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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1932
Page
2
Washington reports the House passed a 3.2 percent beer bill amid jubilation and tight opposition. The measure heads to the Senate judiciary committee with fiscal projections of up to $300,000 yearly in revenue from a $5 per barrel tax. Senate plans quick consideration and political clashes over constitutional questions follow.
A fragmentary Oklahoma wire service item reports a Liberty Bond valued at 915 458 stolen in a bank loot incident. The notice mentions Lindsay National Bank and a sheriff, with garbled dates and names from the damaged OCR.
Ola, Dec. Bank robbery charges faced two young brothers after a $1000 holdup of the Indiahoma bank. Earl Alford, 20, and George Altoré, 18, of Sterling were capsized in a grassy pasture south of Apache. One was wounded in the leg.
A group of American youths were deported from Monterey by Mexican authorities while seeking employment. The American consul secured a 15 day imprisonment suspension and arranged their transport back to the United States.
Washington Dec 22 The House approved the Collier beer bill taxing 2 percent alcohol by weight 4 percent by volume with a $5 per barrel tax and a $5 license fee for wholesalers $20 for retailers It localizes beer to dry states aligns with Webby Kenyon Reed bone dry laws and becomes effective 30 days after enactment The bill allows sale in licensed diners and requires containers to be sealed and labeled It increases brewer licenses to 1000 annually and imposes penalties for violations Revenue projections range from 125 to 150 million dollars to 300 million depending on consumption estimates.
Dr J W Dovel chief of the grain futures administering urged legislation to halt daily trading in grain by single speculative interests on the Chicago board of trade. He testified before the house appropriations committee noting last year’s board transactions reached about eight million bushels of wheat versus a yearly production near eight hundred million. He warned of a government price push against large speculators aiming to push prices down.
In Australasian wires a son was born to Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith and his wife. Separately Andreas Gareis, aged 102, died at his Roswell New Mexico home last night.
A lengthy roll call lists Democratic and Republican lawmakers with their votes on a beer-related measure. The record names numerous representatives and senators, indicating party lines and divisions, and shows broad participation across states and districts. The list includes many familiar names and regional affiliations, reflecting a contentious floor battle and the party split on the issue.
Washington dispatch reports the agriculture department supply bill at 110,981,000 with 95,000,000 for federal highway aid for the next fiscal year. It was reported to the house by the appropriations committee. The measure for 1934 totals 206,002,000 less than this year’s appropriations, with most funds allocated to highway construction.
Between five and seventy findings were returned Thursday by theFederal district court grand jury for the regular winter term. Joe H. Prost served as foreman on the body.
Detectives recovered an auto and a $280 fur coat shortly after they were reported stolen from Miss Louige Vining of 603 Atlanta Street. No arrests were made.
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