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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1932
Page
1
A compact note notes two billion era of prosperity and mentions authors Arthur Brisbane Cass and King Features Ayn Ines in a terse reader brief with period-tinged tone and minimal context.
The United States and Ceneda signed a treaty for a vast ocean canal from the Atlantic to the Great Lakes, costing about 600 million dollars and taking years to complete. It will turn Chicago Detroit Buffalo Cleveland into seaports with cheap freight, boosting industry and national prosperity. Congress fights logistics and veterans protests as President Hoover faces a sweeping relief bill and calls for economy.
Temperatures return toward normal across East Texas and parts of West Texas with scattered showers and cooling breezes breaking a heat wave that had caused multiple deaths. City highs listed include Houston 96, Galveston 90, Palestine 10, Port Arthur 84, Corpus Christi 94, Amarillo 58, El Paso 102. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and thunderstorms in the East and Southeast with fair weather in West Texas.
A dozen more fatalities from heat and drownings were reported across the West and Midwest as temperatures surged to 110 degrees in Phoenix and hovered around 100 in Kansas and Nebraska. Alva Oklahoma cities faced two heat deaths and a drowning, while storms cooled parts of Texas and the Blue Grass states. New York and coastal areas saw milder conditions with showers, and authorities urged rains for crops in Kansas to avert damage.
Partly cloudy with possible thunder showers. Tuesday night and Wednesday bring warm lows around 70 and highs near 18 to 20 degrees. Light to moderate southerly winds, coastal gusts, with stronger south winds in the south and east. West Texas mainly fair Tuesday night and Wednesday.
In Woodmere New York a badly dressed girl identified as Rose Wanserstein was dragged from a car near Long Beach and shot. She reached St. Joseph's hospital and said to leave her, then fought off attempts to remove details. Witnesses report a small car pulled up near Woodmere dock and shots were heard as couples parked nearby.
Washington July 18 The Senate grain and cotton exchanges and traders will be investigated by a subcommittee led by Chairman McNary. Investigators will probe the Farmers National Grain Corporation, the Grain Stabilization Corporation, and the Farm Board, in addition to the grain exchanges.
Butler withdraws from the U S Senate race as a dry prohibition candidate after losing the April Republican nomination to Senator James J. Dayla. He had been nominated by the Prohibition party via ballot write-ins and now endorses Franklin D Roosevelt for president.
Republicans in Bexar County meet July 30 to determine whether to back a county ticket. Precinct conventions are set for Saturday to name delegates to the county convention, announced Tuesday by W. Anderson, secretary of the Republican executive committee.
Professor Auguste Piccard completed plans for his next stratosphere ascent. He will take off shortly from Zurich in a specially constructed balance and travel upward with Max Gassyns to record scientific data in an aluminum globe equipped with instruments and meters.
An early morning explosion at a fuel oil tank near Wilmette, on the outskirts of Chicago, rocked eight towns in the North Shore area. The tank, owned by the Kulten Brothers Oil Company, prompted speculation about possible bomber involvement while officials offered no clear motive for the blast.
Washington puzzled over how much relief the nation will grant as Congress closes. States named large loan requests, with Pennsylvania seeking 45 million and Illinois 45 million, while Idaho Indiana Michigan and others list multi million needs. Hoover planned to sign and distribute funds to 93 district offices for governor controlled distribution.
Hollywood reports an odd request from Paramount Grullon for a film sequence involving a pair of beautiful legs and a restrained appearance of a female actor. Directors and actors named imply risqué, unspoken conditions, with limits on full nudity and dialog.
The bonus army lines up again at the Veterans Administration building to obtain transportation home with over 450 tickets issued yesterday. Maj Gen Smedley Butler, invited by W W Waters, plans to address the Anacostia camp as factions split on expanding bonus payments into a national campaign. Butler will meet veterans in Washington and may stay overnight with Commander Waller W Valera, who invited him.
In Cleveland last night Andrew Hudak 29 struck his father John Hudak 64 on the head with an ax after the father scolded the daughter Susanne 24 for how she sat. The elder Hudak was attempting to admonish the daughter when the son, enraged, swung the ax and police arrested him. The wound was described as probably fatal.
Paris July 19 Mrs Virginia Willys de Aguirre daughter of John N Willys and former Polish ambassador said she had been granted a divorce from Luis Merteling de Aguirre heir to an Argentine family. They wed in 1929 and last November her mother said she sought a divorce citing unhappiness and good grounds.
Representat ive Snell of New York says ceremonies will be held here between the eighth and fifteenth of next month for Hoover’s renomination. He cited personal reasons and noted Hoover has not decided the exact date. The discussion occurred today with the president regarding plans for the formal notification in Washington, CA.
Auburn reports Dr. Bradford Knapp resigns as president of Alabama Polytechnic Institute effective September 1 to assume the presidency of Texas Technological College at Lubbock.
John Nance Garner, Democratic vice presidential nominee and speaker, enjoys a morning ride with his granddaughter Genevieve and his wife Mrs. Garner in Uvalde Texas after a long round of receptions. Garner wheels through town to recuperate from a taxing Washington schedule.
A garbled OCR listing many apartments and monthly rents across locations with figures such as 26.00, 21.00, 80.00, 3243, and 44090 month. Mentions include Myrtle, Waltons, Live Onk, and Woodlane but details are unclear. appears as a classified rental notice or directory excerpt from a newspaper page.
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