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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 14, 1931

Page

3

Slaying Case Involving Yarberry Seizes Headlines

Newton Yarberry, 22, held on $20,000 bond in the slaying of his alleged sweetheart Dirothy Ze, while a witness account ties Newton to the incident at the Aransas Pass area. Court reports detail injuries and a later confession attempt as investigators probe who fired the fatal night.

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Estelle Taylor Expects to Get Back Jack's Gar

Estelle Taylor, noted film actress, expects the return of a car given to her by Jack Dempsey as a Christmas present. She says negotiations toward a friendly divorce will be halted until the vehicle is returned, after reports Dempsey is sending the car back from Reno, Nevada.

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New Paralysis Cases in N Y City Reported

New York City health department announces 67 new cancer cases in the last 24 hours, showing a decline of 20 from yesterday. The report appears in a dated dispatch with accompanying notes on aviation and university activity in Ohio.

N.Y New York New York City Health Department Today

Patman to Speak to Vets in Dallas Meeting

Congressman Wright and Patman will address war veterans from the Bon An TonIa Chapter No. 14 and allied groups. The public is invited with free admission, and Gold Star Brothers and Veterans of Foreign Wars will participate as Patman, a World War veteran, discusses congressional legislation.

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Flooded Area Asks for Aid in Mexico

Officials in Guadalupe and Wihon Reith of Tanrez in Mexico request aid for farmers hit by Aonda. Dying animals and inundated cotton, hay and corn fields reported as the flood devastates the region.

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Sheriff Bares Radical Plot Looms Over Monday Court

Sheriff says radical elements planned a mass demonstration when the circuit court opens Monday to face murder, criminal sedition, and conspiring miners charges. About 102 indictments accuse several men of involvement in a May sea clash that left four dead amid strike sympathizers.

Tiarlan Ang Mae Sheeifé

Cotton Plan Proposals Stir Southern Governors

ATLANTA GA Aug 14 The cotton industry faced a heated response as seven Southern governors criticized the fed eral farm board plan. A third of the 1931 cotton crop could be destroyed by plowing every third row. Governors Gardner Blackwood Miller Snewell Carlton Hilko Sterling Murray pledged limited cooperation. Senator Caraway proposed the farm board buy 7 million bales at a cent a pound from growers who vow not to plant cotton next year. The board drew criticism from Black, Rankin, and Wilson. Georgia lawmakers wired Atlanta Constitution proposing destroying every third farm board member as a counter measure.

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Growers Plan to Open Conservation Meeting in Dallas

The American Cotton Growers Association completed plans to launch a conservation program across the South. Its steering committee invited governors of southern states and farmers and landowners to Dallas to discuss the plan. Date of the meeting is to be announced later.

Dallas American Cotton Growers’ Association South

Appeal for Meeting Aims Crop Reduction in 1932 and 1943 Grimes Navasota

An appeal for a South ride mass meeting was made by Grimes and Navasota county dockers for commerce to urge cotton farmers to cap output at 60 percent of normal in 1932 and 1943. The plan calls for farmers to refrain from selling any of the 1931 crop for less than 10 cents per pound and to avoid using commercial fertilizer during 1931 and 1932.

Navasota Texas Grimes Normaota County Fareacra

Senator Sheppard Says Destroy Cotton To Stabilize Market

Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas has urged President Hearne to destroy 3,000,000 bales of cotton held by the government to stabilize the market. The plan, described in a letter to the president dated Wednesday, proposes immediate destruction of the stockpile to halt price declines and restore balance.

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Griswold Urges Cotton Sale to Stabilize Market

Mrs J C Griswold of San Antonio national committee member discussed a plan with local businessmen to destroy 3,000,000 bales of cotton to stabilize prices. She passed the idea to Texas Senators and to Senator Shepard who sent it to the president for consideration.

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Hoover Urges Play and Sports for Children on Recreation Day

Washington August 14 Hoover issued a message praising the children of the land for play and sports that build healthy boys and girls. The address targeted 2,500,080 youngsters in public playgrounds across communities as part of the National Recreation Association's 15th anniversary observance.

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Oklahoma Gag Cut Promised in Rate Reductions

Oklahoma officials announce rate reductions by the Central State Light and Tower company and its subsidiary, with potential cuts in by 1 to 45 cents per thousand cubic feet and others to about 60 cents in several towns, following moves by Oklahoma Natural Gas and Interstate Power.

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Muddled OCR Snippet On Hidden Motive Emerges

A garbled OCR fragment hints at a confrontation or deception theme with phrases about desire to be noticed and a light reference. The readable text is too fragmentary to identify people, places, or events.

Prison Official Fined for Overdue Compliance in Reform Case

In Huntsville Texas Ang La District Judge Dean reeferday declined to intervene in state prison orders on convict overtime but fined one official $25 and reprimanded another at a habeas hearing for Ernest Pace a two year forgery sentence. Pace, seeking habeas relief to restore to him “Mover-Lime” forfeited by his January ruling, faced delays as prison officials brought him in. Judge Dead criticized the procedures and indicated Pace should be released if the system allowed. The appeal was noted for further action in Austin.

Huntsviltt Tesas Ang Dean Ree Ferday Pace Hin Ae Pee Court of Criminal Appeals Austin

Roosevelt Workers Rally Around Roosevelt in Texas Meeting

State workers for the Roosevelt presidential bid are called to meet in Waco on August 20 after a leaders conference with Lt. Gov. Wy Davidson. They plan to invite Franklin D. Roosevelt to Texas and organize support for the 1932 campaign.

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