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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1932
Page
9
In Honolulu a courtroom sees testimony on Kahahawal’s death and the so called honor slaying. Dr. Robert Falls described the fatal wound from a bullet piercing the pulmonary artery. Detective Maychado presented an architectural drawing and recovered items from Mrs. Fortescue’s bungalow.
Dr and Mrs J A Williamson of Cherokee 15 miles south of here quietly celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary at home Monday April 11. He is 85 and she 82, parents of four children J C A B Williamson of Fredericksburg A L Williamson of Indian Gap D E Williamson of San Antonio and Miss Lillie Williamson who lives with them.
A man claiming to be D O Dickerson of New York was arrested in St Thomas Ontario on April 1 in connection with the Lindbergh kidnapping. Police said he carried letters addressed to Colonel Lindbergh and Mrs Dwight Marrow along with carbon copies of telegrams believed to have been sent to the Lindberghs.
In Norfolk Virginia the Very Rev Dean H Dobson Peacock said the prolonged absence of John Curtis and Admiral Guy H Burrage signals progress and a new contact may have been made with the Lindbergh baby kidnappers. He noted the ransom payment of 50000 by Colonel Lindbergh to intermediaries did not produce a return.
Edinburgh real estate firm says a sixth of Scotland is for sale due to taxation and death duties. An estimated one third of land may already be in state hands with roughly 15 million dollars in death duties outstanding on Scottish estates.
Mrs Sophie Lee 18 of 915 Marianna street, a World War I Gold Star mother who lost two sons, was knocked to the sidewalk and robbed of a purse containing 6. The thief ignored 400 dollars as she headed to St Clement s church at Deming Place and Orchard Street.
Washington D C April 13 Governor Franklin D Roosevelt leads in the Democratic presidential delegate race with 216 pledged and claimed convention votes and gains in Illinois Missouri Florida and Nebraska. Roosevelt stands second to Lewis of Illinois among declared strength while Republicans named 116 delegates including Missouri Florida Kansas and Nebraska as the campaign moves toward the convention.
A festive downtown San Antonio marks a new spirit of progress with factories and trains signaling the opening, schools releasing early, and parades by band groups. Traffic closures on Alamo Plaza and Crockett Street set the stage for street dances 7 to 11 pm with two hotel orchestras. The Loyal Legion funds its work from button sales, chaired by James J. Jordan with James, Mar yn, McClure, Sit mans, Gilmore, Orsinger, Flaherty, Yates and Bassett.
In Chicago on April 13 the hearing on the 1,000,000 estate of the late Mrs Kitty Gun Jones halted when master Jacob M. Arvey lacked champagne for a weak relative. Mrs Louie Thomson asked for champagne, the master said none was available, and the hearing was continued.
London dispatch quotes the Very Rev. William R. Inge, St. Paul’s dean, musing that humanity after hundreds of thousands of years is at the “rattle and the bleeding battle” stage. He sighs old fellows will die soon and new problems remain unsolved.
In Los Angeles Reverend James F. Lewis called Moses announces plans for California church of God's steamship line to purchase a 4000 ton vessel laid up in Vancouver. The ship would launch a fleet to transport African Americans to Africa and return with mahogany palm oil and other tropical products.
Washington April 13 The push to tax beer resurfaces in the Senate Finance Committee as James A. Emery argues for a cereal beverage that could yield 270 million dollars annually. He says the issue is revenue not prohibition and criticizes Mills for referring the matter to treasury revenue officials.
An advertisement promotes Adlovkn a German treatment claimed to stop constipation by acting on the upper and inner vowel system and remove toxins causing gas and bloating. It references Rammers-Wagners and claims to relieve renalitation.
Dr Paul Whitfield Horn, 64, president of the Technological College since its 1925 opening, died suddenly at 9:10 this morning in Lubbock. He had been in ill health for the last three minutes.
Washington April 13 Senator Harris of Georgia was told by his physician to be a good deal better and to have a good chance to get well.
Two islands near New Philadelphia Ohio drifted about 20 feet downstream after heavy rains, residents report. The shifting is attributed to rising river levels and strong currents observed along the Tuscarawas river.
An old ad touts a purification regimen claiming to cleanse blood and organs, claiming health benefits through a recommended short course. It suggests a home remedy program and family package pricing, urging readers to improve vitality by purifying the body.
An advertisement emphasizes low blood count as a cause of run down health. It promotes S S S tonic and Keok-Lax as blood restoring aids, claiming improved appetite digestion and resistance. It urges readers to send name and address to The S S S Co Atlanta Ga for a trial sample.
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