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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1935
Page
3
Prak Saldana of 213 Penfield Ave was held up and robbed of 47 by an armed man who offered to drive him home from a downtown drinking place. The assailant abducted him to North San Antonio then back to town where Saldana was struck and forced to surrender. A suspect was arrested as police investigated the case.
A maid servant testified that she saw a purse and satchel containing the $180,000 Von Thyssen jewels in the car in which Prince Alexis Mdivani was killed and Baroness Maud Vor Thyssen seriously injured, supporting the theory the gems were stolen after the crash.
Mr and Mrs Joseph Muir spend a month in California renting a cottage at Ladnite Calit they plan to de Gerth their Tetum in September with daughter Miss Rutit Muir of Riverside Calit and Mrs Henry Hatt who recently returned from visits in Pennsylvania Virginia and Maryland They visited Williamsburg Va Washington DC and Chicago Jn Mr and Mrs Hel Dewar Jett start a three week motor trip through Colorado and the Middle West staying at Boulder and Grand Lake Judge and Mrs Robert W Terrel and children returned from Fulton where their daughter Miss Connine Bell Terrell visited grandparents Judge and Mrs Robert J Ball on King s Highway Q Bedell Moore Lewis Hard and Ed Masy returned from California after a month in Pasadena Guests included Mr and Mrs Feeter Rhodes Mrs A A Wilke spent six weeks in the Basin
Miss Locke returns from Langley field Washington New York and has been hosted at several entertainments. Mrs Vigeon to visit in Venezuela before returning to Maracanto. Mr and Mrs Barcy Pope stay at Port Aransas. Engagements announced for Miss Helen Roninene and Thomas Rinses and for Miss Grace Heninger. Local gatherings include garden supper for Miss Manes and a bridal shower for Miss Johanna Bell Steves. Multiple trips to New York Boston and New Hampshire noted for Lt and Mrs Armitage and J. Howard Pergucon hosts.
Economically sound way to lift lagging capital goods industries lies in expanding consumer industries. As consumer firms near capacity and operate long enough, executives sense need for capital equipment. The article cites a Waltham firm saving $6100 yearly by spending $9000 to modernize electrical equipment, boosting efficiency and lowering costs.
Senator Barkley of Kentucky reportedly brought a compromise proposal to the White House Sunday night as House conferees on utility holding companies met. Senator Wheeler of Montana, a leading advocate of abolishing unnecessary holding companies by 1942, appeared and spoke with Barkley before leaving after a brief session.
Courts opened after vacations as four district judges resumed work. In one day, three divorces were granted across districts Forty-fifth Seventy-seventh and Thirty-seventh. Forty-seven other divorce suits were filed and nine new cases entered with District Clerk Hart McCormick. A contrasting line notes seventy casualty injuries were reported the same day.
Washington August 20 The Works Progress Administration division of applications and information reports the University of Texas has filed for a 112 500 grant to build a Negro hospital at Galveston as part of the John Bealy hospital plant.
Oklahoma faces a cotton crop shortfall with estimates as low as 800000 bales if rains do not come soon. Harry Cordell, president of the state board of agriculture, expressed the urgent outlook today in Oklahoma City.
Poultrymen from Texas and nearby states gather for the twelfth annual Texas Baby Chick association convention. Poultry authorities from multiple states will speak and the event includes social features and a program honoring Dr. and Mrs. Been Swinney.
A damaged report describes a Boeing mystery bomber departing a county airport bound for Dayton Ohio. The craft aims to compete with other new bombing planes before officials decide on its deployment. The flight follows a mid continent route toward Dayton.
A dynamited gas line in the Tri-state Lead and Zinc Mining field near Galena stopped Galena's gas supply last night. The blast occurred about eight o'clock two miles northwest of Galena on the Cities Service main feeding Eagle-Picher Lead's Galena smelter. An emergency crew rushed to repair, forcing the shelter to close and leaving Galena without gas during repairs.
Washington, Aug 20 A dispute over Navy morale erupts between Rear Admiral Wiant O Sims wartime commander and Admiral William H Standley. Sims says morale is declining and officers are inefficient. Standley retorts Sims is unfit to judge and outdated. Advertising line ends the fragment.
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