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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1934
Page
9
An On Board Train column by Arthur Brisbane reflects on Lincoln’s life and lessons while detailing passengers aboard a New York to Miami journey. It contrasts humble study with formal schooling, praises railroad workers, and notes observers from a middle aged lady to a mink clad traveler amid a scene of passengers, platforms, and etiquette on travel.
In Vienna and other cities clashes between Socialists and authorities left dozens dead and many wounded. Martial law was declared with troops mobilized to suppress the uprising as a nationwide general strike spread. Police and soldiers fought in Vienna Ling and Graz with artillery and machine guns.
Austria mobilizes armed forces to crush a nationwide socialist uprising. Martial law declared in Vienna and Linz. One police inspector killed in Vienna amid clashes. Army trucks, machine guns, and ambulances fill streets in icy rain as cabinet meets to consider dissolving the Socialist party. Hundreds of socialists arrested as tensions rise.
LITTLE BOCK Ark Feb 12 Logston celebrated her birthday amid Arkansas Children's Home comforts and friends. The girl spent three years chained in her parents home. Her father Roy Logstan works off fines on Benton county roads and the stepmother is in county jail. Candy fruit clothes and books were gifts along with department store staff buying more clothes for her.
Sherman Texas February 12. Randolph Bryant federal judge in the Northern District of Texas issued an opinion in the Amazon Refining Company and other plaintiffs suit to prevent usury from affecting their properties in East Texas. The decision holds the oil code unconstitutional and limits government control over interest rates.
In Kansu province a squadron of the Nanking regime airmen attacked rebel warlords, dropping bombs and firing from the air. Nationalist leaders hope the Ninghsia disorder will end quickly amid the campaign. Also notes acting postmasters named in Texas and Arkansas and Governor Ferguson freeing three convicts on conditional pardons in Austin.
San Antonio and East Texas forecast frost for Monday night and Tuesday. In San Antonio area Monday night low ground temperature around 34 degrees, Tuesday high about 60 degrees with light to gentle north winds. East Texas coast expects frost Monday night and Tuesday with moderate north winds along the coast. West Texas also foresees frost Monday night with similar northerly winds.
William P. B. MacCracken former assistant secretary of commerce was found guilty of contempt by Justice Daniel W. O Donoghue of the District of Columbia Supreme Court. The hearing followed questions over a habeas corpus writ and whether MacCracken was unlawfully detained during the confrontation with a lawyer and the senate sergeant at arms. The court rejected the arrest claim and said the writ was improperly issued, with MacCracken not detained, though he spent about 20 hours with Jurney.
Newark reports the Emergency Relief Administration rolls fell from 236,600 to 236,943 names between November 30 and December, a drop of 7 percent as CWA activities push relief efforts. The decrease affects 27 municipalities with populations over 900, totaling roughly 19,960 names removed nationwide.
Feb 12 Washington reports air corps officers rush to finalize plans for a new air mail system. Maj Gen Foulois oversees plane tuning and route design from Mitchel Field to Miami with ten principal routes and feeder lines. No passengers aboard these military planes initially. Some pilots may be recalled from reserves as civilian contractors shift to Army air mail under Roosevelts order.
Weatherman J H Jarboe forecasts a near freezing spell with temperatures dropping to 34 Tuesday morning and 32 in some spots. Light north winds are expected as frost edges in, but not severe enough to kill vegetation though tender buds may freeze. sunshine and 60 degree warmth are forecast by Monday and Tuesday afternoon.
Fragmented notice shows room and weekly rates with occasional addresses and dates. Mentions moving, vacancies, and rental columns. Includes names like Macnells and Crofton with vague figures and partial phrases about wages and terms.
Adam R. Johnson of Austin, former Austin city manager, was elected director of the Texas relief administration to succeed Col. Lawrence Westbrook. The five to four commission vote placed Johnson over others with Jack Reed as the lone federal appointee. Some members opposed citing preference for Reed pending first round, while supporters cited Johnson’s advancement.
Police and federal agents continue a large scale inquiry into the $200000 kidnapping of Ed ward G Bremer a St Paul banker and president of the Commercial State Bank seized January 11 and held until release near Rochester Massachusetts after payment of ransom clues focus on the exact location of his captivity and the sequence of events surrounding the abduction.
Blanche Rails, a red haired Alabama divorcee, testified in federal district court about an alleged attack by Lieutenant Murrel last October. She described the rooftop meeting at St Anthony hotel and a night of visiting two houses before proceeding to Shadowland Night club where most party members gathered. The defense motion for continuance was denied and the jury was seated as the government indicated it would not seek the death penalty if Murrel is convicted.
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