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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1949
Page
3
Tokyo reports Japan studies a planned 20 percent rise in power supply as the nation readies adjustments to meet growing demands. Details indicate a tailored program aligned with wartime goals and industrial needs.
Rube A of Gonzales Reynosa Mexico reported to police Wednesday that he forgot forty five dollars in his auto glove compartment at a local garage. When he remembered the money a short time later he found the compartment bare.
San Antonio school board approved a $200000 building program at Edison High including a 1100m addition and a two story 10000 square foot shop for industrial arts and trades. Also approved shop equipment for Burbank and Hawthorne, cafeteria purchase for Jefferson, drainage work, and attorney fees for the Heights bond issue. The district becomes responsible for Heights expenditures and polling sites for the December bond election. The issue ends with an unrelated note about John Erskine’s Beauties of Shakespeare in The American Weekly.
Chicago reports that antihistamine Nedhetramine sold as Anahist shows promise in curing and preventing colds when given within 48 hours of onset. Researchers Dr. Charles C. Sweet and Dr. Joseph J. Aremino, both tied to Sing Sing institutions, tested on volunteers from Sing Sing and Maryknoll. The drug appears safe for long-term daily use but ineffective at full-blown colds.
SUKYO, Nov. 23 UP Kakuro Fuuli hired Yoshikane Nakantole to install a burglar alarm in his house. The system failed to wake him as a thief raided the cloths. Tokyo police arrested Nakamoto after a patrol traced the crime. He confessed multiple prior attempts, claiming he had failed 40 homes previously.
Santa Rosa reports constable Jack Paulson a 50 year old constable from Sonoma Township arraigned on five sex counts involving a 10 year old girl and an 11 year old boy with alleged incidents over seven years. Authorities say the charges include lewd acts and other improper conduct.
Arthur Barry, 59, the so-called jewel thief king, walks free after a suspended sentence on six indictments tied to a 1927 $100,000 burglary. He heads to Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Valhalla, N Y, to visit Anna Blake, whom he says was his wife, as he resumes life on the street.
The article reports a harsh cold front across the East with subfreezing minima from Maine to New Jersey and Florida. Temperatures 10 to 15 degrees below normal extend into the mid Atlantic, with Florida near normal in the south and a new cold air mass entering the northern plains. Minor travel disruption noted in Los Angeles due to dense fog.
Washington reports that the House Armed Services Committee will not probe the removal of Admiral Louis Denfeld as chief of naval operations. Chairman Vinson stated there will be no further hearings despite committee calls for a congressional airing of the ouster amid policy clashes among military leaders.
A collision near Kimberly, Eng, between a twin jet Meteor and a single-engine trainer claimed the lives of three British airmen. The incident occurred today as aviation tragedy dominated the news flow, while unrelated magazine notes promoted Betty becoming beau t ifut and popular in The American Weekly.
In Houston on November 23 a jury found Raymond Chambers sane in an extortion case against oilman Glenn McCarthy. Chambers faces a charge of attempting to extort 50600 dollars. trial date not set. Judge Glenn A. Perry ordered Chambers confined to the county psychopathic ward for mental evaluation.
Mrs. W. A. Ferguson of Austin reports her husband used Baker's Hair Tonic after a barber recommended it. She claims two bottles cured his dandruff and itchy scalp and cites friends in Corpus Christi who also tried the product.
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