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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1932
Page
6
Washington July 5 Hoover faces a split among allied prohibition groups as he must proceed without a major endorsement. The abstaining stance signals a divided front over enforcement and political backing during a tense national climate.
In Columbus Ohio on July 15 1938 Secretary Hurley hailed President Hoover as the savior of America from economic collapse. He contrasted Hoover with Franklin D Roosevelt arguing Hoover’s nonpartisan reconstruction program is the only plan to lift the nation from the low mood and criticized the New Deal as the same old deck of radical phrases.
UBICAGO July 15 Nominees for Congress will be polled by the national organization to reduce public expenditures and taxes. The group will survey candidates in every district and publish the findings to guide voters on economy measures.
Governor Franklin D Roosevelt neared Albany after a weeklong presidential cruise through New England waters aboard the yacht Ambassador off Massachusetts Bay. He towed through Cape Cod canal due to a winding channel and plans to return to Albany by Tuesday morning if all goes well. A national dry policy yardstick discussion by the Prohibition policy board framed the campaign context, as church groups and prohibition forces weighed influence on contenders.
Fort Stockton reports a sizable cantaloupe harvest with an estimated 269 to 300 cars expected to ship to market for the season. Growers have already harvested about 200 crates, signaling strong early production and market readiness.
Washington DC July 16 Secretaries Mills Hurley and Hyde were called the three musketeers of the Hoover administration by Senator Robinson. He accused them of neglecting duties to make partisan speeches. Robinson said they discredit the Democratic platform and candidates and push a new deal with marked cards.
In Columbus Ohio Republican leaders expressed confidence as a floor fight loomed over the prohibition plank. The resolutions committee met last night and after two hours overturned minority objections to endorse a more conservative national plank.
The Examiner reports Buster Keaton and his wife Natale Talmadge Keaton have separated again this year. Mrs. Keaton has left their Beverly Hills home to think it over and may return next Monday with a decision on whether the separation will be final.
In Washington July 1, Vice President Curtis ruled that a motion to call up the Glass repeal resolution was not in order given the current parliamentary situation. Senator Lewis of Illinois asked the question as the Senate neared adjournment on repealing the eighteenth amendment.
Daisy Alien Story, 75, widow of William Cummings Story and former president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution, died at her home in New Rochelle on July 15. She was honorary president at the time of her death. The notice mentions light classified rents and housing ads offering hundreds of rooms apartments and houses.
On the Baltimore bound steamer City of Elwood a 20 foot python attacked a trainer as crew members Martin and a deck hand struggled to box the snake. The baby python bit and wound around a handler before being restrained and knocked into a crate.
A special policy committee of the National Prohibition Board of Strategy met again after a secret session to discuss endorsing Herbert Hoover. They abandoned a full endorsement of the Republican over Franklin D. Roosevelt for now, keeping the question open for further talks before reporting to the general board.
Washington dispatch notes a heated pre convention climate with both parties pressing economic recovery as the chief issue. Democrats attack Hoover leadership as hesitant and pro rich, while Republicans depict Roosevelt as weak and radical. Prohibition split options linger as voters weigh wet versus dry stances. Both sides eye East and South contested states, with strategists targeting Georgia Mississippi and South Carolina alongside Pennsylvania districts.
Fragmented OCR note outlines congressional actions for Friday and Thursday. Relief conferees push new effort to reconcile home front and senate differences, miscellaneous bill eyed, partial conference reports circulated. Senate reportedly refused to yield to House on relief provisions, Norris accuses president of halting power company probe. farm relief reconsideration vote noted. House votes on Snulston relief bill and construction corporation publicity measures.
In Liverpool today a large mob of about 300 Orangemen surged toward the cathedral and hurled bricks through four tall windows while singing hymns. Strong police guard surrounded the edifice after the assault, which damaged notable stained glass windows.
An American aviator missing since June 27 after a plane disappeared over the Mexican interior was found alive. Clarence McBroy of Medaryville Indiana and Roy Gorin of Tegucigalpa Honduras were en route to Honduras when the craft vanished. A woodsman near San Geronimo reported the survivor, exhausted and speechless, five miles east of the area. The other man’s status remains unclear.
An old style advertisement touts Calotabe as a liver kidney stomach and bowels purifying tonic. It claims chronic ailments are cured by a thorough system cleanse with Calolabs, offered in 10 cent and family 3 cent packages via dealers.
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