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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 14, 1934

Page

16

Plan library patron drive announced for San Antonio

H W Ochs chair of the chamber of commerce civic affairs committee announced a city sponsored effort to recruit at least 1000 donors for a library fund. The drive, backed by the chamber the junior chamber and the City Federation of Women’s Clubs, aims to rehabilitate old volumes. Leaders will speak at Thomas Jefferson High School to mobilize targeted youth and patrons beginning Thursday.

San Antonio Ochs Menefep Board of Education M. M. Harris Library Board Thomas Jefferson High Schval Ned Ethods

Catholic School Inspector Leaves for St Louis

Rev. Brother Eugene A. Paullt an inspector for the western province of the Society of Mary departed Wednesday morning after completing inspections at St Mary's University and Central Oxtholla High School bound for St Louis.

Eugene A. Paullt Western The Society of Mary St.Louis St. Mary’s University Central Oxtholla High School

Room-size rugs shampooed and demothed ad offer

In your home for $1.25 Bee Classification $4 Light Classified ads promote domestic rug cleaning and related services with home service pricing.

Earthquake Shakes Manila Residents Amid Northern Luzon Tremor

Manila residents faced brief panic at noon as a strong quake centered about 200 miles off Northern Luzon near the Ching Sea rattled the area. Officials advised calm and observers tracked the aftershocks.

Manila Luzon Ching Sea

Highway Plan Agreed Upon for Hug-the-Coast Route

Austin Feb 14 Texas highway commission approves a 4 1/2 mile Hug-the-Coast Highway segment from Kenedy County with state and federal funding. The commission to cover one half of the cost and federal grants may fund the project this year. Surveys and right of way soon to be completed. Kenedy County currently lacking a state highway ending at the county line. Traffic from Houston Corpus Christi and Kingsville to Brownsville detours via Edinburg and Falfurlas.

Austin Kennedy County Texas Highway Commission Nat Wetzel Raymond~vile Wetzel Kenedy County Houston Corpus Christi Kingsville Brownsville Edinburg Falfurrlas

Gold Shipment Aboard Cherbourg Bound for ULS

About 2 million dollars in gold, the largest single shipment of its kind since the current gold rush began, departed for America aboard the Cherbourg. The cargo, sourced from Southampton, weighed around 7,000 pounds and was valued at 100 million francs on board. insurance rates on the cargo ranged up to 30 shillings per 100 pounds.

Uls Cherbourg Am¢re Southampton

Blizzard Delays Ruling on Insull Status in Greece

In Athens a heavy snowstorm delayed a ruling on whether Samuel Insull Sr. must leave Greece. Metaxas attended a Peloponnesian celebration as the government secured a municipal election victory amid the ongoing Insull case.

Blizzard Greece Athens Samuel Insull Sr John Metaxad Peloponnesus Thsull Chicago

Pen Riot Probed as Walla Walla Death Toll Grows

Walla Walla Washington February 14 reports plan to grill surviving convicts over the penitentiary riot rooted in food dissatisfaction. The death list stands at nine including eight inmates and one guard. Treasury receipts show February 12 totals: receipts 11 132 999 expenditures 49 298 430 26.

Walla Walla, Wash State Penitentiary James M. McCauley Treasury Washington, D.C

Gilbert Won't Fight Divorce In Hawaii Visit

Honolulu dispatch reports actor Jack Gilbert declined to oppose divorce action by wife Virginia Bruce who has hired counsel in Hollywood. Bruce announced plans to seek a divorce. Electric power output rose in New York to 1,651,895,000 kilowatt hours last week from 1,636,275,000 the week before and 1,482,509,000 a year ago, Edison Electric Institute announced.

Honolulu T. H CING Jack Gilbert Virginia Bruce Hollywood New York Edison Electric Institute

Knock Out Cold With Grave’s Laxative Quinine

A vintage ad urges early cold treatment with Grave’s Laxative Dramo Quinine. It claims internal action relieves fever headaches and the grippiness by boosting the whole system. Available through druggists at 3 or 50 cents. ask for the full home.

Grove

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