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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1933
Page
13
A.I. Crawford alias Doc Crawford, a major speculative force in stocks and grains, was suspended from the Chicago Board of Trade after insolvency rumors and a vast, risky grain play. His alleged profits and subsequent collapse sent tremors through the U S grain futures, halting trading nationwide and shocking markets.
An appeal from Mrs A Hallowent of Palliver Mass claims twelve months of insomnia eased after taking Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad asserts the product quiets nerves and restores sound sleep, endorsed by 700000 women and sold by druggists nationwide.
Mary Miles Minter, a demure screen actress, faces deciding whether to prosecute her mother in a mishandling case. Superior Judge Burrell sentenced a bond salesman to embezzling 40 009 dollars from Mrs Charlotte Shelby, Miss Minter’s mother, and recommended an investigation into Shelby’s financial affairs.
A New Orleans physician turned speculator amassed massive corn and wheat control from a tiny office in the Cotton Exchange building. He held tens of millions of bushels and influenced markets from New York to Chicago, Winnipeg, Havana, and Amsterdam before margin calls and a market collapse forced liquidations across 17 accounts and far-reaching broker withdrawals.
Mrs. Joseph Frost entertains at the Purple Thistle cafe complimenting Mrs. Herbert Crosby. General and Mrs. Crosby plan Washington visits and return to San Antonio in autumn with daughters Jane Crosby and Gordon Crosby. Numerous parties, guests from Denver to Honolulu bound for Hawaii, and upcoming weddings and showers mark a busy social week in San Antonio.
Dallas county farmers were in fields today planting and plowing under a portion of the growing rothon to stabilize prices by controlling production. Emergency orders were issued by County Agent A. B. Jolley declaring an emergency to permit the destruction of one fourth to one half of the crop so feed crops can be planted promptly.
Senator Morris Sheppard arrives in Texas August 1 for 31 addresses across Hughes Springs Longview Tyler and Bencrant to push repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and back Prohibition foes. Wigghts says Sheppard authorized 31 talks as United Forces press for beer legalization by August 26 while urging Dan Moody and Pat M. Neel to speak at dry meetings.
Mrs Marie Blonds 44 of Dallas drank poison at the world’s fair grounds. She was rushed to county hospital in critical condition with the incident described as a suicide attempt. She and her husband Louis, with their 12 year old son, were preparing to return home.
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