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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1931
Page
2
The weekly Federal Reserve data show an increase of 2,237,000 in total reserves from the prior week. Currency, securities, and other assets shifted with a small overall decline in some components while reserves and related items rose beyond the previous week.
Angelia Paredes Mes, 47, died Friday from burns suffered when an oil stove exploded at a bar area behind a home. The blast caused fatal burns while she was preparing a meal, with bystanders and family at the scene. The incident occurred near Deer Elotblegr while attending a gathering, and investigators are reviewing details of the blast.
Founders Day was celebrated Friday with students, faculty, and guests present. A program featured a speaker presented by Miss Mary Brows Campbell and Mrs. Walter Witte, with college president Jackson presiding. Arrangements were coordinated by social chair Janie Pelture.
A Blue Lodge event titled Army Serie No 1106 features a program with Foe Antonio aratinhis No. 3 Oxcer of the Stria bow for Girl. The gathering includes officers and guests such as Mrs. Daiey C2 Chating Reo inspector and Miss Exeisa Hare, with details of seating and formal duties.
An assembly program was presented at Harlandale School featuring students in the drama and music groups. The program included scenes in English and music numbers with Marie Carine and Teena Beckwith in acting roles, and a school orchestra under the direction of Fre.
Ann Harding, mate to fly a new plane, along with Malte Anddt and Harry Tanniater, exhibited the aircraft as a showpiece. The event featured demonstrations and a staged flight centered on the plane’s capabilities and potential.
The Aslerrsal Gazette reports a heated debate on the Monroe Doctrine after King Victor Emmanuel of State awarded Clipperton Island to Praoee, triggering questions in Mexican quarters about the doctrine’s reach and future European claims in the New World. Ignacio Ramos Pranson discusses international law, asking if the Monroe Doctrine is forgotten, while Draslow notes the award could be seen as an invasion of the doctrine.
ABMADABAD April 10 Gandhi arrived from Amritsar with a white cloth around his head, clutching a frame as he appeared. He wore feverish pallor and spoke of exhaustion while pleading with the vast crowd not to harm him, saying he once was a prisoner of the government and now a prisoner of the people.
Police jubilantly announced a breakthrough in the Vivien Gordon murder case as arresting suspect Harer Stein known on Broadway as a pawnbroker thief was held without bail on a charge of homicide. The police theory aligns the motive with robbery as the fatal crime.
Fragmentary weather bulletin lists conditions such as precipitation, ceiling, and winds with many garbled terms. It mentions January and specific dates but the text is largely unintelligible, lacking coherent facts or readable locations.
Rayannam Georgia April exhibition opens with awards for best watercolor titled Wateraelus Tire won by May Todd Aston Best sailor scene by Alice Hayer Smith Prize for miniature works Beles Cruickshank for her Mise Virginia Chew Amma Jacobs Heavingre Texan best word block print Elle Ky Mewlinney Holland Texas best flower pelotion Aminien Margaret Fish Palestine NM life prize for Ber GH Lite.
World traveler Henry Meara announces readiness to begin another round the world attempt within two to three weeks. He aims to beat his 1924 record of about 2 days 15 hours using a faster plane, following the earlier Stenmess method with Captain C B D Collyer as pilot.
Fragmentary OCR item mentions weather and a street or place with unclear names. Readable bits point to a housing or direction note and an event time around 0200. Entities are uncertain. keep core nouns and possible location hints as the limited content.
A chaotic OCR text notes Texas mohair sales with firms Schwartz and Company of Uvalde and others moving hundreds of thousands of pounds. Prices cited around 29.72 cents for clips and 19.12 cents for grown hair. Operatives shipped 1,300 bales domestically. expansion hints and a late plea to place ads for broker services appear.
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