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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1932
Page
13
By 8 C Forbes the piece notes conservative banking views, steady prices, improving monetary conditions, and subdued employment in November. It highlights minimal production and rising demand potential, with stocks and bonds finding strong support. Shifts in rail traffic, copper pricing, and holiday shopping caution frame a cautious path to recovery.
Readable fragments show livestock bids and trade at a San Antonio market with mixed cattle veal and hog prices. Terms indicate weekly fluctuations, with cattle and hogs varying in price and demand, while sheep and veal reports appear intermittently among the auction notes.
Market notes show cotton futures edging higher after a slow start with limited demand. Quotations moved within narrow ranges as market participants await further data while production and orders remain steady. near term prices show modest gains amid cautious trading in futures.
An unreadable OCR passage presents a jumble of names, dates, and phrases without coherent context. It mentions a poet figure, various ambiguous events, and scattered terms like Lavine, Hepinea, and Gantz, with no discernible narrative or verifiable details.
Dutch text fragment describes a man named Willem OByien pleading guilty to stealing items from a downtown department store. A judge, Captain Edward Dennise, sentences him to a short term and expresses a wish to honor a prior pledge to the warden. The exact details and names are garbled.
With the opening of the trapping season many in the area will gain work assisting with fur handling and sales. Between twenty thousand and thirty thousand dollars worth of pelts are expected to be marketed in the season. Principal fur bears include opossums, raccoons, foxes, ringtails, and minks.
A Gonzales man died after a fall during a town fire. Clifton Hinton, 30, of Wrightauore, perished Saturday and was buried at the family home. Survivors included four children, two brothers, and three sisters.
Early trading shows uneven moves in New York as investors weigh autos, steel, and communications stocks. Lead leaders Chevron, U.S. Steel, and American Telephone remained tentative while industrial demand and yearend tax considerations influenced prices, with commodities holding a steadier footing and the dollar easing after slight declines.
A dispatch from Austin reports Governor Sterling plans to leave office after two years as Texas chief executive. He is expected to retire to private life, with speculation he may move to Houston and avoid politics. If he resigns, Lieutenant Governor Edger Witt would assume the duties temporarily until Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson's inauguration.
San Benito city valuations dropped from 5,028,205 to 4,290,211, a decline of 738,994 dollars. Taxes fell from 225 to 2, and total tax take is expected at 85,604 versus 126,034 last year, per City Secretary Celen Stanley.
Dalhart Texas residents report Oh Maldie and Ray Blatherwick will join Sir Harry Lauder in Armatillo on December 27. The children, sons of Ray Blatherwick, recently toured Europe performing in London Paris and Berlin. Their father works as a cowboy dealer with a boot shop on Denrock Avenue in Dalhart serving ranch owners seeking genuine jeewhoy boots.
Dec 1 report that Bastrop plans a community Christmas tree on Main Street December 24. City families will receive tree lightings and a program with local children to benefit city parishes and distribute toys.
A district lenders branch bank of Moe Allen district provides 812 750 loan funds to a group of farmers. The action supports local agricultural efforts and the Moe Allen district economy and finances the farming operations through a regional agricultural cooperative.
The market lists abundant offerings from the country with varieties in poultry and canned celery. Prices move on meats and vegetables including turkey, cabbage, celery, apples, beans, and citrus with fluctuating per bushel and per crate quotes. Turkey prices hold steady while green and canned goods show mixed demand and seasonal shifts.
Fragments show a Christmas gift note offering a family a newer car. The text mixes dairy and poultry market items with scattered prices across Chicago Fort Worth and New York listings. Names and exact details are unclear but the sentiment is a charitable car gift.
Four robbery suspects linked to a Wonet Bank heist were arrested in St Paul after an intoxicated Barker disturbed a bridge party. Names include Lawrence Barker alias Leonard Becson and James Colton alias Clarence De Volt. Police say Barker fired on Minneapolis patrolmen. bounty over $20,000 stolen. Other suspects were captured with guns and ammo. Barker also hunted in Kirksville and Whitewood.
San Benito December 19 The Valley Federation of Women's clubs with 50 member organizations elected Mrs J J Murray of Harlingen as president at the semiarious convention in San Benito Other officers named include Mrs H L Yates Brownsville first vice president Mrs W W Allen Donna second vice president Mrs H Miles Edinburg third vice president Mrs F C Lyden Gan Re vito secretary and treasurer Mrs Homer Smith Mission retiring President The next convention will meet in San Juan in May Four new clubs were admitted Learners club San Benito Amatus and Junior Study clubs Harlingen Literary Review Study club Weslaco
A fragmented report shows grain price activity with rising bids on wheat and corn, hedging by producers amid weather concerns in Argentina and North American markets. Prices for corn and barley at San Antonio are listed with unit terms, while Liverpool reports wheats from New South Wales and Manitoba.
London December 19 reports bar silver unchanged at 11 MN per ounce. The market notes little movement with buyers and sellers holding prices, while bullion trading headlines indicate stable demand despite mixed global cues.
El Paso Texas December 1 18 In an effort to stop thieves from stealing plumbing fixtures from vacant houses, Police Chief Robey has enlisted the aid of local realty men They cooperate closely with the police by making careful lists of vacant houses to keep close watch Monthly loss of plumbing fixtures from vacant houses runs into hundreds of dollars, Chief Robey reports.
LUBBOCK Tex December 19 147 A Texs Technological college jury tended by 232 atudents who came from 20 atetes other than Tenas In addition three foreign countries Chin Korea and Central Amer icm are represented by one attudent each The total enrollment in qlice under 2000.
In Dallas a 41 year old Black man named Moore asked Judge Adams to return him to Huntsville prison after two years on parole. He claimed the theft of another man's pants led to his sentence and described a tense moment over a dice game that nearly ended in violence.
A lengthy, garbled listing of deeds filed and real estate transfers dated December 1932, naming numerous individuals and properties. The text references undivided percentages, quit claims, new city blocks, and various grantees and grantors, with scattered dates and monetary figures. Specific names include Ren Wathen, M.C. and Rallis Burrun, Roos, Amante Chanrin, and William Chanrin among others, with several properties in unspecified locations.
Corpus Christi December 19 11 H Ocha president of the San Antonio chamber of commerce will deliver the principal address at the peninsly meeting of the local chamber of commerce on Tuesday evening January 17.
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