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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1933
Page
3
Washington December report details a London correspondent William Hillman dispatch about German preparations and potential European conflict. The house reading, ordered by Chairman Dick al, was entered into the record today as part of wartime briefing.
Commercial electric rates in Fort Worth will drop from January 1 under a Texas Electric Service Co plan. The city council accepted a lower schedule matching Dallas rates, with bills above 20 dollars monthly seen to fall 20 to 30 percent while smaller accounts remain unchanged. Also, adult education in Los Angeles grows by 2000 enrollments to 37,576.
In Montevideo on December 6, diplomats waited an hour and a half for a state banquet while the Uruguayan chief of protocol was reportedly held captive by Communists as a prank, later attributed to illness delaying the official. Secretaries Hull and nine other foreign ministers were guests at the dinner hosted by Dr Gabriel Terra, president of Uruguay.
Decatur Texas reports Morgan Wise County farmer known for a crazy idea wrote letters to Charles F Urschel claiming 968 740 of his ransom is buried on his farm. He appeared in county court awaiting transfer to an asylum after a jury found him of unsound mind. Brown county attorney announced. Fredricksburg notes every 1933 crop loan to Gillespie County farmers has been repaid per secretary Edythe Krauskopf.
A tornado near Monroe Louisiana left one man dead Julius Smith of Farmersville died when his truck overturned and two men were burned when a locomotive ran over a live wire west of Monroe. Baldridge resigns as special deputy commissioner of internal revenue effective December 31.
Washington December 6 government price for newly mined domestic gold stood at 3441 an ounce for the fifth straight day as treasury plans mid December financings. London bar price was 32.84 an ounce with a sterling basis of 5.171-2 to the pound. Treasury aims to reveal new financing program soon while exchange subscriptions for 10 to 12 year bonds totalled about 899.3 million dollars and later rise to just over 900 million. Subscriptions were allotted among the twelve Federal Reserve districts and the treasury. Also noted were licensed banks after bank holiday with 564 national banks remaining unlicensed at November 30, 377 approved plans, 166 disapproved, 21 under consideration, with frozen and unrestricted deposits totaling about 1.019 billion dollars.
Four persons were hospitalized after accidents on Wednesday with a fourth in critical condition. Nes tor Bonilla, 4, sustained infection from a thorn in his hand. Files Garza, 16, injured in a bicycle crash on West Sommerce street. Miss Tulle Patton, 18, struck by a car near North Flores Street. Mrs. W. Speers, 23, back injury from a collision on East Houston street. Vernardero Mosies, 75, sustained head and possible internal injuries after being struck by a car.
A car owned by W W Bennett in Tucson was robbed near a mar ket house as he traveled to Indianapolis. The thief took 400 in cash and 200 in jewelry and clothing and Bennett provided a forwarding address. Also stolen were beer cigarettes and other items from the Tight House dance hall nine miles from Fredericksburg Road. A hold up occurred on Fernando Herrera at 111 South Colorado Street with 3 stolen.
Resolutions of regret on the death of B. FB. Ober were drafted Tuesday by the San Antonio and Aransna Phas Pensioners social club. Copira copies were sent to the widow and Ober family, per club members D. EB Byrnes FL. McCarthy and IW. A. Lard.
Walter Hughston of McKinney, grand master, ready to convene the Grand Lodge of Texas, A and A M for annual session. Grand Royal Arch Chapter and Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters closed sessions. Ter Zumwalt of Dallas elected grand high priest. W H Telfair of Port Arthur, grand master of the council.
Two trainmen died and seven others injured when a Seaboard Airline passenger train struck wreckage from a southbound freight train on the R. F. and P. tracks near Fredericksburg early today. The freight was derailed moments before the collision.
All Gan Aistonio federal employees have been invited to an open meeting of the Federal Employees Union No. 20 in the San Antonio Express building auditorium at 7 30 p m Wednesday. Earl R Hoage western representative of the National Federation of Federal Employees will speak.
Harvard University awards scholarships totaling 55,685 dollars to freshmen. Of this amount 41,735 dollars supported 141 scholarship winners as additional aid, while the remaining funds went to 25 winners of Harvard clubs across the country.
November monthly police reports show petty thieves profiting while victims lost 48 249 33 in articles from homes businesses and cars City police recovered 25 773 and detectives Long Allen posted 97 and 95 percent recovery rates Fingerprint expert Hammonds and team processed 502 mugged individuals Across 101 dogs caught 62 put to death 17 pardoned 28 serving time
LAGRANGE Texas Dre 6 i Prof Himly was given a five year suspended sentence today upon his plea of policy to a charge of mis appropriation of public funds He was city marshal and tax assessor and collector for several t
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