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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1938
Page
3
Austin Dan Ty Vigilance by the welfare division notes a hoard of out of state solicitors seeking funds for fake institutions. Mrs Violet S Greenhill, division chief, urged cooperation of stratis and police to stamp out the activity and protect the public.
Pait charged in a $25,000 theft from a Nie vault at the Sue Douamshuret National Bank in William BX. Geroghon allegedly obtained the loot from two men, one a bank cashier. Frederik J. Gatana, 36, the bank's cashier, and Attillo Galardi, a Wal street customer’s man, face grand larceny charges.
Mrs Ben Couch and her five pound baby daughter were doing nicely Friday despite a feverish scene as the husband rushed her to the hospital amid turmoil. The birth occurred in Wichita Kan with the husband assisting and the baby named Lae Couch.
A man seized a hot iron and caused a disturbance when he learned his wife Mrs Couch had gone to the city hospital for delivery. She was found on a table in the delivery room. He then took her home in a taxi after a physician attended the birth. Both mother and baby were fine. The couple have an older son, Donald.
Walter Winchell On Broadway surveys Hollywood buzz and star anecdotes from the late 1930s. It recalls feuds debts and autographs amid gossip about the RKO Ritzy brothers and industry figures like Moss Hart Gene Fowler and Sinclair Lewis, ending with a quirky note on a Tin Pan Alley song and a goatherd prop.
In Nortistown on January 1 1944 Wendell Forrest a former reformatory inmate from Kentucky was questioned by District Attorney Fitz Erick regarding the death of Mrs. Wilma V. Carpenter. Forrest said he was prepared to plead guilty only for a first degree verdict, with a penny for the slain widow. The case concerns a murder in a Philadelphia suburb on December 13.
A fragment from a city news page references KT and local figures Aly Dan and Musse Al Russe in an item whose full details are unreadable. The partial text hints at ongoing coverage of municipal matters and neighborhood updates.
Lt. Brogdon a 60 year old Stephenville architect declared on the courthouse lawn that Texas should lead a national expansion by inviting Norway, Tamaulipas, Coahuila and Chihuahua to join the United States. He argued the move would shield American business by expanding markets and jurisdiction.
Fog shrouds the Bremen coast and delays a sea passage as a Swedish vessel is beached near the Weser mouth. A tanker maneuvers offshore while fog limits visibility and hampers harbor traffic. Cited classification notes unclear due to OCR garble but confirms maritime disruption and port difficulties.
Hollywood scene ends in a hand to hand struggle as Fay Wray and her former cook husband collide with Mrs Rayme Duvall in a hotel kitchen. Wray suffers bruises to head and back while Duvall, 47, is jailed on drunken charges. Nurse Ethel Jackson and the couple’s daughter Susan were present as police intervened.
Government prosecutors and federal officials intensified cross examination of Charres Arnott, named as the mastermind of an alleged gasoline price fixing conspiracy. Arnott, former president of Boeing Vacuum Gil and vice president at the firm, testified about plans to discontinue a major oil company gasoline program in 1935 and disapproved NRA code offers.
A. T. Knies, longtime local businessman and valley executive, headed the Austin Chamber of Commerce in a formal session last night with president Goodall H. Wooten presiding as the meeting focused on membership matters and future outreach.
Fragmentary OCR from Augusta Maine article notes a bizarre bill described as a freak law. The piece mentions a man unable to marry his grandmother and cites a state House discussion about such prohibitions. The readable text hints at political criticism of the bill’s logic.
Simon J. Hildebrand of Manchester, born in Hertford and living here for four years, is described as the ideal "homie" lover. The fragment notes he remains away from home overnight, reflecting a personal profile in local terms.
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