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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1926
Page
23
Washington June 3. Representative Berger Socialist Wisconsin drafted a plan proposing a minimum wage of 1800 dollars per year for federal employees. He said many workers earn only eight cents per month and criticized Congress for favoring the rich with tax cuts while neglecting labor that keeps the government running daily.
In Indianapolis Indiana Democrats meet at the state convention to nominate a candidate for the long term United States Senate to oppose incumbent Senator James J. Watson. Minor state offices are also to be nominated. The senatorial designation reverts to the convention after the May 4 primary failed to produce a majority among six candidates.
A 1900s style ad touts Othine double strength as a freckle remover. It claims you pay nothing if it fails and only a small expense if successful. Instructions urge asking for double strength and applying a few times to achieve a homely freckle free look.
Dr. FW Vowinckel, a German Red Cross surgeon in World War I, had his $65,000 estate restored by a U.S. district court in San Francisco. The decision noted his equal treatment of wounded soldiers from all nations and his home being a field tent and dugout during the war. He had served as chief surgeon at California Women’s Hospital for 17 years before its 1909 closing.
Nearly 300 county and district court clerks gather in Houston for the thirty-fourth annual convention. The program includes welcomes, President Townsend's report, and reports from auxiliaries across Texas. Topics cover chattel mortgages, office fees, delinquent taxpayers, absentee voter law, hunting licenses, and abstracts of judgments. Delegates plan an outing to Galveston Saturday.
A man in corporation court claimed he turned his car into an undertaker parlor to avoid death after a crash. An officer testified, and Judge Onion fined him $50 for drunken driving and $50 for the negligent collision, totaling $100.
Cuero Cuero June 5 Things not scheduled for the evening's program occurred at a negro boxing show when a local favorite began to suffer a rough bout and his brother stepped in. City marshal J. B. Markowsky intervened delivering a stiff right to the chin, knocking the intruder into the crowd before leaving the scene.
London reports Britain has sent a note to Egypt granting complete liberty of action after the acquittal of six men in the 1924 assassination of Sir Dee Stack, British sirdar. A Malta warship sails to Alexandria as a precaution, and the presiding judge who protested the verdict has resigned amid claims of judicial miscarriage.
Austin reports a preliminary Texas cotton acreage adjustment. Commissioner George B. Terrell notes planted and to be planted at 98 percent and condition at 79 percent. The announcement reflects a slight reduction in overall acreage.
El Paso June 3 Soldiers guard the Chihuahua state congress for three days amid debates on bills to regulate clergy under article 130 of the federal constitution. Spectators pack galleries and tension runs high as a proposal would limit priests to one per 15,000 people, restricting clergy to about 30 in the state.
A Posen dispatch reports the departist movement collapsed after Professor Masvicki was elected president. The War Saw government has lifted the state of emergency proclaimed three weeks ago.
Two men were arrested and an automobile belonging to Alfred Angel wandt recovered when two San Antonio special deputy sheriffs visited Floresville. Two other men questioned by city detectives in connection with the car’s purchase, stolen from Martinez on May 10, were released. The car was restored to its owner.
An advertisement touts Peterson's Ointment as a supreme cure for eczema, itching, pimples, acne, rough red skin, and eruptions. It claims widespread trust from tens of thousands nationwide and notes the product is by Peterson Ointment Co in Buffalo New York.
Washington June 3 A resolution by Representative Andrew Republican Massachusetts to call upon the President to proclaim November 11 the Armistice anniversary as a day of prayer and thanksgiving for peace has been approved by the House Judiciary committee.
An army court martial in Omaha ruled a federal prohibition officer may enter a military reservation to arrest officers for violating the Walstead act. Motion to suppress evidence against Captains W. J. Allen and James W. Arnold of Fort Crook, Neb., charged on two counts with Honor law infringement, was overruled by Lt. Col. W. C. Weeks despite defense claims of constitutional rights violations.
State Library board will meet in Austin on June 5 to discuss policies and to act on renewals for county librarian certificates. Miss Octavia Rosa, state librarian, announced the session and its agenda.
Dean Roscoe Pound of Harvard Law School said the American judicial system is cumbersome, dilatory, uncertain and expensive in an address for the Associated Harvard Clubs twenty-ninth annual meeting. He urged efficiency matching modern business needs and argued economic ventures require streamlined law, delivered during a reunion gathering of graduates.
An old advertisement touts Phillips Milk of Magnesia as superior to soda for indigestion and gas. It asserts it neutralizes stomach acid and bowels without purging, promising quicker relief and a sweeter stomach, and urges trying a 25c bottle at any drug store.
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