14 Feb 1933
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1933
Page
1
A Coluia Dispatch column critiques the push for executive powers, cites mixed public reaction, and contrasts relief efforts with the public mood. It blends political commentary with vignette scenes, including a Washington mule metaphor, and notes Treasury receipts for February.
Donna Texas February 4 farm leaders of the Lower Rio Grande Valley Producers association report about 400 Hidalgo farmers touring to persuade growers to halt cabbage shipments to maintain prices around eight dollars per ton. Meetings planned at Mission aim to frame terms and avoid lawlessness while urging cooperation with legal actions.
Partly cloudy to cloudy and colder Tuesday with a high near 67 and Tuesday night low around 50. Wednesday largely cloudy and cooler with daytime highs near 64. Light to moderate south winds shift to northwest by Wednesday. East Texas also partly cloudy and colder, especially inland, with coastal winds to the northwest by Wednesday morning.
In Kalispell Montana on February 14 Bob Bales a 65 year old hermit refuses county shelter. He lives in a ragged tent in South Fork country enduring 50 below while authorities insist he stay until spring. Found by two mushers he is described as living in rag clothes eating preserved carcasses left by predators. He says he has lived in the woods 30 years.
A northern wind will push temperatures down by about 16 degrees over the next 24 hours. Thermometers drop to around 50 degrees by early Wednesday as winds shift from south to northwest and skies clear. Wednesday’s high is forecast near 54 degrees under a brighter sun.
Geneva Feb 1 The Japanese government note delivered to the League of Nations declares its stand on Manchukuo and Sino Japanese disputes. It drops prospects for conciliation as the league faces a terse reply to questions about Japan’s views on discontrolling the puppet state.
Japan's imperial diet approved by standing vote the largest budget in history totaling 2,239,000,000 yen about 480.9 million dollars. Major increases come from army and navy with 921,000,000 yen allocated, higher than tax revenue projections by over 100,000,000 yen.
Nippon envoy Nakata, a Japanese lumber and wheat importer, says there is no clear swing of Japanese business away from the United States to Canada. He cites exchange conditions and U S bank failures as the cause of recent shifts.
Paul Block, New York publisher, urged the Senate Finance Committee to form an active advisory board of leading citizens to confer with the president and cabinet on economic measures. Proposals included a balanced budget, bond funding for public works, retirement of the gold standard, farm and mortgage readjustments, tariff changes, and repeal of the eighteenth amendment.
Detroit February 14 Governor William A Gamstock announced an eight day banking holiday ending February 21 to address an acute financial emergency in Detroit and statewide. Banks will remain closed through February 29 due to Washingtons birthday holiday. reopening planned after negotiations to stabilize Union Guardian Trust. The move follows a conference with bankers and federal officials.
In Annapolis on a February day a Solon was lashed to illustrate the barbarism of the whipping post. A Maryland state house demonstration featured a personal illustration of the punishment, with member from Baltimore addressing the house in defense of abolition. The debate followed talks on the whip and penalties tied to wife beating and the reform movement pressing for repeal.
Feb. ee or Ansul Jr, son of a noted losses, prepared to step out as an executive and become an employee in one of the firms his father once led. Announcement of resignation as director and vice chairman of the People's Gas Light and Coke Co. shows he becomes assistant to the chairman James Simpson. Amertian-
Washington dispatch reports Perdinsad Pecora, counsel for the Senate banking committee, arriving to prepare for the opening of the Senate investigation into the Insull utilities collapse. He met with Chairman Norbeck, James B. Stewart, and others studying the Traul case as months of evidence gathering continue.
BASEL Switzerland February 14 17 Leon Fraser American vice president of the Bank for International Retirements today accepted the presidency of the bank succeeding Onlean Mao Carrah Fraser will lead the institution in Basel and oversee international operations with a focus on retirement services and global finance.
Lansing Mich For 14 CINS Refusal of Ford Motor company to subordinate its interests in Union Guardian Trust company claims of Reconstruction Finance corporation and Muller depositors brought on the edict closing Michigan banks for eight days Governor Wil A Comstock said today He related what he called the aide story of the bank holiday which had fed up 1 200 000 000 deposits and left the state virtually bankless
In Berlin on February 1, a Reichstag committee clash ended with Chancellor Adolf Hitler ally Hane Frank physically ejecting socialist chairman Dr. Paul Loeb from the presidential seat. Frank declared the Nazi party cannot tolerate a Herrloose Marxist in the chair as Godulka and Communists clashed at the hall.
Detroit reports an eight day bank holiday triggered by Governor Comstork’s data. Telegraphs race to ship currency, banks prepare for collection payments, groceries seek coupon plans, and stock exchanges halt while officials promise full police protection. Creameries keep milk moving but worry about farmer payments. crossing border checks shift to Michigan assets. Continued on page 19.
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