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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1932
Page
1
The mid winter review of Brackenridge and Jefferson High schools scheduled for December 21 at Fort Sam Houston has been postponed to January 12 due to an influenza outbreak and ongoing bad weather.
The Tidal Oil company announced its initial crude price for the Conroe field in Montgomery County. The schedule lists 36 gravity at 80 cents with a 2 cent differential per degree of gravity up to 40, and 50 cents for gravities above 40.
Representative Rich of Pennsylvania charged at a house committee hearing that Sanford Bates, director of the Bureau of Prisons, had “double crossed” members investigating government competition with private business by installing equipment for furniture manufacture at the federal prison in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. The testimony by G. C. Garvin of the National Stationers’ Association suggested the prison steel furniture equipment could enable production for more steel furniture than all private makers combined. Watch for the December issue of The Light's Free Rental Directory, available Wednesday at all Piggly Wiggly Stores.
Seattle December 1. A man who travels ship engine rooms and calls Beatle his home claims he was a misdeed partner of Georgia fugitive Robert Elliott Burns. Sidney Grorpe Fingg says Burns bribed guards to escape after serving seven years. He recounts holdups in 1921 yielding 800 dollars to a baker and 480 to a grocer Bernstein. John More joined briefly before arrest. Fingered as possibly connected, Bidney George Fleee dan convict with Burns, reports say.
Robert Elliott Burns accused Sidner George Flagg of lying about two holdups and Flagg’s involvement. Burns insisted he did not bribe his way to freedom and disputed Flagg’s claims as untrue while Boras defended his book on the chain gang case.
Chicago Dec 19 Labor and railroads renewed letter exchanges amid ireconcilable disagreement over rights to serve notice to change basic pay. Employers proposed extending the 10 percent temporary cut for one year with Willard agreement terms in force as set by Alexander F Watney to W F Thienoff.
New York and New Jersey police dismissed the questioning of William L. Stoltz, an unemployed laborer from Sheboygan, in the Lindbergh kidnaping case. Stoltz was taken into custody at a lodging house and held for interrogation by directives and two aides of Col. H Norman Schwarzkopf, head of the New Jersey state police.
The Supreme Court today laid out constraints on entrapment law and potential prosecutions, aiming to curb coercive tactics. Chief Justice Hughes delivered the opinion, noting federal officers risked misleading civilians into crime while addressing the conviction of C. V. Sarres, a farmer near Cantal, N.C.
17 Kelly field planes head to Panama Tuesday morning under command of Goldo 7f Pirie. Shp ships South will be delivered to sta Clans in a Canal Soar. Motidity paid and guaranteed used once more mater in cine 68. Light Glaxtflest AAR.
Washington December hearing shows Hunter Packing and Swift & Company economists warning a $28 per hundredweight levy would cut hog prices. They say buyers cannot absorb the tax and that it would depress bids, risking meat shortages while producers suffer.
Vatican City announces Father Duciel Desmond of Somerville Mississippi was named bishop of Alexandria Louisiana by Pope Pius in a December decree. Desmond, noted for pastoral work, succeeds retiring bishop in the coastal diocese. The appointment emphasizes the church’s regional leadership and ongoing mission in the American South.
New York reports nearly 2 million spent on Mitchel Field making it the army's model aviation site and another 1 million planned to finish the project. In Cannes France a motor car incident reports a wild boar collision with a vehicle driven by Mrs. Riless Crew wife of David Chew a Philadelphia area engineeer. The car survived as the boar was killed.
Officials operating under the fee system show waning interest after collecting fees, the Towns senate investigation reports. The committee cites a man sentenced in 1830 who never served a day, arguing fee burdens erode justice and may endanger public safety. the search for the original defendant’s location remains unresolved. These findings warn that fee profits compromise enforcement and accountability.
Dayton announcements detail tentative trans Atlantic flight to test new aircraft gear in 1993. Lewis F. Green and Larry D. Ruch plan a 17500 mile journey from New York to Dublin Paris Rome and beyond to celebrate the Wright brothers anniversary. Funds may be sought via Light classified Money-to.
Hickery Tl December 19. Mr. and Mrs. John Schmit mark sixty three years of marriage with a claim that they never quarrel. They say they worked hard on a farm and never found time to disagree.
In Oklahoma City on December 19, W. Funk, an elderly man, died before his 85th birthday after years of declining health. The obituary notes he would have turned 85 today, reflecting on a life marked by late care and a quiet passing.
An ad compares Pepsodent Antiseptic with other mouth antiseptics, claiming it is safer and more powerful. It asserts Pepsodent, used full strength or diluted, kills germs quickly, costs less overall, and provides better protection against sore throats and halitosis.
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