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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1932
Page
1
Arthur Brisbane surveys Asia’s tensions with Japan, noting Japan’s resilience and China's leverage, warning of war risks and economic strains. He cites U.S. policy shifts, disarmament talk, and Hoover’s stock-market patience amid debates on credit and production.
Washington February 25 49 Speaker Garner predicted the new tax bill would include a levy on manufactures sales with about 1 cent collected within a week to 10 days. The Ways and Means Committee assessed revenue sources and favored a manufactures sales tax over excise taxes to meet a roughly 3800 million funding gap for the 1923 budget. The panel also modified the foreign tax credit law and pressed for budget balancing and lower government expenses.
D. C. Feb 25 Herbert Hoover, wife Mrs Hoover and a small party travel toward Florida for a week's rest.
Forecast calls for fair weather and warmer temperatures in San Antonio and the state with increasing cloudiness. Thursday night lows near 40s and Friday highs around 72 with light to moderate winds turning southerly. West Texas remains fair and warmer with possible showers Friday in parts.
Cardinal Hayes of New York says pro prohibition has failed because it conflicts with church teachings. He asserts temperance as a cardinal virtue and that the church favors reasonable use of God’s gifts, not outright prohibition except for the self controlled.
Duncan Renaldo star of Trader Horn was indicted by a federal grand jury for making false statements on a passport. The Romanian subject held by Renaldo allegedly claimed U S citizenship in 1928 to travel to Africa for the film that made him famous.
Chinese government officials in Nanking denied knowledge of General Ma Chan Shan's death amid foreign dispatches claiming his assassination in Manchuria. Local sources in Harbin offered no confirmation and reported no evidence of his demise.
Hot Springs Ark Feb 7 Democrats of Missouri will line up behind former Senator James A Reed for president Judge Dan Taylor of St Louis declared today Tutte Taylor announced Missouri Democrats are committed to supporting Reed in the presidential race reflecting organized backing from the state.
Tokyo officials criticized Secretary Stimson's nine power treaty guarantees as used to justify naval concessions. They argued Washington acted before Chinese issues were settled and noted Japan must secure its interests, citing past Nanking bombardment and Shanghai actions as precedent. Continues on Page 10.
Washington February 25. Chairman Cochran said Secretary Hurley refused to testify on a pending public works department bill and criticized cabinet cooperation. Representative Schafer moved to invite Hurley directly to testify and urged personal appearance, with frustration voiced at the secretary’s absence.
The Amarillo city commission reviewed a new appraisal and earnings report from Southwestern Bell Telephone company showing a net annual income of 648 percent after rate reductions four months earlier. A rule hearing, postponed earlier, was set for today but again delayed.
A Japanese report says the Chinese have set rewards for killing Japanese officers. Rewards range from 1000 to 100000 dollars, with 100000 for the death of Gen Kenkichi Uyeda, the commander in chief. Major generals receive 50000, regimental commanders 30000, and other named officers 1000 to 20000.
TOXIC Feb 25 Japan plans a stronger and heavier force against Chinese forces in Shanghai with high confidence of delivering a decisive blow before reinforcement arrives. Officials and citizens alike favor vigorous use of irresistible force at the moment, despite censorship on details.
German diplomatic representatives evacuated their Shanghai consulate tonight amid fear of shelling in the Hongkew sector. They were the first foreign diplomats to withdraw after Mayor Wu Teh Chen warned the Hongkew area remained dangerous for foreigners as long as it served as a Japanese military base.
Harbin correspondent of the Rengo News Agency reports unconfirmed moves by several thousand Soviet Russian troops toward the Siberian frontier. The note cites concern over Japanese troop movements in northeastern Manchuria and notes the information is not verified.
William A. Edison son of the late Thomas A. Edison announces a settlement in his challenge to a portion of his father’s will in Wilmington Delaware. The report references a resolved dispute over the will’s provisions.
Three hundred grimy unshaven American soldiers of the Thirty first infantry emerged from the International settlement defense lines after 16 days in front of shell torn Chapel. They rushed for baths and beds as the Scottish Argyll and Sutherland regiment took over the dangerous sector. The Americans, exposed to Chinese artillery and Japanese threats, endured biting winds and night shellfire while guarding their lines.
In Austin district court the anti trust case faced ongoing wrangles. Pleadings in abatement and misjoinder are cited as the state seeks to oust fifteen rival oil firms and related associations from the suit. Attorney General James V Allied leads the action.
Shanghai reports say Japanese forces captured Kiangwan and enveloped the Chinese garrison northwest of Klangwan, while Chinese troops counterattacked and regained much of the day’s lost ground. The battle involved heavy bombardment, air strikes, and threats of a larger Japanese push, with sailors reinforcing ships on the Whangpoo.
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