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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1934
Page
7
More than 2000 poll taxes were written Monday with expectations of reaching 50 000 by Wednesday midnight. Maury Maverick, tax collector, said the total issued by Monday evening was 33 357, with deputies staffing corridors and long courthouse lines. Payments for this year also show progress over last year at the same date.
Staff Sergeant Jancis J. Davis of Headquarters Company Twenty third Infantry sails from Gen Francisco on March 30 for a Hawaii tour of duty as replacement for Staff Sergeant Clayton T. Reynolds, who will report to Fort Sam Houston.
Del Norte county sheriff John R. Breen disclosed plans for a nine-member nude colony to establish a camp near Crescent City California. The sheriff said he would not molest its members prompting regional attention to the plan.
Washington reports outline vast relief and modernization schemes including moving unemployed from damaged industrial regions to rural areas, a half billion dollar dairy and cattle aid program, home modernization funding, a 950 million Civil Works expansion, and a possible dollar devaluation with a 2 billion stabilization fund. Hopkins leads a push to shift jobless workers, with Detroit and forests as options, while Westbrook moves to Washington for a federal relief role.
Judge Alfred Toepperwein of Bulverde died of pneumonia in a New Braunfels hospital. Funeral at 3 p.m. Wednesday on the old Voges homestead with burial in the Toepperwein family cemetery. He served as justice of the peace for many years and was active in wildlife conservation and game laws. Survived by his widow Mrs. Louis Toepperwein and five brothers.
Federal officers stopped a car after a pursuit through alleys near the 1400 block of South Hackberry street. The driver fled on foot and escaped, but two five gallon cans of alcohol were seized along with the vehicle.
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