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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Nov 14, 1949

Page

2

Sought In Robbery Near Clearfield By Five States

Police in five states are hunting three men who robbed market owner Homer Black of $6000 and left him near dead with bullet wounds. Black, 34, drove more than a mile through snow to alert store employees after being abducted at gunpoint. He said a hitchhiker claimed a stalled car and joined by two accomplices in a yellow convertible, escaping with the loot from his Sahara Village market near Hill AFB.

Clearfield Chan Homer Black Sahara Village Black Employes Zeras Sennett T We Tio

Barkley gives fiancee a new auto as wedding present

Vice President Alben Barkley presents Mrs. Carleton S. Hadley with a $3000 convertible wedding gift. The black car with red leather seats was delivered to Mrs. Hadley by William Vaughan, aide to the vice president, after a trip from Washington to St. Louis.

ST. Loues Alben Barkley Carleton S. Hadley Hadley William Vaughan View Vaughan St. Louis Washington

Stockyards Get Highway Priority in City Bond Plan

Street Commissioner Knight announced the city will build the interregional highway segment past the Union stockyards first if December bond issues pass. The $390,000 right of way funds will leverage about $2.25 million in state and federal construction aid. The stockyards area handles about one fourth of daily city truck traffic and last year moved livestock valued at over $70 million through San Antonio facilities.

Stockyards Union Stockyards Eds Knight Monjay Knight I. L. Dickson San Antonio Dickson Union

Winchell Wins Marine Plaque for Marine Corps Praise

Winchell was awarded a gold plaque by Marine Corps officers in New York for his Miami broadcast. Capt Frank Faietl, USMCR, called the award a symbol of the esteem held by naval service members. He praised Winchell for defending the Marine corps and alerting Congress and millions to the threat to its existence.

Tor Winchell Marine Corps Officers of New York Miami Frank Faietl USMCR GS. Naval Service Marre Frye Winchells Marine Corps Congress

Death Knell for Ancient Calling in Japan Geisha

Japan faces a slow extinction of geisha as reforms emancipating women and child labor laws reduce recruitment. Yaeko Murata, a 20 year Tokyo geisha in Shimbashi, says training now takes too long and many young girls prefer stage careers. She notes recruitment of children is restricted, altering the profession's future.

Tgokyo Navy Japan Yaeko Murata Tokyo Shimbashi INS

Son Slain and Mother Wounded In Probandt Street Shooting

Tsmael Garza 24 was killed and his mother Maria Garza 63 injured when an assailant opened fire in front of their home on Probandt Street. Suspect Ricardo Gavan 24 surrendered at the sheriff’s office claiming self defense, with bloodstained clothing and a borrowed auto connected to the incident. Justice of the Peace Toherheld a homicide verdict as Maria Garza remained hospitalized.

Jerry Caples Tsmael Garza Probendt St Maria Jesus Garza Manu Ricardo Gavan Rehman Probandt St Ismze Richard Blanche Garza Sherif Ald Justice of the Peace Tohert Robert B. Green Hospital

U S Pleads for Curtain End and Peace Effort

The United States made a dramatic appeal to Russia to lift the Iron Curtain and halt the Cominform hate campaign against non-Soviet nations for peace. Representative Warren R. Austin called a Russian cave pact proposal an artificial olive branch surrounded by thorns.

Uake U.S Wrussia Coninform Warren R. Austin

Texas beauty Mark Phelan Wolf Expert in Notable Honors

Hal Boyle profiles Margaret Phelan, a Texas Irish singer famed for her awards like Miss Wolf Expert and Miss Gung Ho. The piece traces her background, widowhood after a naval marriage, and rise in night club circuits to earnings over $1,000 weekly, plus a Los Angeles traffic court incident involving a youth fined for jaywalking.

Hal Boyle New York Democratic America Margaret Phelan Miss Phelan Artists’ League of America Merine Corps Custom Tailors Guild The Fashion Academy SUARP Associated Cuttery Industries Dance Educatage of Alacrita American Society of Piarists Miss Wolf Argaret Ag & Crews

Dandruff Gone Delights Mrs Stone Ad Claims Baker's Hair Tonic

Mrs F A Stone of Corsicana Texas endorses Baker's Hair Tonic after relief from dandruff and itchy scalp. She claims rapid improvement and urges others to try it, noting a money back guarantee if not satisfied.

Dandruff Mrs. Stone Stt Texas F. A. Stone Gays Baker Priie F. H. Stove Corus Ghylatl

Parts of U S Swept By Rain

Rain swept sections of Minnesota Missouri New England and Florida today with more showers moving into the northwest. Skies generally were fair elsewhere. a cool trend continued in the east with light snow in northern Minnesota near Lake Superior. Temperatures ranged from near freezing in the north to 60s along the coast and in Florida with warmth lingering in the southwest and California.

Chicago Minnesota Missouri New England Florida Northwest Pacific States Lake Superior Gulf Caroling Coast Cnld Midwestern Texas Gate California

Field House Blast Kills Man Hurts Two In St Louis

A house field burst in St Louis during a daily burner explosion caused the Forest Park field house to collapse. One man, Robert Holmes, 38, died from falling debris. Two others, John F Weakley 44 and Alber Bailey 46, were seriously injured.

St, Louis Recreation Department Youse St. Louis Robert Holmes Forest Farle Field John F. Weakley Alber Bailey

United States builds bases in Spain says Pravda

Pravda reports that the United States has built or is preparing to build bases on all bases in Spain or Spanish possessions. It claims these bases are fully under American control and mentions Spain as a strategic location during wartime.

Moscow Commuunist Party Pravda U. S Spain

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