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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1931
Page
17
A San Antonio bank statement highlights assets liabilities and capital figures for the San Antonio National Bank and related institutions. The report notes cash deposits bonds securities and reserve balances, with a bullet point about an accidental gunshot wound to a 34 year old man at Robert B. Green hospital referenced in the closing line.
The document presents a bank charter notice and a condensed statement of condition for Alamo National Bank. It lists assets including banking house and furniture, capital, surplus, undivided profits, reserves, demand and time deposits, and total assets. It notes state and county authorities and includes signatures of officers and a notary public.
A 1920s style public notice for the San Antonio Loan and Trust Company shows total resources at 1,087,128.63 with 65,000.00 in United States government bonds and 22,38.45 168.24 for total valuation. Directors listed include LANDY G. DENMAN, WILLIAM EIFLER, THOMAS F. FRANKLIS, DR. JOHN S. HEAFF, and others with signatures by treasurer WILLIAM L. HERF.
Edward Dailey of Waupaca dies at 108 after emigrating from Ireland in 1840. He was too old for the Civil War draft and lived a long, quiet life without needing a doctor’s advice.
Police armed with riot gas and gas bombs maintained an all night vigil at an apartment hall in Kansas City following demonstrations arising from a local protest against the renting of quarters to negroes.
The article previews The Light serial memoirs of General John J. Pershing, recounting World War I pressure to split American troops between French and Allied commands. Pershing refused, insisting on an independent American army and a separate sector. A dramatic incident with Foch over Saint Mihiel and command structure is highlighted, as Pershing argues for American operational control.
Mrs Julia Gray 85 of 108 Campeche Street died Wednesday at home. Funeral services Friday at 11 o clock at Portree Lore ing mortuary with Dr Cullom Booth and Rev GO F Hatafield officiating. Native of Georgia she lived in San Antonio about a year. Survived by daughter Estelle Stott of San Antonio.
CASCAGO Jan 8 Mrs Gaspar Lunchok filed for divorce claiming four children were made to eat in front of their tutors to make them feel they were setting double sor jans. Counsel argued the aim was to teach the children thrift and discipline in a sarcastic claim.
A dense schedule lists ETSA L2M Kiloeselea and KMAC stations with multiple events. Highlights include Libery Digeet and Sally performances, Rudy Vallee acts, Gunter orchestra, Texas theater, various hour-long programs, and weather briefings through the night. The dense lineup covers music, variety shows, lectures, and hourly novelties across stations Fortats hour Kilocycles and KTAP.
Nine dramatic clubs have been formed under the city recreation department to stimulate interest in dramatics. An elimination contest will be held in February at the San Pedro Playhouse with entries due by January 10. A silver loving cup will be awarded to the winning club and gold and silver medals to the top actors and meters. Three one-act plays will be performed during the contest, with preliminary events leading to a final in March.
KTSA unveils Poet’s Gold a new radio feature with Carl Hoss and Emery Deutsch orchestra at 8.20 pm Thursday. Do menoma Savine offers another tone picture with Thearle favor eight. Vallee on air crooning on WOAL at 7 pm and 8 pm Area birthday party for General Fom Thumb. Friml features at 8:30 am Friday on Maxwell House Home program. Auer American School of the Air 1 pm Sunday features Col Frederic A Molitor on engineering careers. KTSA Sunday 4 pm presents Trial by Jury in tabloid form and 8 pm H H Grant speaks from New York show.
Funeral services for John S Sullivan 63 who died Thursday at Ken z ium will be held Friday at 4 p.m. in Porter Loring's mortuary. Interment will be in Mission Burial Park. A native of New York he had lived in San Antonio 15 years employed with the federal government. He was a member of A F B and AM Judge of Crackettville and Alzafar Shrine. Survived by widow Nora Nolan Sullivan and two sisters Mary L Copiter of New Jersey.
Twenty five World War veterans who had been employed by the city for ten days will be kept at work for another month. Fire chief Stoffler announced the extension on Thursday. The men are building beds at the sewage disposal plant and completing drainage and drying facilities for fertilizer. The project aims to keep veterans employed and finish more of the planned work rather than stopping midway.
A group of World War II veterans filed applications and plan to contact publisher William Randolph Hearst to request accelerated fall bonus payments. Bryan Mauer man, a city salary official who aided ex-soldiers, said many men hoped for immediate relief as they claimed no relatives to support them and feared facing a short wait.
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