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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1946
Page
1
A fragmented weather section lists temperatures, precipitation totals, sun and moon times, and general climate notes for several U S cities. The OCR yields garbled station names and numbers but preserves the gist of daily sunrises and settings, moon phases, and monthly precipitation figures across multiple locales.
Dewey and Senator Taft clashed over the Nuremberg war crimes verdicts as Democrats attacked Taft’s stance. Dewey defended fairness of the trials and rejected sympathy for Nazi defendants. Irving Ives joined Dewey in opposing Taft’s position, signaling a GOP internal tug on foreign policy.
Two men entered the Tom Sharn Gun Shop at 708 Fredericksburg Road and left with a .301 caliber Enfield rifle while the owner was momentarily turned away. Police report the theft occurred Tuesday. In a separate incident Earl Wilson of Kelly Field reported a car prowler stole clothing worth $49 from his parked vehicle on East Crockett Street.
Docket includes an OPA case against J A Stutts of Stutts Produce postponed to October 21 after new defense pleadings. Isom Produce settled out of court with $3200 paid to U S treasury for OPA price violations. Nine persons including two juveniles were sentenced by Judge Ben H Rice for varied offenses such as juvenile delinquency and illegal entry. some sentences suspended or fines imposed. U S attorney authorized to drop charges against Helen Walters upon recommendation.
The New York Times reports Harold Ickes faced heavy criticism from Bernard Baruch over the Independent Citizens Committee on the Arts Sciences and Professions stance on the Baruch plan for international control of atomic energy. Baruch calls criticisms misinformation or distortion while Ickes denies direct involvement in the committee's approval.
Prime Minister Attlee told Parliament Britain aims to back an international ban on military atomic energy. The US and USSR propose control plans before the atomic energy commission. He urged passage of a government bill to grant state control of all British atomic development and to establish a research station.
The Most Rev Joseph Elmer Ritter aged 54 was enthroned today as archbishop of St. Louis at the cathedral with apostolic delegate Amirto Giovanni Cicognani presiding. Ritter succeeds the late John Cardinal Glennon, the fourth archbishop in the city’s 99 year history. Glennon died in Ireland last March while returning from Rome. Ritter previously served as archbishop of Indianapolis.
Augustin Cardinal Parrado Garza died in Granada on Oct 5 after a long illness. He had been created cardinal in February at a papal consistory.
Application of the Bowen Motor Coaches to operate between Three Rivers and George West over Highway 281 was dismissed Tuesday at a Texas Railroad Commission hearing at the Plaza hotel.
The will of the late Mrs Paul Aine Steffler wife of Street Commissioner Paul Steffler was filed for probate Tuesday. It is dated August 17 1936 and leaves all her property to her husband.
New York City welcomed five African elephants Zangelimia Doruma Bamangwa and Tamerlane, gifts from the Belgian Congo government to the Bronx Zoo. The elephants, first shipped here since 1998, were described as calm during the 40 day voyage, despite their temperamental nature.
The Federal Power Commission reopens the Reynosa Pipeline Co proposal to ship Texas natural gas to Monterrey Mexico. Robert T. Wilson, company president, says a 30 mile $750000 line is financed and talks with Gas Industrial de Monterrey to move the gas to Monterrey. A 136 mile, $3000000 Mexican pipeline would handle up to 60 million cubic feet daily. Oral testimony ends and briefs due October 28 with a ruling expected in about 60 days. In New Orleans the Fifth Circuit reviews a Texas suit seeking to overturn the June 8 export order, arguing it depletes a critical natural resource.
Sealed bids on a small jet sale will be received from 8 a.m. Wednesday until 3 p.m. next Tuesday at Building T-95 Randolph Field. Items include office furniture hand tools living suits field jackets and other clothing.
SICHANG China Oct 8 Lt Col Herbery Wo Wartzler with a missionary and two assistants began a four day trek to inspect the wreckage of a long lost B-29 from which three bodies have been recovered and to seek clues to possible survivors Five Americans reportedly held by Lolo tribesmen in western China since the bomber crashed on wartime ferry trips from India The wreckage lies about 75 airline miles southwest of Sichang Gen Ho Kow-Kiang Chinese army commandant sent a runner to the distant Lolo village of Mouli to check unconfirmed reports of American captives He said he was 90 percent sure no American planes crashed there during the war It will take a month for the runner to return to Chang General Ho also seeks survivors of a September 20 Chinese airliner crash Captain Andrew Longbotham and 31 passengers were last reported in precarious protection of a Lolo family An airborne rescue team including Reginald Goethes of Poughkeepsie N Y is searching for them
Alvin C York Jr Wolf River Term son of WWI hero Sergt Alvin C York and Jeff Russell Jamestown Tenn charged with transporting non tax paid liquor. They were arraigned before a U S commissioner, pleaded guilty and posted 500 bond.
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