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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1936
Page
1
In Austin on April 21 a cigarette tax drive, backed by high court rulings, pressed on buyers of contraband goods and halted interstate mail order. The tax division started liens on 2600 purchasers and warned 3500 more, with payments from 60 cents to 38 dollars.
CORPUS CHRISTI April 30 Joly Garates cafe manager gave a tramp 23 cent meal. Four months later Garates received 23 cents with a note saying the man now had six cents.
Two cases of beer were taken from a truck loaded at the rear of Stilwell's Cafe, 5704 South Presa Street. Deputies reported the incident on Tuesday.
Dr Howard Griggs, lecturer, will speak at a San Antonio Lions Club gathering Wednesday noon at the Gunter Hotel. T Guy Rogers will serve as chairman.
Geneva April 21 The League of Nations sharply curtails its active mediation for Ethiopian peace after council members admit failure and extend sanctions. Britain’s Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden warns the council nations must act collectively or risk Britain abandoning the League, potentially following Japan and Germany. Ethiopian delegate Wolde Mariam questions Italy’s compliance as the council accepts a new resolution while urging Italy to resolve the conflict per the Covenant.
Representative Maury Maverick denounced a nationwide civil rights violation at the American Civil Liberties Union dinner in New York. He cited a District of Columbia loyalty oath for teachers as an example and warned that such persecution risks tyranny and threatens education nationwide.
A fragmented weather page lists tides for Aransas Pass with high tides and lows, and a long regional forecast. It includes moon and sun rise/set times, temperatures for cities like Abilene, Albuquerque, Amarillo, Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Des Moines, and Fort Smith, with cloudy to clear conditions and assorted temperatures.
A garbled OCR list reports cloudy and clear conditions for numerous cities including Louisville, Raleigh, Phoenix, Salt Lake, and Roswell. Several entries mix state abbreviations with odd spellings, yielding a fragmented regional forecast snapshot without cohesive event details.
A 24 year old Ada Oklahoma man HB Rich was shot early today by highwaymen who halted his car just north of Dallas. The bullet wound tore under his chin but he said he outran his attackers and escaped. The men fled without taking property.
Tune in at 11 40 each weekday for The Light s post and found column by adwriter Dial F 121 for adwriter details and program notes.
Joe E Briscoe was elected president of the Ute Center class at the San Antonio Public School of Law. Marcus Roberson won vice president and Leon Brown secretary treasurer as others elected to office. Graduation exercises will be held at the San Pedro Playhouse in June.
Stanley J. Miller was elected president of One Texas Pioneers amucialioh at a one day convention in Gunter hole. Other officers include Sam C. Bell as first vice president Mrs J M Olivarri as second vice president Capt John F E Elgin as third vice president Miss Mary Norton as secretary Mrs Lee Lehman as treasurer William Krempkau as sergeant at arms and Rev B B Hill as chaplain. Trustees were re elected Erhard Guenther Reta M Green W Leslie Evans James Muverick Suny Rdtidge. New directors elected ace Chamberlain Mesames J K Stuart Esther Carvajal Herman Hirsch and Alexander Boynton.
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