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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1935
Page
8
A Richmond Va newspaper piece from April discusses Jefferson's birthday and American ideals, critiques capitalism and war, and notes student apathy toward strikes. It references Mussolini, MacDonald, and Flandin, and ponders European leaders and the likelihood of conflict, amid social and political commentary.
Adolph Gros, cashier of the National Bank, was reportedly recovering Saturday at the Nix hospital after a recent illness that kept him away for several weeks, friends say.
Report from Stresa says allied powers will rebuke Germany for violating the Versailles treaty. Mussolini to chair a Rome conference likely May 20–30 with Austria neighbors invited. Russia and Poland possible attendees. Delegates will form Geneva committees to decide Austria’s fate, treaty breaches, and arms limits, with sanctions discussion. Britain wary of economic penalties against Germany.
Hany L. Howard named to replace the late Judge William J. Anderson, who died Thursday, as Thirty-Seventh District judge. Howard, 39, married with a young daughter, has worked with Paul J. Kilday and practiced in Atascosa County. Born in Crowley Louisiana, he was admitted to the bar in 1984 after Cumberland University, then began in Jourdanton. He was first elected special judge in January 1984 and later elected without opposition. An ardent hunter and fisherman, he spends time at Medina Lake and is supported by San Antonio attorneys Carl Wright and S. Slatton. Other considered candidates included Judge McCallum Burnett, JP John Gaton, Grover Morris, and John K. Weber.
Fair conditions for San Antonio and vicinity with Saturday night and Sunday highs near 66 and lows around 58. Light to moderate easterly to southerly winds. Friday peak around 66 with Saturday night low near 48 for East Texas and warmer in the west. West Texas fair to partly cloudy, warmer Saturday night into Sunday.
Miss Claudette Graves of Fort Worth performed as a fan dancer for the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in Dallas. After changing to street clothes she could not locate her fan, valued at about 50 dollars, which had been taken from her costume.
The trial of Dillard Coy, deputy county clerk, for switch theft by bailee of $150 from Reyes Castellano was declared a mistrial by Judge W. W. McCrory in Criminal District court. The hung jury, after 42 hours, stood 3 to 4 for conviction when discharged at 9:45 a.m. The state plans an early new trial. Jurors reportedly argued and some played poker as deliberations stalled.
TROMSOE Norway April 13 14 A northerly gale trapped 160 seal hunters aboard 15 ships in pack ice since March 26 near Jan Mayensland east of Greenland. Initial reports listed seven ships but a later check showed eight more vessels trapped. Jan Mayen wireless cited severe weather, raising concern for the men.
Secretary Perkins said a threatened Akron rubber strike might be called off by nightfall after talks with Goodyear Firestone and Goodyear executives and AFL officials. She added the parties should not be hustled as labor department conferences proceed.
Texas was allotted 3,427,019 dollars as part of April relief funds announced by Harry L. Hopkins. The nationwide April total fell to 113,861,384 dollars from March's 192,096,226. Georgia received all funds for April while Pennsylvania only had resources for the first half of the month.
In Woodland Gs Apel 13 the Holloways, longtime farm residents, welcomed their fourth set of twins this week. A boy and a girl arrived, part of a total of six other children, not all twins. The report notes the family is well and the newborns are in good health.
Klug Winter staged a return engagement as the mercury fell to 36 degrees at Relly Field. A high pressure area in the Midwest drove a cooler trend, with a 38 to 36 degree spread and a 48 degree minimum previously noted. The sun returned after two days of sand and grit, the wind subsided, and temperatures were forecast to climb to near 78 by late Saturday and reach around 80 Sunday afternoon.
Deputies seized thousands in bonded liquor from Stille’s wholesale operation on North Flores Street after a raid that moved 140 cases to the courthouse vault. Sheriff West claimed federal agents discussed a chatter in his department and planned no immediate return with customs, while Stille defended his legal wholesale business and tax compliance.
Deputy Sheriff D. H. Mardy Swhirday was to undergo anti rabies treatment from City Health Officer Dr. W. A. Kling after an encounter with a police dog Friday afternoon on West Houston Street near Camaron Street. The deputy was bitten on the leg while trailing the dog.
SNUMBIGHT Oklahoma report states W F K L Bell transportation superintendent of Deep Rock Oil Corp was found dead in an automobile near his home on a Deep Rock oil lease. A coroner verdict returned death by own action.
Washington April 13 Federal housing administrator James A. Moffett will resign within three days. He intends to return quickly to private business and the president is expected to appoint a younger industry captain as his successor, not yet identified.
The Chicago Tribune reports a federal inquiry across the Middle West into bootlegging of foreign wheat labeled as feed. Imported grain carries a 42 cent per bushel duty, but since 1930 feed imports have faced a 10 percent ad valorem tax.
In Lynchburg Tennessee a 15 year old Floyd Tipps fought and killed a large golden eagle that attacked his younger brother Cracles. The boy grabbed a stick and struck the bird across the head, forcing it to release its hold. Neighbors heard screams and helped ensure the child’s safety.
Columbus Ohio April 13 two boys and six girls returning home from a date were killed late last night when a fast Pennsylvania freight train struck their automobile near Palaskale eleven miles east of Mars The driver apparently saw the train but could not avoid it The locomotive demolished the auto and four persons were killed outright with one body found under the train The wreckage remained on the tender for a half mile.
Washington April 1 delegates from New England sought higher tariffs and removal of the cotton processing tax after White House talks showed Japanese textile imports under one percent of American output. England April 13 Rosa Caroline Mackworth Braed, noted English novelist, died today at age 84. her latest novel Boulof Nyria appeared in 1933.
In Corpus Christi on April 3 07 relief rolls shrink as 800 persons on relief are offered farm work. Weather favors harvest with cotton and vegetable fields. Most beneficiaries join relief officials in suspending pay while awaiting new labor, guiding a payroll drop to about $8000 in March.
Advertised vacancies in the Big Sunday Light classified section list several positions with weekly wages and locations. The notice instructs readers to obtain full listings by consulting the sale columns and visiting the Broadway at Fifth Street office, deadline Saturday night.
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