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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1930
Page
15
Wholesale market notes dips across produce. Cantaloupes quoted 0.76 to 1.00 net. California citries down to 3.00 4.25. apricots at 3.00. OKra and other items lower with prices around 2.50 to 3.25 for fruit. Pineapples down to T cents per pound. no notable changes at wholesale houses or growers market.
A garbled list of wholesale prices from Urweer’s Market includes vegetables and fruits with varied rates. Entries mention cabbage, potatoes, corn, apples, strawberries, peppers, onions, lettuce, peaches, melons, turnips, and more, with prices per pound, dozen, or bushel and several odd spellings.
Disjointed OCR from market notes lists poultry and produce items, prices, and vendors. Mentions Chicago live poultry, New York provision, potatoes, and regional trade terms with scattered dates and figures.
A largely garbled notice reports Bertille elected as delegate to represent Vresunty in the Torae Corton Cooperative association. It mentions Smith prominence, Growers' association, and budget concerns within a family financial context.
Anita Page, the love interest in MGM’s Caught Short at the Aztec, co stars Polly Moran and Marie Dressler. The picture has drawn wide commendation for its humor and cast dynamics.
The Aztec present Caught Short a Metro Goldwyn Mayer comedy starring Marie Dressler and Polly Moran. Anita Page Charles Morton T. Roy Bates and others join as Dressler shines as a New York boarding house keeper tangled in stock market chaos in this highly touted teaming of two top comediennes.
The Karnes City school board announced staff for the new term. Principal Joreie lab and vocational agriculture head O. Ayers lead a list including music adviser Mrs J T Cape, grade teachers Ollie Woolsey Alice Lrowoe and Mrs None Years, and primary teacher Shelton Brown.
Funeral services for Thomas J. Williford aged 47 will be conducted Tuesday at the home of his sister. Burial is planned at Simion Park. Surviving relatives include a sister Mrs. Fas Soush Leap runt and siblings Wilford, Mea, Wilkie, Elizabeth Wilford of Florida, and a sister Mrs. 0 A Marding of Vineis.
Police chase ends with a confrontation as detectives exchange fire when a prowler flees a Vil Res scene. A bystander reports a white clothing figure fleeing toward a back alley while a detective arrived and fired at the suspect. The incident occurred late at night with officers pursuing and returning fire.
Worth Well RA widely misrendered in OCR. burial set for Nebraska after recent illness. An official will preside. Worth Well was a native of Seannydvaria and resided in San Amten for years.
Agricultural market notes show hogs, calves, and cattle with varied quotes. Buyers reported steady demand while prices drifted, with calves and heavy steers trading around modest gains and lighter weights showing softer values.
Grain prices edged upward in Chicago as rain delays and harvest expectations influenced trading. Wheat futures posted gains while corn and oats showed firm activity, with traders weighing U S demand and storage discipline amid the unsettled market.
Fragmentary OCR item with scattered words and numbers. Unable to derive a coherent event, names, or placed entities. Summary focuses on a damaged notice style fragment with references to money metals and multiple wrecks, lacking identifiable persons or organizations.
June 3 ships report first summer camps near Kerrville with Miss Ora Johnson San Antonio directing Camp Walden and other camps expanding. Several camps from two weeks to two months plan large enrollments and expect thousands visiting Kerrville during the season, with Westminster Girls Camp and Methodist Kerrville assembly highlighted among the biggest.
Cuero Texas June 9 Cuero supporters push to canalize the Guadalupe River extending surveys to San Antonio Bay toward the proposed intra coastal canal. A river and harbors amendment clears the way for a commercial survey, with funding sought from local officials and strong support from San Antonio area industry.
Alpine Texas June 9 A herd of goats owned by the Tuckey brothers was drowned in a canyon during a cloudburst that buried the Big Bend region under heavy spring rains. The water swept the herd away before help could reach them as storms persisted across the area for weeks.
