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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 11, 1932

Page

18

Public Want All Facts On Market By 8 C Forbes

An analysis by 8 C Forbes urges full disclosure of short selling and stock operations revealing how the market and public sentiment have soured. It notes the stock exchange failed to curb short sales, warns that wealth gaps threaten many Americans, and calls for honest investigations to avert further economic harm.

8. C. Forbes Wall Street The Stock Exchange Publc Shorts Tooksioy

Piracy Paralyzes China Commerce Near Shanghai

An unprecedented wave of piracy west of Shanghai toward Lake Taihu paralyzes commerce, with merchants reporting raids taking goods valued at 250000 dollars and kidnapping forty adults and children as civil authority breaks down within ten miles of the Shanghai settlement.

Shanghai Lake Taihui Shanghai International Settlement Parges

State Pen Warden Dies After Stroke

Huntsville Texas April 11 Captain H J Howard 60 longtime night watchman at the state penitentiary died yesterday after a stroke He operated the switch at the electrocutions and timed on the current in most of the 77 electrocutions Funeral service was set for today

Huntsville Texas H. J. Howard State Penitentiary Howard

Sino-Japanese Peace Parley Postponed

A Shanghai style report notes the Sino-Japanese peace parley is postponed due to China failing to receive fresh guidance from the government. The delay follows a broader postponement pattern amid unclear negotiations and regional tensions.

German Police Dog Mothers Tiger Cubs Tale

Daisy, a German police dog, mothers eight tiger cubs at Fleischhacker municipal 260 in San Francisco. The dog also cares for her own litter of puppies. The tiger cub was deserted at birth by its mother. Daisy has previously fostered domestic kittens, an old story her owner Mrs. Elizabeth Lyon notes.

San Francisco Daisy Fleischhacker Municipal Elizabeth Lyon

March Freezes Injure Peaches in Texas Report

An April 1 crop report by state and federal agriculture departments notes extensive freeze damage to peaches in Texas, with lesser damage to wheat oats and potatoes. Peaches are at their lowest condition since records began in 1925.

Austin Texas Departments of Agriculture

War Office Orders Return of More Japanese Troops

TOKIO April 1. The war office ordered the return of several thousand additional troops from Shanghai today. RIP TIDES DROWN TWO. LOS ANGELES April 11. Seeking relief from unusually warm weather, several score leathers were caught in rip tides at Southern California beaches yesterday. All but two were rescued.

Tokio War Office Shanghai Los Angeles California

Volcanic Ash Falls Over Buenos Aires Streets At Night

Reported in Buenos Aires that fine volcanic powder from Andean eruptions covered roofs and streets overnight, leaving the sun partly obscured this morning. In Cannes, Betty Compton said jewels worth 10000 dollars were stolen from her hotel dresser and later recovered by police.

Buenos Aires Andes Cannes France Betty Compton I Dresser Betty

Five Demons Die by Own Action in Cleveland

Cleveland reports five deaths by self harm yesterday and today with three more attempting suicide. Names identified by police include W. A. Turner 66 Mrs W A Turner Elise Bernssel 30 Michael Kapcsos 48 and Frank Hoffman 46.

Cleveland W. A. ‘Turner W. A. Turner Elise Bernssel Michael Kapcsos Frank Hoffman

Noomitted Poll Finds No Word Most Useful in English

A Los Angeles Examiner poll of mental workers finds the word no as the most useful in English, though U S Attorney Samuel McNabb voted yes. In Montreal the 1931 census reports a population of 1,003,898 for the city and surrounding municipalities, up 270,663 in ten years.

Los Angeles Los Angeles Examiner U. S Samuel McNabb Montreal

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