21 Dec 1936
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1936
Page
1
San Antonio police on Monday sought help locating Pauline Thienberg, 18, of Alice, missing from her home since September 15. Mrs. X EB AUlt of Alice told police she believes the girl may be in San Antonio.
Dr Seby Maxwell of Evanston Illinois releases a 10 month forecast through March 1948 predicting a comparatively mild winter for 1937 38 with early frost in fall and a drought less severe than last year He cites 68 percent forecast accuracy and plans to extend predictions two years ahead using Brown Yale calculations combined with his own astronomical formula His system could aid wartime air defense and military logistics if needed while government reports remain less specific about future conditions Maxwell notes North Dakota and nearby states face heat but overall 1937 should avoid the prior year’s severity and drought.
A man who claimed to be Thomas Fortune Ryan II pleaded guilty to vindication and failure to pay wages in Pima County. He was jailed Saturday night but released after paying $176 in owed wages to nurses, according to Justice of the Peace D. G. Chalers. Ryan said he hired extra nurses to care for a critically ill year old girl in a neighboring ward, alleging improper attention.
An elderly man tells how he transformed thousands of arid acres into fertile land and became a millionaire, then fell on hard times and is now recuperating from heart disease in a hospital. He recounts his Yakima and Wenatchee irrigation efforts begun in 1898 and a promised $6,000,000 daily value, noting World War I’s impact on settlement.
Chicago December 21 The Associated Press surveys show many states grant Christmas leniency to prisoners. Alabama released 494 inmates including 73 women for two weeks, while Ohio and Minnesota offered limited clemency. Several states announced no holiday parole. A mix of pardons and commutations occurred nationwide with varied practices.
In St. Louis Degla 21 1 Redhalved Mrs Nellis Lipton Muench 44 year old former society matron and sister in state supreme court Judee and three others convicted in Missouri's long running gift of God baby scandal plan appeals to escape 28 year prison terms. Blamorous key figure in five trials within months says if worst comes to worst I can take it. Mrs Muench her husband Dr Ludwig O Muench Wilfred Jones attorney and Mrs Helen Bar-Toyer friend were found guilty of mail fraud for using the mails to extort money from Dr Marsh Pittman a wealthy bachelor physician claiming he was father of a child Milena claimed she had borne.
The 8,000,000 peso development plan for the territories of Lower California and Quintana Roo focuses on railways first. Engineers survey an 111 mile line from Fuentes Bro tintes toward Putito Pelasco and a parallel path along Payo Obospa Bacalar to open export routes. Aimed at connecting resources to Sonora and the sea, the plan also envisions telegraphs highways schools and irrigation projects under President Lazaro Cardenas.
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