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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1935
Page
9
A garbled passage mentions a street scene, a family business, an Austin market, and theater workers. It references a person in New Orleans noted for an unusual claim about killing time during a soundless theater performance, but details are unclear and fragmentary.
A 30 minute sound failure at the Tudor theater prompted a rare stage lecture on acoustics by Estes, with only one attendee leaving. Other notes mention Monteregro the Mexican painter visiting San Antonio, and various local names and events across the city.
St Pauls Lutheran Church will dedicate a new balcony and a 10 bank Higreen Lane pipe organ this Sunday marking the church building’s tenth anniversary. Morning services led by Rev. A Rast, evening by guest preacher Rev. A Meyer of Houston. Dinner and fellowship in parish hall.
Washington Aug 17 The Democratic high command concentrates on adjourning Congress next week with major bills including the utilities measure likely retapped. White House talks Sunday night aim to settle last-minute business as leaders weigh delays, with adjournment possible Tuesday or Wednesday. Bills under debate include the Guffy coal regulation act, a 259 000 000 tax bill, a bureau breaking bill, a new federal control plan, and a government security payment measure. Conferees also tackle the tax bill amid disputes over wealth distribution and silver market issues.
Washington Aug 17 The Senate and House reached a conference agreement on the major provisions of the compromise banking bill. The deal centers on centralizing control of credit in a 12 member committee with five bank representatives. The result is viewed as a Glass victory while preserving the administration’s aims, and ratification is expected soon.
Laymen from the board of lay activities will lead a Sunday service at Travis Park on Friday evening at 8:50 p.m. John G. Swope chairs the board meeting with Charles Stone away as musical director. Robert Tate directs gospel color as offertory. A junior girls choir sextet will sing an anthem. Speaker Pat Moreland of Austin, secretary to Governor Alfred, will discuss "Broad Shoulders and Heavy Burdens."
District judges skip a meeting with county commissioners to discuss the Carneiro-Chimney audit of county finances. Commissioners, led by W Donnell, accuse judges of dodging reform, demand a purchasing agent, and seek clearer accounting amid tangled records in the Rob ert B Green Memorial hospital fund.
In Mayes County Oklahoma a grove at Wiley Post's parents farm near Maysville is chosen for funeral services with the body expected to lie in the family yard while burial in Oklahoma City is anticipated. Mrs Post travels from the city to the farm as locals recall the famed aviator and the elopement that linked him to his wife.
Kerrville August 17 The Lone Star district of the Walther league affiliated with the Missouri Synod Lutheran church closed its annual convention electing A Kramer Wichita Falls president for the year John Baden Houston South Texas vice president A A Sterner Dallas North Texas vice president Walter Ressel San Antonio treasurer and Miss Lydia Eggert Galveston recording secretary Delegates numbering about 275 attended the three day session which opened Sunday and many remained through a five day camp conference.
The San Antonio Young People’s Bible class plans a Monday night gathering at 106 East Courtland Place with Claude Bonam as teacher. The interdenominational group invites all young Bible students to join as the Genesis study proceeds. Chaplain Ora J. Chee will lead weekly union services at Brackenridge Park Sunday at 2 p.m. The Hi Twelve Singers 183 from the Scottish Rite Cathedral, under Thomas Reid, will provide music and help lead congregational singing.
Dallas August 17 extortion charges were to be filed against a 14 year old high school pupil. Government agents said the boy admitted writing threatening notes and a ransom demand. He was caught while picking up a package at a spot where he had told a gas company worker to leave 300 dollars. He also admitted writing letters demanding money.
VASPER Wyoming August 17 Mrs Martha Earnest 99 widow and pioneer received a complimentary hunting and fishing license under a new law for Wyoming residents aged 60 or older who have lived in Wyoming 35 years. Game Warden Sheffer vouched for her ability to shoot sage grouse and haul large trout from streams.
