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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1933
Page
7
A mix of local anecdotes and stray notices from Fort Worth, including a look at a taxi of the NRA debate and a neighborhood elevator anecdote. Mentions of Juliette Coynes heading to Colorado, a brick high water mark on Taylor and Fifth, and various residents with hobbies and histories in the city.
An ALEB notice outlines season dates for white winged clover hunting. North zone runs from August 1 to October 31, and south zone from August 20 to October 31. Texas is split into two zones separated by a central line, with restrictions on daily and weekly limits.
Roosevelt outlines a general truce between capital and labor as recovery codes take shape. An advisory board including Swope and Green endorses a strike moratorium while wage and hours reform proceed, signaling unity and an end to current disputes.
Mrs B Eemonson woke to a prowler climbing through a bedroom window at 2am on West Blemere Place. She screamed, causing the man to flee. Four residents reported similar intruder activity overnight on nearby streets including San Pedy Avenues and Pardee Street, with names Messe Matthews and A P Guerra among those noting incidents.
An 18-year-old youth was found attempting to steal a car on Quincy Street late Friday night. The owner, FP. H. Webster of 12 Host Quincy Street, captured the suspect after a brief chase and held him until police arrived.
The Travis Parke Methodist exec will unite with downtown churches in a union service at Brackenridge Park sunken garden at 8 p m Sunday. Or BBTM pastor of the First Church will preach. Inglewood notes report a grammar school pet show with snakes goats trained flies rats horses birds and toads among the exhibits.
Denver reports the Castlewood flood subsided but ranchers along Cherry Creek estimate damages around 20 Brest and seek a conservation camp to aid rehabilitation. A five-man rancher committee will ask Governor Ed Johnson to establish a camp in the Castlewood area next week. Two people drowned and several missing as floodwaters and a cloudburst swept through the valley, with authorities cautious the death toll may rise.
The Rev Everett Fray of Trinity Methodist Church will be away on a six month vacation including a stay in Saltillo Mexico. Tenry Diets will fill the pulpit in Frays absence during August and early next year as the church community awaits his return. The War Department announced Brigadier General De La Garza named commander of the federal garrison at Juerce in Mexico.
Strikes sweep Havana as 24,000 plus workers including truck drivers and tobacco workers walk out despite threats of martial law and bans on meetings. A central control committee directs secret organizing from Cerro while observers note political implications amid a presidential manifesto labeling some acts seditious. US Ambassador Welles seeks mediation as unrest complicates politics.
Police probe a knifing of 17 year old Ms Daniels of 1228 Lombard Street. She was recovering from wounds to her left arm and leg as investigators pursue leads. TIGER WOLF 10 MATE PASADENA Calif Akg 5. (INS) Marriage license bureau humor as Marry Tyger 44 seeks to wed Annewolf 39. clerks amused.
Senator Mor ris Sheppard famed as father of the Eighteenth Amendment stages a rapid Texas swing. A sound truck and folding platform accompany a whirlwind campaign amid crowds, crowds press, and mounting urgency for his law focus.
Washington August reports say farm administrators aim to secure an early Roosevelt ruling on whether payments to farmers in cotton and wheat reduction programs can be offset against government debts. Officials note large debtors could drop the total by about 50 million, easing distribution of the 200 million planned for farmers who join the program.
Deputy sheriff killer fugitive Jack Layman was captured near Albuquerque after a chase that involved a mother and a posse. Zamora and Deputy Frank Malin of Bernalillo county reported finding Layman in a car at a roadside stop surrounded by liquor runners. The car owner A W Gregg of Albuquerque said Layman had commandeered the vehicle and ordered him to drive from Ute County. A week earlier the pursuit intensified as the mother joined the hunt promising to persuade her son to surrender.
About 135 guardsmen and officers from the Texas national guard units including the medical detachment of the One Hundred and Eleventh, Nowyt yer company, and Company K depart on a special train from Gonzales to Palacios for the annual training camp.
South Dakota House approves a bill by 42 to 28 to legalize pari mutuel betting on horse racing. Twelve percent of gambling revenue would fund state relief. The measure now moves to the Senate in Pierre during the special session.
A meeting this week elected regimental officers for the Tria peg mentaT of tse Jkiler Yanks of Ansevien. The slate includes L. Rwing as chairman with George Botsford and Aira as members, BR Megee as vice chairman, Mrs. R. T. Cody as secretary, and H. H. Packard as treasurer.
In Brenham Texas a report describes an old theft case involving a local racer and a damaged incident. The fragment mentions a toward ten year period and a citizen detailing the scene. The text is garbled but centers on a stolen lemons incident and a town race reference.
A late 1920s studio gossip item notes Paramount or related outfits courting Marlon as a spy in Operator 13 with costumes by Abe, and mentions Don Alden Stewart and O Gardner Swilivan writing new projects. It also covers Radio Pictures’ Irene Durine and Clive Brook project beaming, and other industry tidbits about stars, productions, and social gatherings in Hollywood.
Fifty one Seguin merchants join the national campaign. Blue eagle emblems are on display across the city as President Roosevelt urges war effort and home front support.
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