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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1933
Page
1
A compact feature entry for Today Today by Arthur Brisbane dated 1804 notes the column’s reflective study of contemporary life and public sentiment through concise editorial commentary authored by Brisbane.
A wartime scene reports Japan bombing Shanhaikwan and seizing the city, while China vows to endure. The column critiques American social trends and class debates, lampoons immigration, and notes political economy talk. Separate items reference debt ideas to Britain and the Chicago murders linked to Larry Fay, plus Roosevelt and a science balloon ascent by Augusto Plegardt with New York arrival set for January 11.
Five armed bandits robbed the Blossom club in Brooklyn early today, taking jewelry and cash then firing on patrons. Three men, Samut Cirocasl 24 James Adams 24 and Stanley Tableski 31, were wounded. Two others injured slightly. bandits escaped as panicked victims fought back. Police said the wounded would recover.
New York January 3 1920 Cigarette prices were cut by major manufacturers bringing them back to levels from two years earlier The RF Reynolds American Tobacco and Liggett Myers firms reduced quotations to six dollars per thousand The lower price is to be passed to retailers with expected retail pricing at two packages per quarter versus eighteen cents per package before the cut.
Midland Jan 2 Five persons burned to death when gasoline spilled on a wood stove and exploded. The dead include Walter Hood 40 his wife and two children and Jack Hood and his wife. They were taken to a Pecos hospital for treatment.
Weather forecast for San Antonio and vicinity calls for cloudy conditions Tuesday night and Wednesday with a rise in temperatures. Tuesday night will be warmer, with low around 50 degrees, and Wednesday's high near 68 degrees. Light to moderate southerly winds. High Monday 85, Tuesday low 50, Wednesday high around 68. Texas Panhandle and East Texas also show cloudiness and warmer conditions with coastal winds.
Weather forecast shows overcast skies for the next 24 hours with easterly turning southerly winds. Temperatures range from the mid 50s to the upper 60s, with Wednesday's high near 68 and a low around 54. light rain possible and foggy conditions noted from Tuesday night.
Karnes prisoners in the county jail could be released unless a judge is appointed by tomorrow. County Judge Thomas B. Smiley announced this plan in a talk with Gov. R. S. Sterling. District Judge W. Q. Murray has been elevated to the civil appeals court in San Antonio, leaving the district without a judge.
President Hoover attacks congressional opposition to reshaping government agencies. He says Congress must keep its hands off executive powers and warns that delay threatens the New Deal agenda and Roosevelt’s plans.
Senate hearings on the LaFollette Costigan relief bill opened with Costigan warning that human misery is rising and unemployment remains high. Witnesses including Dr. Jacob Hillikopt of Philadelphia charities urged direct federal grants, not loans, and predicted delays until March as Philadelphia rents go unpaid and families strain to cope with 1933 conditions.
Forbes radio broadcast urges Americans to support domestic production to aid unemployed workers. It argues buying American products boosts employment, cites Japanese bulbs flooding the market, and claims lower wages from foreign goods harm U.S. workers and wages.
Des Moines reports a prominent Iowa farmer protests unpaid tax sales by organizing a stand with neighbors. County sale postponements do not ease his stance, as officials warn bidders to be present. a crowd gathers but no bids emerge for 440 parcels in Harrison County and other counties.
W R Hearst argues the Seventy second congress must pass sales tax legislation to balance the budget and settle national finances. He warns of solvency risk, bond market trouble, and a potential panic if the budget stays unbalanced, urging Democrats and Republicans to back the sales tax.
Chinese forces in Shenhaikwen report repelling a major Japanese assault by land sea and air. Gen Me Chi-uo says the walled city is ablaze while many defenders, civilians and troops alike, struggle amid heavy shelling. Japanese naval and air power continue pressure as Shanghai and surrounding fronts brace for further attacks.
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