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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1936
Page
2
A column from Corpus Christi notes local quirks including a unicyclist with a coin collection, a window menu misread as Arch Stew, and quirky ads. It also mentions Joseph G. Cooper of the interstate commerce commission, a grandfather clause explanation, Byrd autograph efforts, an old Missouri Gazette, and Katy L ines president Matthew Sloan visiting town.
A man plans a bold outfit consisting of brown shorts shirt tie and accessories to influence his ride at the Downs. He hopes the brown palette plus a green hat will affect his performance with the horses and change the outcome of the race.
Dr. Pahl F. Weln, pastor avid superintendent of Grace Lutheran, travels from San Antoni to Chicago for charity conferences and charitable work. He plans to return to San Antonio in about a week.
McALLEN Feb 4 CP The King ranch the greatest of cattle empires fed a nation and will be known hereafter only by songs and romance it inspired E M Gard official surveyor of the ranch for 25 years says that partition of its 1400 000 acres among the King heirs is almost complete
A historic Texas land narrative details Captain King and Captain Kenedy’s vast holdings near Kingsville and Kings County. It notes a 1925 appraisal of 5 million on the flying HQ project, wild land expansion, buffalo importation, and the 1925 widow's will ending King holdings as legacy fades amid frontier legend and rugged individualism.
State inquiry opened into the deaths of 20 African American convicts trapped in a flaming truck as guards struggled to rescue them. Coffins prepared at the state prison for the charred remains after a prisoner lit paper to warm his hands and a gasoline drum ignited.
James B. Chimmy Donahue, linked to the Wentworth and Harbor Haugwitz- Reventlow clans, is announced as the newest angel. Lois Shure says Donahue will travel from Palm Beach to assemble a cast for The Felix Ferry Revue, a musical comedy, with salaries for noted players including James Velen, Digie Domhar, Mal Le Ray, and the Yernt Club Bors.
Feb report from El Monte California says two bank robbers died during a holdup at the Southern County Bank. A third man was in custody after officers and a guard with a sawed off shotgun repelled the robbery. A bystander reported the scene as shots rang out and loot was taken from the vault.
St Anthony Shrine hosts a barbecue fundraiser on Sunday to benefit the shrine. Church members will serve a barbecue sausage dinner on church grounds near the northwest corner of Broadway and Nacogdoches, less than a block from the river.
The Dolbow murder case resumes in Mannington Township with Mrs Marguerite Dalbow and Norman Driscoll facing electric chair charges. Prosecutors allege a barnyard killing over a love affair as the couple awaits next week’s witness testimony while the defense promises an iron clad alibi.
Dallas jurors acquitted J. Pachanan, the first bartender tried under Texas new package sales liquor law, of operating an open saloon after a county court trial. The jury reached a verdict late yesterday, freeing the defendant after the case was submitted.
The Rev H A Heinke of New Braunfels will deliver the evening message Sunday at the Grace Lutheran church for the young people's service at 7:30 p.m. The San Antonio Federation of Lutheran Leagues of the American Lutheran church will meet at Grace Church at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
First Baptist Church prepares a revival with Quiet Hour services February 9 to 16 led by Pastor Dr. C Roy Angell. The revival will be directed by Dr. Prince Burroughs of Nashville. Deputy U S Marshal J S McNeel returned Saturday from a trip to La Tuna transporting federal prisoners to the federal reformatory.
A garbled report notes a deaf woman gaining hearing via telephone with mention of Mrs. Stokedy in New York. The fragment references a medical or assistive device, costs, and a pay specialist, but details are unclear due to damaged text. The piece hints at enablement for those fearing noises, ringing, or car travel, tying to a locality and unknown events.
Five people were injured and one child died after a leaking gasoline heater exploded at Reed Consolidated Solar facility west of Oklahoma. Fern Dodson age 7 died in hospital after suffering burns and burns from the blast and ensuing fire. The incident occurred earlier today as flames engulfed the area. Local authorities are investigating the cause and identifying all victims.
A Sunday town revival begins at the local Poults Square church in South Pine County led by Rev. Fred Beard. The eight week event features daily topics such as The Folten Man and Meeting the Need of Humanity, with calls for spiritual refreshment and Christian renewal.
Administrator Hapry J. Hopkins warned that WPA workers who loaf on the job will be dismissed and bosses who permit tardiness will face action. He noted a small proportion of workers have been shirking duties.
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