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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1933
Page
3
Dignified elderly ladies in a horse-drawn tableau ride down Houston Street as traffic hums. Locals including vaudeville figures Jack McBride and Pro Clark observe. rumors swirl about theater consolidations and new bank buildings.
Vague clipped notice from Newpont News details an event involving Mrs. Hoover and Christen Carrier. The brief mentions Pvt. 25 and references a voyage or trip, with names Herbert Warner Jett and Washington Tank Dig, plus a sponsor named Ranger. The legible portions offer little context beyond these names and a transit motif.
A garbled OCR fragment presents a voice blaming belittling attitudes and offering vague hope. It cites mock authorities and nonsensical attributions, lacking clear event, person, place, or date to identify a coherent news item or outcome.
A bustling Hollywood radio studio scene unfolds with reports of upcoming film productions. Merlan Cooper announces 11 pictures in production by mid April and 14 by mid May, amid financial rumors. Colleen Moore marks a return to the screen after eight years, with Willian Howard directing and Spencer Tracy opposite Colleen. Carey Lasky and others push leading roles.
Chicago police reported that Jerene Tyan, a 15 year old former owner of a local clothing shop, was kidnapped by two men who demanded $16,000. The case drew immediate police action as investigators pursued leads on the ransom plot.
A letter to the editor criticizes the Federal Land Bank for demanding excessive terms and extra collateral to extend semiannual farm loan installments. The writer urges Congress to cap loan interest at three to three and a half percent and allow farmers to work out long term terms without onerous mortgage requirements.
A reader reflects on the prolonged crisis, urging restraint and frugality. The piece criticizes stale phrases from leaders and editors and calls for a constitutionally funded money supply, arguing Congress should resist bank greed and pursue silver without binding conditions. It notes industry groups and bankers will lobby for short term measures.
A clipped letter criticizes British influence in U S politics and cabinet, praising Woodrow Wilson as the best Englishman president and urging a survey of British interests. It denounces subsidized press and foreign entanglements while namingGeorge Washington and George Murray in a wary, opinionated tone.
A San Antonio taxpayer and mother of two argues for a shortened school term to trigger more attention and action on teacher pay cuts. She notes teachers as past salon clients and urges broader public focus, promising support funds and radio promotion to push the policy change.
Miami Feb 23 A Havana political stance favors some form of intervention in Cuba to curb Machado regime abuses and restore civil liberties. Washington intervention is anticipated but debated as diplomatic pressure or armed action, with American and Cuban interests wary of foreign overreach. The opposition hopes for relief through outside action while tourism remains vital to Cuba’s economy amid political strife.
The piece outlines a Farm Credit radio topic featuring Henrik Shipstead speaking on Credit and the Partner, to be aired on KTSA at 15 p.m. It lists other speakers and programs for Saturday, including Merle Thorpe, Dr Frederick W Helly, Lewis Merlam, and Ruth Finney, plus a dance program hosted by a veteran orchestra.
A fragmented radio schedule lists numerous programs and times across stations, including talks, music, and variety shows. The readable items reference Colombe US Enicttment, The Cantivalers, and World Today among others, with channel and program tags scattered throughout the page.
President elect Roosevelt met with Treasury Secretary William Woodin at Hyde Park to lay groundwork for a balanced budget by July 1 and reduce red ink through government reorganization. He expects beer tax revenues and cautious tax plans for next year, while seeking tax results from the first quarterly collection in March. Woodin and secretary Ogden Mills discussed war debt policy, with Farley named party chairman as curfew of announcements remained.
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