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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 28, 1936

Page

5

Increase in Membership for Law and Order League

The Law and Order League in Seattle drew heavy interest as applications flooded headquarters. Organizers plan permanent offices and aim to enroll thousands within Seattle to advocate constitutional government after the Post-Intelligencer upheaval.

Ines Breattle Wash Barre Law and Order League League Seattle FP Ry Singleton Hoster Air Command Post-Intelligencer Iblic Dave Beck Seattle Laborazor Beck Chareed Extendite Spee John F. Re

Senator Robinson to Speak on Tax Policy on Radio Tonight

New York Aug 2 1904 Senator Joseph T Robinson will appear on WABO CHS radio at 8 43 PM for a 15 minute talk. The Democrats push strong lines against Landon and the GOP.

New York Landon Joseph T. Robincos Robinson

Bandera Prepares Labor Day Centennial Celebration

Bandera plans a large Labor Day crowd to climax its Centennial year with a barbecue on the Manette Park grounds, a Gay's Bandita parade, a 2 rodeo events, and a street procession. Authorities anticipate strong turnout from the region.

Pandera Manette Bandera

New York Labor Body Backs Press Strike

Syracuse dispatch reports the New York labor group endorses a press strike, warning that jolting the industry could jeopardize the free flow of news. The meeting closes with calls for solidarity and support for journalists amid ongoing labor disputes.

N. Y

Treasury Position Report Shows August Receipts and Expenditures

Treasury data for August shows receipts of 29.17 million from customs and total monthly expenditures of 87.56 million. The year to date figures cite 60.52 million in receipts and 810.75 million in spending, including emergency appropriations and other outlays as recorded by the Treasury.

Treasury Washington

Terrorism in Seattle Strike Drives Paper Shutdown

A Seattle affair unfolding from August 12 shows militant picket gangs brutalizing Post-Intelligencer staff, forcing suspension of publication. Reported beatings, threats, and widespread intimidation culminated as police and officials failed to intervene amid tensions with labor leaders and city authorities.

Law, and Order League Post Tntelligencer Armol Seattle Post-Intelligencer Loughs

Violent Picket Storm at Post-Intelligencer Building

A mob outside the Post-Intelligencer building on August 13 brutalized staff including Jack Chuiofer and H.C. McIntosh, dragging men to the sidewalk, breaking teeth, and injuring hands and lips. Police later escorted workers to cars as crowds surged, while several editors and reporters endured hours inside the besieged newsroom amid shattered windows and a tense standoff.

Post~ Intelligencer Dave Back Seattle East Fast- Intelligencer Post-Intelligehcer Mssenger Vass Post-Intergencer Post-Intelligencer Policn John F. Dore Labor Beck Deck Zere Ano Hlockade Dohalt Lagonaily Euros Orlin Wiethues Choy Toa Jack Chuiofer Breen Edition Fosl-Inteligencer Negran Nowe Chulofez H.C. McIntosh Green Effition Suburban District McIntosh Circulation Department Rand Buddy Sroken C. H. Bingham Bingham Jereat Lear Harold Fackler I. G. Fowler Sixth Avenue Ito Harold H. Hiatt Post Intelligencer Pine Street Hintt Liwe Citg Oper Dore Post- Intelligencer T Fe Seatlle Gir Hr Building Repper Tiphimt Aller Vrin Fredom Rutselles Ons Statlereg 2 Winday Leeys Hur Ag Wicker

Children’s throats pay off in cash at Baylor

Dallas Aug 23 Pipsm ans at Baylor hospital today rejected how much better a pay-off children's throat provide than marble machines. Two operations Thursday one on a 5-year-old boy and the other on a 41-month-old girl, netted two nickels. The coins were removed with one bronchoscope, without anesthetics.

Dallas Pipsmans Baylor Hospital

Art Revived In Hawaii Tapa Cloth Making Resumes

Hawaiian children learn the nearly last craft of tapa cloth making by pounding back, preserving a fading cultural tradition and passing skills to a new generation.

Murder aboard ship linked to waterfront killing mystery

California officers pursued a chartered flight to Alameda with suspect George Wallace in the March 22 knife slaying of George W. Alberts chief engineer aboard the freighter Point Lobos. District Attorney Earl Warren announced the waterfront murder mystery solved with four arrests including three Marine union officials and a union seaman Wallace alias White, while a fourth suspect remained unnamed.

Brownsville California Alameda George Wallace George W. Alberts Oakland Calif Earl Warren Mariime Warren George Alberts Point Lab White Texas San Francisco Earl King Marine Firemen Oilers Watertenders Ay Vipers Association A. M. Murphy F.h.ramsty Union

Traffic Victim 60 Dies As Car Strikes Pedestrian

A New Orleans man was held in jail after an automobile jumped a curb and crushed T. J. Thompson, 60, near a church yesterday in Big Sandy. Police investigate the fatal incident and identify the vehicle involved.

Big Sandy T. J. “Thompsoin New Orleans

WPA Saves Money on Shore Line Job

In St. Louis on August 28 the WPA shore line improvement from Chain of Rocks to Carondelet along the Mississippi River is about 15 percent complete since last February with a total expenditure of 294,690 dollars. The toll allotment for the project appears not to be fully adequate.

ST. Louis Mississippi River Chain of Rocks Carondetet Works Progress Administration

Water power plants lead steam turbines in U S output

Washington Aug 2 For the first time since records began hydroelectric plants in operation exceeded steam plants last year Federal Power Commission compiling 166 pages of Geological Survey data show 1523 hydro plants and 1491 steam plants in 1935 with hydro output 99 987 656 000 kilowatt hours and steam 58 000 000 000 kilowatt hours a shift from 1929 with steam down 3 5 billion and hydro up 5 2 billion Janssens records score for Paramounts The General Died at Dawn includes his score and conducting a 12 piece orchestra

Washington United States Geological Survey Federal Power Commission Geological Survey Jansse Records Werner Janssens Paramount Janssens

Houston Marks Centennial With Parade Down Ship Channel

Thousands gathered in Houston as the city opened its hundredth birthday celebration. A marine parade of sixty decorated vessels traveled the ship channel to Sylvan Beach, with the 82nd Jacinto at the promontory as the route. Special services featured songs from Texas’s early days and ceremonies honoring independence fighters, followed by a battlefield style show, fireworks, and further activities. The jubilee festivities continue tomorrow with a festival.

Houston Touston Striets Ua Porte Jacinto B Texas Tamorrow

Convicts Hold Seven Hostages in Flight Across Texas

Paris dispatch reports three men identified as escaped Arkamsas Convicta seized seven persons during a crossing from East Texas. They abducted C W Hudson station operator and his family near a village, forcing them to drive to a point near Clarksville, then took two couples into Hudson's truck before forcing a rapid drive to Den Kalb where Hudson was released.

Paris Arkamsas Convicta Texas Lio C. W. Hudson Illag Here Hudson Clarksville den Kalb

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