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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1931
Page
1
A garbled year end prose piece muses on memory and meaning as New Year arrives. It references astronomy with mentions of the Milky Way, Magellanic clouds, and distant galaxies. It also touches on Wall Street, governance, and a humorous, reflective tone about progress and tradition.
Thomas J Wart, son of L Mart and a noted businessman, was killed instantly when a touring car overturned near the Alun Dinner club on the Veederickabure road at 1:30 am. Brakes blamed and gravel in the road cited. two others in the car escaped injury. Wart, 20, Princeton graduate, was a director in several San Antonio firms and active in local real estate and financial circles. Police held an inquest. death deemed instantaneous.
Washington reports Representative Blanton of Texas calls for presidential power to mobilize the Army Navy and state militias to enforce prohibition and anti narcotic laws. He asserts no compromise should be allowed on the broader drug control program amid ongoing repeal debates.
Kansas City January 2 Major Charles A Shepard, an army officer convicted of poisoning his wife at Fort Riley, seeks new sureties for a 4000 bond as Denver bondsmen demand high fees. He faces motions for suspended judgment and a new trial while appealing the life sentence.
Assorted liquors including gin and alcohol valued near ten thousand dollars were dumped into a drain during Newton's departure. Sheriff Alfonro Neveton announced the disposal as Judge McCrory reviewed the matter. Some quarrels over legality arose as containers were repurposed in the jail. Newton said the empty crates were cleared to leave a clean house for Sheriff Albert Taunser.
A requisition for the return of 4. D. Nootan from Chicago on swindling charges involving an 80 year old woman, Mrs. A. H. Burks of 107 Natalen Avenue. The case centers on a bet that $9,000 cash and $2,000 in jewelry were to be used to fund an oil and gas land deal in Val Verde County. Noonan and two others, including Calhoun, faced similar charges in July in Thirty Seventh District Court.
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Charles Abernathy, a 25 year old Black real estate dealer, is named the kidnapper in the abduction of Adelphus Orthwein, 3 year old grandson of Adelphus Murch. The boy was seized from his family chauffeur on New Year’s Eve, held 20 hours, and released after a ransom was not demanded. Police and investigators aside, the case implicates Abernathy with authorities planning legal action.
Washington DC January 2 Democrats report spending 612647 with COP outlay 264995 as figures show. The Democratic party committee said 1080 expenditures totaled 012047. Republicans report 105 thousand for congressional campaigns and Senate committee expenditures around 350208.
Weather bureau forecaster J. L. Tabhor says warm conditions arrive Friday night with temperatures around six degrees higher than recent lows. A westward moving low pressure brings rising temps and some rain to the west, while local areas expect mainly cloudy skies and no imminent rainfall. Friday night lows near 1$ degrees and Saturday's high near 89, with gradual warming overall.
New York officials report seventy five people treated for alcoholism linked to New Year festivities. The UPI dispatch notes the count and context of the public health response in New York City.
Pairbanks Alaska January 2 A new gold strike is reported on Tower Golf Streamreek near the early producers of the region.
In Marshtiel, Wis a cobbler predicts the coming year using onion weather signs. He forecasts snow and extreme cold in February, continued extreme cold into March, very wet April, and wet conditions through the autumn and into November and December.
Panic grips Panama City as forces allied with the Accion Comunal storm the presidential palace and police headquarters. President Arosemena is confined, officials arrested, and armed civilians patrol the streets while confusion over abdication persists. Rumors of escape and abdication swirl amid reported gunfire and disrupted services.
Fragments describe Detroit business property needs and several sale notices. Mentions five rooms on the north side with an electric refrigerator and a 1080 Chrysler. Mentions classifications and details to be found in light classifieds.
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