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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1932
Page
10
Rioters estimated at 2000 attempted to storm City Hall after a Union of Unemployed council rally. Police fired revolvers as bricks and gas bombs flew. Thirty-two arrested, seven officers injured, seven women among detainees amid drive to fund unemployment relief.
Funeral services were arranged here today for Mrs. Florence A Drane, acting president of Treas? The brief item notes her civic role and confirms the funeral arrangement in Corsicana.
A boy who died at home, with services conducted by Rev. P. F. Martin Baker of Corsicana and Rev. Son T. Joiner of San Antonio. The event marks a significant milestone in a family’s grief as they remember the deceased.
Police questioned four men Tuesday in a theft and holdup spree. One suspect was taken into custody for stealing shingles from Middlebrook Lumber Co at North Alamo and Appler streets. Special Officer Jerry McCray pursued and nabbed another pair after a cafe chase at the Cawthorne cafe on Broadway. Lang, the night manager, partially identified the duo implicated in a two week old cafe hold-up. A Hernandez fired on a man attempting to steal tools from a car at 7 am, with a second man later arrested. Additional reports include stolen watches from Garcia and Jiminez, forged checks to Mrs Button, and a rental-property pictorial insert at Mary office.
Pat Viola, organizer of the Lone Star bonus expedition from San Antonio, says bonus marchers will campaign against President Hoover and press for cash payment of unpaid certificates. He plans to return to Washington after the election, leaving F. Lapin in command of the San Antonio company. Living conditions and food supplies grow more serious, but morale remains high.
In Mineral Wells Texas on July 12 the Fifty sixth Cavalry Brigade of the Texas National Guard simulated warfare as the Blue nation. The unit crossed the Brazos River the international boundary and advanced into Reds territory under mock machine gun and artillery fire, using woods to screen movements from aircraft.
Mayor Anton J Cermak continues to direct city affairs from his hospital bed at St Anthonys hospital despite doctors protests due to a gastro intestinal disturbance and nervous exhaustion.
Los Angeles July 13 INS Dave Hutton called himself the Mussolini of Angelus temple as he defied the temple board of deacons amid a controversy over Myrtle Hazel Jean St Pierre's allegations and a $4000 judgment. Attorneys warned that if Hutton is penniless Aimee Semple McPherson may be liable to pay.
New York drama star Helen Menken and Dr Henry Sempleton Smith formerly of Dallas aimed to marry today if a license technicality could be resolved. Mayor James J Welker, a friend, worked to secure the license despite missing certified copies of their divorce decrees freeing them from prior marriages.
Sam Tau stands as a leading boxing authority with the column In a Ringside Seat and syndicated features such as The Listening Post and The Weating of the Green. Readers nationwide follow his insights on boxing business and sport.
In repeated tests using an Oxygen Bomb Calorimeter, Old Gold cigarettes showed lower heat content than Brand 3 and Brand Z, with Old Gold averaging 156 Btu per unit cooler than certain rivals. The study compared four brands to determine relative cooling performance.
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