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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1935
Page
15
A garbled 19th century column surveys advertisements and notices from McKinney and nearby towns. It mentions Ranney’s shop and various goods, plus a sheriffward chase and local concerns about cotton prices, with scattered names and places obscured by OCR noise.
A fragmented newspaper snippet lists performers and items including a shrine organist, a Little Power club scene, two York singing sisters, and appearances on The Hollywood Hotel and CBS Friday night programs. It mentions Joe Marin, Jamie ad’s Club Royale jazz band, and Clyde Be Vinna with M G M lot exteriors, amid stray ad copy and venue references.
Westman College instructor W. W. Jackson of Valley teaches a course in Christianity and Race Totatinn at the Standard Training church workshop. He is to return late this week.
Police report multiple burglaries on South Presa Street and at a packing company. Bandits looted a drug store safe of about 132 dollars plus small cash from a register, took morphine, and fled after a chase that saw a 410 pound lard can hurled toward pursuers. Steppard and King pursued. police say thieves escaped toward the city limits. Other thefts included bacon, hams, and lard from a packing operation and a 13.67 dollar ash register from Alfred Beitlen’s store on North Flores Street.
The Civil Service announces ten open federal postings in Washington DC with salaries from 2600 to 5600 dollars. Positions include principal engineer roles, senior telegraph and telephone engineers, associate engineers, an assistant telegraph engineer, and roles with the Federal Communications Commission and Department of the Interior. Applications close May 30.
The Texas Jersey Cattle Club will hold its state convention in San Antonio Thursday and Friday with headquarters at the Plaza hotel Bexar County Farm Agent Fred W Marlip announced. Charles W Shepardson head of the dairy department at A and M college will lead a discussion on a state wide club program. Other speakers include Dr Vértie Scot of John Tarleton College J W Ridgway and L W Morley. Delegates will inspect the dairy herd at the W O W hospital.
The message notes a vague watchrat waiting in Beverly Hills with Congress meeting weeks ago and little action. It mentions taxpayers buffering, the Hauptmann house at waiting stage, and a projected Japanese ultimatum by early next week. A presidential message to Congress is planned for Monday.
Dallas January 7 41 Mrs Kate Tohnson 80 one line candidate for Ev arnot of Texas was held there awaiting transfer to Green eee.
The federal government will undertake construction of a remote central station at Winburn field to supplement the commerce department. This project marks a significant expansion of federal communications infrastructure during the period referenced.
Kathryn DePeyster asks about wedding etiquette including gloves at the ceremony gift giving and thank-you letters. The reply covers wearing gloves, aisle procedures, who presents the bride, granting gifts, and how to introduce friends with guidance for dress and introductions.
Sheriff Albert West Jr and a 25 man force conducted weekend raids across downtown, raiding Elks club and Gardner hole and seizing six slot machines. Forty six charged with gambling, 323 investigated, 69 gallons of liquor seized, 40 jailed for various offenses including vice and assault. several clubs reported closed or compliant.
Sunday crash on Culebra Road left several women injured and later recovering at San Antonio Blaze hospital. Wreck occurred when a vehicle sideswiped another. eight people escaped from the scene. Names and precise details are incomplete due to damaged OCR text.
Rano Faties, 33, of Buena Vista, dies in county jail after a Sunday night slaying at Dan Flores, 38, of Southton. Flores was struck with a blunt instrument and stabbed in the chest with an ice pick during a yard confrontation near a small church. Tones surrendered, admitted he was drunk and killed Flores in an argument. Hundreds of churchgoers witnessed the event. Justice Oliver L. Wiley presided over the inquest verdict of murder.
Ed A L Bd Joh, a Santa Rosa brick mason, had his left arm amputated at a city hospital after a car crash on Seguin highway Sunday. Several others suffered injuries including Elsie Lindley and Mr and Mrs Lee Bourgeois, with details of the event remaining unclear.
Deputy Sheriff J. W. Brgston and Charles Matson responded to a party call in Kentwood addition. A knife-wielding Mexican youth, under the influence, slashed Fryant’s finger and scratched Matson’s cheek before officers overpowered and handcuffed him.
A. Walker head of economics at Westmoorland college will analyze President Roosevelt's message to Congress at an open forum meeting at Denver Heights recreation center on a Tuesday evening at 7:30. Mrs. Marshall Bull publicity chairman at the San Antonio recreation council will preside.
D A Powell, vice president and general manager of the San Antonio Power Service company, will discuss The History of Electricity Developments and Uses at the San Antonio Edentide sectiets meeting at 8 15 p m Tuesday at 433 West Commerce Street.
Beunart H. Evans of Galveston shipping firm told the Texas Laundry Owners Association convention that cotton policies strike directly at Texas. He said nearly all cotton east of the Mississippi goes to domestic mills while 90 percent of Texas cotton is exported, and tariffs hinder exports as foreign buyers cannot offer swap. Delegates discussed depreciation plans and selling facilities amid anticipated state crop declines and shifts by international mills.
W A Johnson, a 33 year Texas laundry owner and former National Laundryowners Association leader, lauds the soft shirt as a turning point in the industry. He notes that 30 years ago stiff shirts and culls drove business, with hotels and steamships supplying the rest, and about 20 years ago the family wash surged as the soft shirt market expanded. Tobia appears among attendees at the annual competition of the Texas Laundryowners Association here.
The San Antonio Junior Chamber of Commerce hosts Past Presidents Night at the Mitra cafe at 616 p.m. Tuesday. Ex presidents are expected to attend and Walter Co Sparks, president of Bexar County National Bank, will speak. ELA party program chairman will preside.
Vandals damaged the Lutheran cemetery at Dakota and Wyoming streets, pushing down gates on Monday. Investigators traced clues to a truck seen nearby. Ly nch s, cemetery manager, said the tool house in the burial park was also robbed recently.
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