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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1932
Page
3
Oklahoma Democrats plan to raise funds for the upcoming campaign by assessing congressional candidates 21-2 percent and state officers 1 percent of annual salaries they would receive if elected. A cobra escape in Philadelphia ends with a snake found in a shop, curling under a radiator.
A hitchhiker, left stripped after being robbed by three men in a Tennessee sedan on the Corpus Christi road. A Corpus Christi farmer found him missing clothes and helped him reach San Antonio where the robbery was reported to Deputy Constable B J Gindet. Police broadcast the suspects and vehicle description.
Kiel Germany August 17. The hulk of the naval training ship Niobe was dragged to port today with the bodies of eight cadets who perished when the ship foundered off the coast twenty two days ago. Divers hoped to raise the bodies and bring them ashore later today.
Aug 17. In Creve Coeur St Louis county the Liberty party split into two groups over fusion with Father James R. Cox. The Jobless faction opposed Cox as presidential candidate because his candidacy would import a religious clause into the campaign, spurring the division with William H. Hervey already nominated.
AuerTI Aug 17. First assistant attorney general Prysnt said Texas is without authority to investigate alleged election law violations tied to ballot abstentions in several counties during last month’s Democratic primary.
Weather bulletin covers temperatures precipitation and wind. The document lists the total month precipitation, daily highs and lows, and sunrise sunset times. It includes a long OCR garble with locations across many U S cities and weather descriptors.
France urges European debtor nations to join a united front to resist war debt payments to the United States. Paris aims to win a three year moratorium on principal and interest, expand beyond the current two year limit, and push for modified debt agreements across Europe. Britain plans to reopen talks but may not join a full front.
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation report shows 1.219 billion dollars loaned between February and July to 4847 liabilities including 4190 banks and trust companies. Loans included 60 million to building and loan associations, 97 million to 73 insurance firms, 81 million to 60 mortgage lenders, 767 million to 10 agricultural credit bodies, 80 million to 14 livestock lenders, and 928.09 million to eight federal land banks.
In Breslau a farm woman and two farmers were sentenced to three years for heckling a Hitler rally. Rostock saw two Republicans jailed 11 months for heating a Nazi. Police wounded two in a Communist demonstration as rapid courts enforce swift punishment.
Eddy County deputy Joe Johns reports two men and a woman abducted him near a Carlsbad farmhouse while recovering a reported stolen car. They forced him from the vehicle near San Antonio, Texas, and he and a companion Treeder Webb escaped serious harm when their auto stalled. Johns hopes to return home safely today.
The body of J Earl Smith a prominent Tulsa attorney was found beside his automobile on a lonely road near the Indian Hills Country Club. Police said he had a phone call last night and left home saying he would return in 20 minutes. Believed to have been shot by someone he trusted.
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