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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1932

Page

2

Legion Jers Danson And Voted Bond Sparks New York Rally

At the New York American Legion convention in Brooklyn delegates jeered Assistant Secretary of War F Trubee Davison as he defended delaying the veterans bonus payment. Amid chants and calls to remove bondholders from Washington, Davison urged lawful action and noted funds were provided to transport veterans home. Commander Moses Hubbard restored order as the crowd heckled including Waters gallery figures.

New York F. Trobee Davison Washington Department of the American Legion LNY Waters F. Trubee Davison New York Department of the American Legion Brooklyn Fiks Club Walter B. Walters BEF Davison Qommander Moses Hubbard Fet Congress Boeing Hubbard Thea ‘Davison Brickbels Hoover Spain Devison

Unclear Message Fragments With Contact Details

Murky OCR style text mentions Mila found and a person named Thoss Wels. References to a Cielo GP gun and an NTSA announcement appear without clear context. Instructions for contacting a Crockett writer and a Broadway Fifth Street address are included in fragmented form.

Mila Cielo NTSA Crockett 241 Broadway Fifth Street

Tough on bootlegger in San Antonio district report

Capt Verne Miller deputy prohibition administrator released figures showing high liquor seizures and stern penalties in the San Antonio district for 1932. The report notes 40 percent of cases involve manufacture, with 22 percent due to agents posing as customers, and details gallons seized, autos valued, and days jailed across federal and state courts.

Verne Miller Prohhibition Miller San Antonio A. W. W. Woodcock Prembitian Washington Texas Uth Wyoming Porto Rico

Memphis Officer Seizes Prisoner in City Murder Case

Detec tive Sergeant Lee Quintan from Memphis arrived in Laredo to detain James Morgan alias Morgan, sought by Memphis police for the July 7 murder of Quintan Walk. Morgan will be returned to Memphis for questioning.

Laredo Lee Quianthy Memphis Domes

Increase in Shoe Business Reported

A garbled report notes rising activity in the shoe industry with Brown Shoe Company boosting production. John A. Bush, president of Brown Shoe, says the week closed as best selling period yet in 1929 with strong demand across production and related business sectors.

Brown Shoe Company John A. Bush Brown Bhoe Ireland

Ambitious Chicago Promoter Given Term for Fraud

Ambitious Chicago promoter Harrison Im. Parker was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced by Judge James J. Kelly to one to ten years in the state penitentiary. Parker received 120 days to fashion and file his appeal.

Chicago Harrison IM. Parker James J. Kelly Ar Wan Belly

German loan profits told reveal large 1920s gains

Washington Aug 27. American bankers earned about 50 million dollars in profits on German loans since 1923, per a Brookings Institution report. The total loan volume reached roughly 1.28 billion dollars, with profits representing about 4 percent of operating costs. Bonds outstanding in America totaled about 84.93 million, around half the public German bond value outstanding.

Washington, D. C Snormhbus Brookingsneuitalian America

Suit Would Kill Pets Trust Fund

Suit filed in circuit court to set aside an $88 000 trust fund for the care of dogs and cats left by the late Henry Babcock. William H Babcock brother of the deceased and relatives fled the suit and are named as defendants in the action filed in St Louis legal proceedings.

ST. Louis de Ecare Henry Babcock William H. Babcock

Texas chapter of electrical inspectors holds first annual meeting

A national electrical code interpretation topped the agenda at the Texas chapter’s first annual meeting in the Plaza hotel. The Dallas based group welcomes judges, inspectors, contractors, dealers, utilities and manufacturers. Fort Worth’s E L Kenderdine led the opening remarks with a program that featured A E Hancock and others from Dallas Fort Worth San Antonio and state agencies.

National Electrical Cnde Texas Internation Association of Electrical Inspectors Plaza Hotel Dallas Plaza Toot C.K. Quin Cy Utilléies C. M. Chambers E L. Kenderdine Fort Worth A. E. Hancock A. J. Bommer Underwriters’ Laboratories C. G. Griffin C. I. Henduicks Walter Graham San Antonio O. Finlay State Insurance Department Claude Convers

Roosevelt Plans Missouri Visit Aimed at Campaign Speech

William T. Kemper, Missouri Democratic committeeman, said Governor Roosevelt assured the Democratic presidential nominee would visit Missouri during the campaign, delivering at least one speech in St Louis or Springfield around October 10.

Roosevelt Missouri Kansas City Willian T. Kemper Thuy Franklin D. Roosevelt St. Louis Springfiel

Milk Truck Halted in Farmers Blockade Action

Milk trucks trying to pass the farm strike blockade near Council Bluffs were attacked as part of the Farm Holiday movement. Deputies cleared one truck while another shipment was seized by pickets. Omaha roads to the north and east were blockaded and plans surfaced to cut Nebraska highways to the west. Milk prices rose in Broux City and Sioux City, with observers noting the strike’s backbone may be broken. A conference of midwestern governors was proposed to discuss a legal plan to raise farm prices, aiming for a meeting at Sioux City on September 9.

Omaha Rom Des Mothea Des Moines Broux City Iowa Sioux City Huron Warren F. Green South Dakota Iana Olson Minnesota

Bandits Slain in Marine Attack Near Esti

The Navy Department said a Marine unit with the Nicaraguan National Guard repelled an attack about 12 miles from the city of Esti, killing three bandits and wounding several others. One cand of 40 bandits was reported routed. no guard casualties occurred.

Washington, D. C Liet Michael M. Mahaney Marine Corps

King of Belgians Climbs High Peak

Albert king of the Belgians reached the Pale di San Lorenso peak in the Dolomite range of the northern Italian Alps in a dispatch from Turin.

King of London Albert Pale di San Lorenso Dalemite Range Italian Alps Turin

German Day Celebration Planned in Ban Aronia

Edward W. Heusinger is leading preparations for a German Day in Ban Aronia to honor pioneer German settlers. A 10:00 a m program begins with addresses and songs, followed by a five-act play, Old Heidelberg, at 2:30 p m directed by Lat Ostrow, culminating in a grand ball.

Gel'rman Edward W. Heusinger Ban Aronia Wil Old Heidélberg Willam Meyer Foerster Phoros Idlat Ostrow Muntalps Heusinger Frits Achilp Henry B. Diel Mann Henry Rlemer Willian Diel Wenn Ernst Rabe Gué Etters Music H.C. Kramme Alfred Schae Termuaient Press Fritz Newhauser Ball Frank Rennert Receplan Frit Shilo Paul Dyrtlich Texas

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