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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1933
Page
1
Arthur Brisbane muses on trains and flying progress from Las Vegas via a Pullman trip to the Grand Canyon, noting high altitude views, industrial strikes, prison reform, vandalized homes, and the push for faster aircraft. He contrasts speed records to military air power and comments on Hitler's disarmament stance and Catholic tensions in Germany and abroad.
A Denver grand jury probes a kidnapping case tied to a $40,000 ransom for Charlen Boettcher, heir to a Colorado millionaire family. District Attorney Rael Wottenge ordered the inquiry after a conference with Claute K. Boettcher. The twelve day investigation follows the disappearance and disputed leads amid a tense manhunt.
Brownsville officials say Erin McCall shot and killed Lehman Nelson, a flying instructor, during a mid air struggle over a plane tied to a suspected gang plan for robberies. Twelve men were questioned as investigators sought to establish the sequence of events leading to the crash and Nelsons death.
Weather report notes cloudy conditions with light to moderate southerly winds. Friday will be cool with a low near 50 degrees and rain possible in the northwest portion, with Saturday warmer around 66 degrees and winds shifting to the northwest. Mainly cloudy with rain in the east portion Friday night and Saturday afternoon. outlook colder conditions in the southeast portion.
Chicago report indicates Misa Patricia Maguire, 1 Cor more than a year ill, shows no sign of waking. Her mother Mrs Peter Wiley and sister Mrs Gladys Hansen stay at her Oak Park bedside day and night amid fever and faltering hope for recovery.
A cold front brings rain and cooler temps across San Antonio and East and West Texas. Thursday’s 80 degree high drops to 76 Friday and 66 Saturday with morning low near 58. South winds shift to northwest as rain clouds move in from the coast, with little sunshine expected.
DELPHI, Feb. 24 0. About 2000 sleek U S helmets for American doughboys, shipped to Chinese troops for use on the Jehol front. The helmets, somewhat moth eaten, were sent yesterday from a Philadelphia firm dealing in used army and Navy equipment to Shanghai. The order was placed through Albert S. Dreyfuss, head of the New York exporting concern connected to the local firm.
Berlin reports say Hitler urged former Kaiser Wilhelm to postpone any return to power. The message, conveyed to Princess Hermine Wilhelm, has left observers noting the effort as a sorrowful setback and the mission to Berlin described as a failure.
Antonia Baring is charged by complaint with robbery by assault with firearms after a February 18 holdup at a barbecue stand on 33 Olmus Drive. Deputy J C Muggrave says Liat Barrera identified the suspect as the robber who took $4. Barrera to be held at Bexar County jail.
Peiping reports playwright Shaw, flying at eight thousand feet above the Great Wall, offered no remarks on the experience. The famed writer viewed the wall from an air plane and kept his thoughts to himself, not making any observations.
Japanese and Manchukuo forces push into Jehol province from the north and south, with Kailuek and Chaoyang under siege as snow slows their advance. The League of Nations condemns Japan’s policy and prepares for another assembly meeting while Chinese delegations head to Moscow. Peiping and Nanjing reportedly abandoned to the invaders. warnings issued of danger zones.
Five Japanese and Manchukuo columns push toward Jehol City from multiple routes. Detachments under General Wang Yune-Chin and General Chang Hai-Peng advance from Shihtauch englau and Tunelian respectively, facing blizzard conditions as they press along railway lines toward Papaln and surrounding towns. Strong Manchukuo control aims to secure the rail district.
In Austin on February 24 Rep B L Rogers of Ochlitree introduced a net income tax proposal under ADC. The plan would tax incomes starting at 1 million dollars with a 5 percent rate for the first, 10 percent on the second and third, 2 percent on the fourth and fifth, and 85 percent on all incomes over 8,001,000, aiming to shift government costs to higher earners.
C H Vaughan 59 was revived after constern gas fumes left him semi conscious in the Masonic lodge rooms Richmond Ave and Lamden St Joe Murphy a friend who runs the garage beneath the lodge carried Vaughan outside and helped revive him He arrived about 6 30 am Friday and later recovered at Robert B Green Hospital Firemen aided in revival and an open gas tube was found near his face
Gus Moreland, defending champion, tied the Houston Country Club invitation course record with 63 8 2 85 five under par in a quarterfinal match against Edwin McClure of Shreveport. He matched the first 18 holes in the 36-hole affair and tied the record held by Ossie Carlton, Jack Dold, Willie Maguire and Willie Maguire Jr.
W Bingham of Louisville is selected to succeed Andrew W McLoon as United States Ambassador to Great Britain. The publisher owns independent newspapers and the Goury Journal, with strong support from Roosevelt era campaigns.
Dr David Levy told the American Orthopsychiatric Association that excess maternal love and hatred stem from overprotection and indulgence. He argued modern women feel freedom hinders childrearing and subconsciously reject the child while consciously trying to protect it.
The Senate Banking Committee heard evidence that National City Bank financed the date of its own stock via its affiliate, the National City Company, with letters and brokerage records indicating substantial activity in October 1929. Pecora pressed Baker on bonuses and stock trading, noting the fund paid large bonuses and questioned whether brokers and the Schmeltzer firm traded bank stock heavily. Baker could not confirm a single security dominated trading and suggested some market manipulation might occur, while acknowledging the company held a major share of activity in National City stock.
Catarino Cardona a 13 year old of 1202 South Laredo Street is held in Bexar County jail amid an investigation into the fatal shooting of Ernesto Segura 47 of 1100 South Laredo Street near his aunt's home. Cardona says he used a rusty 38 caliber pistol in self defense after a knife attack and a man grabbed the weapon in the dark.
Jackson Memorial Hospital Miami Florida February reports show Mayor Anton J. Cermak gravely ill after a shooting attempt on President-elect Roosevelt. Doctors say he has colitis with heart strain and a possible pneumonia threat, giving him one chance in ten to live as family and friends visit the sick room.
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