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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1932
Page
5
Mayor M. Chambers, chairman of the state committee, won in Austin on Thursday and moved to open a headquarters to push his proposed state sales tax. Indiana bank robbery reported at Wanatah State Bank with a director and two clerks terrorized. amount stolen undetermined.
A reader, missing a right leg since childhood, thanks the editor for a $50 prize and shares the hardship of using an ill fitting artificial limb. He recalls relying on the American Legion for a replacement and offers to help fund a new one for the young winner, urging a community movement.
Greta Garbo will return to Hollywood during the first two weeks of January after receiving her passport from the American legation in Stockholm. She had come to Sweden for rest following the expiration of her film contract.
Special services mark year end with a solemn triduum of thanksgiving Te Deum and Benediction beginning Thursday at San Fernando Cathedral and continuing through Sunday. Music by the cathedral choir and organ opens the services with rosary sermons and adoration led by Rev. J.M. Preciado. The schedule includes nocturnal adoration at 10 pm and high mass at midnight and New Year mass at 9:90 am with Archbishop Crossaerts delivering the message at 11 am. After 12 o'clock mass the Blessed Sacrament will be exposed all day and the services end with rosary benediction and adoration at 7:30 pm.
President Hoover sails toward Palm Beach aboard the Sequoia on a Florida fishing trip with Mrs. Hoover and guests. The vessel maintains fourteen miles per hour as a Coast Guard convoy travels ahead. Officials aim for a late today arrival with plans to fish for barracuda near Palm Beach if weather and schedule permit.
Jane Noble of The Light provides a situation wanted style service to craft ads that attract employment. She invites readers to Broadway at Fitch Street for consultation and ad preparation assistance.
Mexico City reports the permanent house and senate commissions will handle business until September 1 when the next session opens. The budget and civil registration law were approved, introducing nationwide identification cards costing 20 centavos valid for three years. In Philadelphia, Ida Havuck the elevated station cashier endured four robberies totaling $100 as holdups persist.
Coy W Seburn besieged the county jail for admittance to pay a federal $100 fine or serve 30 days in a liquor case. With no records available and after earlier attempts, he found a way to reach the jail Thursday, and federal authorities took him into custody for admission.
West Bend report states William Duenning Sr. and his son William Duenning Jr., age 1, were on Big Cedar Lake with playmate Bert Wickert, 14, when the ice cracked. The father, boy, and Wickert fell through and died, just days after the boy’s Christmas sled arrived.
Veteran actress Marjorie Bloomfieli aged 78 died in Los Angeles after a heart attack. The performer, once known for Shakespearean roles and lovemaking scenes with John Drew, had a storied stage career with FE, MW Solhem and troupe companion Booth.
Navy man Paul William Gibbons of the United States Navy, attached to the 0. 6. 5. Ohiongo First Division, visits his family in the city during the Christmas holidays. He was stationed overseas before returning home in January.
Canton December 29 news that the Canton Anti Japanese Boycott society has sentenced four more smugglers to death while authorities are reported to have intervened. The sentence comes amid ongoing tensions and anti-Japanese actions in the city.
Fort Sam Houston personnel will donate to a community chest in San Antonio to aid soldiers families and nationwide relief. Major beneficiaries include Fort Sam Houston Red Cross 30 percent San Antonio Centre Relief 26 percent Salvation Army 20 percent Army Relief Agency 15 percent and Red Cross national headquarters 5 percent. A 5 percent reserve is kept. Post commander Brig Gen Halstead Dorey urged one day’s pay per member. The chest was formed last year to optimize fund use.
A Valentine’s benefit at the municipal auditorium on February 14 aims to raise $5000 for the San Antonio Relief Home for the Aged. Vaudeville acts and dancing will headline, with Lena Shawcross directing relief work that aided over 1000 aged residents with meals and clothing. The home, at 109 Barrera street, served Christmas meals to 300 destitute and distributed 4500 pieces of clothing this year.
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