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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1934
Page
12
A jumbled content filled with names and places from 1900s style society pages. The piece chronicles theater publicity shifts led by Jack McBride and Klempke, hotel moves, marriages, and an odd aside about a street department store window display featuring Roosevelt. It mentions travel to Kansas City Chicago and New York, and a child scalding incident at 523 Apperson Street with hospital treatment at Robert B Green.
A New Year celebration in Many ended without major tragedy. Police noted no deaths from car crashes or shootings, though seven people were injured in a collision near Fredericksburg road and West Agarita Avenue, with Peggy Willie 28 sustaining severe injuries. Ralph Brown 45 was jailed for driving while intoxicated, and several others received minor injuries from crashes and fireworks as ambulances and fire crews responded to multiple calls.
Floyd A. Bwatow of Alamo was elected president of the Lower Rio Grande Valley council, Boy Scouts of America, for the fourth year at the seventh annual meeting in Mercedes. Other officers named include Glen Chuepbsch in training, J. J. Pointusk finance, W. Halstead troop organization, Len Baumfelder sea scouting, W. C. Gilbert camping, Dr. K. E. Utley leadership, and D. R. Givens treasurer. Bernard Galbreath of Mercedes received an Eagle badge and a heroism certificate was presented to Hilt Stewart of Mission.
New Orleans January 1 details a New Year’s Eve party returning from a suburban club ending in a shooting after four Black men blocked the highway with two cars. Paul Henry Chaison was killed while companions including his wife were bruised in a melee that preceded the gunfire. The assailants were described as four men who fled after the incident.
An elderly English swimmer and former circus performer known as Enoch, aged 73, made a New Year under water greeting in Indianapolis. He reportedly dove under a hotel water line at year end 1833 and surfaced 3 minutes 3 seconds later, claiming a world underwater record of 4 minutes 50 seconds set in New York on April 24, 1956.
Hidalgo and Cameron counties water control district No 8 advances a 10 mile drainage upgrade. Manager Q L Hult says two dredges are actively building a systematic network across 41 800 acres of land within the district to improve drainage and land use.
Hidalgo County CWA payroll reached about 32000 in the sixth week of labor aid. Forty CWA projects are under way in the county as civil works expenditures surpass the 200000 mark.
A thief damaged a display window at Guarantee Shoe Company on Alamo Plaza and took 17 pairs of new shoes in a New Year crime. Police investigate the break in and theft as part of ongoing city crime reports.
Thieves forced entry and looted three salt machines overnight, an undetermined sum. Labor emple widow? The report cites P. Bogasch, a fingerprint expert, called to investigate at rekels, per Monday’s report.
Rabbis A. Rubenstein and B. Bermikel of Myrer Yeshivah will speak at a mess meeting at the Hebrew Institute located at Main Avenue and Quincy Street on Tuesday.
Dr. John Bevee Dalton of Buffalo New York will arrive early this week to assume the pastorate of the Central Christiny church. He will relieve Dr Chorien Ww Ross who is called to the Mount Auburn Christian church. Ross will begin his assignment after retirement of Dr John W Kerns. Ross previously served in Kansas City Miami and Jacksonville.
In Alamota Calo two deputies guard town after the fatal shooting of Sheriff Alfa Rodriguez in a San Siles pool hall. Rankin, 23, and Potnum, 25, were arrested. Rankin wounded, both suspects fled with an armed mob. Deputy J P Maestas and others injured in the ensuing gun battle. Sheriff Maurice Smith said friends of the slain officer threatened to kill Potnum.
A bomb damaged the home of Jarga Manach, a leader of the ABC secret political society, in Havana early today. There were no casualties as New Year celebrations unfolded across the capital with streets crowded by revelers and theaters. President Ramon Gray San Martin planned his first reception of the year as officials and guests gathered.
Mrs Catherine Phelan a 52 year old housekeeper denied any knowledge of the death of her employer Douglas Sheridan a Wall Street brokerage firm customer man found slain in his Telverside cave apartment by blows from a hammer. She faces a murder charge.
