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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1938
Page
1
July 1 Kobe’s western harbor area begins clearing wreckage from a devastating flood. Officials report 304 dead feared, 1200 injured, and 629 missing as reservoirs stay intact, pointing to cloudburst rainfall and landslides as causes. Fire, rescue, and cleanup teams work amid ruined buildings and six foot water walls.
New York reports bank clearings for Dallas rose 24 percent year over year and reached about $5.0 billion for the five day week ending July 7. Despite a weekly drop from the prior period, total U S clearings showed a large gain versus the previous week.
Bour county voters were reminded by W. H. Whisenant that transfers of exemptions must be filed by July 18 to update supplemental poll lists for the Democratic primary. Moving between precincts requires transfer filing to enable the collector's office to complete the lists.
Royston July 4 1 Luis P Duplan Mexican consul here said a landowner threatened him with a pistol during a discussion over a sharecropper’s complaint that the landowner would not provide enough money for shoes for the sharecropper’s children. A complaint was prepared, but filing was delayed until today. Duplan plans to bring the matter to the Mexican embassy in Washington and to notify Governor James A. Vanderbilt left Bermuda Clipper for New York after honeymoon in Bermuda helping Manuela Hudson.
A weather table shows 24 hour precipitation totaling 3.56 inches since January 1 with 18.03 inches rainfall year to date. July rainfall 0.60 inches. The sun rises at 6:36 a.m. and sets at 6:18 p.m. Moon rises Friday at 4:36 p.m. and sets Saturday at 2:18 a.m. A full moon is noted for Sunday. Tides at Aransas Pass list high and low times for Friday and Saturday. Nearby cities across Texas and beyond report clear or typical conditions with highs in the 80s and 90s.
Testimony in Riverhead New York describes an oath of allegiance to Adolf Hitler taken by members of the German American Band connected to the German American Settlement League. Dealers allege failure to file proper membership rolls, with defense contending no oath was imposed and that one organization need not list members. Witness Wille Brandt, 22, said he and others saluted and pledged faith to their leader and Hitler, while Henry Hauck coached him on citizenship and suggested truthfully pledging duty as a citizen.
Richard Franklin, 28, a former WPA worker in Baltimore, had feared harm to his children. Two sons died in separate accidents within hours, and his remaining family of seven moved away. His 10 year old Theodore was killed by an auto on July 4, and five year old Richard Jr. drowned after a drainpipe fall two days ago. Franklin, grieving, plans to relocate with his wife Viridinis and six others while pursuing a chicken-raising course.
Federal court charges allege harboring art concealment of aliens against Grande A. Baird 32 of Laredo. He was arrested Wednesday by Immigration Service inspectors with 10 Mexicans and a Fort McIntosh soldier William Guthrie. Guthrie is held for military authorities for absence without leave while aiding the group.
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