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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1930
Page
20
A wholesale vegetable and fruit quote shows white cabbage improving after cold weather with prices 60 to 90 cents per bush. Broroli, beans, peppers, carrots, and citrus also moved, with Temple oranges at about $2 per bush.
An OCR scrape lists numerous produce prices with many garbled items. Items include cabbage, potatoes, onions, oranges, bananas, peppers, tomatoes, greens, and more, with prices per bushel, crate, pound, or dozen and scattered vendor names. The fragmentary data suggest a busy market ledger or newspaper shopper column from a historic paper.
An Oklahoma officer named Kin Jen and Oscar Davis were ousted from district service amid maladministration findings. The firing followed a formal investigation that found dereliction in duties and misconduct, prompting replacement and relocation actions within the department.
A fragmented report notes a Chinese aid push launched in Enid with unclear details. It mentions roles for a committee to collect funds and send a plea to Washington for a famine relief effort, aiming to mobilize aid for starving people.
Fragmentary report cites unrest in Korea with 78 Koreans killed amid student demonstrations. Text incomplete but references to Jeon and Shanz Bal routes, church institutions, and civilian casualties. details unclear due to damaged OCR.
The Wall Street Spectator reports irregular but holding market action with general gains and rising public participation. It highlights Advance Rumely, Case, Deere, and farm machinery stocks, notes a private sale of Montgomery Ward stock, and predicts a cautious trading rally in select issues amid ongoing volatility. Further mentions New York Central rights expiring and Turia Motorcycle poised for upward move with strong order growth and earnings context. The piece reflects a period of activity and strategic plays in the stock press.
A committee chaired by Moody proposes a centralized Texas cotton marketing organization to supersede the current cooperative system. The plan uses the Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Association as a starting model with modifications, aiming to implement federal marketing provisions and establish district offices and inspection services similar to bank exams. The proposal will be reviewed by Texas Farm Bureau directors in Dallas next Tuesday for eventual operation steps.
Unofficial permission was given Wednesday to W G Mig sing sponsor for the opera season to erect a 23 by 10 foot electric sign advertising the 1930 grand opera beacon in the oblong square north end of Alamo plaza. Commissioner Phil Wright noted the permit hinges on a reliable sign report by Claude Conyers and Charles Bineham, the building inspector.
Grain market reports show Chicago wheat slipping after an early setback with foreign selling from Liverpool and Winnipeg weighing on prices. Corn and provisions eased with futures trending lower as North American shipments to trans Atlantic markets dwindle and European breadstuff demand softens. Local San Antonio grain prices for corn and oats are listed with minor variations.
Col B B Buck was elected president of the Junior Yanks at a Tuesday board meeting held at Lion Field. Officers named include W G Higgins as vice president and L Dugger as secretary with M S Hallam as treasurer. Executive committee members listed were Ruak Higgins Dugger Flatian Schafer and Roberts. Plans for the upcoming season were discussed.
Alfred Kendal Kelly age three attends nursery school run by Western Reserve University in Cleveland. He is among 25 children enrolled in the program. His grandfather, Dr. R. E. Vinson, is the university president shown beside him. Allred starts strong in early education.
Fashion notes reveal modest spring styles with hose tones blending with skirts. Articles mention hosiery colors from spring mist to sun brown and oriental beige, a shift toward darker hues, and pockets in heel tops, with local San Antonio retailers adopting the Directoire influenced trend.
San Antonio's new incinerator project costing 64000 dollars will begin Monday, announced John Mellock of Albany NY, supervisor of Nye Incinerator Co, who won the San Antonio contract Wednesday. City engineer A Murbach, incinerator superintendent W J Teghers, and garbage department head Feliz Bonnemaison also visited the site Wednesday.
Lieut GL Skeldon of Fort Crockett was injured in a plane crash while en route to Kelly Field. He remained about the same on Wednesday, according to physicians at the station hospital. His companion was hurt and the crash occurred Saturday.
Beruin dispatch reports Karl Schmitedorf married in Russia while his wife stayed home. On returning to Germany he was arrested. The court ruled he was liable only for punishment where the crime occurred, with unspecified charges implied.
A corrupted Turkish government monopoly notice about cigarette sales appears amid garbled OCR text. The fragment mentions restrictions on cigarette messaging and supervision of purchases, with stray references to regulation, authority, and market conditions, followed by fragmented lines about stock and market figures.
Cotton opened erratic with the pool steadying after a volatile first hour. May and July rose slightly from early lows while March surged to higher levels. New York trading showed declines of 3 to 4 points amid liquidation and thin demand, with later activity stabilizing and prices dipping modestly from opening highs.
Livestock prices traced across Chicago and regional markets show cattle and calves steady to uneven, with bulls, yearlings, and fat cattle trading at varied levels. Sheep and hogs posted mixed to steady demand, while poultry remained firm with modest gains in some weights and birds.
The board of education awarded two school contracts totaling 142 794 50 to successful bidders after a special meeting Monday. Dros won the Bowie contract for 20 264 and G W Mitchell the Woodrow contract for 80 793. Earlier bidders included Wert Gutdell Monier Alterman Cude and Crowther Electric. The board also approved a land purchase for 55 000 north of Lark Twain junior school and authorized 800 kindergarten chairs at 287 50.
Herry Reelected president of the South Texas Poultry Producers association after the annual meeting in Plaza today. Abrie Herry of New Dramfely, FE Harpin of Victoria, Mrs Lucy O Leigh of Center Point and D K Lone of Runge were elected presidents. Dr F H Orchard of San Antonio was reelected secretary manager. Two new branch handling plants at Runge and Comfort will be established noon. Members from about 0 Youth Texas counties attended.
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