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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1932
Page
16
Financial commentary notes major industries align actions to stabilize prices and boost production. Oil, copper, rubber, steel see policy shifts, tariffs, and leadership changes aimed at curbing excess, raising credit and lending, and sparking real estate and farm goods gains amid improving stock values and inflows from Europe.
A radio salute program highlights Mount Rushmore sculptor Gutzon Borglum at work with the Parade of States on WOAI and NBC at 7 30 PM Monday featuring the Musical Portrait of Cathedral Clift and a cowboy song medley by Phil Dewey baritone and chorus. Richard Crooks appears on WOAI at 6 30 PM with selections including I Hear You Calling Me and Wagner's Lohengrin. Franklin W Fort speaks on WGAR 8 PM on Monday explaining the federal home loan bank. Boswell Sisters perform on ETLA at 8 PM with Norman Brokenshire. Columbia Symphony Orchestra airs at KTLA 4 PM with Nevin and Debussy works and a possible second half including Schubert and Birch passages.
In India near Kolhapur a ferry sank when a snake leaped from a floating log onto the deck. Panic caused the boat to tilt and overturn, with more than 100 boatmen and passengers believed drowned as the river rose and the crowd surged to one side.
France hopes for peace yet will keep her powder dry as Premier Herriot guides policy. He cites Hoover and Kellogg Briand pact discussions, signaling cautious readiness amid tensions.
A dense listing of radio lineups across stations including KGET STER 1290 and WA0I 1190 outlines orchestras, soloists, and broadcasts. It notes periods of music from Columbia orchestra to Eddie Duchin and Johnny Mampe ensembles, with programs ranging from morning shows to night concerts and market segments.
Raymondville mourns 22 year old Marcial Villareal whose skeleton was found eight miles east of town after he disappeared January 8 during a hunting trip. A four day search yielded no clues. Justice J. B. Huffer ruled death from accidental gunshot wounds. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. Higinio Villareal.
New York on August 19 report says Fred Wheatley a 32 year old bartender was killed by gangsters in a car and his body dumped on a road behind Camp Mulrooney City Island training ground for police rookies. Police sought motive and identities as Wheatley had a police record.
Farmers in LEARs Iowa intensify road picketing and boycotts to enforce a 20 day strike aimed at raising prices for farm products. Officials report broader participation as tactic spreads to shell edice against marketing.
In Rio de Janeiro on August 35 eleven rebels were killed in a clash with troops as rebels failed to retake the Parana river port of Tahopola. The report notes ongoing combat on the Ban Paula front and the limited gains by rebel forces.
Convention delegates by readers form an informal committee to craft a policy of political action. They cannot endorse major presidential candidates but plan to elect drys to Congress to block repeal or weakening of national prohibition. Anna Marden DeVo reports 792 new local unions and 24,052 new members since 1931, with 10,000 unions overall. Pennsylvania Missouri Kansas Michigan Maine Texas Nebraska Iowa Georgia Illinois New Jersey New York tie for tenth. Edith F. Lee cites a 43 percent drop in under 18 commitments since prohibition began.
Worthington, night manager of the American Automobile Association office at the Gunter, resisted a pistol wielding robber at the Travis street entrance, fled into the office, seized a pistol, and the bandit fled in a taxi. The taxi driver, later traced by license, was released. Another report says M. Ota of Pharr, Texas, was robbed of 182 dollars by three youths while waiting for a train after a ruse and stroll around the station.
New York August 15 headquarters for President Hoover’s reelection campaign were opened today on the sixth floor of the Waldorf Astoria hotel. The staff includes U S Senator Felix Hebert Rhode Island eastern campaign manager Representative John Q Tilson Jeremiah Milbank eastern measurer and George Akerson former Hoover secretary director of publicity.
Little Rock Arkansas August 15 Senator Hattie W Caraway said she will vote dry on every prohibition measure brought to the senate during a Little Rock visit The statement signals firm support for prohibition measures and aligns with her known stance on the issue.
Frederick A. Sterling American minister to the Irish Free State said he would give a Lindbergh message to J. A. Mallison, the Australian flyer, if weather conditions permit a Hop-off tomorrow. Latest weather reports indicated fair chances for a round trip trans Atlantic flight.
Manila August 15. U S soldiers aided in fighting a Saturday blaze that swept the bureau of public works and land registration, salvaging over 500000 pesos in cash and protecting land title records. Mayor Earnshaw praised the Thirty first United States infantry for rescuing people and carrying patients from two Catholic buildings as Santa Isabel College and Ateneo de Manila prepare to continue classes elsewhere.
Five hundred strong, the Blue Shirt army led by Rev. James R. Cox moves from Reynoldsburg toward St. Louis for the Jobless-Liberty convention. About 200 vehicles carry participants and supplies as the caravan travels through Ohio.
A group of 44 men from Johnstown Pennsylvania, part of the former B E F, arrived in Oklahoma City on Aug 15 0. They camped near the hollow and were dubbed The Death March Battalion by Washington papers. A banner bearing bones and cross bones flew at the camp.
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