McAllen and neighboring towns see new loan application officials as the Hidalgo section of the Rio Grande valley reorganizes. W L Hart takes Hidalgo county post with Duddleston in Willacy and Crawford in Cameron. Taft, Crawford, and others named to receive applications. Independence Place, New York dispatch notes Senator Manuel Sb Keat plans to move to Washington to push Philippine independence Mercury.
Moscow dispatch reports the G buildingsinist party endorses broad reforms targeting bureaucracy. The approved program calls for far reaching changes that will affect the Soviet government, signaling a renewed push to overhaul party and state machinery.
Mrs. Putn G Pleasant widow of former Louisiana governor said she would petition the Senate to remove two Louisiana senators Kuey P Long and John B H Overton. She claimed thousands signed the petitions and the New Deal organization of Louisiana with 25000 members drew the main petition. She warned Louisiana citizens would rise up if the Senate did not aid them. The New Deal group also opposes seating Bolivar Kemp in the Sixth District and J Sanders Jr seeks to contest Kemp's election.
In M'Allen on January 1 Ralph G. Bray of the Mission agency begins drafting a city beautification program. Bray says the campaign, led by Gutzon Borg, will cost about $1000 initially with a total of $10,000 anticipated to be spent.
Rosstown reports six weeks of dry weather leave Nueces County cabbage only about 60 to 10 percent of normal. C F Coleman of Coleman Produce Company notes yields are failing and forecasts next weeks may bring 20 to 20 percent of normal cabbage crop.
Jan 1 a fashion note from BE T Robbins at the University of Minnesota urges breeding a hog with well rounded curves and excess fat to meet modern packer and consumer demands. Robbins notes the medium type is preferred over rangy hogs and cites states showing interest in the idea.
In Baton Rouge two sisters, Mrs. Beulah Edmonston Heard and Mrs. Leona Rebecca Edmonston Dyer, renew their wedding vows tonight with their husbands, honoring a double marriage performed by their father, Confederate veteran and planter H. G. Heard and DH. Dyer, on New Year’s Day 1884.
St Louis reports a wet New Year with liquor stores open across the city and record crowds celebrating. The Missouri Legislature enters a special session to consider repealing the dry law as reformists press for a statewide alcohol measure.
Tuesday afternoon 6 1 30 to 2 p m at the Y W C A offers entertainment for young girls and business women. GWA recreation department under Miss Marian Mueller directs the program. Attendees can register for art, handicraft, dancing, and dramatic classes to be run by the recreation department.
Former San Antonio operator Estes pleads not guilty to conspiring to receive and transport 404 gallons of alcohol from Mexico. Bond set under 1600 by U S Commissioner Paul A Lockhart. Estes jailed in default. Co-defendants Flynt and Fouehtax also on bond in related conspiracy case.
Corpora Guy Puckett a Ford Sam Houston soldier died Sunday noon at base hospital from a bullet wound in the neck and arm after an argument with Mittie Greer, his common law wife, at friends home. Greer, held by police, says she shot him with a .22 rifle when he refused to return home. She claims she fired two shots on the Lummis porch after threats and a demand to go home.
Marshal Mc Namara and deputies J Mack Wood and W E Riggs went to Sh Pon Minnesota to deliver Charles W Fisher to federal authorities. Fisher, an alleged gangster, is wanted in connection with 36 post office robberies in Minnesota and Wisconsin. He was arrested after the fatal shooting of City Detective H O Perrow by an associate, Thomas Carroll.
The OWA recreation department drama division presents a three act play On New Year s Eve at Denver Heights Park under Mrs. Arah Chaney. Cast includes Josephine Brew Robert Binary Berry Kroeger Blanche Roberts Will Rogers Ja Pyron and Martin Terberich. A repeat performance is planned for Thursday at Gindberch Park.
Federal officers break up a counterfeit ring in San Francisco. Jack Bradley, described as a counterfeit specialist, admits producing about 89 000 dollars in league bills over the past three years.
San Antonio business leaders express cautious optimism as 1934 begins, noting an upward trend since mid-1933. They cite holiday trade strength, improved collections, and a rebound in agriculture while acknowledging continued hardship in cattle prices and lingering effects of the prior downturn. The outlook predicts continuation of the recovery into 1934 with renewed confidence across sectors.
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