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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1936
Page
4
At a South Brooksfield airport show by the Flying Aces and the Veterans of Foreign Wars post, Jack Huber will stage a 10,000-foot delayed parachute drop amid other feats. The program includes wing walking, loop maneuvers, a flaming board wall ride, a handkerchief snag, and a 2:20 start time with about 20 parachutists to follow.
Three classes for Girl Scouts to begin Saturday afternoon were announced by scout officials. First aid and sea genile classes will be taught, along with folk dancing and minstrel lessons by Hildegarde Meyer Mack Sisith and Myrtle Glaeser. Scouts should select troop captains as enrollment proceeds.
Arthur Pfeil, manager of the convention department at the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, will sail Sunday to attend the National Association of Cleaners convention in Washington D C from January 12 to 14. He will present the city's bid for the association's 1937 convention.
A Thursday Light advertisement misstated G and W Private Stock price. The correct price is $2.25 per quart, not $1.75.
Pearsall funeral services were held for Frank F H Woolls Jr. 32 of Tanchijar who was shot Tuesday night on the Harvey B Gunn ranch north of Comstock by unknown Mexican ranch workers. Survivors include his parents Mr and Mrs Frank Woolls three sisters Mrs Albert Johnson Frances and Ethel Woolls and two brothers Temple and Bartow all of Coahuila. A furnished room is available at 137 Satalpe Classification 94 Light Classified Ads.
Lamberto H. Obregon, nephew of the late Mexican president, will arrive in San Antonio Saturday to assume duties as mex ic o consul here. He succeeds Javier Cerroni, named consul at Naco Arizona, to be transferred February 3. Ofornin, now vice consul, came from Los Angeles a year ago and previously served in Paris Brussels Rotterdam Marseilles and Bordeaux for nine years.
Tense county court session ends with Burkey appointment controversially debated as commissioners weigh trades and possible reversals. Woodhull Mullinax abstain. Uhr Donnell Abbott divided. Shock notes nonbinding opinion. Wright backs Burkey and hints at future support for Trawalter. McAskill seeks Supreme Court rehearing for Huntress case.
The San Antonio chamber of commerce tourist bureau warns tourists crossing into Mexico that the Mexican government again demands serial numbers makes and sizes of tires on all automobiles. Charles Mumm manager of the Laredo branch of the American Automobile Association reports the reintroduction of these requirements.
A Turkish themed air program titled Turkey Prot Air Program From ETSA Suero will air Sunday from 9:30 to 10 p.m. over ETSA. It is the fourth goodwill program honoring South Texas ladies, produced by the San Antonio Junior Chamber of Commerce under director Frederick C. Pelty.
Criminal District court grand jury Friday returned no bills in three driving while intoxicated cases. Velma Rylander 412 West Myrlc street and J C Rainwater 604 Crosby street were not prosecuted after complainants refused to prosecute. T G Cochran 401 San Pedro avenue was billed as no witnesses present for the January 2 alleged offense.
New York society editor Charly Knickerbocker reports financier Edward Hutton and Dorothy Metzger, ex-wife of Homer Metzger, intend to wed within three weeks. Metzger and her parents have reportedly been visiting Hutton in the South for weeks. The former Mrs Hutton has since married Joseph K. Davies, a Washington lawyer.
Sergeant John Hoover of Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana was recalled for retirement on December 31 at the age of 69. He first enlisted May 22 1888 from Union Ohio, served until February 28 1919, then re enlisted November 7 1914 and completed 30 years of service before being placed on the retired list.
Treasury figures show January 8 receipts 62 788 964 32 expenditures 76 382 485 88 leaving a net balance of 2 776 394 549 13 Customs receipts for the month 8417 148 95 Fiscal year totals since July 1 receipts 1 974366 216 19 expenditures 3 923303 6 417 including 1 737 483 87629 of emergency expenditures excess of expenditures 1 947 537 352 48 gross debt 30 540 941 059 44 dah decrease of 4 266 31 under prior day gold assets 10 144 309 420 43
Dallas January 1 The rising tide of taxation threatens publishers and American business says Edgin Kieat dean of Southern publishers In an interview Erlest longtime Dallas Times Herald publisher notes young people face harder start under new laws The veteran publisher adds that employment burdens grow as taxes rise and some firms may be forced out of business
A powerful second storm battered the United Kingdom within a week, causing at least 15 deaths. A Kilkenny priest denounced by a fallen tree, a man struck by a bus in Manchester, and a woman killed by collapsing walls in Walsall are among the casualties. The trawler Comrade recovered a drowned deckhand, the Swedish steamer Sumatra sought refuge in Torbay from the channel gale, and the Bradds foundered in the rolling seas. The gale reached 160 miles per hour.
A damaged ad claims Prescription A works for aches and eye pain with either liquid or pill forms. It touts ease of use and distant benefits while linking to a familiar New York house name. The text remains unclear but presents a self serving promotion for a medical product.
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