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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1938
Page
12
A garbled OCR fragment reports on a Roosevelt Avenue store and local business mood, mentioning individuals like William Brooks and a test telephone number. The text references a Calf Wine shop, a Cathedral address, and a call to Mr. Whistle, with disjointed notes about a town sweep and a telephone test number.
A reminiscence notes how modern comms reduce telegraphers, recalls jokes shared by long-time operators, and mentions colorful locals like Virginia Corn once Conchita and A Valles now managing a Mexico City tale. It lists odd Texas county names and notes police matrons with similar surnames in a fragmentary column style.
Bexar county property owners had paid 406 000.94 in Mate and county taxes by Saturday, about 29 percent of the 1937 tax bill. Through December 61 payments were 16 Ad0 under last year, yet the collection rate was above 93 percent. The current levy is amended as 408 501.18, compared with 227 960.01 in 1930, plus 679 449 collected through December SE 1996, totaling nearly 378 percent of the levy.
Marvin Mellangy faced jail after a Saturday beer binge left him with injuries and a New Year's spill in the county lockup. He carried a case of beer when Law officers arrested him, authorities report.
The Rev Ronald Edgar Hubbard III to give first sermon at 12 noon Sunday at Denver Boulevard Presbyterian Church where his father Rev Edgar Hubbard is pastor. The church marks seven years under the elder Hubbard with improvements and rising membership. A separate report notes a past incident involving the pastor’s fire escape access used to obtain beer without payment, acknowledged in a sheriff statement.
In Stoneham Massachusetts on January 1 detectives pursued a fugitive named Sidney Mower age 25 of Houston, a suspect tied to a nighttime oil company office robbery. He was shot by police as he crouched under a parked truck. a companion escaped. Two pistols were recovered.
Records by E. J. O Mara show through December 31 1990s poll tax receipts issued. Compared with a year ago 1034 payments were recorded. January deadlines loom as prisoners expected to qualify as voters by January 31.
Paul J. Kilday, assistant district attorney, on Saturday received a perfect New Year greeting card from John A. Yalls of Laredo, district attorney there and dean of Texas district attorneys. The card praised Kilday and Leroy Jefferson for their record, noting it is not excelled in Texas and offering blessings for the New Year.
J Thomas Meffin, once noted Alabama inventor linked to solar pneumagia, shows further improvement after a long illness. Reported from a Meffin facility in Lapayette, Alabama, details remain sparse but indicate continued recovery and stable condition.
A burglar celebrating New Year valeted the Henry Abrene residence at 1102 Kentucky Avenue and stole clothing worth 60 to 80 dollars. The break in occurred shortly after midnight.
A 1-year-old mother and two premature babies, James Albert and Florence Lat, were kept alive in home-made incubators at a Salvation Army facility on Broadway. The babies were fed by eyedropper every two hours and maintained at blood heat.
Two infant wards at a Salvation Army home receive silice births and three ounces of milk every two hours. Nurses in cotton wrap and olive oil baths care for them. The incubator babies are among ten under six months, directed by Mrs Fo Oefinger and Major Mary Pierce.
Thieves apprehended in a Saturday holdup of a drugstore delivery boy on Highland Boulevard near the 2nd block. They seized two quarts of a liquor product after a bungled ransom demand, then fled with the package. Delivery boy Truman Billegsley from South Hackberry Drug Store identified the suspects. Authorities pursue leads and review telephone traces.
New York January 1 Migretia H LaGuardia took his second oath to office as mayor of New York at midnight becoming the reform mayor who beat Tammany twice in a row In a nearby scene Thomas F Dewey who rose to prominence after destroying a racket at the district attorney level took oath at the Criminal Courts Building an imposing Mandating storey of Mandatiun remains unclear
The November grand jury report details Bisar county spending on the county home including $21,700 appropriated for the home during the district period with $19,000 for fuel, feeding, clothing and drugs. It notes inmate population and estimates about $130 yearly per inmate for basic needs based on ten inmates.
A fragmentary note shows a sale listing with unclear details about a magazine, payment range, and a murder theme or reference. Entities are indeterminate, but the text hints at a period style notice or item listing in a local paper. The readable portion suggests an auction or sale entry with numeric ranges and a violent crime keyword.
A three hour meeting among Police Commissioner Phil Wright Chief Owen W Kilday City Electrician Claude Convers and others discussed new traffic lights amid a day of absentee mayoral duty. Attendees included Lampe from Lincoln National, Arthur Biard real estate official Ray Jeenan of South Texas Chamber and H C Kilpatrick Rend Estate board. The gathering coincided with an auto trouble rain affected hunting trip and notes on local civic matters.
Fragmented OCR text shows garbled lines mentioning military donors and a proposal to improve reader cooperation. The piece references Av bomb and unnamed entities, with unclear dates and authorship. No coherent events or facts can be confirmed from the readable segments.
County NYA work expended about 15000 with 300 youths employed on projects. NYA provided 11280.78 and sponsors 4067.37. Of those employed, 399 enrolled in training courses. 129 received rotational programs after hours while others received instruction in mandatory beet.
Mrs Kennon sought a divorce from Kenneth Kennon in the Thirty seventh Wisconsin court on April 24 alleging readous conduct. Hearing held November 4 in chamber with Judge Toward presiding. A decree of divorce was granted restoring her maiden name. papers were removed by attorneys.
Figures from the San Antonio Clearing House Association show bank clearings in San Antonio for 1997 totaling $797,422,778.53, up more than 15 percent from 1936. Month by month gains occurred with December clearings exceeding $2 million versus the previous year. December 1997 reached $67,678,254.52 compared with $65,452,201.60 in December 1995.
A British speaker attacks domestic shoe design blaming unsafe shapes for discomfort. He cites a model of a “perfectly straight inside” and contrasts it with British shoes shaped around a chair, noting class bias in who can order custom fits.
Tuscaloosa Alabama January report parodies a university English professor's remarks on twentieth century thought. The piece mocks complex jargon and a failed battle of wits with a professor offering a simplistic explanation. The dialogue ends humorously with a claim that they were robbed.
The Disney family, led by Walt Disney and brothers Roy, Raymond, and Herbert, plan to move their parents to a home in Portland after the elder Disney's golden wedding anniversary. The brothers emphasize the home must be in or near Hollywood as a core requirement.
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