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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1933
Page
12
A jumble of notes cites Arthur Brisbane on Desperados and Mussolini era court cages, then pivots to US policy on hogs. Government plans to buy slaughter 400000 pigs and 1,000,000 sows, paying above market prices, costing about 55000000 dollars, with public aid to pork producers and questions on hog disposal. It also touches wheat stocks, labor policy, and Gandhi and British restraint, ending with inflation chatter.
Washington Aug 24 conflict among New York department stores surfaced in the recovery administration hearing on the retail code. Percy Straus Macy urged against price fixing and warned it could raise margins and choke commerce, while B H Namm pressed for price fixing to curb false advertising. F G Houlihan of Cambridge urged adoption of fair trade practices to combat misleading ads and sustain retail recovery, stressing cooperation with the NRA but protection against unfair competition.
Antone and vieluily predict cloudy periods with possible showers in the west. Lows around Thursday night near degrees and Friday highs near degrees with variable winds from the west to the north. Showers likely in the south on Thursday and Friday with partly cloudy periods in other areas.
In Bristol, England, the Rt. Rev. Dr. Salis bury Woodward, bishop of Bristol, asked his followers to stop calling him My Lord. He noted a change from bygone days when bishops were amicable scholars living apart from the clergy and urged respect for modern usage.
Storms with lightning and thunder move into San Antonio on Thursday night, easing the heat which rose to near 96 degrees in the afternoon. The forecast calls for light winds and a temporary cool down as cooler air arrives late week.
CHICAGO Aug 24 George Jessel planned to ask Norma Talmadge to marry him the moment she secures a divorce from director Joseph Schenck. Jessel, arriving from California, declined to confirm any divorce but said he would propose if divorce is granted, hoping for a yes.
In Oka Claude Oliver aged 28 and his 18 year old nephew George prepared for execution following a decision by Governor Moreau to proceed. The pair, reconciled to their fate, faced the midnight electrocution set for the insurance fraud case related to the former man’s 11 year old ward.
Weather bulletin from Washington reports a storm advisory issued with warnings for the southeast region from Portland to Eastport Maine. Disturbance over extreme northeastern Pennsylvania moving north with winds shifting from northeast to southwest, affecting the area tonight and Friday.
Lindbergh and his wife departed today aboard a long range craft en route to Larwick Shetland Islands. The pilot declined to provide many details of the journey as they left Thorshaven.
A Southern railway train en route from New York to New Orleans derailed near the Anacostia River in Washington at 3 46 am after a weakened bridge failed. Two crew members died and 13 aboard were hospitalized. Injured passengers include Mych Blackman Paul Kanna Samuel Hamilton and others. Authorities initially overestimated fatalities but hospital reports indicated no immediate danger for patients. Weather and swollen waters hindered rescue as crews worked to clear tracks and reach victims.
A new study by the U S public heart service finds that maintaining a lighter middle age waistline reduces risk of heart related defects. The findings suggest keeping weight under the average for height gives a health advantage as middle age approaches.
Lawrence Westbank urged changes in relief administration. Two thirds of aid will come as grocery disbursement orders usable at NRA baker stores in San Antonio, the rest in cash. Direct relief recipients will again receive groceries from the headquarters commissary. Bonham, Alsbury, Kolling, and Hopkins discussed federal aid about 500 000 dollars, contingent on a 20 million bond issue failing in a Saturday election. Board members named auditing and farming project supervisors and will inspect the Diga colony next week. Regular meetings are set for Wednesdays at 4 30 pm.
Governor J McPrice signed the engrossed bill making the sale and manufacture of 3.2 beer and eight wines legal in Arkansas immediately. The action occurred in Little Rock on August 24 and takes effect without enrollment.
New York Aug 24 Jon Vib Shouse president of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment returned from Europe and predicted Texas would vote for repeal by a large majority.
New York August 24 The dollar in terms of the French gold franc varied today at about 0.7800 franc compared with 0.7250 yesterday and 0.7172 franc a ton again.
A powerful late season hurricane plowed along the Eastern Seaboard causing extensive damage from the Carolinas to Virginia. Reports say at least a dozen deaths on land and sea, with ships listed missing and thousands flooded or marooned. The transport network collapsed as power failure and phone outages hindered relief. the Chesapeake Bay area suffered the worst, with City of Norfolk and other vessels unaccounted for and major infrastructure struck.
HARLINGEN, Aug. 24, C. P. Wuertele, about 38, a water employe, died today from bullet wounds and his 22-year-old wife, after surgery, was released from hospital with a leg wound in her arm. A shot was heard at the boarding house where they stayed and the woman, wounded, fled. A second shot followed, and Wuertele was found wounded. an operation failed to save him.
The Secret Service and the Bureau of Prisons are investigating reports of counterfeiting活动 by Somates of Lig federal pontten at Leavenworth. A plant for making bogus money is reported to be operated at the Lhe, airksan location, with the feulin y chain cited in the reports.
Virginia legislature votes unanimously to set October 3 for the referendum on repealing the Eighteenth Amendment. Details are confused in the dispatch but indicate both houses agreed to move forward with the repeal question in the upcoming statewide ballot.
Pope Pius XI visited the pontifical villa at Castri Gantiolpo Aug 24. He blessed villagers and inspected the model farm, praising the grounds as among the finest in Europe during a brief tour.
In Lagrange Texas Herself Maria Daeh 30 died in her jail cell while awaiting appeals in the Henry Stoever murder case. Convicted of Stoever’s killing and sentenced to death the case mirrors another Texas death penalty history as Daeh refused food dropping from 200 to 100 pounds over months. Authorities say death followed self imposed starvation with prior statements shifting from suicide to shooting Stoever as he slept during an alleged December attack.
Dallas dry leader George Gacvin faced a $300 bond on charges of possessing and manufacturing wine. Bond set by WUS Commissioner Lee R. Smith. Warships due to anchor in Los Angeles as naval force units return from summer cruising with 15,000 officers and men arriving after a Holtkly fall in San Francisco.
Fragmented OCR text shows a list of names, months, and small monetary amounts tied to an address on Main Street. The readable parts imply a local notice or accounting fragment with minimal context and no clear single event or outcome.
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