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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 03, 1937

Page

8

Ford objects to Wagner Act charges against Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company denies UAW charges of unfair labor practices and says the National Labor Relations Board lacks authority to regulate employer employee relations in local matters. A hearing before a trial examiner is set for next Tuesday as Ford asserts the May 25 clashes at the River Rouge plant were self defense and within constitutional rights.

Detroit Ford Motor Company Matinnal Labor Relations Board NORB Harry Bennett Ford Company United Automobile Workers Union Fora River Houl Rolge Ford Motor U. A.W Ford Ford Answer Ubo

Purge of Strike Leaders Begins in Youngstown and Canton

A Communist party officer reports a purge of strike leaders as the drive to organize steel intensifies. The drive ousted Gun Hall and two others while rally calls and plant reopenings were discussed in Youngstown and Canton. Frank Purnell, president of Youngstown Sheet and Tube, informs employees plants will reopen where authorities provide protection amid opposition to a CIO disruption.

Wytn Associated Youngstown Ohio C. 1. G Cllet Gun Hall Communist Party Commuunist Canton Frank Purnell Youngstown Sheet and Cube C. I.o. Rist Chicago, Inc Gol

Weather forecast for regions across Texas

San Antonio and region expect partly cloudy conditions Saturday night into Sunday with a low near 74 and a high around 98. Friday may reach 98 with a low near 74 Saturday. East Texas shows unsettled weather in the far south, light to moderate southeast winds on the coast, while West Texas stays partly cloudy with cooler Panhandle temperatures.

San Antonio Vlellty East Texas West Texas Panhandle

Man accused of heightening sin to plow referenced case

Fenrik Battchell, 48, Elmendorf farmer, held in county jail on simple assault charges after neighbor complaints. Mitchell, a 4 year old boy, described being forced to pull a small plow and "work like a horse" with beatings, underfed and fed black coffee and corn bread. he is in the second grade, Mrs. Dean and Miss Smutlers involved.

Toa Fenrik Battchell Elmendorf Mitchell de Wallen Wilson Mitchel Wilson Mitchel, the Boy, Was Brought To the Sheriff's Office By Mrs. E Misa Lucy J. Smutélers The Child Protective Society

University of Texas Budget Rises by 450000 Dollars

UT regents consider an annual appropriation of 1.658 million dollars, an increase of 450 thousand from two years ago, reflecting added needs and priorities at the university in Austin. The July 3, 1943 report notes the larger budget to support operations and programs.

Texas U Austin University of Texas Regents

Hog Prices Highest in Eight Years at Chicago Stockyards

Hog prices rose to multi year highs as packers offered up to 1250 per hundredweight for top hogs at Chicago stockyards where supplies were tight due to closures. Prices in the East climbed around 12 while farmers faced corn shortages and planned to sell fattening hogs as a large corn crop is anticipated. The New York stock exchange and major markets observed Independence Day holiday closures with some livestock markets operating locally.

Chicago Checkerboard Gspmers Ag Beyn Witler New York New York Stock Exchange United States Chicago Board of Tri- New

State to Pay Off 1938 Bond Issue

Austin July 3 The state's full share of principal on outstanding bonds will be paid by the board of county and district road indebtedness in 1938. The board announced yesterday it has always met its share of interest but periodic payments have averaged slightly more than half of the state's one third assumption.

Austin Board of County and District Road

Foreign Trade Bank Created for Mexico

Mexico City reports President Lazaro Cardenas created a Foreign Trade Bank to develop Mexican exports and promote trade with a capital of 20,090,090 pesos about 5.51 million dollars. The capital was misreported by the Bank of Mexico and other government and private entities.

Mexico City Lazaro Cardenas Bank of Foreign Trade Proarty Bank of Mexico

Boy Scouts to Set Example in Safety at National Jamboree

The 26,000 scouts at the national jamboree will lead by example for safe Independence Day celebrations. They are instructed to avoid shooting fireworks and crackers. Honor guests at a White House vicinity display Monday night, with officials urging motorists to follow road rules to ease weekend traffic.

Boy Scouts Washington United States Ing Jerwdor Geouts White House Cintlon

Plot to Kill Red Official Revealed in Moscow

July 3 report by Russian Secret Police Chief Leonia Zakovsky outlines an alleged 1998 Gestapo ordered plan to kill Comintern leader Dimitroff, with claims of over 120 accused spies affected and more than 20 liquidations. Zakovsky also accuses Catholic clergy in White Russia of espionage for Poland and details a Polish-linked plot involving priests and counter revolutionaries.

Moscow Leonia Zakovsky Wil Georgi Chnitroft Communist Interne T Inmat Gestapo Dimitroff Leningrad Zakovsky Kumsorholskaya Pravda Russia Poland Una Partoff Comintern Whler Dimit Tort Pavlore Chayt

Hobo detention farms proposed in Ogden Utah

A detective with 17 years in freight train travel proposes hobo detention farms to tackle transients. Walter Wilson, an Ogden railroad station employee since 192M, suggests starting in Ogden with a farm where vagrants would be kept for a set number of days as a solution to the national problem.

Hobo Ogden Utah Hobo Farms Orden Abteloh Walter Wilson Sisston

Ideal Fourth of July Weather Forecast

The forecast promises fine fourth of July weather with few clouds and gentle southeast winds over the city. Meteorologist J H Jarboe said temperatures will stay even. Friday and Saturday highs near 00 degrees, Sunday expected to be a mild 70s, with the interior easing to the same by Saturday night.

