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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1946
Page
6
All persons arrested in Cleveland on intoxication or vagrancy charges will receive immediate thorough physical examinations. The new city jail office said to begin operations this month, per the American Public Welfare association. Jamaica is noted as the largest island of the British West Indies.
Horace King 72 father of Stewart E. King city parks chief died Sunday at his home 248 Castanea St Born in Ashley Hall Cambridge England he moved from Boerne to San Antonio to work in lumber and ranching and was last active in lumber three years ago Survived by widow Lemna two sons Stewart Randolph O S King and three grandchildren Funeral at McCollum Funeral Home with interment in Boerne
In WYNEAU Alaska a Veterans Administration official will sail with the Interior Department's ship North Stay to reach veterans unable to visit the Juneau office. The operation aims to deliver services along the coastal village network and assist Alaska veterans in need.
FRANKFURT Oct 21 The prosecution opened the court martial of Maj David F Watson with a pledge to show he conspired with two other U S Army officers to steal 1 500 000 Hesse jewels from Kronberg castle Lieut Col James Gleason said in his opening statement The invitation to see a sight for sore eyes brought the 32 year old Burlingame California major into the case Durant's wife WAC Capt Kathleen ash Durant is serving a five year sentence Watson went to Capt Nash's room where he was shown the jewels Gleason stated.
London quote attributes Goering's death by own action to the absurd notion of defeat. George Bernard Shaw told the Times that any claim of Allied defeat is an inanities of war and that condemned men should have been offered morphine to avoid further hunting.
A year old negro educator announced candidacy for coroner of Fulton County. Auralius Scott, under care of a psychiatrist at General Hospital, was brought to Nashville by family after Atlanta police held him for hours on charges of disorderly conduct and dementia.
Charles A. Steck Sr. 85 publisher of the defunct Pittsburgh Dispatch died at his La Canada home yesterday after a heart attack. Steck served as American minister plenipotentiary to Mexico under Taft and as Pittsburgh public safety director, shaping community governance and press leadership.
The 83,673 ton luxury liner Queen Elizabeth docked in New York on its first Atlantic crossing from Southampton with 29,748 passengers including 159 delegates to the United Nations General Assembly. Harbor craft welcomed the ship as downtown whistles sounded in celebration.
Light-footed six inch Jack Earl of San Francisco, a former Ringling Brothers performer turned wine company salesman, stayed at a Chicago hotel. Assistant manager Clare Mullins was puzzled by his bedding, and Mailing solved the problem by pushing two standard beds together.
List of weekday radio programming including Rise n Shine and Iberian themed shows. Mentions KCOR 1350 K and varied time slots from morning to late evening with multiple musical acts, news segments, and sporting updates.
In New Delhi troops were strengthened in East Bengal amid Hindu Muslim fighting that threatened India’s interim government. The action added 1600 soldiers to 2500 troops and 450 armed police in Noakhali and Tippera districts east of Calcutta. Newspapers accused Viceroy Wavell and Governor Burrows of delaying protests against East Bengal’s Hindu minority. A convoy led by Jawahar Lal Nehru was attacked by tribesmen in the Khyber Pass on a tour of the northwest frontier with Afghanistan.
Jose Montalvo, 15, of 134 Vera Cruz street, recovering from knife slashes to wrist and neck after a Sunday dispute over a theater seat at Progress Theater, 1306 Guadalupe Street. A 15-year-old rival demanded his seat. when refused, he was slashed. Police hunt Vicente Hernandez, 23, of 904 Camaron Street, as the suspect. Another man attacked Vicente on North Pecos Street, slashing his chest.
Pan American Clipper Westward, named Westword, departs San Francisco on the first leg of a 224000 mile world girdling route survey. Officials and government delegates will test Pacific and Atlantic linkages via routes to Japan China French Indochina Thailand Malaya Burma Java and India certified by the CAB last August. A British warship is expected at Haifa with the refugee Fenecia and 500 uncertified immigrants in tow after intercept off Syria.
Services for Fred N. Cowen 74 of 424 East Courtland Place will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Charles Hanavan Funeral Home. Cowen, a local attorney and authority on San Antonio history, suffered a heart attack at home Sunday night. He was a native of Brownsville and a former assistant district and city attorney.
The Texas Soria Welfare association plans its first general meeting since the wars in November 2023 at San Antonio. The program includes a study of Texas community health and welfare problems and offers training and refresher courses for social workers.
An audio interview with Admiral Blandy and Barnet Nover on Washington Views and Interviews analyzes Bikini Atoll tests and their impact on naval power. Blandy argues navies remain essential, but ship design must adapt to atomic threats, with calls to outlaw the bomb and improve protection for personnel and vessels. The Alamo National Bank sponsors the segment.
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