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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1933
Page
3
San Antonio officials report the Mekanese Construction Company seeks 104000 plus 8 percent interest for seven years after a Corpus Christi jury verdict. City auditor says total trial costs reach 940841.25 to date, with payment plans, appeals, and higher court action planned despite funds questions.
Secretary Dern announced a public works summary stating army engineer corps waterways development would cost 314000.00 dollars and provide employment for 214000 men for one year. He reported 141,209,000 dollars obligated to date and 44,796 men placed at work.
An earthquake with regular intensity registered at 1 31 p m today in the Andean provinces of San Juan and Mendoza Argentina confirming a tremor felt across the region and logged in official records.
Thousands of landowners and foreigners study a constitutional reform approved by the Chamber of Deputies authorizing government expropriation of land for peasants. The president will decide on expropriations, with payments via federal and state bonds. Landowners lose right to court appeals. a new federal agrarian department will be created. President Abelardo Rodriguez said he would bear responsibility for the revision.
Los Angeles dispatch reports actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr delaying his divorce to wed English actress Gertrude Lawrence. He will not discuss engagement until Joan Crawford's divorce finalizes on May 14. A friend says an engagement may be announced after May 14 with a marriage soon after.
A garbled weather bulletin lists many U.S. locations with brief conditions and temperatures. Entries include Abilene Clear 82, Dallas 72, Houston 58, Chicago 74, New York 44, and many others with scattered cloud or clear notes. The scan presents a broad, inconsistent set of readings, typical of an era-specific daily forecast chart.
Galveston Texas December reports that promoter Hal J. Ross halted after his first welkatoo marathon at the beach front pace hall due to charges of violating the state anti-marathon law. He plans a 23 hour contest tonight with prizes split after each event. Charges against Ross and associates were dismissed at a hearing but bound over to the grand jury on similar charges. they remain on bond.
Washington officials say an amended economy act could raise the next fiscal year budget by about 70 million dollars with roughly 10 million set for widows and orphans of veterans. The American Legion-backed proposal aims to strengthen funds for veterans families and related programs.
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