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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1946
Page
1
OPA investigators estimate about 500000 pounds of meat in cold storage after raids in Philadelphia. Earlier 200000 pounds were found in four locations as meat shortages hit shoppers and butchers. An OPA 24 hour watch keeps meat from leaking into illegal channels as ceilings loom.
The troop ship Wilson Victory, set to dock in Staten Island, was redirected to the Brooklyn army base due to a maritime strike that shut Staten Island piers. The vessel carried 56 coffins of army and war department personnel who died in Europe since July 1. The transport George Gaethais, with 295 brides and children, is due Monday from Southampton.
Forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy conditions Friday afternoon and night and Saturday. Friday max near 92 degrees with Saturday low around 70 and high near 92. Thursday reached 90. Friday low 70. Five day outlook covers Gulf, Plain, northeast Texas and western Louisiana with temperatures 1 to 3 degrees above normal, lighter precipitation midweek and cooler north portions, warmer Monday.
Cattle receipts at Chicago stockyards, the world’s largest, hit an all time low as OPA controls blamed. Industry spokesmen warned beef and pork could vanish from stores within two weeks amid mass layoffs and threatened strikes by unionized workers and packing firms.
Meat packing plants in Dallas and Fort Worth warn of a Texas meat shortage as hundreds of workers may be laid off in weeks. H. D. Nelson, acting manager at Swift and Company Fort Worth, says more layoffs are coming despite a few already. An Armour official reports 575 workers laid off in 10 days.
Washington reports Chief of Staff Eisenhower will depart later this month to conduct his annual inspection tour of Allied troops in Europe.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas reports district store safe sales for the week ending August 31 nearly quadrupled the 1936-39 average. Dallas rose 42 percent from the prior year, Fort Worth 35, Houston 61, and San Antonio 43, with the district up 44 percent over last year.
Paris reports a meeting of foreign ministers called for this afternoon at the request of V. M. Molotov. An official U S source said James C. Dunn would represent the United States in Secretary Byrnes absence.
074 The Associated Press reports a paralyzing maritime strike immobilizing 2524 ships on three coasts. About 90,000 sailors walked off, with 534 tied up at New York and 1200 on the West Coast, threatening imports of sugar and bananas and forcing rail embargoes to coastal areas.
The Netherlands delegation submitted claims for reparations from Italy totaling 13,337,025 dollars to the Paris peace conference. The note details the amount and the official submission date.
In Ohio a 14 hour student pilot and a younger companion stole a Navy lieutenant’s Piper Cub from Norian field at dawn. The plane landed in six foot corn near Circleville after venturing east into clouds. Police captured the older boy. the younger fled but was later pursued along the Olentangy river. The aircraft was recovered near Circleville with minor damage.
Boston Sept 6 The Veterans of Foreign Wars forty seventh national encampment urged the United States to keep secret the atomic bomb formula and processing methods, claiming it will hinder world peace efforts. The convention adopted a resolution for exclusive retention of atomic energy details and called for a veteran staffed economic council and a job finding panel for veterans.
Five pounds of uranium have powered Oak Ridge production in nearly three years, University of Tennessee physicist Dr. W G Pollard disclosed at an atomic energy conference. He said atom speed governs the energy release, noting 30 million kilowatt hours per pound from the fission of uranium.
Negotiators and mediators met in Pittsburgh for a fresh round of talks on a threatened power strike, amid a reportedly pessimistic mood. In Bangkok, Siam rice stocks were nearly exhausted and officials planned rationing for the southern region with about 2.09 million people.
Public outrage over the killing of five unarmed U S aviators in Yugoslavia fuels a New York harbor protest as 500 longshoremen refuse to load the Bartlesville Victory with UNRRA relief. The walkout follows a state department note claiming Tito apologized and promised no further incidents, triggering calls for criminal trials and action against the Yugoslav regime.
Belgrade reports U S Ambassador Richard C. Patterson met Marshal Tito for 45 minutes in May about indemnification demands for a U S plane shoot down and five airmen killed. No immediate statement followed the talks.
Wenters reports a Greek military aircraft was shot down by Yugoslav anti aircraft fire near the border at Guergell. The Supreme Soviet meeting scheduled for September 20 in Moscow has been postponed to October 15 with no reason given.
A special emergency board recommended raising Pullman conductors base monthly pay by 44.40 dollars. The White House disclosed the panel's finding after investigating the labor dispute between the Pullman Company and conductors represented by the Order of Hallway Conductors.
The freighter Bartlesville Victory carrying UNRRA supplies for Yugoslavia was postponed indefinitely after 150 longshoremen quit loading the vessel in protest against sending more aid to Yugoslavia.
Michael Beltweine, post commander from Madrid Iowa, told the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention today that youths, some in sailors uniforms, attacked the Boone Iowa drum and bugle corps girls. He reported facial cuts and a black eye and urged police protection for teen competitors.
Secretary Byrnes in Stuttgart called for a new German state under a German national council and a federal constitution for a United States of Germany. He stressed U S occupation would continue and rejected ceding territories beyond Potsdam provisions. The vow drew mixed French reaction and praise from American zone leaders.
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