01 Jul 1933
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1933
Page
1
A snipped column surveys Primo Carnera and boxing era rivals as energetic talk turns to defense. It envisions using the army and navy for gold prospecting, Alaska work, and coast transport to boost the economy while praising aviation advances and a strong US naval readiness.
In Chicago on July 1 a masked gang abducted millionaire Jerome Factor from his car as his wife and son watched. Attorney Al Epstein, dragged from the rear seat, was released after a short ride and warned not to remove his mask. The daring caper follows Factor’s turbulent career including stock manipulation charges and a £1.3 million civil settlement with alleged British victims.
Dallas man Ben Nett, 25, admits to strangling Mrs Amley Buchanan, 24, a blonde film executive, in her home last winter and to fatally shooting Sim Sanford, 36, a radio patrolman. He also claims to be the prowler who two months earlier shot and seriously wounded George A. Coffey, a Dallas wholesaler and manufacturer, and to have hidden tools he found in the house.
Partly cloudy conditions continue into Saturday night and Sunday with little temperature change. Lows near 7 degrees and highs near 96 degrees. light to moderate southerly winds. Friday high around 86, Saturday low around 0, weekend highs around 86.
The Associated Press reports a new local mail rate of two cents. Beginning today, many customers may save on stamps as the two-cent local rate is restored nationwide for local and first class mail, with three cents for mail sent outside the local district.
Partly cloudy skies Saturday and Sunday offer little relief for San Antonians seeking cool weather. The forecast calls for temperatures to reach 96 degrees on both days, with a Sunday morning low near 66. Winds will be from the south as records show a fluctuating June with highs near 90s and lows in the 60s across periods.
A mysterious traveler was detained in Laredo on July 1 after officers investigated a bank robbery case. He sought release via habeas corpus while in custody at a hotel, found with 1650 dollars. He was connected to a Mexico, Missouri robbery and slaying case due to a matching vehicle description circulated by Texas highway patrol.
The group chose New York City as its 1834 convention ally and set the week of June 25 for sessions. Officers elected include Essie L. ElMott of Los Angeles vice president Annette T. Harr of Amherst secretary Allian Pask councilor-at-large Agnes Connam Reston treasurer H Gates Turpin Baltimore.
The Intimate theater presents a three act mystery thriller The Locked Cheat with a midnight show at 11 30 p m on Saturday Located at 624 Fourth shact the cast includes Velma Means Pat McCarthy Martin Herberich Robert Binney Marcel Rohl Oliver Halmes Lloyd Harrington and Merlvin Marshall Seating ends when the curtain rises due to the play's nature
A garbled report notes a denied pair linked to the Lindbergh kidnapping case. It mentions Leo Turner from East St Louis and a DOJ investigator Nowevar, with references to arrest timing and possible violations of the Dyer Act.
A July 1 report from London notes Dele Gates of gold standard nations waited for Roosevelt’s joint declaration on currency control. Ramsay MacDonald said he would call a meeting soon after the president’s statement. Gold-standard reps planned to travel by noon trains or planes to their capitals. Officials blamed Campo Dello island for delays. London bankers and British and American circles weighed the possible stabilizing formula for central banks to prevent extreme moves, amid skepticism about immediate stabilization. Continued on Page 2, Col. 2.
Paris reports that France will remain active at the London economic conference and push to restore the gold standard despite a walkout by the gold bloc. After a cabinet meeting, Finance Minister Georges Bonnet won approval for a plan to replenish the treasury through 1 year bonds offered on favorable terms, aiming to reduce reliance on English borrowing.
Britain and Russia move toward ending a month long embargo after talks among Foreign Secretary Eden and Litvinoff. The settlement includes immediate release of two British Metropolitan Vickers engineers Thornth and MacDonald, lifting of the British embargo on Russian imports, restoration of Russian visa payments, and a revived Russo British trade pact aimed at protecting British workers in Russia.
BERLIN July 1. Prussia closed all business offices at Catholic settlements and seized contents. Officials said these societies are not forbidden or social tertlers but those using Catholicism to cloak student activities were targeted.
A tropical cyclone was forecast to move northwest toward Havana from Jamaica, with reports of rapid movement and potential widespread damage. Port of Spain and Cedros prepared with supply shipments and medical aid as the storm, described as devastating, impacted Caribbean shores and port facilities.
Strange disclosures followed the widow Mrs Jack Diamond’s murder. Police found memoranda claiming large sums of money, up to $1000 weekly, and hints she may have known too much. She was last seen at a card party and later found in her apartment after two days.
The body of Hartalo Cassetti, known as the Bat, was found at 2 o'clock this morning in a storage shed on Thompson Street. A bullet wound in the abdomen caused his death. Police records show four arrests and a two-year term in Atlantic for violation of the Harrison narcotics act.
Western Union Telegraph company announced it would restore the 10 per cent wage increase that had become effective August 1917. The decision raises employee pay across Western Union operations. Receipts data show Treasury figures for June and related expenditures and balances in Washington and New York.
The dollar eased in London trading amid no clear speculative drive as operators awaited currency news. It opened near 4.27 12 to the pound and dipped to about 4.9234. In Paris the dollar opened at 20.10 francs and drifted just under 20 francs as dealers noted a quiet market with the bourse closed.
A 99-year-old Mexican man, Piruso, was shot three times with a pistol near Its door in Chihuahua, with the victim dying almost instantly. Police said the 76-year-old Wind Chihuah hua strent resident Mike Ticeso was also involved, and the case is tied to Bexar County jail records.
A fragmentary rental ad listing options for apartments and houses with weekly and monthly rates. Listings include locations such as 815, 60, 128, and 460 East. The piece references May and a Saturday night insertion with Broadway at Ric Airret as a posting cue.
An accident ending the first stage of the Might of the Calian armada bound from Italy to Chicago left one crew member missing and several injured after a seaplane crashed near Schelling-Voude port in Amsterdam. The captain and pilot were seriously hurt and a mechanic’s body was recovered later. funeral plans were announced by General Balbo.
A 25-plane Italian seaplane squadron led by Air Minister Balbo crossed the Alps en route to Chicago on a 6100 mile flight. The formation plans overnight stops at Amsterdam and Londonderry before continuing to Reykjavik Cartwright SheL ack and finally Chicago, weather favorable for the long voyage.
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