J. H. Jarboc dJarboe

Federal law aligns with Texas dove hunting seasons

In Austin on July 3, hunters welcomed a federal adjustment that harmonizes dove season rules with state law. The change ends prior gaps where federal edicts clashed with existing Texas dates, affecting 40 northern counties and setting unified hunting periods. The legislature hopes to finalize concurrent seasons in an early fall timeframe.

Austin Texas Soabh

Changes Sought in Wage Hour Measure

Washington July 4 Members of the Senate Inbottom Mites reported a tentative agreement to strike from the wage and hour bill much discretionary power given to the standards board. Definite limits would be fixed beyond which the board could not go in establishing minimum wages and maximum hours. Another amendment would eliminate power of the board to set standards above basic non oppressive standards.

Washington Senate Inbottom- Mites

One Other Woman Vanished in Sea

In San Francisco on July 3 a report notes Amelia Earhart as the only woman forced down in a transport plane and never seen again. It mentions Miss Mildred Doran of Flint Michigan, a schoolteacher who died in the California to Hawaii flight in August 1927, as Earhart's predecessor in the same unfortunate peril.

Flying Laboratory Miss Earhart Pacific Ocean Oakland Sea San Prancisco Amelia Earhart Misa Mildred Doran Flint Mich Callefornia-to-Hawaii Misa Earhart Ellie Hight

Allred to Call Fall Special Session on Taxation and Conservation

Governor James V. Allred, visiting Stamford for a Texas cowboy reunion, announced plans to convene a fall special session of the legislature to tackle taxation and revenue. He said a separate conservation session would precede it to address water and conservation issues.

Stamford Gove Emor James V. Allred Bamlember

Showdown on Tax Wage Clash Hits Local Taxi Drivers

Lonnie Beard, general manager of the local taxi drivers union, says a Saturday conference will decide a wage raise from 30 to 34 percent. No violence is promised if the strike is staged, and drivers will be checked and licensed before driving. The union rejects a sliding 30 to 40 percent offer as impractical, arguing it would actually reduce earnings.

Lonnie Beard Beard Bannes Lheve Sielke Delvers Tneir Gos Mip Kh Sit S Taxi Ncenge Ghuke

Electric Shaver Inventor Expires in New York

New York July 3. Col Jacob Schick inventor of electric shaving devices died in Presbyterian Hospital from complications after kidney surgery. He is survived by a widow and two children.

New York Jacok Schick

Leader lays defeat to Madrid in Basque capital fall

July 3 7 Jose Antonio de Agurre president of the Tasque republic says Valencia Madrid regime today leaves its autonomous government to resist insurgent attackers. He notes 4000 dead and wounded in Bilbao from the three month offensive and claims no promised aid arrived. Insurgent legions advance as Bilbao falls and forces retreat toward the northwest.

Spain Jose Antonio de Agurre Tasque Republic Txtay de Aguirre Bilbao Sitling Wu Khab Dassie Cqmmarque Sentander

President to Open Vanderbilt Cup Race in New York

President Roosevelt will open the Vanderbilt Cup auto race at Roosevelt Speedway in Westbury, using a teletype touch to press a key as part of the ceremony. He is slated to return later to attend the Twenty seventh annual festival in Nampa, Idaho, with residents awaiting the event.

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Record Set in June Gas Tax Collections

Texas gasoline tax collections set a new high for the state with approximately 4.188 million dollars in June. Comptroller George H. Sheppard said total tax receipts for the fiscal year ending August 1 would likely exceed 46 million dollars, surpassing the prior year’s 41.19 million.

Austin Texas Renord Incone Gtmle George H. Sheppard

Adviser confident Amelia Earhart may have landed near Howland Island

Commander Clarence Strong states Amelia Earhart and her navigator Captain Noonan could have overcorrected in the Pacific. He notes a possible landing around Howland Island or 180 miles south, with strong trade winds and a need to steer right to compensate for drift.

Los Angeles Iy 3 Amelia Earhart Naval Reserve Clarence Strong Willlnma Hoker Gland Haw- Tend Island Southern Pacific Willams MKS Earhard Bred Noonan Heller Mey Howland Island Partianthely Willons Itha Leicouras

Faint signal follows hours of silence amid Amelia Earhart search

Honolulu July 3 141 Confidence Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan would be rescued today from the shaken tested tropical waters after a long radio silence. Coast guard and navy units scour the area near Howland Island with signals from KHAQQ heard by listeners from Sydney to Los Angeles. Efforts to locate Earhart’s monoplane continued as ships and planes converged on the search area, but no definite position was established.

Honolulu Amelia Furhart Fred Neon Way Aya Coast Guard KHAQQ Miss. Berhart Farin Sydney Australia Los Angeles Calif Lise Little Howland Island Earhart New Guiner Navy Honeity Bowland Bwan MUNT Awan Culoraco Talbot Dtasca Howland Island Mize Earhart Coan Guardyi

Order The Light Delivered Ad Costs and Delivery Details

The notice advertises home delivery of the Sunday Light for ten cents and the Daily Light for three cents with the same 65 cent delivered price. It urges readers to call the Circulation Department at Fannin 2441 to place an order today.

Sunday Daily Light Fannin

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