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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1935
Page
12
A provocative column ties UK and US debates on capital punishment to a brutal beheading of two women. It contrasts British shock with Germany's Hitler regime and Russia Germany tensions, while touching on the US gold standard court ruling, Roosevelt policies, and wage debates. The piece blends opinion, international cites, and constitutional questions.
President Roosevelt called Congress to renew the fundamental aims of the National Recovery Act with a two year extension. He urged government power to set fair competition standards and protect workers right to organize while allowing oversight to curb waste in natural resources like oil gas and coal. He endorsed the NRA emergency program and urged coordinated codes and simplified procedures to sustain industrial stability.
In Trxzarkana Texas on February 23 the death of James H. Oling 35 was attributed to a hunger strike begun a week earlier by local health officials. Dr X M Kelley county health officer said Oling refused food after denial of care at the bureau yesterday.
In New York Mrs. Mice Drew, 42, feared being a burden to her husband who needed money for medical care. She locked herself in the kitchen and set the apartment on fire, resulting in her death.
Secretary Swanson said he would oppose further navy dirigibles and doubted Congress would fund them. He noted dirigibles could have limited commercial use, but would build them if forced. He cited pressure after the Macon loss and defended his stance amid criticism.
NEW YORK. Feb 20. Bethlehem Steel Corporation paid more than $900,000 last year in pensions for six retired employees, the annual review of the employees pension plan reported today.
Forecast covers San Antonio and Texas regions. Wednesday night low around 50 degrees with Thursday warmest near TH degrees. Light to moderate east to south winds on the coast and in West Texas. General warming trend through Thursday with variable winds and a mild to warm pattern across the interior regions.
New York Feb 2 directors of the Americal Telephone and Telegraph company ordered a quarterly dividend of 2.25 per share, distributing about 47 010 dollars to stockholders. Montana man Millam L Wilson of Montana was named assistant secretary at agriculture.
Dillard Coy former deputy county clerk Wes tamed in three indictments returned Wednesday by Criminal District court grand jury. He faced charges of theft theft by embezzlement and embezzlement in connection with promises to procure beer licenses. Coy was dismissed from the county clerk’s office a week ago when Clerk B F Tattler took office as county clerk pro tem to succeed former County Clerk George Huntress Jr. who and W R Beauinier, former chief deputy, are under indictment for shortages in their accounts.
Washington February 20 The abuses age and means committee decided a federal payroll tax for unemployment insurance instead of phasing the levy on business conditions. The change was written into the bending social security bill with apparent approval of administration officials.
A retired soldier, Postmaster Dan RuustL, reported receiving a letter from a woman in San Antonio seeking a romance. The writer signed as Mrs. Helen Robertson, Fort Gain Houston, requesting to identify a retired soldier who waits to pen Ned. The message suggests a social dating scene in progress.
In a Washington dispatch dated February 20 the War Department announces Major Rutherford Ray Ahab Rutherford Foch Bliss has been detainee for gate with the organized Reserves in Denver Colorado effective May 15.
Berlin reports reveal Captain George von Sosnowski, a Polish spy, ran a high profile espionage ring from a luxury Berlin apartment. He inspired fear as female associates helped extract German military secrets while baroness Benita von Berg and Renate von Matzmer were executed. Sosnowski faces life imprisonment, with possible exchange for a German prisoner.
Walter Schleyer, switchboard operator at police headquarters, admitted Wednesday he did not recall traces of Aretsiess at 1:45 a.m. when a prank voice claimed, This is Raymond Hamilton, I just killed one of your boys. The voice halted abruptly. Officers were not certain it was a hoax until all the boys were accounted for.
Weather notes praise near perfect conditions for San Antonio with mild 50s to 70s and easterly winds. A separate item reports six Harlem farm escapees from Sugar Land recaptured last night in Walley County after a Monday afternoon breakout.
Washington dispatch reports Haile Selassie I presented an American diplomat with a green bull described as a Christmas gift. The tale portrays the Ethiopian emperor in a Santa Claus role, with the bull said to be alive and snorting, delivered from Addis Ababa though Ethiopian Christmas falls January 8.
Beating of a foster daughter was described at a murder trial of a father in Waxahachie. Testimony stated C Bearbroughheat his foster daughter Woris on several occasions before she was sent away six years earlier. Witnesses recalled a 16 year old girl’s clothes set afire by a blow torch, then gasoline on flames. Yarrough testified he mistook the flame for water. A truck driver testified Yar brought beating with two three foot sticks. Neighbors said they heard cries of beating and a child saying she was being beaten to death. Blanche Carpenter testified seeing blows with a diddle as the girl fled shouting breaking my neck.
Police intensified a city wide search for Julia R Felman Jr a University of Pennsylvania coed and daughter of state official Willan Felman Jr after a string of mysterious calls and her disappearance following a shopping outing. Her mother fears a kidnapping.
Listings show monthly rents from 20 to 55 dollars and weekly rates for furnished rooms and boards. Properties include addresses on Goliad Ashby Saunders Fir Main and a range of avenues with several rooms and “rooms with board” options listed. Local agencies offer to place tenants and provide complete listings in the Bee's columns.
Morris on plans to build Diesel powered plants at Gunter site to supply downtown and suburbia with electricity at 25 percent lower rates than San Antonio Public Service Company. He argues two plants can meet city load and threatens public opinion if franchise denied.
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