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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1932
Page
1
The essay reflects on Goethe and Mussolini with Goethian quotes, noting the world shifting and the risks of inflated national pride. It discusses child labor in the United States, unemployment, and debates over taxation and government spending, ironizing public interest in governance and wartime costs.
Signals between an automobile on South Beach and an offshore vessel sparked speculation in Chilmarrk Ma about Col. Charles A Lindbergh's kidnaped baby. Tire tracks and a vessel sighting were noted near West Tisbury at the Butler summer home as Curtis of Norfolk Va was named as a Lindbergh contact.
Optimism pervades the Lindbergh home as Charles A Lindbergh Jr the kidnapped infant remains missing. He has taken several secret airplane journeys and his movements prompt speculation of ransom talks with kidnapers. A police statement notes Lindbergh seeks freedom from questioning while continuing searches with Col Henry Breckenridge.
Mostly cloudy to partly clear conditions with little overall change in temperatures. Night temps drop to the mid teens, daytime highs hover around the mid 40s to low 50s with lighter southerly winds along the coast and in West Texas.
HAMMOND Indiana April 5 UP The shouting fans of radio station WWAE heard yesterday Roland G Palmer was putting real realism into a radio binder He made a loud sound like wind and rain on the roof Then he reached for a gum and accidentally shot two of his fingers He had to go to a hospital.
Adolfs Huerta of 1120 South San Marcos Street was charged with impersonating a deputy sheriff after Deputy W. L. Mulligan filed a complaint before Judge McCollum Burnett. Sheriff Albert Heuser said Huerta, arrested Monday night, had been falsely posing as a deputy and arresting alleged speeders. The complaint notes Huerta arrested Mrs. R. D. Hell at 505 Roosevelt Avenue on March 28 without a real officer’s commission.
Wu Te-Chen mayor accuses Japanese of plotting an independent admin in the Chapei area to oppose the Greater Shanghai municipality. An official statement says Japanese used discontent with the Chinese administration as the backbone of the maneuver.
Mamie Evelyn Patterson aged 19 of Tawrenes died after injuries thought to be from a hit and run incident. A coroner's jury last night held the automobile strike as the cause of death. three arrests had been made as officials puzzled over the case. A bus driver found Miss Patterson on a highway south of Garnett Friday night, lightly clad.
New York April 5 Morgan company is mailing checks totaling 20 million dollars to 110 American banks. The payment is by the Morgan firm as the settlement in this country of the British government. It will wipe out the 200,000 400 banking credit obtained last August by Britain's cut to avoid being pushed off the gold standard.
President Hoover said declining economic burdens and world peace threats had lessened. He stated Secretary Stimson would go to Geneva seeking positive results from the arms conference.
Joe Apracindo was arrested Saturday for shoplifting and ordered to pay a $40 fine plus court costs or spend 40 days in Roxie county jail. Judge S. Shook ruled that the penalty should be imposed and carried out as specified in the listing.
In Honolulu April, veteran Clarence Darrow leads a tense jury selection in the Kahahawai Massie case. He probes jurors amid mass publicity, while new public prosecutor John C. Kelley takes over as the court weighs if Kahahawai’s role in the assault matters for the second degree murder trial. The panel includes Chinese, American, Japanese, and Hawaiian members as the trial proceeds with multiple defendants.
Washington, April 5. President Hoover said a joint congress administration committee is needed to map maximum expenditure reductions. He outlined possible cuts up to 206 million dollars with a tax bill, citing repeated calls for reorganizing and consolidating government functions, and eliminating unnecessary functions. Senator Jones reported on appropriations as the Senate continued discussions.
In Kansas City Missouri a newborn, one pound, entered a weight race with another one-pound infant, John son of Mr and Mrs William St Jon, as doctors proclaimed the tiny baby sound and stable amid a field of competing newborns. The mother is seventeen and the baby is eighteen years from the mother’s date.
Formal warning from Attorney General Thomas E. Knight Jr. directs telegraph companies in Alabama to shield the court from ongoing protests. Managers received notice today, with verbal alert given yesterday, stating coercive telegrams tied to certain costs are not under advisement.
Los Angeles police say Jesse Clyde Rumsey, 48, already jailed for vagrancy, confessed to staging a robbery aboard a Southern Pacific train bound for Los Angeles soon after it left San Francisco. Detectives say the letter he wrote implicated him. he muttered, Yes, you've got me, when confronted.
Williams and Carrie T. Williams reportedly separated after a private hearing in Reno. The case involves Velina Widener Holden, daughter of Joseph E. Widener, seeking freedom from Milton W. Holden. A court decree based on cruelty was issued and a property agreement was recorded.
A garbled item notes Roscoe Arbuckle nicknamed Fatty and an actress set to marry him soon. The text mentions possible details and dates but is jumbled, with names like Addie and Yvonne appearing oddly. No clear venue or confirmation provided.
Los Angeles April 5. Differences between Buster Keaton and his wife Natal ie Talmadge appear to have prompted police and district attorney involvement after Keaton took his two sons on a plane ride to San Diego. Keaton was held briefly then returned to Los Angeles. He denied separation over a family matter, while Natal ie Talmadge said there had been domestic unhappiness in the boy’s home. The episode drew a San Diego police response and a legal inquiry.
Two gunmen robbed the Peoples State Bank of Paradise at 9 40 am taking about 1400 in cash from the vault while a crowd watched. One robber masked, demanded money from clerk J H Nix who directed him to the vault. They fired a warning shot and fled toward Mineral Wells with a machine gun trained on onlookers.
Czernin von Chiudennty, Austria-Hungary war minister during wartime, died today. The report lists his age and notes his high profile role in the empire's government. In Manitoba, a local item mentions Lizzie the mule and its owner, a trapper, teaching it to walk with snowshoes.
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