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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1932
Page
1
The piece blends critique of postwar drought relief funding with a call to spur broad spending through direct cash distribution rather than banker bonds. It cites Calvin Coolidge on war debts, praises irrigation as a growth engine, and notes socialist shifts in Chile’s central bank influencing economic debate.
Drenching rain and a 40 mile per hour wind swept north Texas overnight, knocking out telegraph lines and causing scattered damage in San Antonio and surrounding towns. Rain totals reached over an inch in Austin and big hits near Amarillo and Abilene. Weather officials warned of more rain and thundershowers into Friday night, noting the day tied the year's hottest heat record locally.
A storm in Yoakum Texas damaged plate glass windows and uprooted trees while blowing down signs and houses. The fifth annual Tom Tom event was postponed due to heavy rain and flood conditions as decorations and entries were ruined. WAVER BILL APPROVED for river improvements along the Min River from Eating City to the mouth totaling 470,000 dollars.
Wooden money is being used in Chicago with certificates of 5 28 and 100 cents printed on spruce by the chamber of commerce of Tentoa Washington. They appeared yesterday at the Republican national relief tion headquarters. Mayor James W. Davis of Buenda Washington brought them to Chicago. Prisons bought some and merchants accepted them for small payments as souvenirs.
In New England friends concede Calvin Coolidge would decline the nomination if offered. The movement to draft him for president is abandoned as he would not be voted in by Chicago. His name and availability were to be pressed at the national convention but the effort ends.
Amelia Earhart Putnam told Premier Mussolini of her solo Atlantic crossing when she was received in Rome. Speaking English, the premier showed great interest and asked about Rome. Earhart said he had been very gracious in the audience.
In Paul, a 74-year-old man filed for divorce after his wife, 72, fled with her share. Charles Millette faced desertion charges tied to a $1500 claim. In Washington, Treasury receipts for June show total $5,015,041.03 with expenditures $20,205,082.40 and a net balance of $258,097,208.42. Customs receipts for the first eight days of June totaled $4,439,626.99.
Business forecasters predict trade will decrease and unemployment will become more extensive until purchasing power nears normal levels nationwide.
A proposed five trillion dollar United States bond aims to fund vast public works projects, create millions of jobs, and revive national prosperity. The plan envisions extensive construction and infrastructure development to spur growth and employment.
The Senate in Washington on June 14, 1930, debated a Democratic 300 million jobless relief bill tied to federal aid to states. Wagner led the measure, with Borah and Watson backing bipartisan collaboration. The proposal would let the Reconstruction Finance Corporation advance 300 million to states, repaid later from future federal and highway funds, with administration left to governors and state officials. Distribution would favor population or need, amid fears of uneven aid across farming states and towns. The debate signaled urgency as Hoover administration support framed relief as necessary for the poor and unemployed.
About $200,000 in securities delivered minutes earlier disappeared from the Girard Trust Company offices on Broad and Chestnut as clerk Erwin A. Fiero answered a phone pull. A caller demanded the remaining $80,000 on a counter in the adjacent news department before someone took them.
FLAMINGTON New Jersey June 10 Colonel Lindbergh called by defense to testify in the John Hughes Curtis kidnapping mystery. Subpoena issued with unclear grounds the defense move and Lindbergh says he would be ready to testify against Curtis at any time in the ongoing hoax investigation.
A garbled dispatch from Mexico City reports Captain Exucvie Laborde planning a hop to Havana via Guatemala and Yucatan. His crash near Puebla six weeks ago is noted as reprised amid travel arrangements. The item includes stray lines about King George and Windsor, with fragmented phrases on farms and economics.
Former Chicago city building commissioner Christian P. Paschen was found guilty in federal court of income tax evasion for 1927 and 1928. Judge John P. Ramsdell delayed sentencing until June 24. maximum penalty could reach five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. The case centers on $124,000 unpaid taxes.
Tegucigalpa June 19 government troops moved north from Gracias to bolster federal forces already in heavy combat with rebels. Officials kept progress details secret as the uprising, rooted in a political campaign for the national election set four months ahead.
Partly cloudy with local thunderstorms Friday night and Saturday. Friday night low around 66 degrees. Saturday high near 70. East Texas shows scattered thunderstorms south and southeast Friday afternoon, with cooler air in the northeast. Winds generally variable, lighter in the southeast.
The House Agriculture Committee approved two farm relief bills on June 1 Washington D C One bill would mandate export debentures immediately after enactment and the other would combine debentures equalization fee and domestic allotment plans The debenture bill passed 14 to 6 and the three plate measure 14 to 8 The Farm Bureau Federation National Grange and National Farmers Union backed the package seeking to empower the board to use dissection tools for relief activities
Senate approves conference report on the agriculture appropriation bill for 177 million dollars. House version had 176 million. Senate added about 2 million during conference. Senate president pro tempore Moses announced a quorum and the report was adopted by viva voce vote.
A fire damaged officer quarters with a chimney kicked in and a hole torn in the roof. Firefighters reported the blaze starting early Friday morning. No injuries were listed and the cause remained under investigation.
Cincinnati police ordered 600 to 1000 Texas ex soldiers to quit the Baltimore and Ohio yards after trains refused further transport. The marchers, arriving by freight roofs, sought passage to Washington to demand bonus payments. Police aimed to keep order while preparing for possible dispersal if no better lodgings were found.
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