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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1934
Page
7
Arthur Brisbane examines a dated social tale and its ironies as a hoarder clings to a lone gold nugget amid shifting Southern industry. The piece reflects on Governor Talmadge era ideas and economic attitudes of the period.
The Atlanta Georgian and American general manager travels for days with speeches in Jefferson and Gainesville. The tour highlights the Long Street legacy, Johnson and Johnson mill life, tariff needs for U.S. workers, and a Gainesville chamber dinner with a gold nugget presentation. It also previews student editors from Agnes Scott and local high schools.
A United Air Lines transport with five passengers and a crew of three vanished in a fierce mountain blizzard near Emery Utah after departing Salt Lake City for Cheyenne. Officials believe it crashed last night. The crew included Pilot Lloyd Anderson and Stewardess Mary Curler. Passengers listed were E U Walker J J Sterling Bart McLaughtin W B Hergland and M Ginsmaster. Searchers scoured the area as the missing craft failed to report within 200 minutes of departure.
Two veteran United Airlines pilots Jack O'Brien and H. A. Collison left Sahaake airport in twin planes bound for Randolph Utah to search for a missing United Airliner carrying five passengers no pilots and a stewardess. The craft carried wireless receiving sets and the pilots planned constant contact with searchers. No word had been received by press time from the air liner, which departed Cheyenne at 4 30 p m and was reported sighted near Readolph at 6 p m.
Managua, Nicaragua was shaken by a brief earthquake lasting about ten seconds. No damage was reported as the tremor rattled the capital with a low roar and mild ground movement.
A McKeesport business owner and former Army captain was acquitted today in the slaying of his wife Min Larnux Soles. The case involved four- and twenty-four year periods and centered on claims of self defense and lack of motive. Local officials declined further comment pending a formal ruling in the Pittstburgh court.
Philadelphia reb news recounts a man who consumed a meal then paid two cents, fled to a restroom, and was found hanged by his belt. Doctors doubt any cash remained, and police rushed him to hospital. The piece notes a lack of funds and uncertain cause of death.
In Los Angeles on February 25 residents of the La Crescenta Montrose district, already scarred by New Year floods, faced a cloudburst that dumped about a quarter inch of rain in 20 minutes. Warnings urged evacuations in some sectors, but most families returned home as storms moved off. The deluge flooded washes and bridges in Glen Gate Burhaik and nearby areas, with several sections submerged.
The weather bureau predicts showers and rising temperatures Sunday with morning around 56 and afternoon near 68 degrees, after Saturdays 86 degree maximum. East winds shift to the south overnight. Friday reached 65 degrees. In PAMPA Texas a preacher, the Rev. L H Shocklay, was indicted for fatal poisoning of three relatives and plots to harm four others. The grand jury charged him, a 50 year old minister, with the deaths of W T Hitchins, his father-in-law, Terry Erwin, Paul Dis, and Antge Airee.
In Port Worth on February 24 the jury condemned D May to death for the killing of Jack Sturdivant, one of three Handley singing actors. The verdict was read this morning after the jury deliberated since 4 o'clock Friday afternoon. Neither May nor his wife showed emotion.
Cloudy with occasional rains in East Texas. Saturday sees milder temps in the extreme east with Saturday night and Sunday partly cloudy, falling east. West Texas mostly cloudy with rain in the southeast and possible snow in the north Saturday night. Moderate to fresh easterly winds along the coast.
Mrs Thalia Massie, recently divorced from Lieut Thomas Massie on grounds of mental cruelty, was hospitalized after a Reno dinner party night. Dr. Inton A. Muller said her condition stable and she should rest days. Attendants denied she attempted suicide. attorney George Springer present.
President Roosevelt has virtually decided to abandon reciprocal tariff plans and ask Congress for authority to negotiate with foreign nations. Democratic leaders indicated the shift follows appeals and a change in emphasis as the nation faces tariff policy decisions.
The federal gable works administration announced a loan of 330,000 for a Freeport Texas wharf and warehouse plus a grant of 850,000 to Ansen Texas for a sewer project. The action was disclosed in Washington on February 24.
The Navy Department is quietly studying a plan to abandon all military and naval stations and bases in the Philippines in the event of independence for the islands.
VERA CRUZ Feb 24. Pipe men were shot in a clash between opposing factions of the National Revolutionary government party during a theater meeting last night. Federal troops were called to prevent further disorder.
New York dispatch reports Lt George F. McDermott, 24, of Pittsburgh, killed when military plane ditched in icy Atlantic waters off Floyd Bennett Field. Rescue ships and planes recovered two survivors, Lt. William S. Foack and Lt. James R. Rothrock, while a coast guard and police effort searched for McDermott’s body after the craft experienced engine trouble shortly after takeoff. McDermott, a four-year aviation trainee, had trained at Kelly Field and graduated last July.
Postmaster General Farley prepared to testify before the Senate air mail committee in Washington about alleged remarks tied to the inquiry. Army officials report 148 planes flying 41,090 miles daily despite harsh weather, with air mail volume rising as private bids on routes are reconsidered. Norman Burnett and another airman injuries from recent crashes were reported in Ohio and Cincinnati.
A government prepared police force lines up for a London march by unemployed mariners and other jobless from across the country. The protest, described as a week of aid demonstrations, comes after authorities rejected a meeting with Prime Minister Martian Ald. Two insurgents were reported detained amid rising tensions.
On the fourteenth anniversary of the Nazi party a large gathering of department heads took an oath of allegiance to Chancellor Adolf Hitler. The principal ceremony occurred in Munich with Hitler expected to speak, broadcast nationwide by radio.
A mixed gold shipment totalling 16 Tous was loaded aboard the Bremen for New York. One sixth Swiss, six tenths Dutch, and the rest from Paris. The voyage may be delayed Sunday due to fog, with portions of the cargo aboard at the time of departure.
Thomas A. Tully, 22, son of Jim Tully, was denied a new trial on charges of attempting to assault Mrs. Violet Rohay, a young housewife, after offering her a ride in his automobile in Los Angeles on February 14.
Boston faces record snow as storms pile high drifts and weather warnings halt traffic. The blizzard blocks roads and disrupts transportation across Massachusetts while wind gusts deepen snow accumulations and hinder daily life.
George Bernard Shaw, on board the Rangitane en route New Zealand, declared President Roosevelt is improving greatly since his last visit to the United States. The Irish dramatist spoke to reporters in Panama, praising the administration’s recent actions and noting the president’s continued advancement.
Allied forces report an active campaign in Morocco as Foreign Legion units advance to occupy remaining Moroccan territories. Marines engage in combat as February 4 1941 marks ongoing operations against resistance and rival forces in the region.
Five women died and several injured when a bus carrying Mormon temple visitors overturned on a highway en route to California. The dead include Mrs. Gheeter D. Meating and Mrs. Frank Riggs among others. Hospital aides rushed to the scene from Wickenburg, with Mesa church officials coordinating return of the injured.
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