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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1946
Page
1
A 1-year-old girl in the 200 block of St. Charles Street is the 99th polio case of the season in San Antonio. She fell ill September 12 and was diagnosed at Robert B. Green Hospital on Tuesday.
Istanbul dispatch reports Simeon the 1 year old son of King Boris arrives from Sofia en route to exile in Egypt. He travels with Queen Mother Joanne, sister Marie Louise, and Princess Eudoxie. In Egypt they expect Victoria Emanuel of Italy, Simeon’s maternal grandfather.
Mexico counted four dead and 26 wounded during the Independence holiday spanning Sunday and Monday. The morning Universal newspaper noted the crime reports show rising culture, remarking that six robberies in a city of about 2,000,000 inhabitants are not nothing.
Austin to host about 500 legislators for the 50th session in January may sleep in tents on the capitol grounds. Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Boyd Rhea said he was partly joking when he suggested to Adjutant General Arthur Knickerbocker that tents be pitched on capitol grounds to house the legislative population.
Private Paris sources report a large internal upheaval in Russia with claims Stalin pursues a sharp foreign policy shift. The Russian leader reportedly moves from wartime cooperation with the United States and Britain to greater isolationism, affecting media and public rhetoric. personnel changes may follow without necessarily implying arrests or executions.
A violent volcanic eruption was reported from the Niuafoou island in the Yonga group about 450 miles east of Fiji. A Suva reconnaissance plane observed a Catholic priest and about 1200 natives signaling from the village outskirts as lava covered parts of the settlement.
In Berlin the US military police faced a tense standoff as Soviet MPs led by Major Morosov demanded a Pole and Ukrainian man be turned over. Americans surrounded the station with troops and armor, Morosov calmed, Soviet provost marshal apologized, the man was handed to Russians, and the woman was released to Soviet custody.
Pontiac Michigan faces three weeks of strike action as city workers picket the incinerator public works cemetery and airport. Mayor Arthur Law is asked to recognize this week as Optimists' week to rally civic spirit and push for a resolution.
Murray, Sept 17 The National Guard association opening its convention in Buffalo tomorrow will launch a protest against alleged discrimination by regular army brass hats The delegates predict resolutions and floor speeches amid irritation over the army plan to reorganize the War Department which they say would force civilian officers to step children
London reports that Britain will transfer 10,000 German prisoners of war from Denmark into the British zone of Germany in response to Danish protests. The shift will ease, but not end, the strain of supporting Germans who fled into Denmark late in the war. about 190,000 will stay in Denmark.
OPA estimates that retain price ceilings for new autos average about 22 percent above 1942 ceilings, excluding a six percent boost just authorized for Ford built cars. At Montgomery, West Virginia, three small children of Mr and Mrs David Delbert Wills burned to death in a family home fire.
Henry A. Wallace travels to the White House for an afternoon talk with President Truman amid an uproar over his Russia comments. Officials say Wallace will press for keeping his stance, while Byrnes offers no comment on the broader policy dispute and the political stakes heading into midterms.
Athens dispatch reports acting premier Stylianos Gonatas warning that martial law could be applied nationwide if needed to fight subversive activities. The government closed Communist party headquarters in Athens as a precautionary move, and about 30 people were arrested.
Tear gas was used today for the first time in the current Bombay unrest to curb looting at a money lender’s shop. Sixteen arrests were reported as authorities note about 250 shops looted in the past two weeks. Two more people died in knife attacks, and overall about 260 killed and 300 injured in Hindu Muslim disorders.
Five soldiers at Camp Kilmer awaited court martial on charges of bringing dogs aboard troop ships in violation of army regulations. The charges stem from a Mediterranean area deployment and instruction given before embarkation. The army relations office said soldiers could not bring pets aboard ships but could arrange shipment at embarkation points through special facilities.
A critical column argues President Truman blundered by endorsing Secretary Wallace's pro Russian speech, accusing him of credulity and executive irresponsibility. It claims Wallace and Ickes are left-wing outposts weakening U.S. diplomacy, with Wallace undermining Byrnes and the Paris delegation’s prestige.
ST. LOUIS Sept 17 Earl Lee Spence a 32 year old truck driver and father of ten has passed his physical for army induction. He volunteered because his wife and ten children could not be fed on his $140 monthly pay. Upon active duty as a private his pay and allowances will total $355 monthly.
In Kankport Germany on September 17, U.S. Army personnel in the European theater were granted permission to marry Hungarians Bulgarians and Romanians but German marriages remain prohibited.
A forecast expects mostly cloudy skies with occasional rain Tuesday afternoon and night and on Wednesday. Tuesday’s high near 84, low around 72, with a Tuesday maximum near 84, and Wednesday minimum about 70.
Washington reports an OPA action restoring price ceilings on meat products while clothing prices rise. The board weighs dairy controls as nine of twelve responses oppose revival. Ford car ceilings rose on average six percent after a prior decontrol step. In Miami ex-president Eleazar Lopes Contreras arrived, planning winter accommodations.
A report by traffic investigator Guy L. Ligon states Sheriff Owen W. Kilday drove a car license AN 6412 that struck a parked car owned by Margaret Booker on Buena Vista Street. The sheriff allegedly hit Marta Ramirez on West Houston Street after the initial collision and later claimed he was blinded by headlights.
HARLAN Ky Sept 17 A Wardrup head of Ward yup Provision company reports the meat and fat shortage in seven southeastern Kentucky counties has reached famine stage. He says there is not one pound of beef pork or lard, except for a few sausage products, which will be exhausted by Wednesday. Rumors say miners may strike if meat supplies do not arrive soon.
In SWEETWATER on Sept 12 a Pacific National Airlines plane made a rough hill country landing 1143 miles east of here at 11 57 p m. Pilot R M Kreip kept all three crew members and 21 soldiers safe with no injuries. Passengers walked to Highway 60 and rode into town. cabs took the rest to a local hotel. The DCB flight had engine trouble en route from Los Angeles to Dallas Chicago and customs districts.
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