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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1946
Page
4
Police reported thefts from 16 parking meters in the 700 block of East Travis, the 100 block of Pecan, and the 200 block of Avenue A. Thieves used a sharp instrument to steal coins, with police noting the incidents occurred Thursday.
Washington October 1 The fight for control of the 80th Congress tightens as Democrats fear losing the House while Republicans eye four to five Senate seats. Speaker Sam Rayburn returns to push campaign efforts. Democratic hopes in the Senate look risky with Ohio and Pennsylvania seen as GOP gains. Idaho and Delaware described as tough. Morse predicts a GOP Senate gain of at least five seats. Democrats aim to retain House by 25 to 40 seats.
Washington reports rising friction with the Soviet bloc as Byrnes returns from Paris. The United States canceled a 40 million dollar surplus credit to Czechoslovakia and suspended a 350 million dollar rehabilitation loan from the Export-Import Bank. The Czech backing of Soviet charges at Paris is said to drive the hard line, with Byrnes approving the economic clampdown on Czechoslovakia.
U S Senator Kenneth S Wherry of Nebraska arrived in Chicago to address the National Paper Trade Association before which he planned to denounce federal controls under the Truman administration His topic called Bureaucracy a National Menace He also criticized President Truman s meat policy as a plan to shield Democratic candidates from public anger over shortages.
The high frequency radio station operated by San Antonio Tech will resume broadcasting soon. Paul Jett, the school’s radio instructor, says the amateur license controls transmissions to other amateur Stallions in the high frequency bands. The station will launch once its transmitter is repaired.
Police reported Thursday the theft of a 3100 war bond and checks totaling 60 from the car of Harold Nelson. Robert E. Lee held.
In Minot North Dakota an old state law prohibiting hunting by aliens risks thwarting a pheasant hunt for about 28 United Nations dignitaries, including generals and admirals. Officials worry game wardens may not be posted and observers note bird populations suffer from predators and a late spring freeze. The Minot Junior Chamber of Commerce anxiously awaits the guests arriving from New York.
The government predicted abundant soap and shoes within weeks after price controls on livestock and meat were lifted. A civilian production agency cited a 50 percent rise in monthly shoe production goals for the last quarter of 1946 and expected steady supply through 1947 as slaughtering boosts raw materials. An agriculture department spokesman said soap and soap chips from postwar detarbonization would likely reach counters in January, with immediate inventory releases anticipated for shoes.
Washington reports that non farm payrolls rose to 40,147,000 in September, first time above 40 million since 1944. Unemployment runs about 2,000,000. The gain is about 700,000 from the wartime peak, a 1.34 percent shortfall.
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