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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1933
Page
24
A fragment describes market trading near the plaza with trucks from Colorado Florida and Oklahoma. It notes farmers facing competition from distant produce and the Chicago Century of Progress voyage costs including rail and hotel estimates. Joe McShane discusses travel to Chicago with rough expense figures and lodging.
A fragmented notice outlines fair pricing and transport options in Chicago. It lists admission at four and ten cents, various rides and food costs, and mentions buses, taxis, and sky ride expenses. Also notes multiple beer gardens and travel within the grounds, with some garbled names and figures.
A garbled OCR page lists pricey pleasures and nightlife cues. Messrs Berne and Lymbeardo figure with yodeling waiters and boar references, while downtown venues charge cover and offer wine servings in silver buckets. Mentions of Gen Bernie Rudy Rogers and a strange Hotel Wty line suggest a noisy, confused ad collage with scattered names and places.
Five suspects in the $4800 First State Bank of Somer Somer robbery are held for identification in Garland County. Detectives at the scene secured fingerprints from a getaway car though none matched yet. The bandits fled after staging a daytime raid, abandoning the car with a blown tire and removing plates. Witnesses reported two men entering a second vehicle, headed toward Lytle and Laredo, as authorities widened the search across Bexar County and nearby counties.
The Meher Day or Day team announced Chester Meyer and George Meyer along with Alduno Helents and Jack Norman as top winners in the annual Fisher Body contest. Prizes include 100 dollars and a trip to the Chicago exposition.
Charles W Cross, now a watchman for the central relief committee, plans to sue to obtain a quarter interest in a Galveston estate valued over a million dollars. Attorney EB B Summons said he will travel to Galveston to contest the will and distribute the twins of Cross's father and stepmother. The estate largely went to Mrs Mary Cross and to Margaret Collins, with specific legacies to other siblings and a homestead valued at about 3000 dollars.
Daniel Green Boone, a grand nephew of famed frontiersman Danley Boane, recently marked his eighty seventh birthday in Nome. His son J E B Boone hosted a dinner at 26 Monumental Street, honoring Brane, a Confederate veteran.
Tex Alsbury a toll and union labor representative is expected to be named chairman of the new Bexar county relief committee after local attorney John H. Bickett Jr refused the post. If Bickett declines Col Lawrence Weethrml head of the state relief organization would appoint Alsbury in his stead.
County officials fear a repeat election in Benny County after a contested August 26 vote. County Judge Frost privately signed by hand 183 allied letters urging election officers to resist a legal challenge and avoid using a jet stamp, reflecting concerns over legality of the election process.
In Hooper, two women flagged down a driver at 207 Bar Tell Place and forced a ride. A man was found unconscious in the front seat of his car in the 490 block of Malu gyenus early Friday. The thief took a $45 watch and $15 cash.
A chaotic traffic incident unfolded as a motorist exceeded speed limits on a rural route. Police reported a crash near a junction, with one driver cited for reckless driving and another detained for further questioning.
Milton Smith 21 of 107 Broadway dies in an auto crash on the Fredericksburg road near Boerne. He suffered a fractured skull and succumbed Friday at Green Hospital at 6535 a.m. Two other occupants were only mildly injured. Smith drove for Listen Zander Motor Company and had lived in Marigold, Miss, about two years.
NEW YORK July 21 A cablegram from Riuph Pulitzer a former publisher and member of a party of Americans cruising the northern waters on the Swedish American Inner Kungsholm reports Soviet officials have prohibited playwright Marc Connelly from visiting Russia. No reason was given for the action.
Frederick C. Chabot, the authorian, was recommended highly for a post in the U S diplomatic service in a resolution passed to the county commissioners court Friday. The resolution will be forwarded to James A Farley.
Captain Herold N Gilbert named acting adjutant of one division during Maj Kimballs two month leave. The announcement notes Gilbert as assistant adjutant in the Second division and his temporary duty while Kimball leaves for California.
Police search for an ice pick wielding bandit who robbed Woodrow Hinkle and AM Shearer in front of their residence on Thursday night. A pastor reported the incident and details indicate the suspect fled the scene. no injuries reported.
Rene De Lage, French consul general for five states, argues France does not repudiate debts but cannot pay now, comparing to Germany’s wartime moratorium. He notes France spent war funds in the United States on iron, munitions, wheat, and repairs, and stresses France’s postwar rehabilitation and aid needs. He says moral grounds differ little between moratoria and debt, and cites American debt relief trends referencing bankers.
Congressman Richard M. Kleberg proposes Marshall Tipton as appraiser and Riley Wyatt as attorney for the Bexar County Home Loan corporation. Tipton is a long time San Antonio real estate man now deputy county clerk. Wyatt works with Stewart Tide company. Kleberg also names appraisers and attorneys for Aransas Bee Guadalupe Karhes and Nueces counties among others in the Fourteenth district.
Governor Miriam A. Forguest granted pardons to two convicts. Raymond Armstrong, jailed five years for burglary and theft, and Marti Lambert, convicted for child endangerment and impersonation, each had prior sentences in Stephens and Dallas counties respectively.
City officials warn bubb ling springs in San Antonio may nearly dry up for 1 to 3 weeks due to funding gaps. Park Commissioner Hubbla cites pumping costs around $1000 monthly, with no clear source of funds. Woodlawn and Brackenridge pools face disruption while Lake Woodlawn risks ecological and mosquito hazards as water recedes. Officials seek loans but current finances impede steady pump operation.
United States marshal Guy McNamara, tied to the West Texas post, dismisses John Weber charges as he returns to his Waco home. Weber, Bexar county Democratic chair, claims cooperation from new federal appointees was sought. McNamara calls Weber irritated and offers no changes to appointments.
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