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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1932
Page
1
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A noisy column rails at the New York Interborough Transit Company and its financiers, accusing mismanagement and streetcar thefts while contrasting sensational film plots and culinary quibbles. It digs into oyster picking methods, vivisection, and a communist medical experiment, linking them to broader public abuses and political theatrics.
Democratic nominee Franklin D Roosevelt spoke at a Jersey City rally charging President Hoover and the Republican leadership with trying to evade and confuse the prohibition issue. He said the 1930 New York gubernatorial race showed a circus ride on two horses and warned that Hoover’s speech misrepresents the Democratic platform. Continued on Page 10.
Partly cloudy conditions across San Antonio and vicinity with unsettled Saturday night and Sunday. Lowest Saturday night around 74 degrees, highest Sunday near 90. Light to moderate easterly to southerly winds. Friday high around 87, Saturday low about 76, Saturday high near 86. East Texas mostly partly cloudy with coastal showers possible Saturday night and Sunday. West Texas partly cloudy Saturday and Sunday with probable showers in the western portions.
The San Antonio Light’s classified department offers quick election returns with the latest reports. Do not call before 9 p m as polls close. For complete vote data by counties and by precincts, read the Sunday edition.
In New York on August 21 stocks and cotton continued an upsweep with Cullen up about 1 to 2.50 dollars, reaching new peak levels for the year as shares rose about 1 to 3 dollars in the first half hour. Trading was so active the ticker ran behind transactions for about ten minutes. In Chicago on August 27 wheel prices moved upward amid strong buying, opening 1 8 to 2 1 2 cents per bushel higher than Friday’s price.
Cleveland, Aug 27. Mrs Marguerite Zit man 44 wife of Fred Zihlman past supreme dictator of the Loyal Order of Moose was found in a bathtub in her hotel room here with scalding water. Physicians said she died of a heart attack but an autopsy would be performed. The Zihlmans, residents of Silver Spring Md, were attending the Moose international convention.
Detroit Aug 20 One of the strangest deaths in years records William White 55 who died from strangulation when paper wedged in his metal throat. For years White wore a silver tube diaphragm after diphtheria to keep the mouth closed. the diaphragm slipped into the throat and he died shortly after.
A habeas corpus hearing is scheduled before Judge Percy Robertson next Tuesday afternoon for Pedro Flores of 821 South Flores Street. Flores faces a murder charge in the Thursday afternoon shooting of Dave Trovinon. He surrendered to Sheriff Y. J. Lawrence, bringing a sawed-off shotgun used in the same encounter with Trevina.
Gene Tunney, former heavyweight champion, left Paris aboard the Berengaria to participate in the Democratic presidential campaign. Mrs Tunney, who recently underwent an operation, accompanied him in what officials said was to improve her health.
Washington august 24 new details claim Montagu Norman governor of the Bank of England secretly visited the United States under an alias to confer with American international backers and government officials in Washington. The Morgans and the Bank of England are linked to the imperial finances and the aim is seen as shaping moratorium extension and debt cancellation amid possible influence on the 1920 presidential race.
Alp derby Miers led crowds during the opening of the 1232 national air galley in Cleveland. Two New York groups with handicap maces faced crowding and injuries as they approached the race. Missing trans Atlantic flyers Clyde Lee and John Enokkon were unreported after departing for Harbor Grace, N F. Capt James A Mollison, famed Westward solo flier, was delayed by Newfoundland fog while the Flying Hutelings near Anticosti Island were blocked by Arctic fog on a planned resumption.
Ithaca reports Dr. B Jitelmen of the University of California argues that the male sex is weaker due to a constitutional inferiority, with higher mortality before birth and in infancy. He cites both human and animal lines and notes genetic differences in susceptibility.
Charles Winfield Waterman United States Senator from Colorado died today at his Washington apartment in the Wisconsin Park hotel. A Republican, he was 71, completing a six year term begun March 4, 1937. He had no children and was survived by Roy N. Clark of Denver.
Ponca City petitions filed with the city clerk seek recall of Mayor Dan Kygat and City Commissioner of Finance Hort. Hayward. The effort cites alleged incompetence and inefficiency linked to evangelistic meetings led weeks earlier by the Rev. Mordecai F. Han.
Maj. James Lake, manager of two air brigades from Roosevelt Field New York to Cleveland, and his assistant W. T. Guthele Roosevelt Field treasurer, were injured when their plane crashed today in fog within the Walshung reservation.
Terry B. Cordell, 63, president of the Oklahoma board of agriculture, and TM. Careel, 45, Detroit, ill workers, learned they are brothers after De Wallman arrived yesterday for a short visit here.
Washington dispatch reports America's top business leaders led by President Hoover and Owen D. Young presented a six point program for economic improvement. The plan aims to spark employment with federal action including a 60 day foreclosure moratorium and a railroad reconstruction effort backed by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Strong support from government and banking officials followed.
Heavy Democratic runoff voting pressed on amid weather concerns. First returns from Precinct 98 at 2700 South Presa show Miriam Ferguson leading governor Sterling and other contests drawing secondary interest. Weber expects results by 11 p.m. with about 35,000 votes cast, a possible record for main elections. judge’s ruling on poll access awaits final court decision.
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