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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1932
Page
3
July postal receipts stand at 95 000 with gains over June and a June figure of 26 372.08. The July total exceeds June by about 10 000 and marks a flat month with ongoing postage activity.
Houston plans a one day Houston Street Day after forming the Houston Street Association on Tuesday. The event coincides with the opening of the new South Texas Bank and Trust company. Paul McSween elected president with J M Frost Milton Friedrich as VPs, K Beretta as treasurer, W A Hoffmann as sales and treasurer, and Jim Landers executive secretary. Removal of vendors from vacant Aposton street stores to begin. The association will study traffic and street lighting to aid shoppers. Membership drive set with McSween and L J Bait leading.
Campaign records filed with County Clerk Jackie Burke reveal total expenditures of 24 634 dollars for the First primary in Bexar district and county races. Jatin and Weder received 26 785 dollars, while candidates spent 17 999 46 on ads printing radio time and campaign costs. County Judge William A Warshed led with 1 710 66 in expenses. Maury Maverick tax collector 1 586 02. George W Huntress county clerk anomalies 1 411 86. Four district judges with no opposition spent 700 dollars each.
DAULAS Aug. 3 red Gd. Adams Democratic national committeeman from Texas said he would introduce at the state convention in Libback September 15 a regulation to allow women as well as men to be members of the Democratic state executive committee. He argued women voters are entitled to the same representation in direct party affairs as men.
Police in Fort Bam Houston obtained a statement from William E Boyd of Fort Bam Houston about a Tuesday night hold up at the Piggly Wiggly on North Flores near Warren Street. Patton, the store manager, pursued the robber after a pistol was shown and cash was taken. shots were fired, Boyd was later arrested, and the robber turned over to police. A separate incident reports a jungle crime plan and a violent assault on Finney Walter in Dayton Ohio with injuries.
A Delmarva note calls for locating Delaware’s biggest tree, while Maryland, Pennsylvania, and nearby Lancaster are cited for famous sycamores. The piece urges Delaware to identify a landmark worthy of statewide pride and share the location with state forestry authorities.
In a taped interrogation style recount, statements outline a heated confrontation among Lancaster Clarke and Hadley over engagement with Haden Clarke. Details cover a rumored engagement, a proposed $10,000 wedding fund, and admitted quarrel at a dinner, with references to letters and a hotel airport meeting.
In Miami on August 3, attorney E F Huston testified at the W M Lancaster murder case that the British aviator tried to persuade him to claim ownership of a revolver found beneath Haden Clarke’s body. The witness described Lancaster and Mrs Keith Miller discussing attempts to distance Lancaster from his wife.
In Southern Manchuria during a major offensive, about 2000 Chinese rebels attacked Xingkow near New Chwang and overwhelmed the Japanese garrison, reports from Shanghai dated August 3 state. The operation marks the first serious engagement of the campaign against Japan and Manchukuo forces.
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