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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1936
Page
2
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The notice advises consulting relights firms listed in Classificat Lions 46 to 48 within Light Classified ads for loan needs.
The Citizens league executive committee planned a Wednesday Milam building session to pick nominees for the July Democratic primary. At a Tuesday meeting, members questioned several prospects. no definite action was taken. Possible candidates include Louis V. Schlesinger for criminal district attorney, against John R. Shook, with past service as assistant district and county attorney. Other races under study involve J. Franklin Spears vs Pat Jefferson for state probate, and J. W. (Jim) Donnell for county commissioner. Endorsed so far are Maury Maverick for Congress and Albert W. West Jr. for sheriff.
April 29 notice states Charles Scribner's Sons sold Architecture to American Architect. The merger will occur with the June issue. American Architect, founded 1876, was bought by William Randolph Hearst in 1923. Architecture began in 1800.
Mrs Harre Traylor writes that she was a child at the unveiling of Travis Park’s Confederate monument and cannot support moving it. She warns the removal would desecrate the effort of veterans and families who funded the memorial with the widow’s mite.
Washington April 29 Representative William B Bankhead Alabama Democratic House leader urged strict economy. He called for a thorough reorganization of government bureaucracy to eliminate waste and duplication and criticized administration activities as possibly extravagant.
Col. Snowden A. Fehenstock, 80, a World War I hero, will marry Mrs. Beatrice Beck Tuck, 36, daughter of the late Representative James M. Beck of Pennsylvania, today in the chambers of Justice Adkins of the District Supreme Court in Washington.
The city county machine in San Antonio has crafted its July Democratic primary slate, barring four uncertain races. Wil Wood is expected to face Sheriff Albert West Jr. in Precinct 1, with three candidates seeking constable endorsement and four for justice of the peace. County treasurer remains open among three contenders, while most current officeholders run again under machine sponsorship. The Plaza Hotel meeting, attended by Quin and Shook, finalized the slate amid ongoing internal jockeying.
CORAL GABLES Fla April 29 The General Federation of Women's Clubs of America in session at the Miami Biltmore hotel hears a plea from Mrs Roberta Campbell Lawson Tulsa president urging study of taxation as a vital problem for 2 000 000 club women. She calls for reducing armaments and organizing for peace and denounces subversive influences in schools urging women to vote.
Randolph Field air corps detachment sergeant Ed Winans longtime Pershing chauffeur will depart June 4 for San Francisco then sail to Honolulu June 24. He drove Maj. Gen. Dickman Hines and Lewis during World War I and oversaw vehicles for motion pictures Wings The Big Parade and The Rough Riders. Assigned to Randolph when it opened in 1931.
W. E. Gaskins, civil service secretary, said Wednesday that applications are open for four government posts. Junior forester and junior range examiner posts have May 18 deadlines and the federal agent in agricultural education and specialist in agricultural education have May 25 deadlines.
The liquor control board ruled today that wholesale liquor dealers and beer wine wholesalers must obtain a distributor license to sell 4 percent beer. The decision also noted package stores are barred from retail beer sales under the same logic.
Acting Governor Walter Wood revoked a general parole for Robert S. Adams who claimed university ties and wrote a penitence plea. Governor Allred showed leniency earlier on a pardon board recommendation. Dr. T. O. Walton, president of A and M College, called Adams an imposter, questioning his claimed affiliations.
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