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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1936
Page
3
A coconut washed ashore at Galveston near Fast beach, drawing attention of W. Ward deputy district clerk and Chief Clerk A. J. Schweikart. An argument over wheels or a wheel fell overboard from a ship or fallen from a tree fueled the incident as the coconut drifted inland.
Harris County health department records for May show almost a month with no reported cases of diphtheria scarlet fever measles smallpox or other contagious diseases in Harris county excluding Houston city limits. This marks the longest interval in years without such disease reports. 300 seek speech Lionel Barrymore has received over 200 requests from schools and students for copies of his speech from The Voice of Bugleanna.
Mrs. Scott seeks the owner of a dog that bit her 10 year old son and scratched her daughter. She offers rewards for the dog’s seizure and wants it observed to decide on Pasteur treatment for the children. The dog’s owner is urged to come forward in Houston, June 13. Jerome Kern has composed a score for Never Gonna Dance in a Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers film musical.
Large crowds greet President with ticker tape and music at Texas Centennial Exposition. Governor Allred and dignitaries lead the welcome as Elliott Roosevelt rides with the president through Dallas. Tens of thousands line Main Street while prisoners cheer from a nearby jail and Texas Rangers provide escort to the Cateyton Bowl.
Soviet Russia announced a plan for a new constitution and direct secret elections for a 165 million population. It envisages two parliamentary chambers, a council of the Union chosen by people and a council of nationalities via Soviets, with a combined board of metals holding top governmental powers.
City county and Texas Centennial officials will meet Monday at 3 p m in the office of EL J Altgelt to discuss stadium sites. Claud V Birkhead announced that W B Yeags secretary of the United States Centennial commission will attend. The meeting follows mayor and commissioners refusal to authorize purchase of a 4 14 acre site south of the city on Highway 66 after protests at San Jacinto park and a charter provision blocking the South side site. Nine other sites including Exposition park will be considered.
Warren Cooper assistant wing commander of the San Antonio Light wing of the Junior Birdmen of America will be introduced at the regular meeting of the contestants flight squadron at 7 p.m. Friday at the Gunter hotel. Plans for forthcoming Junge Birdmen contests will be discussed. Every member intending to enter contests this summer is urged to attend. Conducted under Arthur Laro, wing commander, Edwin Martin commander, William Pfeil secretary.
York was arrested for running a stop sign and paid a fine after pleading guilty. A friend later said no stop sign existed at the location. The case was reopened and the fine remitted after investigators confirmed the sign did not exist.
Several hundred Sherman residents traveled to Dallas for Sherman day ceremonies at the Texas Centennial exposition yesterday joining civic groups and local officials for the event.
Brig. Gen. A. T. Ovenshine commended officers and enlisted men of the Second division for a dignified reception of the president in San Antonio. Guards of honor from the Third brigade at two railroad stations and the Alamo, the Second Tyeld Artillery brigade, and the military police company were praised for their soldierly appearance and efficient duties. City police were also commended for crowd handling. Also noted, scholarly D Arcy Corrigan wrote on philology for a new encyclopedia of Americans.
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