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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 21, 1932

Page

4

Man struck and fatally run over by two cars

A partially identified boy named Manuel Rodriguez about 10 was fatally struck in Buena Vista and Bouti Frio shells area late Saturday. A light roadster and a truck passed over the boy after he was knocked down, witness W. W. Ellison reported. An inquest was ordered and the body given to Andrew Morales undertakers. Two other accidents hospitalized a man repairing a stalled car on Camden street and Turner Morehead injured by a hit and run downtown.

Manuel Rodriguez Buens Vista Bouti Frio W. W. Ellison Ives North Frie Street South Frie Street Buena Vista W. E. Isbell C. H. Ryan County Seu Justice of the Peace John R. Shook Andrew Morales Joseph Robson Gamden Street Corpus Christi Road San Antonio George Mangold Raymond Griffith Turner Morehead Live Oak Street Physicians and Surgeons Hospital

Three Die as Bus Strikes Tank Truck on Highway

A Los Angeles bound passenger coach collided with a stalled tank truck on a highway near Mohawk east of Kern. Three persons died and 18 were injured, including a woman and two men. names include Alvin Alexander and T. Bowen of Los Angeles, and Joyce McLasty en route from Los Angeles to Dallas.

Yuma Ang Reo Los Angeles Mohawk Kert Alvin Alexander T. ¥. Bowen Phoenix Joyce McLasty Dallas

Sororities pledge 19 girls from L A

Nineteen Antonis girls were pledged in 11 Texas university sororities at the close of “rush week.” Those pledged include members of Alpha Phi Alpha, Delta Phi, Omega, Phi Mu, Kappa Gamma, Pi Beta Phi, Zeta Tau Alpha and others, with names such as Frances Stephens, Grace Eyres, Mary Graham Matthews, Reba Mae Masterson, Margaret Sheldon, and Margaret Carter among the recipients.

Ban Antonis Texas University Happa Alpha ‘Theta Frances Stephens Alpha Delta Fi Grace Eyres Ch Omega Mary Graham Matthews Alpha Pi Reba Mae Masterson Marguerite Sheldon Phi Mu Adele Groes‘Deck Kenpa Kappa Gamma Betty Comegys Ellen Jones Alpha Zi Delta Margaret Graham Delta Delta Delta Ethlyn Brown Mildred Mueller Amy Novich Glen Gow Pi Beta Phi Emmi Zeta Tau Alpha Margaret Carter Frances Fitch Alta King Carolyn Wall Gamma Phi Bets Helen Dromgoor

Non-Stop Flier Heads for Old Orchard Me

Nat C. Browne, intent on a record flight, departed Floyd Bennett Field in a loaded Fokker monoplane. He aims for Old Orchard, Maine, to prepare for a long cruise, possibly toward South America to attempt the 6011 mile non-stop distance mark.

AW York Feo Nat C. Browne Floyd Bennett Field Old Orchard South America

Local Classified Rent and Salary Fragments Reported

A distorted OCR listing shows various rents and salaries with scattered figures and names. Entries include monthly payments such as 8.60 and 1168, names like Drage, Trimery, Galan, and addresses such as 1821 N. Alamo. The text is fragmentary and unreadable in places, but indicates a table of rents or wages from multiple entities.

Drage Lawia N. Alamo W. Crete Apantrenta Tabor

Oldest Map In World Unearthed At Harvard Dig

Harvard excavators in Cambridge uncover a clay tablet dating to 2050 B C that contains a tiny map of Mesopotamian property once owned by Shal Azala. Found two feet underground at the Nazi site in Iraq, the artifact measures a hand’s width and may be the oldest known map.

Cambridge Mass Harvard University Nazi Iraq Mesopotamis Harvard Shal- Azala John D. Rockefeller B. C

Eight men seek bonds in Donna murder plot case

In Donna Texas on February 20 eight men were released on $1500 bonds each after Texas Rangers arrested them over a proposed ambush killing plot aimed at six prominent Donna citizens. The group planned to lure victims to inspect property and shoot from an ambuscade with a pistol and $30 found on one suspect. Victims named include Welter G. Weather, Harry Ridgeway, L. W. Todd and his brother Huey Todd, plus others tied to irrigation districts. Accused include E. J. Parnsworth Stakes Cheyney W H McClelland A F Dargel Walter Van Allen L E Schulte George Ruthven and Lutheg Lep.

Rio Grande City Texas CNS Donna Texas Rangers Frank Hamer Ambuscade SE Welter G. Weather Harry Ridgeway L. W. Todd Huey Todd Bil McReynolds Irrigation District E. J. Parnsworth Stakes Cheyney W. H. McClelland A. F. Dargel Walter van Allen L. E. Schulte George Ruthven Lutheg Lep Jey

U S Ammunition Plants Return to Full Time Payroll

New Haven Connecticut February report says Winchester Arms and Remington plants shifted from four day weeks to full production amid large orders for gums and cartridges from China. Officials declined to reveal order sources while noting several hundred workers rehired.

