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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1935
Page
13
A sweeping excerpt surveys looming shifts in work and society. It contemplates government support, automation, and the fate of manual labor, contrasting American and British systems, while exploring social mores, education, and disruptions from global unrest.
An emergency Beaumont ordinance imposes an education tax ranging from 50 to 85 on all slot machines weigh ig and marble machines phonographs and telephones. Estimated annual revenue around 000. Navarra and related gambling activities are outlawed or tolerated in the district. District Attorney John R. Cearinglan announced last week.
Tarai K Coulter a former Fort Sam Houston captain and polo star was sued for divorce in Thirty seventh district court. Frances Coulter filed petition November 2 1834 but records show no action taken. Attorney Russell B Wine says the petition alleges cruelty and seeks custody of two children. Coulter was previously court martialed for alleged misconduct and dismissed after a secret trial connected to a separate case involving Mrs Alice T Morgan.
A paint truck exploded on a Michigan highway near Hubsonville and Zeeland, injuring seventeen and showering the driver and bystanders with flaming liquid.Officials report the incident as a serious accident with fire and smoke bandaid contents.
In New York two autoists Isaac Master and Morris Shapiro survived a 145 foot fall when their sedan smashed through a guard rail on the Manhattan Bridge. For minutes they inched open the doors and stepped back to safety as a slight misstep could have led to a fatal plunge.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted to align the United States with the World Court while preserving four reservations to bar advisory opinions. Senator Robinson signaled he would bring the issue to the floor when opportune. The resolution states the United States joins the court without objection to advisory opinions and with no question touching interests.
A weather forecast says temperatures will rise to near summer levels with daytime highs around 16 degrees and overnight lows near 56. Clear skies will help San Antonians enjoy mild warmth, while winds shift south overnight. Kingsford Smith sails home to Australia aboard the Monterey after completing a trans Pacific flight.
Furnished apartments and houses listed with monthly rents at 515 to 550, plus unfurnished options. Details include addresses on Commerce, Hammond, Denver, Roosevelt, Lewis, Cules, and Hackbort streets. furnished rooms from 5 per day to 5.25 per week. seek further listings via the rental column.
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson called for immediate repeal of the state prohibition law and enactment of a 2 percent general retail sales tax to fund government operations. She warned the prohibition amendment is a failure and urged swift legislative action to avoid delays in revenue, noting projected tax yields and the need to address a multi‑million dollar deficit.
At Mount Vernon Kentucky a man named George M Collett 45 a former roadhouse operator killed his wife and her parents and four others then wounded two before fleeing. Surrounded in a cabin nine miles away he killed himself. The victims listed include Stella Collett 28 Lola Helton 23 Lilian Borders 62 and Julian Borders 52 among the dead and Lonnie Helton and Carlo Helton wounded. A note found spoke of bequests to a dentist and plans to write about the tragedy.
The Post Dispatch says the department of justice seeks federal indictments for Sherman act violations. A federal grand jury in WOUIS is investigating monopolistic practices affecting nearly all of the U S moving picture industry. The jury, in session three days, has subpoenaed about 100 film companies executives and other representatives.
AUSTIN Jan 9 UPI The opening bill of the Texas Legislature’s regular session seeks a $3,000,000 appropriation for next year’s Texas centennial. Sen Claude G Westerfeld of Dallas introduced the measure and other measures include Joe Hill of Henderson to repeal a one month old horse betting law and T D Holbrook of Galveston to create a public utilities regulatory commission.
San Antonio and quintly predict partly cloudy conditions Wednesday night and Thursday. Wednesday lows around 36 with highs near 76, light to gentle variable winds becoming southerly. Tuesday high 78, Wednesday low 68, with warm Thursday and cooler north portions.
The piece lauds the general direction of Roosevelt's address to Congress focusing on relief for dependents and the unemployed while criticizing his failure to distinguish recovery from reform. It dismisses his profit system ideas as radical, defends pay in proportion to contribution, and condemns government inefficiency and looming debt from large public works. It ends noting continued treatment for the message.
Otto Condon testifies Hauptmann was the man who negotiated the Lindbergh ransom and received $70,000. He identifies notes and a three housed symbol used as a signature, recounting letters urging a newspaper ad and a meeting in Van Cortlandt Park. The Bronx educator details his cautious examination of the notes before identification.
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