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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 16, 1933

Page

7

Murder suspects win court order in Fort Worth case

Five defendants from a $727,000 mail robbery last February appeared in federal court and withdrew bond applications after agreeing to speak with attorneys. They are charged in a triple murder tied to the robbery dispute. examining trials set for Monday. Weldon Root remains jailed in Dallas County and did not seek bond reset. Bodies of the three victims found in the Trinity River, weighted and bound.

Fort Worth INS Erm Reg. Korz Babens Potans J.B Barry Rutherford Jack Sturdivant James ©. Wilson Weldon Roott Dallas D. Btevens M. T. Howard M. C Blackie" Howard W. D. May Claude Hill Hil Stevens Trinity River

Feted Obtain Copy of Summer Edition Directory

Obtain and copy of the summer edition of The Light's Free Health Directory at all Plegiy-Wigely stores.

Plegiy-Wigely

Aims of United States Money on Set Accomplished

President Roosevelt's currency policy shift ends hoarding era, moving over 1.8 billion dollars back to banks since March while an estimated 1 billion remains hidden. Analysts urge raising consumer purchasing power via jobs and higher farm prices, plus stable trades under the recovery act. Wealth reflow and wage adjustments are noted amid rising production orders and labor actions.

Universal Serv, Inc New York Roosevelt United States Leonard P. Ayres Cleveland Washington Sidney Hilman National Recovery Administration Amalgamated Clothing Workers

Negro Given Death in Dallas Slaying

Jesse Mott, 23, described as a giant negro, was sentenced to die in the electric chair by a Dallas district court jury after a 26 minute deliberation. He was convicted of murdering Jones Tatum, 48, a station manager, with a heavy bridge hammer on June 24. The cash register in the station was robbed of 22 dollars.

Dallas Jesse Mott Mott Jones ‘Tatum

25 Year Sentence in Farm Slaying

Jasper Glover received a 28 year prison term for the murder of Walter Lindecke on the McWilliams farm east of Elgin last October 11. Glover pleaded insanity as the verdict was rendered after the shooting when Lindecke and his hunting companion refused to leave the farm.

Bastrop Texas Jasper Glover Walter Lindecke McWilliams Elgin Luedecke McWilliame McWilliatin Glover Clover

Kidnap Report From Eureka In Error Case

Eureka California July 15 41NED. W G Wright San Francisco executive says he was kidnapped near Stockton by two men who mistook him for the president of the seven million dollar company bearing his name. He endured two days as a prisoner before being freed on the Eureka highway ten miles south.

Eureka Calif W. G. Wright Corporation San Francisco Wright Stockton Aworth

Arms embargo to deter Japan urged by NYU professor

Clyde Engleton, professor of government at New York University, urged Congress to enact an arms embargo to coerce Japan into giving up Manchuria, arguing the Briand Kellogg pact and Hoover Stimson policy failed to deter Japan’s conquest.

Charlottesville Japan Manchuria Clyde Engleton New York University

Bread Prices Jump As Flour Near Seven Dollars

Bakers warn bread prices may rise in coming weeks as flour climbs to seven dollars a barrel amid new wheat processing tax. Current loaf prices remain seven and eight cents for unsliced and sliced bread, with officials noting no collective action yet and potential individual price increases.

J. W. Hallie San Antonio Bakers’ Association Bailie

Professor Irving Babbitt Dies at Harvard in Cambridge

Professor Irving Babbitt of Harvard University and a Dayton, Ohio native, died today in Cambridge Massachusetts.

Cambridge Mass INS Irving Babbitt Harvard University Dayton Ohio

Seek to call parley later in autumn economic conference

London reports the world economic conference nearing its fifth week of acrimonious debate with no progress. The assembly plans adjournment on July 27 as 66 nations prepare for burial shrout of the present conference. Wheat curtailment and silver use are to be debated but generalities prevail amid failure of internationalism to agree on tariffs and trade restrictions. The economic sub committee will submit its final report on July 21 marking the collapse of key policy discussions. Opponents of tariff talks prepare to deliver a response.

London Tsue

Columbia Studios Closed by Strike

HOLLYWOOD July 15 Columbia Pictures Corporation studios shut down after a week long strike by about 400 employees. A skeletal staff remained since sound technicians joined other unionists in a July walkout, then was disbanded.

Hollywood Tmnbs Columbian Pictures Corporation

Insurance Firm Raises Salaries in St Louis

One hundred employees of the Lawton Byrne Bruner Insurance Agency in St. Louis received notice of a 5 percent salary increase effective July 1. The company cited general improvements in business conditions and referenced the tariff truce in political terms, noting a shift toward nationalism and empire alignment as Europe turns inward for trade and agreements.

ST. Louis Lawton- Byrne-Bruner Insurance Agency Company United States Europe

Funeral for Dean Und in Huntsville Texas

Funeral services will be held Sunday for former state senator W. L. Dean fifty seven died Friday at his home here He authored the 3 2 beer modification and supported prohibition throughout life He retired from the senate and returned to private law practice The notice mentions the August 26 vote and related constitutional questions.

Huntsville Texas Gervices W. L. Dean Atte Dean Senate Dean

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