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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1933
Page
12
University VA address by John M. Chapman associate professor of banking at Columbia University cautions the bank failure crisis not ended. He says many banks were restrained during the holiday and many face severe difficulties needing corporate action or state guaranty funds. He urges cleaning up weak banks and tightening the system for long term stability.
In McKinney Texas services were held today for two former classmates and friends Leonard Pharr 27 of Collin County and Owen Copus 20. Pharr was found dead in a car near Waxahachie Saturday and Copus died Sunday at a local hospital. They grew up together in the Utas and Forest Grove communities and attended school together, their graves less than a half mile apart.
An old advertisement touts Blue Star Ointment as a fast acting cure for itch rash ringworm and other skin troubles. It claims tested medicines that soak in quickly and kill germs with a money back guarantee.
A fragmented Light Clanai classified notice seeks quicker employment through a repeated ad. It lists varied trades including carpentry caretaker and general handyman, claiming strong demand and high daily reach while offering room and board in exchange for work. The ad ends with cryptic contact hints and misspelled names.
The Light reports Congressman Bailey chastised for an ill-judged attack on Jim Ferguson on the Austin convention floor. The column labels Bailey a political demagogue and accuses him of courting both wet and dry factions in a bid for support.
A reader urges the new mayor to enforce traffic regulations to reduce deaths and accidents. They criticize ineffective policing, citing reckless driving, lack of signals, and confusing maneuvers. The letter advocates better police salaries to improve enforcement and public safety.
Governor Robert H. Gore urged using revenues from beer and wine taxes to create a pension fund for destitute mothers in Puerto Rico. The remarks came as Gore, inaugurated as the eleventh American chief executive, spoke at Ban Juan in early July amid counterfeit alarm and scrutiny of local currency.
The marital rift in the Fairbanks household remains a terse matter with Mary Pickford offering no divorce steps. A close friend says she plans to stay at the home funded by Fairbanks, while no official comment comes from either side. Pickford attends London events and plans preparation, with a London-based actor avoiding questions as the National Air Races crown the Champion trophy winner.
Five thousand five hundred factory workers in the St. Louis area celebrated the Fourth of July with a wage increase of ten per cent. The boosts were implemented yesterday by three major dry goods firms, the River-Stix Dry Goods Company, Ely and Walker Dry Goods Company, and the Elder Manufacturing Company.
Dallas police hunted two polite kidnappers who yesterday commandeered an automobile owned by R. O. Harrison. At pistol point they forced him to drive seven miles from the city. En route they ordered Harrison to pick up a girl on the highway. The trio alighted seven miles out and directed Harrison to return to Dallas. No money or valuables were taken, the man said.
Fire of undetermined origin at Fort Ringgold late Tuesday destroyed the kitchen and mess hall of the Post hospital. Both buildings were of temporary construction and damage to the historic main building from the 1860s was minor. Estimates place total damage not exceeding 4000 dollars.
Mrs. D. D. Marka, 88, died Monday night at her Dallas home. She was survived by 146 descendants including eight grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren, according to funeral notices. The obituary notes a large extended family and local ties.
DALLAS July 4 The first meeting of the Texas industrial council an advisory body to Texas industry on procedural motions will be held July 17. The council was formed recently at a statewide mass meeting. Abilene July 4 J M Raddoed founder and head of a large wholesale grocery company died suddenly here today after a heart attack.
The Canadian branch of the railroad workers informed the Railway Association of Canada that 96,000 shop tradesmen have endured salary sacrifices, layoffs, and shorter hours, and will not accept the proposed additional 10 percent cut in basic rates, signaling a broad rejection of wage concessions.
Texas ends the three day marriage wait rule known as gin marriage on September 1 after a four year trial. County clerk George W. Huntress Jr notes licenses can be issued same day with a doctor’s health certificate. The law repeal stops couples from traveling to avoid the waiting period and prior records show lawsuits despite the three day rule.
The capital today endured an unusually cool Fourth of July with dawn temperatures around 52 degrees, matching a 26 year-old low when residents donned turtle neck sweaters. As the sun rose, the temperature rose but Air Athens West Virginia stayed nearly at freezing before warming.
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