This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 17 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1933
Page
11
Villagers recount encounters with Gypsy palm readers at a tower in Around as outlanders arrive. The seers promise prophecies for fees, prompting warnings from residents and tense reactions as authorities monitor the spectacle near the Smith-Young observatory.
A voluntary petition was filed Wednesday in the Paroral Tunerive court by an applicant named J. Hetane of the Hew Bian shop located at 1437 South Mackberry Avenue. Liabilities total about 1.0 million with approximately 500,000 owed to a creditor and 9,000 to another, including a claimed default.
Berlin dispatch details impending Nazi reform plans starting January 1 that would extend dictatorship over German criminal civil and military law. Opposition voices Catholics Protestants and scientists warn that sterilization forms the keystone of racial policy and could trigger protests across Germany.
A one year extension was granted by the Interstate Commerce Commission on the Fredericksburg and Northern railway project. The extension allows time to complete negotiations for a 9 mile line from Prosteresen to Prodorickabnne, Kadwn as part of the Fredericksburg to West Texas route.
In a heated exchange, H T Davis and Board of Education President R B Menefee clashed over furnishing supplies for a relief project to employ San Antonio's jobless teachers. Menefee said the board would donate buildings and heating while government must supply textbooks and equipment. Davis cited a telegram from Austin about employing teachers under a federal project. Four hundred teachers applied. winners to be chosen by state director George A. Fern, with pay of 12 dollars per week. Relief officials expect action this week.
A four month delay was granted in the San Antero telephone case as Southwestern Bell Telephone seeks time to prepare an appeal transcript. Federal judge Belmes dismissed the earlier decision after hearings, with 129 additional days added to file the record. Bruce Teagarden, city counsel’s special adviser, noted the need to condense testimony for the Fifth Circuit review.
Allocation of about 1,260,000 for the constr death of San Antarco’s new federal building will be made in a day or two. Senator Tom Connally wired tax Collector Maury Maverick, the latter contending appropriation of 1,400,000 will be cut to vote in relief activities. Funds for the binding will come from the public walks administration.
Announcement from 1933 states Howard J. Criner, a bugler with the Twenty third Infantry at Forkham Houston, will play Taps for the Veterans of Foreign Wars New Year observance at the Meélea Arte building as midnight marks the year’s end.
A home to house canvass designed to immunize citizens against contagious diseases opens in Sav Ad ton on Wednesday. Four registered nurses will conduct the city survey under the city health department and CWA guidance with observers including Stella Mae Davis Florence Bforrow Velma Johnson and Vivian Dimatine.
By January 1 about 100 CWA workers from San Antonio will start quarking sin projects at Fort Sam Houston and soon after peak employment of roughly 2200 men on CWA projects will be reached. About 209 men were put to work Wednesday on newly approved tasks in Washington with more arrivals as rapidly as projects can be readied. The program includes painting and remolding horses under Capt. A. S Harrison post quartermaster. Around 1000 men, many skilled, will be employed on these jobs with eight officers and one noncommissioned officer assisting Captain Harrison. Officers listed include Lieutenants Andry C. Anderson Morton Townes Jefferson L. Curtis Irving W. Jackson Ben K. Tompon John P. Daley Leo W. Cathey Donald G. Little and more, plus NCOs Basil D. Miller J W Peters B H Reger Sargeant Joseph Tedd L M Chamberlain Will Krenek and A P Wren. In addition to Capt Harrison, several hundred work under Capt A J Dershimer constructing quartermaster work.
Mexican aliens were again turned away at the federal district clerk’s office on Wednesday as citizenship application forms were exhausted after a two week wait for first papers. About forty first papers have been taken up since the relief committee announced all ballots would be barred from rebel housing, and only direct relief was needed. A new supply of forms has been ordered.
Two prowlers who smashed a window of a parked car on San Pedro avenue fled after a chase near Central poles on early Wednesday. They dropped loot and one of two rifles belonging to a local game warden was recovered. authorities moved the items to a downtown storage.
Hunter was fined 61 dollars after conviction on a charge of killing a doe on the Blanco road on Monday. The arresting officer was A. T. Hitzfelder of the game garden unit, with the case heard in the Pesce dphn FL Union court on Wednesday.
Dallas resident Joe E Words, 40, was hospitalized after an auto crash on Dallas and Brocklyn Avenues Tuesday night. Douglas Strawn, 44, of 540 Booth Fresh Street, received medical care after being struck by a vehicle. Albert Garza, 20, of 507 Minneey Street, was knocked from his motorcycle in the incident.
Kin of Obregon and a three year old mother in law of the late president Alvaro Obregon is reported to have entered Santa Rosa hospital Wednesday for a surgical procedure. Officials announced the move as part of Operation Senora Sara M Tapia. The woman traveled from Hermosillo Sonora Mexico amid holiday delays as postal workers and drivers faced staffing issues.
Beery confusion arises over who is named to a key diplomatic post with misheard names and uncertain identity. The discussion references Stotesbury Atterbury and a Japanese ambassador effort amid a 1936 crisis context. A figure named Saito is noted as involved, with questions about credibility and policy direction.
A reader urged using 12 dollars per month bonuses for San Antonio policemen and firemen instead of a 1.45 million bond for sewer upgrades. City officials argued the grant money and voter-approved bonds fund essential sewage work, with estimates showing 82 thousand dollars annual impact and 900 jobs for eight months if approved.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.