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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1938
Page
2
A six month old javelina, tame and recently appearing at Peacock Military Academy, was fed by Prof. Wesley Peacock Sr. and adopted by the animal before being moved to Brackenridge Zoo after conflicts with academy dogs.
A 25 year old inmate paced his county jail cell as authorities pressed for details of a confession. He allegedly killed Shirley Ann Woodburn, six, with a piece of tin stock. Heist repeated the account of the attack and described striking her in the back with the tin and stabbing her multiple times. He will be arraigned tomorrow.
Taxicab operators studied a new contract from union No. 114 offering 40 cents per dollar to drivers and a $15 weekly guarantee, up from 35 cents and no guarantee. The old contract ends July 3. Lonnie Beard presented the proposal to owners. 260 members in the union.
Weather bureau report shows May sunshine 5 percent above normal with rainfall 0.68 inches above average. Daily sun averaged 65 percent across 21 days with eight clear and 14 days of measurable rain. May rainfall total 3.88 inches. heaviest 2.15 inches on May 15 and 18. Mean temperature 76.2°F. highs 92°F and lows 53°F. Record extremes cited 1927 high 103 and 1889 low 55. Hail on May 4, lunar halos, fogs on five days, thunderstorms on eight. Barometer averaged 29.87 inches with 30.17 high May 8 and 29.51 low May 6. Southeast winds prevailed at 12.4 mph.
A June 1 report from Austin states the state won in the Supreme Court to stop movement of about 20,000 barrels of pickup oil by Beaver Reclamation Co of Greene County. The court held the firm was not entitled to move the oil reclaimed from three creeks without a railroad commission permit for reclamation operations.
Jimmy Hedley, 25, of St Louis, died after a four year battle with aplastic anemia. He lived on transfusions, receiving daily for 13 days, leaving a wife and 5 year old daughter. Barnes Hospital doctors noted he had undergone 111 transfusions. A brief note on the first post office history follows.
A fragmented weather list reports rainfall totals since January totaling 41.144 inches with 6.03 inches excess this month and a deficiency of 0.7 inches. June rainfall recorded as none. It lists sun and moon times, moon phase first quarter, tides near Arensas Para light, and daily high and low temperatures for multiple cities including Abilene, Abilene’s clear skies and highs around 28 to 90 degrees, with varied conditions across Dallas, Austin, Lubbock, El Paso, Chicago, and more.
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