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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 26, 1933

Page

2

Relief bond sale discussed as Texas relief funds tight

The Texas bond commission will meet to decide actions from the failed sale of Texas reef bonds. They offered 2 750 000 in bonds but bids totaled about 1 300 000, prompting plans to use remaining proceeds or sell more to cover up to 5 500 000 in relief funds. James V Allred, attorney general, chairs the bond panel and relief commission. Also Nixon robbers sought by Austin police after weekend burglary of a general store.

Austin Der Texas Tell Commission Texas Diepper James V. Allred Texas Attcrey General Texas Bond Commission Relief Commission Bond Commission Ellergo

Why so many people wear glasses today

An article notes that modern life strains eyes more than in the past due to indoor work and artificial light. It argues eyesight conservation and early correction are vital, and highlights eyewear modernization with improved lenses and white gold frames.

Christmas fatalities rise in Midwest and across nation

Snow and cold claim many lives as a Christmas Day storm sweeps the country. Among the dead in Battle Creek Michigan a blind woman and her infant daughter perish in a home fire. a man dies in Cleveland trying to lower a tree. Starvation deaths occur in Rochester New York as two spinster sisters are found near Christmas Eve. Avalanche kills four at Clatskanie Oregon. Alaska’s Aleutian storm rages. five crew members die when the schooner Monica Hartery capsizes near St Johns Newfoundland. Major death toll splits across Pennsylvania motor crashes and other accidents nationwide.

Wark NW. D Fargo Blind Fuman Battle Creek Mich Cleveland Rochester N.Y Midwest Bouta Pennsylvania Clatskanie Ore Aleutian Islands Alaska St. Johns N. F Monica Hartery

Coldest Weather of Season Hits Oklahoma City

The harsh north wind sent temperatures plunging in Oklahoma City with forecaster H. F. Wihigren predicting readings near 16 degrees tonight. So far the minimum has been 23 above zero, leaving residents bracing for further cold conditions and clear weather as the season tightens.

Oklahoma Oklahoma City H. F. Wihigren

No Accord Seen On Solo Price In 1983

Washington dispatch reports no immediate step on international gold pricing as President Roosevelt's monetary program nears year end 1983. The first domestic gold price set post holiday is 94.03 per ounce, tying a sixth straight rise. Budget talks and deficit data dominate as receipts rise with new taxes, while sinking fund operations widen the gap from last year. Roosevelt focuses on budget details for the new government year and potential regulatory moves for railroads communications and stock exchanges ahead of congressional session. He is also expected to address the gold control program in a future speech.

Washington, D, GC Roosevelt Congress Rooosevelt Audmits Treasury REC Coneres Washington Woodrow Witton Foundation White House

Professor Kessler Heads Rare Instrument Collection in Oberlin

Maurice Kessler, professor of violin at Oberlin Conservatory, owns a extensive collection of rare musical instruments including a ninth century medieval vieuille and a 14 string viola da gamba. He can play many of them though no score exists for most. Pieces derive from European manuscripts not printed in modern editions.

Oberlin Ohio Maurice Kessler Oberlin Conservatory iMusic Kessler Kessters

Lawyer Drugged Robbed of 84500 in Houston Case

A Houston attorney reported being drugged and robbed of 84500 from a downtown office safe. The money, a 345 bill mix, was linked to a New York client. Police filed a report linking the incident to a local love-knife man. The details come from attorney C. E. Heidingsfnider.

Houston C. E. Heidingsfnider New York

Weather Summary From San Antonio To Dallas Region

Weather bulletin shows generally fair conditions from San Antonio to Dallas with light northerly winds, while San Antonio to Brownsville experiences partly cloudy skies and moderate variable winds. Forecasts include precipitation totals, moon rise times, and past records for several U S cities with high and low temperatures listed.

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5, 10-Cent Store Held Up, Robbed

Four robbers held up a 5 and 10 cent store in Springfield and fled with about 8000. Detectives say they wounded one bandit while shoppers and clerks hid behind counters. Authorities describe it as a rushed afternoon robbery with chaotic scene.

Springfield

Spanish Cruiser Jaime I Ordered to Havana for Protections

Official circles state the Spanish cruiser Jaime I will depart for Havana, Cuba to safeguard Spanish interests. The vessel is to set out soon as authorities finalize dispatch.

Spain EL Ferroe Jaime I Havana Cuba

Paris Railway Disaster Toll Tops Hundred Sixty Nine

Paris reported 169 dead from the Strasbourg Flier crash with 3 more victims identified by noon. Investigators pressed into the worst wreck in the nation's history as bodies were placed in nameless caskets and at least ten survivors near death from infections. Engineer Lucien Daudigny and fireman Henry Charpentier were jailed for homicide by imprudence amid protests of illegality, while a national funeral service was planned for Wednesday.

Paris France Strasbourg Nancy Lucien Daudigny Henry Charpentier Louis Rollin

Denial in Paris over vast international spy plot

Louis Martin, 43, multilingual master of a navy ministry code room, denies charges before a Paris examinlng magistrate in a broad probe of a suspected spy ring. Two young Americans, Mr and Mrs Robert Switz, plead innocence as conditions of their confinement are described amid prison discomfort.

Paris Louis Martin Navy Ministry M. Benon Robert Switz

Bombing toll in Fukien province and college inn fire

Unofficial reports say 56 civilians and 3 soldiers were killed in heavy Nationalist air attacks on Fukien with Foochow Changchow and Phengchow targeted amid widespread destruction. Separately, a morning fire destroyed the College Inn at the University of Missouri.

Nanking Ching Fukien Fukiens Foochow Changchow Phengchow An Es College Inn Columbia University of Missouri

1000 More to Work for Cima

With the addition of 1000 men this week, Clyd Works administration workers laboring on local projects will total 11,000, H.E. Kincaich, project engineer, said Tuesday. The men added to the OWa rolls will work on old projects until new ones now being considered in Austin are approved. The payroll for next Saturday will probably reach $112,000, an increase of $12,000 over that of best week.

Clyd Adimlalum- Uo H.E. Kincaich Owa Austin

Wallace hints at cattle as basic commodity under plan

Washington dispatch reports Secretary Wallace after meeting with the president that the administration may urge Congress to classify cattle as a basic commodity under an agriculture adjustment act. He warns material changes in agriculture use are possible under the plan and mentions a broader overhaul may follow.

Washington, D.c Dee Wallace Congress Wallace Seld

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