New Haven Conn IUS Connecticut China Winchester Arms Company Remington Company Bridgeport

Military Ball Opens George Washington Bi Centennial Events

A brilliant military ball celebrating the George Washington bi centennial opened at the Municipal auditorium. Officers from the regular army National Guard and organized reserves attended the event with a suit of arms on display and guidons around the dance floor. Refreshments were provided by Salvation Army halls as Major General winds Mrs Winds Maj. Gen. Winans and other officers led the receiving line before the grand march.

George Washington Municipal Auditorium Regular Army National Guard Salvation Army Hals Ernest Winds Edwinb. Winans Chambers Charles H. Danforth Claude Birkhead W.B. Tuttle Halead Dorey

Two Suspects Held in Planters Bank Robbery Case

Tyler Texas February 20 crny F W Green a mechanic and Dallas M Hunter both field workers were held tonight as the two remaining suspects in the daylight robbery of the Planters Bank and Trust Company of Haynesville Louisiana January 8. Four men robbed the bank of 1600 and fled after a gun battle with officers and citizens. Co-ed Dead in Oakland Freshman Miss Blize Jane Loetscher 19 of Mills College died today of a cerebral hemorrhage.

Tyler Texas Crny F. W. Green Dallas M. Hunter Planters Bank and Trust Company Haynesville Oakland Calif Blize Jane Loetscher Mills College Dubuque Iowa

Chinese War Victims Treated in Shanghai Hospitals

State department report cites 3210 wounded Chinese in Shanghai hospitals before last night’s Japanese offensive. American Consul General Edwin Cunningham at Shanghai provided the figure during today’s briefing in Washington.

Washington, D. C Shanghai State Department Edwin 8. Cunningham

Sino-Japan Battle Reel at Palace Theater

Fire and moving pictures of Sino-Japanese warfare in Ghankhal will be shown in the Hearst Metrofone news reel at the Palace theater Sunday. The 375 foot reel promises scenes of actual warfare as announced in advance notices.

Ghankhal Hearst- Metrofone Palace Theater

St Louis Opens Jobless Drive to Raise 600000

The mayor's crisis committee will start its $600,000 unemployment relief drive tomorrow with appeals from church pulpits. Churches will also collect on Sunday February 28. Donation blocks were distributed to representatives from nearly 1000 large firms at a meeting in the civil courts building.

Louis Civil Courts

McBride Sentenced 12 Years in Ferris Bank Robbery Case

H W McBride was found guilty of robbery with firearms in district court in Warrahachie Texas and sentenced to 12 years in prison. The theft involved 8 pistols from nightwatchman Bob Gunningham during a break into Farmers and Merchants bank at Ferris Nov 17. Four ballots supported the penalty. The jury deliberated three hours as McBride’s wife watched. The conviction is the first tied to the Ferris bank burglary. Herbert Scales J Tobert Red Kelly and Schuyler Marshall Jr face indictments in the same case.

Warrahachie Tex H. W. McBride Bob Gunningham Farmers and Merchants Bank Ferris McBride Ferris Bank Herbert Scales J. Tobert Red Kelly Schuyler Marshall Jr Tallas County

Woman Found Starved with Cash Hidden in Corset

In San Francisco on February 20, an 80 year old widow, Mrs. R. A. Martin, was discovered in a starving condition. Authorities reported she had $368 in currency concealed in the lining of her corset.

San Francisco R. A. Martin

Tardieu Forms New Ministry With National Defense

Paris February 21 Andre Tardieu former premier and war minister announces he has formed a new ministry. He will also serve as foreign affairs minister and combines war navy and air into a national defense ministry headed by Francois Pietri. Laval cabinet members join, Laval becomes labor minister. Tardieu to present cabinet to President Doumer at the Elysee Palace today.

Paris Andre Tardieu Pierre Lavel Tardieu Laval War Navy Air Naional Defense Francois Pietrl Lava Justice Paul Renaud Theodore Methieu Lnance Pierre Edlente Flandin Louis de Chappdelaine Cheveau

Chicago Gangsters Slay Politician

Chicago officials report the death of John Morris a minor politics figure and two election board clerks after they were slain in a gangland style killing. Morris was found in a barrel at Franklin Park his body transported from the city hotel where he had lived and feared he was marked for death hiding in his room for two weeks prior to today’s killing.

Chicago John Morris Board of Election Commissioners Franklin Park

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