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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1933
Page
15
An old newspaper notice lists multiple cars including Ford and Chevrolet models with years 1923 to 1931, mentioning a new Broadway at Fourth location for Herpel-Gillespie and a showroom kept inside for protection from weather.
The security markets appear steady despite Michigan banks closure and currency distrust abroad. Dun and Bradstreet notes manufacturers and retailers reducing stocks and building cash reserves, while retail distribution resists further curtailment. Signs suggest a possible bottom, with mixed monetary and industrial data, lower bank failures, rising broker loans, and slight price gains. Cold weather boosts electric demand as steel output and automobile news remain encouraging.
Readable fragments show a dense catalog of radio programs across stations including KONU 1370, KALE 1420, and WOAI 1190. Entries list times, show titles, hosts, and performers such as Ruth Etling, Maurice Ka, and Harraway, with numerous musical segments, news notes, and variety acts scheduled through late afternoon into evening.
Attorney General William D. Mitchell will discuss organized crime in large cities on National Radio forum aired via WOAT and network at 8:30 Monday evening. The talk serves as his valedictory before retirement March 4 as the Democratic administration takes office.
Fredericksburg Texas residents report the murder of Severo Vareat and a wife near Luckenbarherly day at Hugo Potac farm. Sheriff Alfred Kincrner leads an intensive armed manhunt for the unknown assailant. A 17 year old daughter, Alucine Vareal, survives the couple.
A garbled OCR list details numerous real estate transfers and deeds across years from 1833 to 1988. Individuals and entities such as Jauce C and Jenn Pere, Anne Gertrude Sten, Max Returan, Bridget Moran, Thomas H. Abbott Jr, Henry Gee, Frank C. Vouler, J. Gray, and Harlandale Properties appear with locations like Green Lo Cecork and new city blocks. The entries combine deed dates, parcel blocks, and occasional monetary figures, but many names and details are unreadable or corrupted.
Two 11 year old boys were caught allegedly stealing newspaper bundles from a Light carrier on Sunday, and were turned over to juvenile authorities for investigation Monday. The notice invites readers to call The Light at Broadway and Fifth Street for blotter information.
Obituaries report Mary Hildebrand aged 64 native of Germany longtime San Antonio resident with seven or more survivors including three sons and five daughters plus a separate Hebbronville service for Lucile Gray age 33 and relatives. Mark Anthony DeWolfe Howe, 69, noted author and Pulitzer winner, in critical condition after abdominal surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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