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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1935
Page
19
A city commissioner allegedly gave an elevator operator a bottle of liquor for Christmas remembrance. A few days after, the official questioned the basket of whiskey at his site by the elevator, creating a local stir surrounding City Hall in the days after Christmas.
Among many San Antonians home for the holidays was Gloomy Gus Rowsey, the Bul Ross football star, visiting family. Other reports note a disturbance at a nightclub where a drunk wandered onto the floor and shouted into the master of ceremonies’ microphone.
A garbled column surveys youthful culture and arts in a late night scene. It mentions a long discussed Youth Review magazine with woodcuts and cynicisms, names contributors like Hugh Revely and Viva Pardo, and notes performers Jimmie McManus and Jimmie Stewart joining a local group. The piece also covers patrons and club figures, racing crowds, and a travel loom of activity from New York to Harlingen.
A collie pup injured in the back and leg was found on the hospital step at Robert B. Green Tuesday morning as staff awaited doctors. Miss Martha Coglin alerted staff and he received treatment for injuries described as fading and the dog departed.
First Lieutenant Roy B Turner, an army officer, was convicted at Fort Silt for driving while intoxicated and dismissed from the army at midnight Monday. President Roosevelt approved the sentence of dismissal and one year imprisonment, remitting the unserved portion and ordering his release from confinement. The case was tried at Fort Silt on August 1.
South Texas faces 1935 with brighter prospects led by government agriculture and oil and gas expansions. Discoveries include 35 new fields with an estimated 230 000 000 barrel reserves, 1 000 wells, and major pipeline and refinery upgrades. Banks grow more liquid as deposits rise and retail sales surge, while cotton and citrus sectors prepare for favorable conditions amid policy debates.
Governor Herbert H. Lehman began his second term as New York state chief executive with ceremonies in Albany. The former international banker, who quit a $2,000,000 annual income for politics, was joined by former Governor Alfred E. Smith Postmaster General James A. Parley and Supreme Court Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo among other national leaders at the inauguration.
Seven children lose both parents as Andres Zapata, a 50 year old Santa Rosa patrolman, dies after hospital care since November 28. His wife died six months earlier. Zapata served with the police department since 1924 and Temple Calhoun, long time first assistant district attorney under Walter Tynan, plans to enter private practice in the National Bank of Commerce building.
In Pittsburgh on January 1 the American Association for the Advancement of Science heard Professor Reuben L. Kahn of the University of Michigan explain that hay fever irritants indicate the body's defense system has overextended in forming antigenic substances. Oswald Garrison Villard, contributing editor, warned that unemployment insurance and old age pensions enacted before 1937 risk immediate violation by President Roosevelt.
In Chicago on January 1, veteran Gert, 42, allegedly attacked his niece Vidla Serborg, 21, in a car, then allegedly tried to slash his own throat in a jail cell after her death. Police say he claimed self defense amid divorce suit threats. Miss Hanberg had moved from El Paso two years earlier.
Pola Negri, the film actress, left Los Angeles by train after a fog grounded her plane in Antari. She continued to New York and announced she would sail Thursday for England to begin a new picture.
A supposed destitute 1 year old woman, Mrs. Fanmie Levine, was found with $1000 and died from injuries after a truck struck her as she walked with an automobile hero. About $4700 reportedly fell from her clothing as she was taken to a Pennsylvania hospital.
A large firecracker exploded at the feet of Judge W. W. McCrory near the sheriff’s office during a Tuesday event. The blast tore a hole in a car but did not injure bystanders. The prankster fled into the crowd.
Fears for the safety of two fishing tugs reported missing on Lake Huron were dispelled as both boats arrived at Barbor Beach. The Vern T. was towed in by the coast guard patrol boat Cardigan at 3:30 p.m. The Roamer reached port under its own power at 9:15 a.m.
EMUPRERSON Kan January 1 1921 Y. A. G Shaughnessy president of Globe Oil and Refining announces a share the work program transferring unemployed workers from Blackwell Oklahoma to McPherson and LaPorte plants in Alabama and Louisiana though the text shows inconsistencies the plan aims to move workers to other plants in the company network
At San Antonio hospitals several New Year s Eve injuries were treated including Mrs Rose Murray and Miss Frankie Palttos with burns and facial injuries from firecrackers, Mrs Ning Heyen with tongue lacerations after a road accident, and Normath Wright who was assaulted and robbed of 1700 dollars after a celebration. One victim was an auto accident bystander.
In a Hig Lake confrontation, a suspect exchanged gunfire with officers before surrendering. The man, identified as Hugh br 24 from Allanéa FAQUIRS SREK RUSTLERS HUMBOLDT, Ariz., was detained after the early morning incident. Blox hounds were moved from Florence prison to assist the cattle rustling crackdown. Modern calotte thieves be at work stealing cattle and hauling them away by truck.
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