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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1934
Page
1
In Palacios Texas, December 37. The lighthouse keeper H. O. Welch, 26, vanished from Half Moon reef near the coast. Welch last logged lamp lighted at 6 PM Friday December 13. Searchers plumb widening coastal area as boats and coast guards probe treacherous waters and marshy shores for any trace.
BATILE NEC 21 Plans to attempt an air speed record for land planes. Col Roscoe Tyner announces a single seated monoplane by Prof H W Barlow of the University of Minnesota. aim to surpass the 314 mph mark set in France by Raymond Del Motte last Christmas.
County Farm Agent Fred Mally urges Bexar county peanut growers to attend a meeting at Sayers schoolhouse at 7 30 p m Friday The session will discuss peanut crop reduction contracts and AAA programs.
Bailey of New York a former buyer for a county mail order firm notes experts misjudge the 1938 Dodge value. He says the car’s high quality and many improvements make a low price unlikely, warning buyers not to be fooled by inflated estimates. Dozens of value experts have been wrong in guessing the 1935 Dodge price as well.
Anna Ericksen, mother of six, was charged with murder after a 19 year old named James Senese confessed to shooting her husband George Ericksen early Saturday. Senese, who claimed the plan paid $500, said the wife urged him for two months and that she stood to gain from a $2500 life policy. Indictments anticipated against Ericksen, Senese, and Emor G. Kruger.
More than 30 threats of violence against U S Ambassador Jefferson Caffery have been logged in six months. The threats, largely Communist in origin, center on the Scottsboro case and Cuba intervention, with other issues cited. Caffery travels in a conspicuous car as national police deploy a radio pursuit car to monitor his movements.
A court of appeals issued a temporary injunction blocking Independence Kansas from constructing a federal funded power plant. The case involves The Kansas Gas and Electric Company suing to stop funds from the Public Works Administration being used, after an Oklahoma federal court dismissal.
Cycle Patrolman R. Carstansen failed to stop in time on Boledad Street and was struck by a bicycle Thursday morning in the 100 block. He sought medical aid for an injured shoulder while the young rider was not arrested.
Discussion on Social Justice titled The Ten Commandments of Social Justice will be held at Travis Park church at 6 15 p m Sunday. City speakers will participate and singers from the AusHN Orphans home will render music.
Reports say reporters faced $5 and 50 cent assessments for courtroom seats to cover press seating costs during the Heuptsmann Hauptmann trial. Governor Moore ordered refunds through County Prosecutor Hauck and said the state would cover the expenses. The state may not use the new habit law to inform Hauptmann’s defense of scene presence, keeping door open for surprise witnesses. A jury pool of 350 was drawn, with 48 people scheduled to report.
In Bensalem near Stanley Becker's farm, a Guernsey cow calved triplets on Christmas Eve. The unnamed mother Daisy, a year-old cow, produced three calves named after Santa's reindeer, Danger Prancer and Dasher, to be tamed in the local dairy circles.
Feenamint chewing gum advertised as a gentle nonhabit forming laxative for children. Doctors reportedly prescribe the scenaric Lamtive to ease correction without upset, with a pleasant peppermint flavor and a price of 25 cents.
Ardmore man acquires Murray’s weekly voice publication The Voice of Gov William A Alfalfa Gil? Murray through much of his administration was announced here yesterday.
In Cannes on December 27 a theft was uncovered at the Riviera residence of Lady Bradford Leslie formerly Gertrude Ludiam of New York. Valuable antiques and fur furnishings were taken, with the wife of Charles Oskes reported in New York.
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