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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1934
Page
3
Washington January 23 The farm administration prepares to announce compulsory government restriction of cotton production in response to Southern farmers. Officials foresee strong farmer support, reversing past voluntary measures and prohibiting marketing beyond demand through tax or outright ban. The move would supplement the ongoing voluntary acreage reduction program.
Washington January 29 Farm editor Davis says government action to curb wheat planting may come if a majority of cooperating producers approve It would supplement voluntary controls and target expansion while not forcing non cooperating farms to reduce acres or forfeit rental and benefit payments
Fort Worth's W. R. White will deliver the Charter Day address as Baylor College marks its eighty ninth anniversary on February 1. Miss Emma C. King, state president of the association, will preside.
SAN ANGELO Jan 29 Contracts for 8 cents per head were made for rougholt West Texas for next spring with 25,000 head in Crockett county. The goal shearing price stands at 5 cents per head as negotiations proceed.
Premont at Fremont claims the distinction of having the smallest weekly newspaper in the state The Texas South Press consists of four pages only 11 inches deep and four columns wide.
Fragmentary OCR shows a poll tax plea attributed to Jim Austin with garbled text referencing Ferguson and veterans. The readable portion suggests a political or legal note about tax demands and appeals but lacks clear events or dates to confirm a full story.
A flurry of social events in San Antonio includes a BIRZ wedding party honoring Peter Kuntz, a Mexican fiesta at the Women's Club, and multiple showers, teas, and luncheons for brides and guests. Attendees include Miss Jane Mathis, Miss Mary Folbre, Mrs Estelle Armistead, Miss Theresa Duit, and Mrs Daisy Marcus Briggs, with venues at the San Antonio Country Club, Women's Club, Gunter Hotel, and more.
A Tokyo spokesman rejected Stalin’s remarks accusing Japan of imperial aims and framed Moscow’s intended aggression as a yearly risk to Japan. The exchange follows Stalin’s Friday speech criticizing allies and Soviet policy regarding Japan’s “potato patch” disputes.
Burnet Jai INS reports a large eagle, six and a half feet wingspan, was trapped in a steel trap by local hunter Harry Spaeth near Burnet. The bird had been the greatest killer of lambs and pigs in the area, but is now captured and the danger to livestock reduced.
The University of Texas visual instruction bureau in Austin received two new film filings from the United States Bureau of Mines in Pittsburgh. One titled The Story of a Storage Battalion and the other Mobile Latitude. Both are described as millimeter cartoons.
Fragmented OCR style notes mention a baby and several scattered proper names and places. It reads as garbled phrases with mentions of a baby, Dies gestaries, Qadene, Ramsay, and a person or event unknown. No clear event or outcome is identifiable.
Mrs Diliian Irvine of Cedar Rapids Iowa keeps a diary started in 1893 when a country school teacher. The diary now spans 40 years of daily jottings, gathered as a lively record of her everyday activities and thoughts.
Waller L Henrichsen a former Cook County highway policeman turned associate of the Touhy gang testified as a state witness in Chicago. He identified Roger Touhy in court and said he helped rent a house in Glenview used to hold John Factor during part of the 12 days of his imprisonment before a $270,000 ransom and further payoff were arranged.
Premont columnist notes ranchman J. S. Myers plans a return from Chicago, claiming the old methods endure. He began his journey with an ox team in a Mexico built oxford craft and dates show a long, uncertain travel period.
Police investigated the night disappearance of G A Bimith 20 Harlandale resident from a Midway gasoline station where he was night manager after a cash register robbery of 325. The station on Commerce and Pine streets was found with lights on and the car missing along with 25 cash. Ward Hart Mid Way manager reported a call at 4730 a.m. and the lot was deserted with the register aflame.
A burglary at 108 South Concho involved thieves entering the Bortiz Ruez shop and stealing the car, $11, a watch, a sack of onions, and a box of homes. The owner reported the theft to the police on Monday.
Officials ordered removal of NRA honor rolls from corridors on Monday amid withdrawals since January. The rolls will be kept as official records, with authorities noting many have defected from the NRA.
Dr. Jan Dokladal of Czechoslovakia, studying in the United States on a Rockefeller foundation fellowship, will view Texas March 9 to 24 to study the organization and workings of the A and M college system, announced Director O B Martin of the A and M extension service.
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