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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1932
Page
3
A group of four officers and three enlisted men returned safely to Schofield Barracks after a delayed reconnoiter in the MidEast mountains. The party, aided by a carrier pigeon message, faced a heavy rain that separated the caravan during the expedition.
The Rev. Joseph Vervacks, 57, pastor of St. John's Berdinao church at Brady and Zarzamora streets, was found dead Tuesday at 2515 Zarzamora. Justice of the Peace John Shack ruled death natural. Neighbor Louis Baptista and Mrs. Felix Trail discovered the body with the afternoon paper in his lap and a letter to Miss Annie Verschurke nearby. He had been in San Antonio six years after missionary work in South Africa.
The Windsor Oil Company's No. 2 L. L. Cummings well in Duval County's government wells field was completed yesterday at 2288 feet. Estimated production is about 1500 barrels per day.
A rigid investigation was ordered into today blast at a state powder hole between Montpelier and Barre. Eighteen thousand pounds of dynamite exploded injuring eight people, one seriously. Authorities pursue causes and assess damages as the scene is secured.
The U S circuit court of appeals ruled Kansas may enforce a Sunday theater ban without federal interference. The decision says theater owners must seek relief in state courts rather than federal courts.
Albany Aug 2 Governor Franklin D Roosevelt said he believes Republican leadership is on the defensive as he declined to answer attacks from Republican orators. He planned to reply only to President Hoover, calling him “the gentleman who is winning against me” and not directly engage other critics.
Tulsa dispatch reports a month long drop in Oklahoma production due to curtailment and operator agreement with 14872 barrel decreases in East Texas offset by minor gains in other Texas fields. U S crude output fell to 66 095 barrels daily and 2 121666 barrels weekly, one of the lowest since late July.
In Touston on August 2 Rennett Milligan a Black preacher was hospitalized with a hip wound after crawling under a house in search of buried treasure. Neighbors say the shooter was the house occupant who feared a conjure would be exposed. Milligan claimed he was hired by the owner to locate treasure beneath the house based on a dream.
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Calcutta reports a ferry capsized near Kolkata in Bengal, with 216 lives lost and 31 passengers rescued. The boat incident prompted swift search and rescue efforts as officials investigate the cause.
William F. Belaney of Pings Bay New London Conn secretary treasurer of the United Mine Workers died suddenly of heart attack while boarding the Catalact express at Ukeland station on the railroad line. He was a longtime official and prominent labor leader.
Dorothy Pollak 24, widow accused in her husband Joe Pollak's death, was jailed again amid chaos at his funeral. Attorneys say new evidence supports an accidental death defense. Inquest was adjourned for further investigation as thousands crowded the cemetery, one woman harmed guards with an umbrella during the confusion.
In federal court Tuesday a challenge will be heard over the forfeiture of two automobiles tied to a suburban Division avenue raid last April that yielded a battery of stills and about 900 gallons of finished liquor. Walter W. Simpson, behind bars in the related case, is linked to the cars as the owner. The government says the vehicles are forfeitable under the Prohibition law because they were within a four acre fence where stills and liquor were found in chicken houses and outbuildings.
Chicago august 2 senator William E Borah says he will back William Borah? Shaw of Georgia the Prohibition candidate while ruling out Hoover Roosevelt and any third party. He would not endorse Hoover on the Republican ticket nor Roosevelt on the Democratic side and will not support a third party.
TOPAKA Aug 20 Mrs Lyd Southard nicknamed the feminine bluebeard will be returned to Idaho state prison under guard after escaping 15 months ago. She was serving a 1 year to life term for the alleged poisonings of her fourth husband and others. Reports cited poison findings in the bodies of three husbands eight brothers in law and one child. She later married her sixth husband Harry Whitlock of Denver.
Shanghai reports Chiang Kai-Shek announced plan to move six divisions from Jehol front to northern theater to oppose Japanese forces. The action follows renewed clashes in Jehol and signals intensified military mobilization by the Nanking government.
Harrisburg reports the Pennsylvania legislature completed ratification of the proposed amendment to the federal constitution to eliminate the lame duck session of Congress. In Topeka Kansas discussions touched on prohibition farm board and Democratic party factions amid Republican-Kansas tensions.
In Dare county circuit court Captain W N Lancaster formerly of the British Air corps faced trial for the murder of writer Haden Clarke in a love triangle involving Mrs Keith Miller. Defense sought a delay until September 15 citing illness of key witness Dr Dodge while autopsy results described Clarke as a narcotic addict.
Ernest Dietzmann 76 retired ice box manufacturer and former alderman-at-large under late Mayor Cal laghan died at his home 512 Dale ing street Tuesday morning. A German native who settled here 49 years ago he served as grand secretary of the Order of Hermann Sons. Funeral 5 p.m. Wednesday at Ripbe chapel with Rev A L Wolf of St Johns Lutheran officiating. Grand President Fritz Schilo to conduct at the grave. Survivors include widow Mrs Pauline Dietzmann daughters Mesdames Rudolph Rehberg Hu Boeck Lowt Hess and P J Locke of San Antonio Emory Wolf of New Castle Pa sons Ernest Helmuth Alfred Dietzmann of San Antonio brother Julius Dietsmann of Brooklyn.
The Interstate Commerce Commission resumes hearings on September 19 into the six hour day for railroads. First to present evidence are express and sleeping car companies under the Interstate Commerce Act, examining impacts of a shorter workday. A stray classified line promotes The Light's Pre Rental Directory for housing listings.
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