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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1932
Page
4
Hollywood Aug 29 Renee Adoree famed silent film star, after a 17 month battle with tuberculosis in an Artoine sanitarium, says she has returned to life and plans a fresh start with sound films in Hollywood. She seeks rest and a chance to regain bearings before the camera.
Friedrichshafen Germany Aug 29 The Graf Zeppelin took off at 8 02 am for Pernambuco Brazil on its regular passenger flight. The airship will fly south to the northwestern coast of Africa before crossing the Atlantic as in its usual itinerary.
An advertisement touts Genuine Black and White Ointment and Skin Soap as a pair to stop itching rashes and eczema. It claims deep skin penetration kills germs causing breakouts and offers a money back guarantee.
In Indianapolis on August 29 Major Tarish recounts a tale of a dog that led police to a burglary site. The dog’s guidance helped uncover a crime tied to Clauds Davis, a merchant policeman, and Parish, the alleged burglar, who now fears the animal may testify at his trial.
Representative P. L. Anderson of San Antonio said he would not introduce a bill at the upcoming special session to modify the Robertson insurance law requiring out-of-state insurers to divest 75 percent of their Texas assets. He had sponsored a similar bill at the last session.
Vienna reports 11 year old Ratulf Datelmaier shot in the heart by three bird shot during a hunting accident. He is recovering after a remarkable operation by Dr Gustav Felsenreich of the University of Vienna.
In Manchester area Lancashire two thirds of catton mill weavers walked out over wages and conditions. Blackburn area saw only six of sixty mills operating while Bursley saw about 200 men reporting for work at three small mills. Clanto Le Moors mills remained fully staffed amid reduced activity with occasional booing of dissenters. The strike largely quiet with limited disorder and wide coverage only on inner pages.
Cincinnati obituary notes George M Dowell, age 76, longtime editor at the Cincinnati Enquirer, died after 52 years in journalism. Services were being arranged. Treasury receipts and customs duties data appear in the same brief item from Washington and August figures.
A dated political plea urges doubling national defense, condemns Hoover and Stimson governance for shrinking the army and navy. It argues for urgent, speedy improvements to safety, warning of provocation and danger from meddling abroad. The speaker insists the nation must look to its defenses promptly.
A submerged car plunged through an open swing bridge span on the St. Joseph River near Benton Harbor Michigan killing two occupants. Miss Dayce Ormston 24 of Kalamazoo and Bien Burkenstock 26 of Calumet Ohio died. a passenger escaped by smashing the windows.
Mose Davis a 44 year old ex convict was killed by Warren E Allender a 41 year old federal prohibition agent in Indianapolis Indiana The agent was wounded with cuts and bruises and remained in the city hospital Senator Waterman buried in Washington DC private funeral services were held for Charles W Waterman a 70 year old Republican from Denver who died after an apartment incident on Saturday night
Editor proposes a mayoral committee form a city relief corporation modeled after a refinance structure. Subscriptions fund work for homes, business districts, sidewalks, and more to employ professionals and laborers, boost spending, and improve property values. Revolving funds allow repayment with interest, reducing crime and rents while supporting local merchants. plan cites Oregon example and is attributed to A Louis J Murphy.
Brownsville Aug 28 7 For the fish time in Misgo years as representative in congress from the Fiflecoth Texas district Jatin N Garner speaker of Une house fares determined opposition for reelection as representative for which he also 45 running as well as for the vice presidency Carlos G Watson young Republican committee chosen in Saturday's convention to oppose Garner for the second time has announced he will wage an active campaign planning to visit each county in the vast district
London dispatch reports only scant hope remains for Clyde A. Lee and John Bochikan two American fliers missing five days after their Thursday morning takeoff from Harbor Grace Newfoundland bound for Oslo Norway. With each hour the odds shrink they may be over remote terrain or lost at sea if forced down.
Washington officials say news of Vice Admiral Kiichisaburro Nomura's impending visit surfaced in Japanese press dispatches. They believe any official character would have been communicated through proper channels and doubt the trip has an official status.
Houston reports the Southeast Texas gulf coast hurricane of August 19 has raised the death toll to 47. Among the latest victims are A. N. Carr, 23, of Chenango, and Victor Monsevacz, 32, of Angleton, who died in a mansion hospital yesterday from injuries suffered.
A narra tive reports a woman linked to the kidnapping of Robert Gill at a camp in Killingworth Connecticut where the boy was taken from his father. The suspect fled with the child in a vehicle. authorities described the case as an active search with the boy reported seen near a home but details remain unclear.
San Francisco reports link trench mouth to economic downturn and low mood says Dr. Geiger, director of public health. He notes cases rising in some states by as much as 100 percent, with diet and fatigue factors observed amid school reopenings.
Albany, Aug 29. Governor Franklin D Roosevelt seeks peace with his longtime ally former Gov Alfred E Smith after Smith twice rebuffed reconciliation efforts. Roosevelt says future campaigning will be Smith's move and that no further overtures will be made.
LIVERFOO England August 2 Assistant Postmaster General H Graham White spoke by telephone today with Captain Laltg master of the liner Empress of Britain about a postoffice telephone and telegraph exhibition. The Empress of Britain is 1000 miles at sea.
Hamburg, Aug 2. Judge Heinrti Wibel who presided over the Grimette trial test winter committed suicide today in his hotel room. He had suffered a nervous disorder for some time.
Gubernatorial sanction for a second invasion of working southern Texas fields was sought by leaders of striking miners protesting a reduced wage scale. They plan to appeal to federal courts if sanction is denied, claiming federal law allows peaceful picketing. The strikers’ policy committee said they would not renew attempts to invade Franklin County until legal rights are established, following a failed entry last week that kept about 15,000 from entering the area.
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