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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1935
Page
4
Washington dispatch notes government statistics showing 200000 fewer people on relief rolls than six months ago. Officials credit a speeding up of the work relief program and target 2800000 employed as a goal, with Hopkins pruning old projects for better funded, better planned substitutes during the transition.
Washington officials abandoned plans for a temporary airmail line this year after Dr. Hugo Eckerner postponed weekly Zeppelin crossings until spring. Preparations had included details for a three month period of weekly voyages on the airship then under construction in Friedrichshafen, Germany.
Hollywood police blame domestic troubles for a young screen writer's death. Detectives say the 27 year old, described as a successful writer, was connected to a Reno letter indicating his wife had moved there and planned to obtain a divorce. The case hinges on an apparent suicide or death connected to domestic strife.
Claudette Colbert stars in She Married Her Boss at Amtec with Melvin Douglas and Michael Bartlett while Diamond Dim leads Majestic lineup with Edward Arnold and Jean Arthur. Murder Man with Spencer Tracy and Virginia Bruce joins a busy Texas Friday as Shirley Temple headlines Empire. Look for the Silver Lining at Palace and a double bill Riding Wild Eight Bells at the West End.
Washington Aug 40 Al Capone once Chicago’s infamous crime figure faces a 120000 tax bill assessed by the Treasury for liquor taxes not paid. The action targets Capone and other Chicago syndicate members tied to the prohibition era.
Census bureau figures show more Americans died in 1934 than 1933. The total was 1,396,909 with a rate of 10.7 per thousand. Circulatory diseases, including heart disease, remained the leading cause of death in the year.
CHICAGO Aug 30 Dr Roger T Vaughan night warden of Cook County hospital said he had George Pajala 45 year old Czechoslovakian relief client under his care who avowedly performed an abdominal operation upon himself with a pocket knife and rem ne ar t at His Intestinag Dr Chester Guy surgeon at the Hospital operated upon Pajala last night following the man's removal from his home for emergency treatment Pajala told him it was the second operation he had performed upon himself.
Adse Light advertises work like yours on Path Street seeking to hire with a half-rate pay offer. Goon terms are mentioned, signaling a street job style notice likely from a historical classifieds page.
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