SAPL : April 28 In San Antonio History...

San Antonio TX

01 May, 2022

3:07 PM

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Press release from the San Antonio Public Library: Andrew Crews 28 April 2022 1928 The City-Central Bank and Trust Company is formed with the merger of three San Antonio banks: City National Bank, Guaranty State Bank and Central Trust Company. Despite being one of the largest banks in San Antonio, they will not survive the Great Depression. 1960 Joske's closes the Chuckwagon and Camelia Room restaurants when African-American customers ask for service there. 1961 For 30 minutes today, beginning at 3 p.m., San Antonio is "under attack." At that time, according to Martin M. Eser, the city and county civil defense mechanisms swing into action. And theoretically, not actually, the entire population of San Antonio is evacuated. Eser said, "City and county governmental functions, again in theory, were to be transferred to Leon Springs and Cascade Caverns. Eser said city officials did not go to these alternate headquarters, but civil defense units set up communications at these points. San Antonio's dry run for disaster is part of the massive nation-wide exercise called "Operation Alert — 1961." This press release was produced by the San Antonio Public Library. The views expressed here are the author's own.