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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1946
Page
5
San Angelo data show the first half of September authorized 153771 worth of new building. The monthly total lifts the year to 2,008,108 compared with 753,185 for the same period in 1945.
An old advertisement touts SSS Tonie tonic as a cure for low blood count non-organic nutritional anemia claiming improved appetite energy digestion and overall vigor. It promises stronger blood health with bold claims of better sleep skin color and vitality and urges readers to purchase bottles from drug stores.
London dispatch reports that 60 Polish displaced persons were arrested after a U S troops raid on a camp at Wessler Germany. The FRANKFURT radio listed suspects including murderers and black market participants. Authorities found liquor stills parts of a radio transmitter army clothing currency and cigarettes. German police aided in the operation.
Brooke Army Medical Center will join the San Antonio Community Chest drive with Maj Arthur E Mealiff and Mrs Marie Ebest as cochairmen Brig Gen John M Willis Brooke commander announced Sectional committees will be formed to handle contributions on a voluntary basis
GONZALES September 17 Farmer Earl Holt hauled a wagonload of cotton to the gin when four young skunks were found hidden in the bale. One skunk was sucked into the gin but escaped. Two others were killed and the fourth remained at large at last reports.
Twenty four survivors of the Norwegian tanker Marit IL, which broke in two off Elizabeth City, North Carolina, rest in East Coast ports as rescue efforts continue for 14 missing crew members. Army Navy and Coast Guard aircraft and ships search for more survivors from the 7417 ton vessel.
A 40 year old factory worker James McBride and his 42 year old wife were charged with conspiracy and aiding escape in a plan that helped hide Rudolph Selech former Goering bodyguard from California POW camps. McBride testified his wife coerced him. she was arrested in Detroit on $5,000 bond. The case centers on a six month concealment in Detroit where the man posed as Mr McBride and worked as a baker and bus boy.
Miami Beach Fla Sept 17 1947 President A F Whitney of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen attacked President Truman in a keynote before the Brotherhoods 28th convention saying he encouraged Fascism in the United States. Whitney cited Truman as proof that Fascism flourishes from a labor backed leadership. He condemned Truman for actions against railroad strikes last May which he said strengthened reactionary and fascist forces.
Police report a car thief tried to steal a 1946 Ford from the Herper-Gillespie garage at 321 Broadway. After moving the car down a ramp from the second floor and disguising it with an out-of-state license, he could not exit the building and later took a 1941 model instead.
Julie Ann Apablasa, 29, filed suit for separate maintenance against John V. Apablasa, 71, a Los Angeles mining man and inventor, claiming $1000 monthly support and an equitable share of community property. She alleges his worth $27 million after marrying last August 5 in El Paso and notes his recent divorce filing in Mexico.
Two youths, Joe Martinez aged 19 of 1141 South Laredo Street and Andres Marinez aged 18 of 2510 Arbor Street, waved at inmates from the county jail leading to their arrest on a vagrancy charge. Officers noted they carried two bill folds, one damp and one dry, amid the exchange.
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