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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1933
Page
16
The fragment presents a byline and cartoon syndicate references with limited readable content. It mentions Arthur Brisbane and King Features Syndicate, with sparse location cues like Las likely suggesting a city tag. No complete event or outcome is discernible for a fuller summary.
The writer cites Roosevelt on Congress opposing troop deployments but favoring economic sanctions, urging the U S to mind its own business while European powers, especially France, manage their affairs. The piece discusses banking, real estate, and Wall Street pressures, cites bankers like Clarence Woolley in Louisville, and notes turning points in finance, travel, and education themes amid growing global tensions.
The Times Publishing Company Detroit Times to redeem on September 2 1938 maturities totaling 128000 of 6 per cent serial bearer bonds and make semiannual interest payments of 4875.
Postmaster F G Lucas reports mounting protests from restaurant owners against NRA wage and free lunch rules amid a San Antonio beer sales dispute tied to the code. Industry leaders plan to investigate wage claims and stricter enforcement while grocers and barbers adapt to NRA hours amid local resistance and confusion.
Six Mexican aviators traveling from Buffalo to Mexico City left Tulsa shortly before 9 a.m. today for Waco Texas after spending the night in Tulsa following a night in East St. Louis. Weather forecasts cover San Antonio area with partly cloudy skies and scattered showers, with temperatures around 73 to 94 degrees noted.
Grace Slanovich of Alorhan Med files a $50,000 damages suit against Mississippi Power Company over an alleged intrusion by a meter tester. She claims the worker entered her home during a bath and threatened police after she objected, prompting the case against the utility.
Light showers are forecast for San Antonio and vicinity Friday night following Thursday’s gusty winds that felled a tree and damaged a roof at Central Lumber Company. Temperatures may reach mid eighties, with Saturday’s low around seventy three. No injuries reported. Tor American.
Bexar county courthouse will close except for three major offices the tax collector office the county commissioners court and the sheriff s department The telephone exchange will stay open from 7 p m until midnight to handle election reports
At dawn today marines and police with firemen moved to break up a barricade of more than 200 horse-towed barges on the Oise river above Beine. Barges’ owners are on strike seeking shorter hours to compete with motor barges.
The son of the secretary of the treasury, William H. Woodin Jr, was said to be better today in Tucson Arizona. He has suffered heart disease for more than a year and has been a hospital patient, recently placed in an oxygen chamber as part of treatment.
Panama dispatch says Corporal Haiih Osman of Brooklyn New York will be tried by a military court next Monday on charges of possessing military secrets. Maj. Charles R. Finley testified that Corporal Garman had Communist connections and that no foreign power was involved in the case.
Washington authorities announced a provisional bar across the blue eagle insignia for stores and factories claiming hardship under the NRA accord. Exemptions may be granted after code submission and approval by industry groups, with a potential removal of the eagle after decision.
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson granted two conditional paroles and one general parole to Texas convicts. John Elkins of Hank County, sentenced in 1934 for violating prohibition laws, received a conditional parole. Ira Smith of Hutter County, jailed since 1931 for burglary, was also granted conditional release.
Manila reports RCA star station received distress signals today from the Mormoyama Maru stating all crew saved as the vessel foundered off the east coast of Indochina.
Ocean City Maryland residents for seven years sought state and federal aid for an inlet from the Atlantic to Sinepuxent Bay. The cost was estimated at 750000 dollars. A Wednesday storm produced two inlets dug overnight with no special backing, one 16 feet deep just south of the city and another 120 feet wide about five miles south of Ocean City.
In Poona India government officials announce Mahatma Gandhi is released from a year’s prison to avoid his starvation protest. Gandhi had vowed to fast unto death, and authorities say forcible feeding was rejected as unacceptable, prompting release to avert death by hunger.
In Rome Aug 26 Premier Mussolini addressed about 300000 cheering supporters from a public square urging Italy to raise birth rates. He warned that a nation with empty cradles will crumble and insisted the Italian crown must be protected, stressing strength through larger populations for peace and mutual alliances.
New York August 25 Stocks and commodities rose on fresh stimulus from news the Fed increased government security purchases to broaden credit for the NRA drive. Central banks bought over three times the weekly average, lifting prices, with Union Pacific, General Motors, Du Pont and others advancing as bonds rose and the dollar weakened on inflation expectations.
Havin R. Collins, longtime managing editor of the Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express and editorial director of Hearst Pacific coast newspapers, died at 57 from a heart attack. A San Antonio editor earlier, he served in the Spanish American War and Philippine insurrection, was born in Rhonerville California, educated at Whitman College, and survived by his widow Margaret E. Flint.
Albany legislature approves Byrne law banning submachine guns statewide. The measure makes possession by civilians a felony while police retain exemptions. Law targets gangland weaponry and aims to curb lethal firepower across New York.
In New York on August 28 the dollar rose against the French franc, valued at about 70.57 cents, up from 42.12 cents yesterday and 70.01 cents a month ago. The gains reflect the franc’s favorable position amid foreign exchange shifts.
Data Piang, famed Moro leader and friend of Americans during early pacification efforts, died today at Catalonio. His death marks a significant moment in the American Moro campaign era and prompts reflections on the long legacy of the pacification period.
Detroit Aug 25 United States Senator Arthur H Vandenberg Republicans Michigan told a one man bank grand jury that the governments policy after the bank holiday stressed liquidity over solvency and forced appraisals on wrecked values. He contrasted with Fr Charles E Coughlin. He recalled a February White House conference about Union Guardian Trust Detroit loan while Hoover feared a Detroit conflagration but the loan was blocked by FC figures deeming the bank insolvent.
A garbled classified notice lists multiple vacancies with weekly wages ranging from 8.00 to 75.00. It references names and addresses such as Simpson 206, Rock nom 836, Broadway 1209, and Saint Marys, with scattered dates and places, plus hints of further information on a depot or page. The fragmentary OCR suggests employment ads and contact hints, but details remain unclear.
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