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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1937
Page
14
In Leavenworth Kansas on July, WO Golfer Wayne Wid scored a 40 yard hole-in-one to highlight his round and prove there is nothing in a name. The feat drew attention for its precision and bold success on a short hole.
China braces under martial law as Chinese and Japanese troops clash near Wanpinghsien, with 500 Chinese at the walls and reinforcements crossing the Yingting river. The battle centers on the marble bridge near Marco Polo and spans the railway corridor toward Hankow, as both sides mass troops and prepare for further action.
Heat wave across the Middle West and North Atlantic states causes at least 17 deaths. New England reports four heat fatalities, Michigan eight, Minnesota and Nebraska two each, Ohio one. Forecasts show continued hot and windy conditions with possible thunderstorms. Philipsburg Kansas records 106 degrees as the nation’s hot spot. farmers endure dry heat aiding corn after heavy rains delayed planting.
PHU Wright told the city council Thursday that a survey shows restoring forty lights to their pre low mood capacity is impossible and would cost $44,000 more than the current budget allows.
A consular report from Kurbarovsk, Siberia, to the Japanese embassy says 64 more alleged railway wreckers were executed at Svobodny in the Far East. The casualty tally follows earlier executions, marking a severe escalation in the crackdown on sabotage.
Huntsville July 8 Nine convicts escaped Hastham state prison farm two weeks after an earlier breakout. O J Ellington head of the prison system was told that one man had been recaptured. The escape occurred without a fence, and authorities report most fugitives are still at large in the area near Iva Winchester plantings in the fields.
New Orleans July 6. The department of sericulture places the acreage under cultivation at 24,182,000, up 10.4 percent from last year. Private estimates had suggested 34,648,000 meters, but trading was muted after the market reopened, with July contracts at 12.95 cents, October at 17 cents, and December at 12.17 cents.
Congress received recommendations on a bill to fund flood control projects. A senate-house committee proposed diverting 52.5 million dollars to flood control along the Mississippi and other rivers as part of a 194 million war department civil fund proposal.
Poequel Alonzo faced a $1000 bond after a Thursday appearance before U S Commissioners. A B Lecktart charged with receiving concealing and aiding transport of 10 gal tons of alcohol and tequila in tariff act violation. Antonia Pena held on $300 bond for unlawful entry into the United States.
Washington. The senate labor committee approved an amended wage hour measure. The amendments set an administrative board to fix minimum wages not above 40 cents an hour and establish a work week of at least four hours.
The United States Navy mounted its largest peacetime air search for Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan, stateside officials hoping she is stranded on a Phoenix-area reef or sand spit southeast of Howland Island. The Colorado led planes to survey Wins ton reef, near Howland, with Lexington set to join and recheck the Phoenix group search.
Police dragged the San Antonio river near Roosevelt Park for two boys missing after a Wednesday fishing trip. Earl Helmers, 17, and Joe Loper Jr., 4, disappeared after leaving home at 1 p m. Mrs Christina Helmers contacted authorities. officers and river patrols recovered a bicycle and continued searches.
Jesse James, representative of the sixty flo district, plunged 20 feet in a somersaulting automobile over the Line Fiver trestle near here. He sustained painful injuries and was confined to a hospital. Authorities said he fell steeply as the car reached the trestle and the wrecked vehicle was found hours later with James injured in the rubble.
Mayor Meyer C. K. Quin said Thursday he had an open mind on the underpass proposed at the intersection of Fredericksburg road and the Missouri Pacific tracks. He noted the state highway commission will grant about 175.00 for the underpass if the city spends an estimated 50,000 for right of way and resulting damages. Other underpasses on East and West Commerce streets near depots were not considered due to higher costs exceeding state allocations.
A heated session in the senate stalled as administration allies threatened to invoke parliamentary tactics to crush opposition to the fiscal reorganization bill. A personal clash between Senator Logan of Kentucky and Senator Wheeler of Montana sparked the confrontation.
A local attorney faced embarrassment in county court on Thursday while reading a motion for venting the case. The defense began negotiations for a guilty plea as the petition was presented and a report and witness were discussed.
Washington Iniy INS report says a senate tax committee voted to let Rep Hamilton Fish Republican New York present allegations that Roosevelt family members Secretary Morgenthau and his father used legal loopholes to avoid tax payments.
William C. McDonald Coke county attorney reports he sought help from U S Senators and a congressman to recover his new automobile and a $10 cash bond held at Villa Acuna after he was detained for driving beyond a restricted zone. He faced a smuggling charge and paid $500 to secure release as relatives accompanied him on a Fourth of July trip.
Bruno Muszotini and Col. Attia Bisea set a new world air speed record at 211009 miles per hour for 1000 kilometers. The premier’s personal pilot accompanied him aboard the Sasola-72 aircraft, carrying a two ton payload.
A Japanese army communique announced today that 20 Russian troops were killed and many wounded in fighting on the Soviet Manchukuoan frontier. Japanese losses were reported as one dead and 20 wounded.
Partly cloudy skies with a light to moderate southerly wind will push temperatures down to around 72 degrees Friday. San Antonians awoke to a cooler morning, with a low Thursday night near 87 degrees, the coolest in over a month, as Maundershavens spread across South Texas according to meteorologist J H Jarboe.
City council heard that parking meter debt was cut to five thousand dollars with full payment due by Jelly 10. Only eight thousand dollars remained after city commissioners approved settlements with Dust Parking Meter Co of Oxie Homa for the period June 16 to daye yo. The company has collected about two hundred nine thousand dollars. City’s share totaled twenty seven thousand two hundred eighty five dollars and thirty seven cents, with four thousand six hundred paid from meter collections.
Charles 8 Taylor, national rehabilitation officer of the Disabled Veterans of the World War, will spend the week beginning July 12 in San Antonio to aid disabled veterans and widows with adjudication of claims filed with the veterans administration. The San Antonio B.A.V. rehabilitation officer urged those seeking aid to apply for an appointment with Taylor.
Rains cooled parts of North and East Texas with showers across Tyler Marshall Palestine and other cities. Moderate precipitation swept the Rio Grande valley with 2.19 inches in some areas and lighter totals reported in Ballinger Alice Brownsville Laredo Victoria and Mission as the local weather bureau logged varied rainfall across the state.
At the Alcoa works a clash between strikers and company guards left Hopton Klick a 3 year old striker and W. 48 Hunt a company official dead from gunfire. About 30 to 60 workers were involved as the plant reopened under police protection after a walkout over wage demands. Pred Wetmore, head of the Aluminum Workers union, sought Governor Browning to appoint an arbitration panel. A. D. Huddleston said the company would continue operations with peace officers present. Civil suits and murder charges were considered by Wetmore against authorities involved.
Austin July 8 127 675 needy Texas aged will receive pension checks starting next week said W A Lathe acting director of pensions. The July total shows a net reduction of 4185 from June.
Texas passenger automobile licenses will be white and black next year with white base and black borders. The highway commission approved the colors and outlined the design details. The pardon board ruled that Ernest McCarty, a Fort Worth man, is to be punished for a criminal assault on a white woman in the electric chair case.
The forecast covers San Antonio and vicinity with partly steady conditions Thursday and Friday. Light to moderate south winds, highs around 92 on Wednesday and about 82 or 90 Thursday, with morning lows near 57. East Texas may see partly cloudy skies with local thundershowers Thursday night. West Texas expected partly cloudy through Friday.
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