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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1940
Page
2
Washington reports suspension of negotiations on a US Argentina trade pact. Western cattle and agricultural interests oppose concessions that could lower tariff barriers on meat wool and hides. Disagreement centers on how to treat Argentine exporters and quotes on those practices.
A nitro truck loaded with nitro glycerine collided with an automobile on a slippery highway near Bhawnee Oklahoma on a frigid Friday. The drivers, Capps of Seminole and W Hm of Ada, escaped injury as both vehicles were damaged.
SCUERO Jan 6 Service were held in Yorktown Thursday for Otto Kraeger 29 president of the Fest State Hank of Yorknows who died Tuesday He was the man of Fritz Kraege pioneer York town merchant at time as his death vice president of the chamber of commerce and a director of the Yorktown Country club He is survived by his father his widow and three sisters all of Yorktown and one brother Albert Kraege of San Antonio
An arts and crafts group proposes building shutters at LaVillita matching early period designs. The project aims to create acsimiles of historic guards and decorative windows once common in the area.
The city council approves a new financial setup giving the budget director authority to decide fund availability for material purchases and requisitions. Payrolls and all new ordinances require the director’s approval, with mayoral review in writing possible to overrule. Expenditures are capped at one fifth of the current budget balance, and monthly allotments will govern department spending, though large items like fire engines may exceed monthly limits with reductions to follow.
Texas officers pursued the escaped convict Charley Chapman, linked to bank robbery cases, after a sighting near a Lourigh camp. Police Lieutenant A. Thornton issued a pickup order as Chapman eluded capture, with a witness identifying a man resembling him and two women in a vehicle bearing Louisiana plates.
The report compares January 4 Treasury data with a year earlier. Receipts reach 2 051 115.72 and 2 941 947. The monthly customs take is 9 233 081.44. expenditures total 22 242 249.86. Net balance shows 2 456 972 082.85 vs 4 033 571. The excess of expenditures stands at 2 091 204 Bb245, with average debt around 41 982 254 518.01 compared to 39 591 ah VTLD.
A fatal stabbing in the county last Tuesday left a woman in the morgue awaiting an autopsy to determine the nature of injuries. Suspects, connected to a 1997 death, faced charges and a prior case involved a man named Kelly.
The Nazi press in Berlin warned Norway and Sweden to observe neutrality as Britain supports Finland and arms move toward the USSR. Stockholm sought Moscow’s probe into a submarine attack on the Swedish steamer Fenris near Ulea, while Finland and Sweden work to block Finnish Gulf approaches.
Police theorize three pet cats on a gas stove opened a burner handle causing fumes that suffocated 83 year old Mrs. Cathrine Mulligan as she slept in her Philadelphia home.
Berlin reports Heinrich Gebhards aged 22 was severely harmed today after espionage for an undisclosed foreign intelligence service. He is the first person severely harmed in Germany for espionage this year. 41 persons were executed in 1989.
Reported actions in the Dardanelles and Caucasus describe Allied operations against Turkish forts and a Turkish advance, with Russian forces retreating and 34 thousand captured reported. Belgian Cardinal Mercier, held in Brussels by German occupiers, urged the populace to resist German rites.
New York City obituary notes the death of Dr. Max Grossman aged 58, famed for identifying a condition once misread as pulmonary tuberculosis. He reportedly found the discovery during a prolonged examination period with colleagues and influenced subsequent chest study methods.
British reconnaissance flights over northwestern Germany and German sea bases near the Frisian Islands were conducted last night, with 19 missions reported in official dispatches. Extra patrols continued over the German coast as part of ongoing security operations.
Announcement that the city will apply for no WPA projects to improve city cemeteries was made by Mayor Maverick. The plan includes a grave record system, shrub and tree planting, a metal fence, an administration building, and a records building north of Commerce Street near New Braunfels Avenue. The mayor cited over 200 neglected graves from a recent burial park tour with Park Commissioner Hemmer. An ordinance directing 50 percent of cemetery income to a permanent maintenance fund was passed, and transfers were approved to fund the plan. Other business included a contract with Branuff Airways granting a travel discount for city employees and a mand 45 deposit with the airline for the contract term. Maverick will be away January 8-12 and January 16-30 for engagements and pension studies, then a Los Angeles trip.
Seven people were injured in a two car collision on the San Antonio Austin highway near Selma. Alain Heights residents Mr and Mrs Irwin Hess and Mr and Mrs Lloyd Ramles were treated at Randolph Field Hospital. Also injured were Mr and Mrs Emil Neuse and son Emil Jr of New Braunfels. Mrs Neuse was the most seriously hurt and was taken to a hospital in New Braunfels.
The Rev Norman D Dyer a former pastor of First Christian Belton will preach his first sermon as pastor at Southside Christian Church located at South Presa street and Downing avenue. He replaces Rev Joseph D Armistead who retired January 1. Dyer has been in Belton for the past three years and led an evangelistic meeting at the Southside church last September.
Partial OCR shows a weather forecast segment listing wind, temperature, and tides with times across days. Names and locations are garbled but indicate daily conditions and tide data for a coastal or harbor area over a sequence of dates.
Police respond to a drunken caller in the 600 block of East Commerce. John Pouncey, 55, from Washington DC, surrenders after claiming robbery and intent to be jailed to prevent future acts. He carries 50 pesos, a round trip ticket to Monterrey, and $3 in his pocket.
A report on the British war cabinet reshuffle under Chamberlain. Les Hore Belisha loses the war secretary post amid cabinet clashes, Oliver Blanley steps in, and Lord MacMillan exits. Replacements include Sir Julia Riley as information minister and Sir Ainslie Rae Duncan as president of the Board of Trade. The piece notes mixed views on Hore Belisha's tenure and discusses broader Allied war developments in Europe including Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Balkan diplomacy.
Berlin reports say changes in the British cabinet blunt any chance for early peace as Hore Belisha resigns as war secretary and Oliver Stanley, seen as anti German, is named successor. German observers view Sir John Reith as anti fascist and warn of continued British encirclement policy in economic and military fields.
A scrambled, partial clipping describes a man named Meeman Christopher Guthrie seeking a dog named possum. The text mentions porch plans and a family dispute over a damaged board and a dog rescue effort, with unclear actions and outcomes.
Charles Nagel, secretary of commerce and labor in President Taft's cabinet, died yesterday in St Louis at age 90. Death was caused by cerebral hemorrhage.
Washington officials review parity payments as part of farm aid policy, noting Roosevelt budget projections do not include parity subsidies. Last year Congress appropriated about 225,000 dollars for parity payments, to be distributed this summer and fall to farmers in wheat and corn programs.
Dallas obituary notes the death of C C Slaughter Jr a four percent descendant of the Slaughter ranch family after a brief illness in his home He was president of the Southern Old Line Insurance Co and a former president of the Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association His father Col G G Slaughter had vast West Texas ranch holdings Surviving are his widow a daughter a sister and two half siblings
Contnl page recounts Derby era as war secretary then transport and labor minister, noting his World War I decorations and early cabinet rise. Mentions Stanleyster education post and Reith as ministry of information head, with probes into propaganda, censorship, and press roles under Monckton.
In San Pedro on January 6 to 10, the United States fleet changes command. Admiral James Otis Richardson, 61, a Paris, Texas native, relieves Admiral Claude Blorh as the navy’s top officer. Colorful ceremonies aboard three battleships mark the day in the harbor.
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