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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1938
Page
2
The court watched a packed San Antonio room as mayoral aides and city officials arrived ahead of the grand jury hearing into a pointer racketeering case linked to tax, property assessments, and mayoral influence. Quint questioned, press waited.
The grand jury session in the Criminal District Court, led by Porter Loring, indicted Mayor Quin and others in a sprawling case. Indictments were read, nine jurors concurred on each count, and bonds of 1000 were posted for Quin as city officials and attorneys moved to secure appearances.
In Terre Haute Indiana a 38 year old husband Ralph D Hendall and his 15 year old stepdaughter Betty are killed after he confronts a man William Query 55 who had secretly married the girl on Christmas Eve The girl 18 at the time reportedly fled with Query after a restraining order was filed The killer then killed himself with a pistol shot The incident follows a previously charged case of contributing to the delinquency of a minor involving the girl and her mother Mrs Minnie Esle Dobson of Greencastle Indiana, while lawmen pursue other court matters and a New Year celebration is planned by the San Antonio Tourist Club Featuring a door show and kafte klatth from 8 p m The case adds to a string of indictments and bills returned in city court and a related routing affair reported Friday
County Commissioner R HL Uhr Pridny announced plans to fight the injunction blocking issuance of 90600 warrants for paying four roads in a precinct. He spoke before Crimingi District Court’s grand jury and criticized local press coverage as unhealthy. Uhr cited community impact and connected the warrants to assisting Kerrville and Austin papers, while discussing talks with road contractor RW Colglades and assistant district attorney L J Gittinger.
An elusive bandit who robs drug store delivery boys struck again as Eril Eghorn of Bexar Drug at 1100 Virginia Boulevard lost cigarettes and $1 in a robbery near Preston Avenue. Earlier a similar attempt on Ray Porsage of Star Drug at 1250 Highland Boulevard failed. a phone delivery order led to a suspected meet where the bandit fled in a car attended by a store manager.
Rt. Rev. Benjamin D Dagwell bishop of Oregon says church hymns like The Church's One Foundation and Onward Christian Soldiers are overused in Episcopalian churches. He urges limiting repetition and rotating favorites during visits to parishes across the state.
Sacramento Calif Dec 30 SNB Dr Ernest E Oertel argues that the great need today is not literacy alone but discriminating news analysis. He promotes a UC Extension course in news evaluation, stressing propaganda analysis as essential and noting Americans are flooded with news they must critically assess.
Italian opera engagements were canceled by Monte Carlo Opera director Dr. Erlch Blehter who said his Christian Aryan stance forbids supporting religious persecution. He refused to conduct at La Scala in Milan over what management called absurd racial motives, noting Milan’s ban on Jewish subscriptions. He plans to return to the United States after the season or go to Buenos Aires.
State’s attorney Thomas J. Courtney launched his campaign to oust Mayor Edward J. Kelly, accusing a city hall and underworld gambling alliance. He pledged a hard fight and a change, criticizing the spoils system benefiting Nash and Kelly at taxpayers’ expense.
A cluttered ad page lists multiple New Year’s Eve events across venues such as a mirrored ballroom at Menger and venues on Hopkins Street. Activities include bands, orchestras, dancing hours from evening to early morning, admission fees with occasional drinks, favors, and coffee hours, featuring names like Johnnie Peters and Emil Dieterd.
Grand jury in Griminal District Court of Bexar County, Texas, unsealed indictments against Mayor C K Quin, R Neil Campbell, and L P Blaha for misappropriation of city funds totaling 30 dollars, with additional counts and witnesses named including L G Trevino and various city officials in July 1938. The document cites multiple indictments alleging unlawful payments and conspiracies to divert city money, with a total sum of 3487 dollars referenced across counts.
In Greenfield Ohio a 29 year old amateur boxer and umpire William Cross sprayed bullets in a cafe wounding his wife Katherine 20 and two women Lois Curry and Esther Gmalicy as patrons hid under tables and fled. Cross shot his wife and then himself and was hospitalized under guard. Katherine Cross had filed for divorce and a hearing was set for today.
Angeles scene reports Death Valley Scotty arriving from his desert castle amid talk of mayoral corruption and jail time for local leaders. He remarks that every visit brings more disputes with officials while defending his animals and desert homeland. The piece notes Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec as a parallel feature in the American Weekly.
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