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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1933
Page
1
The fragmentary item references Arthur Brisbane and an avenue of features, with unclear subject. It shows a dated feel of early journalism but lacks concrete events, places, or names to form a solid card. Further readable content needed for a precise headline and summary.
The article reports ten thousand Japanese soldiers advancing into China, armored tanks, bombers, and sustained fighting between Japan and China shaped by finances and endurance. It contrasts rapid Japanese action with Chinese stamina, noting China’s ten-year war experience and resilience.
Washington January reports outline a proposal by the War Department Appropriations Sub-Committee to suspend the Citizens' Military Training Camps for a year to save about 91 million dollars in the 1934 fiscal year. Rep. Rees Collings supports elimination. the budget office had trimmed the request, and Brig. Gen. Bridges notes the camps trained 377,000 youths since 1921. Pentagon data shows 680,000 applicants and 377,000 trained this year.
Partly cloudy Thursday night and Friday with a low near 36 and a high around 62. Moderate northerly winds. High Wednesday about 87, low Thursday morning near 39, high Thursday about 62. East district mostly partly cloudy and colder southeast. central and northeast likely freezing Thursday night, Friday partly cloudy and warmer in the north. Coastal northerly winds. West Texas: generally fair Thursday night and Friday, warmer Panhandle Thursday night.
A steamshorer hauls up a lone skeleton in remote woods near the Hoosick River. Authorities believe it may be Natty Bumpo, the Deer Slayer Hawkeye and Pathfinder from James Fenimore Cooper. The remains lie near a possible wooden coffin fragment in the hillside bluff.
Weather bureau predicts frigid night with thermometer near 35 and north winds driving chill through Thursday night. Friday will see a sunny break with a high around 52 after a 39 degree Thursday morning and a 67 degree Wednesday.
New York police report Mrs. Garnett McCabe 44 or 45 shot Averett McCabe 45, vice president of United Parcel Service, in a Midtown hotel room after a prolonged quarrel. She traveled from Florida around New Year and left a note saying she bought the gun in Daytona intending to kill herself. The couple had three children.
Buenos Aires reports Hipolito Yrigoyen, a two year old ex president, under police guard in his apartment after return from exile. The line repeats broken text, but notes his precarious health and guardianship amid political turmoil.
Commissioner of police DUSLIN asked General Brennan to deploy a strong force for Dublin on Sunday to guard an address at Dublin College by former President Casarave campaigning against the De Valera government. The appeal follows tensions during the political buildup.
Washington officials report the Judiciary subcommittee is reviewing proposed changes with a 3.8 percent adjustment. After a lengthy session, Chairman Slate announced the panel would aim to vote on revisions tomorrow, signaling progress on the measure.
A Chinwangtao dispatch says Japanese and Chinese military officers met with British officers to discuss peace terms. Details were not disclosed. A Chinese general’s officer reportedly met the Japanese commander at Chinwangtao, with further talks expected.
About 100000 Japanese troops push toward Jehol capital Chengten amid sub-zero cold and rugged terrain. Columns advance from Kailu Chucyang Siuchung and Yuawangpao to seize roads, with tanks planes and artillery in reserve while Chinese forces resist and a Fifteenth U S infantry detachment watches.
CHICAGO January 12 United States Court of Appeals reversed a 1931 ruling and ordered ex public enemy No 17 Volpe deportation to Italy. The case hinges on whether he is legally an alien while Capone ally and his lawyers plan an appeal. Volpe spent part of his boyhood in Italy and was born in Argentina.
US health service data show influenza and pneumonia caused 1668 deaths in 07 American cities for the week ended December 24, up 192 percent from the same period in 1981. The report notes higher mortality across major urban areas.
E M Felter of Elgin reads in a paper that the governor mansion will be left untended on the night before the inauguration of Mirian Ferguson and that there would be no noon-day meals for the new occupants. Mrs. Sterling, wife of the outgoing governor, says the custom of noon meals for inauguration visitors will be dispensed with this time due to cooks leaving the night before.
Dr. Clarence Muehlberger uses fingeroscopes and chemicals to test stains from the home of Mrs. Frankes Schildhauer, widow who denies knowledge of bandmaster Otto Schildhauer's death. Blood found on a stairway as police investigate an alleged abduction on December 10. captain Brege leads the inquiry, questioning the widow who claims two men took him. investigators doubt the tale and note the widow's associations with other men.
Murder charges were filed against Spaings Minos Doolittle, 24, at 426 Dunning Ave in Judge Joan F Onions Court Thursday morning in the so called honor slaying of Albert James McCoy a 27 year old known City Basketball League star. Doolittle was released on a $1000 bond after surrendering following the slaying. McCoy was shot twice in the left side with a .38 caliber pistol on Houston Street near Navarro Street and died before reaching the curb. The shooting occurred in front of the Vegas on Houston Street and the city crowd witnessed the event. McCoy had been indicted with trial set for February 1 in Thirties Seventh District Court.
Governor Ross Sterling’s final message to the Forty-third Texas Legislature outlines a threefold tax plan, including local-only property tax repeal, a combined income and sales tax, and a voting machine to curb election abuses. He favors four-year terms for governors and legislators, shifts pardons to the parole board in Huntsville, and backs county consolidation and a constitutional amendment validating county road bonds.
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