Tersgian Utilities company advances a 60 mile gas pipe line from the Rycaie field in Maverick county to the Central Power and Tizht plant on Devil's River with four miles remaining. J H Tucker, vice president, says the Steam Power plant will receive gas by July and Eagle Pass Crylis City towns are linked to the line.
In Texas on June 9 fifteen hundred pounds of various metals were hauled from the highway between Maria and Hereford through Canton to Stmiler. J W Daigler, county supervisor, says the nail picker on the road found a buried nail three inches deep with two large magnets aiding the search. The machine was built in the state highway department and operated daily along the highway’s edge by the employment staff of Glghe Classified.
Arthur W. Cullen, a noted stock market operator, discusses prospects for August with cautious optimism. He predicts business activity will improve by fall, noting the second quarter was weak and the market tracks that trend. He warns investors to expect volatility as the market’s course unfolds.
De Molays gather in San Angelo for a national convention with delegates from across Texas and beyond. About 700 will attend sessions featuring drill and degree work, drum and bugle corps, and band performances from multiple cities. International president Burris C. Jackson of Hillshore hallmarks the event with guests including Mel James of Austin and J. G. Lowis of Kansas City.
About 2500 Negro employees of Southern Pacific shops at Yoakum attended their annual picnic at Bee County fair grounds Saturday. A special early-arrival train from Yoakum brought the crowd, with excursion rates in effect within 100 miles. The program included dinner, entertainment, and dancing, closing with the group returning to Yoakum.
A San Angelo event plans a July 4 celebration featuring a Santa Fe rail extension from San Angelo to Honora with a special train stopping at Chrischoval and other locations. The event includes a KS mile Vine van and costs estimated at 50 dollars, with Aradon hosting a field day.
The first carload of five poultry, likely the initial shipment from Karnes County, arrived last week via the Poultry Producers’ Association affiliate. The shipment, headed for New York City, reportedly sold or shipped at favorable rates, with prices up to eight dollars per dozen.
Henry Steitle, a county composer living on Weet Avenue, was mangled Monday morning when caught beneath a weed mower on the Fredericksburg path. His right leg nearly severed, he was taken to Kole Green Hospital. Steitle, working with Nils Jacob, lost his left arm and suffered injuries when a gun bolt discharged accidentally during the incident.
The Comanche will be decommissioned and the cutter Saranac, under construction at Ontinad California, will replace it in the Galveston Loyston district. Col. B. C. Allin was advised via telegram from Senator Tom Connally in Washington.
Harris county dairymen and ranchmen formed an organization to challenge a recently passed road law penalizing livestock owners kept on highways. The group met at the courthouse to oppose the new regulation amid months of opposition from interests backing livestock off roads.
Alfonso Mores, known as Pancho, and Lencho from Kansas, are linked to an assault on Justice of the Peace John F. Ooton near Rio Lencha. Ooton was attacked with a butcher knife and left unconscious on a Southern Pacific track near Kelly Behl, found by taxi driver Dingo Jaimes early Monday. Police eye Pancho and Lencho amid prior clashes.
A Duluth tourism official suggests Minnesota favors San Antonio advantages. The missive from Roy L. Silene to Porter A. Whales discusses regional likings for the Texas city and its impact on Minnesota tourism and business prospects.
In New Orleans on June 6, UPL Cotton faced limited openings as cables were absent and markets slid. Prices for July to December showed declines from Saturday’s levels, with tension over potential further drops and cautious selling amid favorable weather. A Northern review noted prices testing new lows and Liverpool docks saw continued pressure on cotton futures with broad liquidation and modest recoveries late, reflecting a fragile demand outlook.
Local report details two children injured in falls from animals. Sibil Rush daughter of Mr and Mrs John Rush suffered a broken arm after a donkey mishap. Graede Gotthardt son of Mr and Mrs Ate Gotthardt fell from a horse on the same day, receiving injuries.
Robert Satbler of Panl Rattler was bitten a second time by a rattlesnake while shucking corn at his home in Kat City Texas. Ten years earlier he was bitten at the same location by a rattler in a prior incident.
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