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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1932
Page
3
A collage of names places and snippets from the city scene includes Mexican officials engineers artists athletes and local movers with notes on Olympic excitement a new bank opening a street association parade plans and a mix of personal updates and travel mentions from Dallas to Sa Antonin.
Aug 13 Ridley notes a man in poor mood treated kindly during a transaction at T. O. Ferguson’s station. He settled a $25 debt contracted twenty years ago, with an offer to pay interest. The report notes the tense scene and the unusual long-standing obligation.
Unclear fragmented report references illness affecting a royal or noble figure amid garbled names and places. No coherent events or verifiable details present.
MEMRIN August 1. Mrs Buey Cullininghans aged 18 was discharged from jail after a jury investigation into the death of her stepfather Gain Fogle aged 04 at Weaser.
Hollywood news items describe the Reliance studio's ambitious project with Lilyan Tasiman as star, featuring fashion, beauty displays, and multiple designers. Planner Dan Totherah teases the film titled Style, while other stars like Clark Gable, Dorothy Mackaill, Richard Dix, Bing Crosby, and Zeppo Marx are noted in various productions and travels.
A garbled Paris dispatch notes Allied actions and American involvement. As details lag, the report hints at ongoing military activity and political tension in France with unclear specifics and dates.
Frank T. Mooty an employee at Duncan field and former Sprakkenriege Senior student draws a complete downtown business section from memory. His pen and ink sketch shows landmarks like the Smith Young Tower and adobe structures and even outlines a three story city block with streets laid out from imagination.
The Rev Edward Howell Roberts was appointed registrar and secretary of Princeton Theningtead peminary succeeding the Rev Paul Martin who retired in June after 16 years of service. The appointment was announced today in Princeton North Carolina.
In Beverly Wills, Aug 14, Mr. Moorer lifts a handkerchief to reveal the parade’s mood. The piece questions where the dry voters are and contrasts morale talk with the verdict of the polls.
At the Fifty eighth annual session the Women's Christian Temperance Union pledges to resist repealing or voting on the Eighteenth Amendment. Eva A. Boole of Brooklyn delivers the keynote urging focus on local elections. North Dakota's Elizabeth Preston Anderson moves adoption. Boole notes disapproval of both presidential candidates over liquor policy.
Fresno Aug 17 Aged 18 burglar Sneacer Farley confessed to a string of crimes, was sentenced by Superior Judge K Austin to five years in San Quentin. He had boasted of about 200 burglaries in Los Angeles and Presto and praised Al Capone as a tough mug, then pleaded for leniency calling himself a youngster.
A Buffalo man kept his marriage secret for 38 years and has filed for divorce from Blea Stout, his wife since 1913. He alleges desertion after three months of cohabitation, noting the union was concealed for decades. He previously resided in Bullpin and moved to Arkansas.
A filed damage suit seeks 52500 against a school board after Cecilia Will, 18, of Tyrone, suffered permanent injuries from a fall in a poorly lit cellar during a school activity. The incident allegedly involved Willis, her father, and participants in a may be connected event at Watkins Glen.
Sheriff Albert Halisate announced a man signed a confession tying three Brackenridge Park robberies to himself and two other suspects. A second man connected by that confession remains sought. The trio allegedly robbed Miss Gurinsky and Max Moses at gunpoint, taking a car, rings, jewelry, and money during two Brackenridge Park incidents and a Fredericksburg road robbery, with one victim left tied to a taxi dancer and another driver.
Investigation into the double murder of D. J. Markley and his wife Almena J. Marley, of 147 Grappland Avenue, Harlandale, stalled Saturday after five days of police work. Officials admit no solid leads or suspects and ask for public help while pondering motives linked to past grievances.
A dense listing of Saturday night radio programs and hosts. Includes multiple show names, times around 10:00, 12:06, and 6:00 p.m.. mentions performers such as Anthony and Wheeler Puentuies Co, and sources like CX and RAFAT. Notes broad schedule with numerous program titles and station references, reflecting a busy broadcast lineup.
NBC plans a Saturday night radio program from Los Angeles featuring likely West Coast Olympic stars, with Walter O’Keefe hosting a cigarette program and music from Jimmy Grier and his orchestra at the Biltmore hotel. Henry Harriman will address KTLA at 8 15, while CBS keeps track of singers on Music That Salasties. The Goltman band will perform Smetana and Dvořák pieces from Frat at 8, and WOAI stations misprint affects the Week End Revue airing.
In Washington DC a seven year old boy named Joe McHale stuck a finger in a knot hole and required police and firemen after attempts by playmates to free him failed. Officers used tools to carefully cut away wood and relieve the trapped digit. The incident lasted about 90 minutes and ended with the finger freed and the boy unharmed.
Vancouver Eritfeh Columbia reports 45 firms committed to manufacturing in the city. The firms employed 409 workers and had a payroll of 317,478 dollars for the first portion of the year during favorable operations.
Atlantic City reports a trapeze act collapse as Orville Larose loses balance while performing above the steel pier. Miss Berger, 21, dies. Mrs. Larose suffers critical injuries. Larose and his wife blamed for the tragedy as spectators witness the fatal fall from about 1175 feet.
Martial law proclaimed after police and troops suppressed a student uprising at the University of Chile in Santiago. A police officer, a student, and a bystander were killed. twenty were wounded. The protestors seized the university at 5 p.m. demanding Marmaduke Grove replace Carlos Davila. Troops shelled the barricades. most students were captured, leaving about 50 at large.
A stranger conversed briefly with discharged soldier W. C. Scruggs at the Fork Otars bus terminal on Friday afternoon and then stole Scruggs’ pork ethno and $140. Police were informed. Scruggs noted the man spoke with him about bins for a few minutes before the loss. The money was discovered missing shortly afterward.
In Miami Fla Aug 13 7 Capt W N Landaster’s attorney called three physicians to court to aid the trial over claimed murder of Haden Clarke youthful writer. Ballistics expert Elbers Hamilton Auburn NC testified about a bullet hole and Clarke’s possible role. Defense says Clarke died by self inflicted act amid illness. Clarke’s brother Dr Beverly Clarke performed the autopsy.
Funeral services for A. M. Tucker will be held in Shrewsbury Massachusetts after his death in California while visiting his sister Mrs Alice Parker. He was a member of Scottish Rite bodies Alamant Shrine and Texas Lodge No. 8 A F and A M. Survivors include his widow five sisters a daughter and three grandchildren.
Treasury data from Washington shows August 11 receipts totaling 7.623 million dollars and expenditures at 95.616 million dollars. The balance stands at 43.5 million, with customs figures for eleven days in August reported as 8.597 million.
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