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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1932
Page
3
Treasury reports in Washington on June 2 show May receipts of 17,278.68 and expenditures of 14, leaving a balance of 864,877,524.74. Duties for May amount to 1,809,525.27.
New York on June 2 reported Amer Jean Continental and Russian oil executives announced they would not reach an agreement to stabilize world export markets.
New York June 2. Aviator Stanley Hausner waits for favorable weather before deciding to take off on his projected flight to Poland.
Veterans from Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, South Carolina and New Jersey converge at trains and roads toward Washington to press for the World War bonus. Estimated totals range from 150 to 200 in Alabama to 300 to 500 in Camden County. States report bands of ex soldiers traveling by truck auto and freight to join the nationwide effort.
Washington reports say a tented city is being prepared to house thousands of World War I veterans marching on the capital to demand immediate cash payment of their bonus. More than 5,000 veterans were en route or preparing to assemble, with 1,000 to 1,600 already in Anacostia Park and more than 600 billeted in vacant buildings as food and lodging plans unfold.
A reader seeking a suitable residence uses local classified rental listings to identify rooms apartments or houses matching needs. The notice highlights how light classified ads guide housing searches in a compact urban market.
Severe casualties were reported among Japanese army troops and rebels opposing the Manchukuo government in a raid along the western extension of the Chinese Eastern railway. Six Japanese planes were missing after the attack as Japanese and Manchukuo forces drove rebels under Gen. Li Hai-Ching across tracks toward the Siberian border, concentrating near the Bungart river and southwest of Harbin.
London June 2 Charles Edward Kanesford-Smith the famed Australian aviator receives knighthood in the king s birthday appointments. Robert H Davis inventor of a submarine escape device credited with saving several lives when the Poseidon sank in the Ching sea also receives knighthood.
Fort Worth June 1 Reports at the morning session of the Texas State Chapter of American War Mothers showed progress over the past year according to state president Mrs Albert Honig Dallas. Presidents from El Paso San Antonio Dallas Fort Worth and Galveston spoke along with committee chairmen on Hospitalization Americanization legislation welfare and other welfare topics.
The Ladies' auxiliary of Disabled War Veterans will host a bridge and banco party at the Elke club on Thursday at 7 30 p m An admission fee of 25 cents will be charged and the public is invited to attend.
In Washington D C on June 2, Senate and House conferees began reconciling differences in the billion dollar revenue bill. No results were announced as tentative agreements only, with conferees stating they are in a general discussion and have not reached definite conclusions. Senator Watson, Republican leader, noted the group is deliberating privately amid press and lobbyist interest.
Mal James A. Willis, judge advocate general of the Eighth Corps Area, left San Antonio Thursday on a one month leave of absence. Maj. C. C. Cresson, previously assistant in the office, assumed duties as acting judge advocate.
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