from Britons from Lawn's End to Dover. A photograph of an ashtray and cigarette box on Princess Elizabeth's desk had stirred controversy, palace says objects were for guests, not the royal.

London Margaret Rose Lawn's End Dover London Evening Star Elizabeth Palace Margaret

Lewis Seeks State Strike Peace With Indiana Call

John L. Lewis proposed negotiating a wage agreement directly with Indiana coal operators to avoid a nation wide coal strike. He sent the offer by telegram to Gov. Henry F. Schr ieker as Indiana declared a state of emergency and called the situation acute and tragic. The move signals a potential pattern for a broader peace with Illinois and echoes amid steel talks and pension plan studies by major producers in Youngstown and New York.

Weess Pibvatchins John L. Lewis United Front Indiana UMW Indiana- Alinois Lewis Lewis Henry F. Schrieker Lewis Basly Bartier Chicago Bite Rios Murray Bethlehem J Penstar Nbnolsopartizars Huddles Wn Jones & Laughtin Steel Corp Republic Steel Youngstown Sheet &Tule Co Republic Colorado Fuel & Iyonco Joseph Malony USW New York Bethlehem Steel Corp

Dutch Indonesian accords end colonial rule in Indies

The Hague reports a pact to dissolve Dutch rule and create a 70 million strong republic named the United States of Indonesia. The agreement links the new nation to the Dutch crown as an equal partner in a Dutch Indonesian union, aiming to end a four year conflict and secure Indonesia's vast rubber oil sugar and spices resources.

The Hague Holland Indies United States of Indonesia UNI Indonesia

Huss n Bilk Siggie Crushed in Court Verdict

Chicago November reports Sigmund Engel known as the lover of 1000 women was convicted in criminal court of taking 8700 from a Chicago widow Mrs Reseda Corrigan 39. The jury of six women and two men deliberated about an hour and seven minutes and Engel faces one to 10 years with his bond doubled at 7500. He was separated from a woman who claimed to be his wife and from others who said they married him under different names. A new trial hearing was set for next Wednesday by Judge George Fisher.

Chicago INS Sigmund Engel Engel George M. Fisher Stuun Lesterday Ito Reseda Corrigan Corrigan Jar Pauline Langton New York Sam

100 Filipinos Storm Victims

A destructive typhoon with winds up to 200 mph swept the southern Philippines damaging Cebu Negros and Mindanao. It killed or injured more than 100 people and caused property losses estimated between 25 and 50 million dollars. Homes and buildings were leveled, watercraft sunk, planes wrecked, and communications broken as the storm raged.

Manila INSI Philippines Ube Cebu Negros Sod Mindanao

Food Price Index Drops in New York Week

The Dun & Bradstreet wholesale food price index declined to 5.69 from 5.72 this week, down 10.3 percent from the year-ago level of 4.36.

New York Dun & Bradstreet

Atlantic Coast Warned of Storm Moves Northward

Weather bureau warns ten day storm along the Atlantic coast from Block Island to Eastport. strong winds and gales reported as the storm nears Nanaiutket, with movement toward the coast.

Atlantic Washington Weather Bureau Block Island Eastpore Mayu Naniutket

Greek Sailors Sit In On Deck Amid Cold Rain

In Baltimore a trio of Greek sailors and a missing crewmate drifted through a cold rain on a freighter deck as the U S migration service seeks to deport them. They are labeled members of a Communist dominated Greek Maritime union outlawed in 1947. The men slept aloft at two yesterday morning.

Baltimore Nav U. S Shipiates Greak Maritime Unto QENO Hin

Blackmer Fined $20,000 in Tax Evasion Case

Denver dated report says Henry M. Blackmer, gray and bent on millionaires, was fined $20,000 for federal income tax evasion after pleading guilty to four counts. The case notes his 25 years in self-imposed exile in Europe and his absence from Colorado in 1921 22. The judge approved dismissal of four other indictments and referenced a prior related conviction involving Albert B. Walt.

Denver Henry M. Blackmer Gray Bicker Europe Teapot Orley, Phillips U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Blackmet “Tate Poulilos Blackimet Colorado Albert B. Walt Secretary of the Interior Leay Ment

Globe-Girdler Takes Off Again

London reports globe girdler Reynolds pursues a world aviation record by commercial airline, continuing toward Brussels on leg three. Delays in Shanyon et al Ireland threaten the clock as the trip proceeds toward the Atlantic crossing.

London Mileston Reynolds Ryussels Astembl Avery Shanyon Ates Poul Ireland

Market price for hogs drops in Chicago stockyards

CHICAGO November 2 hog prices fell at the Chicago stockyards with top hogs selling around 17 cents per hundredweight, down from yesterday and the lowest since October 1948. In Washington Leon Keyserling became acting chairman of the president's council of economic advisers after Dr Edwin G Noyes resigned yesterday.

Chicago Chicipo Washington Leon Keyserling New Beal President's Council of Economic Advisers Edwin CG Noise Yesters AY

Weather forecast shows moderate cooling and variable winds

The forecast calls for generally fair conditions through Wednesday with cooler daytime highs. Winds shift to a northerly direction Thursday, with high temperatures around mid 80s and lingering warm spells.

Also Mentioned on This Page

Solons James W. Knight Wellnesdey Chamber of Commercce Planning Board South Site W. Commerce St Erick Rios Bridoux L. A Radio Log Society Meek Desperado Die President Lands Plan Princess Smokes Bethlehem Steel Co Mrs. Reseda Corrigan Trio Senel Blackmer God Warner
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