Soerabaja August 17 The Dutch submarine K-W 18 cents 850 tons ends an eight month voyage from Holland after visiting South America, South Africa, and Australia. It completed a global cruise before returning to the Dutch East Indies port.
A Kansas City era feature recalls Jay Wyll Rogers and Balby Blake Rogers marrying in Rogers Arkansas on November 22 1908 and notes their long lasting romance. It quotes Rogers on courting rubber fires and his daughter Mary later pursuing acting while siblings Marty and Jimmy also noted.
The reminiscence recalls Rogers as an adventurer wary of politics and thrill seekers. He toured audiences on tours and radio flights, while Hearst backed his rise with Ziegfeld on the Amsterdam roof, shaping a career that spanned stage and screen as newspapers chronicled a public figure’s elusive impressions.
Hollywood August 11 The piece recalls Will Rogers legendary wit and habit of collecting quips from the press He joked about peace ships and proposed 1928 presidential considerations and recalls his exchanges with Calvin Coolidge Cobb and Morrow were noted as friends The tone honors Rogers as a uniquely American humorist plus mentions his stance on war and politics.
Gatty, after Wiley Post’s death, hails the American aviator as a leader of world aviation. He praises Post’s courage, enterprise, and nerve lessness in overcoming disability and piloting solo feats, recalling their shared history and Post’s pioneering stratosphere flying.
Britain mourns Rogers and Wiley Post after their Alaska crash. Tributes praise Rogers as the best loved man in the world and an American character exemplar, with calls from morning papers highlighting the pair as symbols of American diplomacy and charm.
Washington reports reveal the dangers of Alaskan flight as veteran aviators Krayert and Post describe the brutal ordeal. Capt Bez McClellan, returning from Point Barrow, recalls the challenge of takeoffs in snow, soft sand, fox, and dense mist that blurs vision and tests endurance.
Two masked robbers abducted a man at Auditorium plaza in A. Acosta. They forced him into a car and drove to Elmendorf where they grabbed 85 cents before fleeing, according to police.
Santa Monica Calif Aug A warm sun lifted over the Santa Monica mountains as Will Rogers home ranch, bought early in 1920s and now near 1000 acres, stood in two buildings. The estate featured a large reception hall and dining room, Rogers study and family rooms, and stables with about 20 polo ponies and a nine hole golf course.
New York August 17 memorials honor Will Rogers and Wiley Post. Fred Stone Senator Robinson Speaker Byrnes George Coburn Thomas Hitchcock Jr and others paid tribute on ABC radio. Robinson called Rogers the most universally loved private citizen.
Special Agent JE Bowen of the Southern Pacific Railroad was beaten by three Mexicans in the east yards. He said he approached them to question them and they fought back, during which his pistol fired. Bowen was treated at Robert B Green hospital and reported to police the men were taken to Harrison and Gevers streets.
MULHALL OKLA August Lucille Mulhall once ranked America’s top cowgirl suffered a shock at the death of humorist Will Rogers. Rogers mentored the 18 year old star when he was a famed trick roper and rider, leaving her one of the last surviving figures from the era of the first staged rodeos at the turn of the century.
More than 300,000 professional and reserve soldiers are to be trained under War Department supervision in over 409 camps nationwide this summer. The First Army maneuvers begin today at Camp Dix and Mount Gretna with 50,000 regulars and National Guard troops, as 39,000 men from New England and Atlantic seaboard states join.
James Wiseman a 36 year old Lavernia attorney was shot in the stomach at close range and died instantly Friday afternoon on the main street. Ferdinand Koepp a 24 year old city night watchman surrendered to Constable W H Robbing. Mrs H W Wiseman sister in law stood nearby and knew of no prior trouble. Funeral services set for Saturday at 9 30 pm from Porter Loring chapel. Surviving siblings include H W and William Wiseman of Lavernia and sisters Mrs Hamilton Magruder San Antonio Mrs, Russell Wolf Houston and Mrs J H Beer Austin.
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