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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1932
Page
1
A chaos of phrases on Hoover renomination and a Republican plank to uphold the gold standard. Global debts and Lausanne talks frame a grim economic mood as prohibition shifts and crime bands persist. A Kansas City kidnapping case looms as Missouri vows harsh justice while veterans honor the Unknown Soldier.
A man named Alexander and his wife Louise were shot in their South Alamo home. Alexander died at Robert B Green hospital after three chest wounds. Mrs. Alexander, 24, was wounded in the chest and treated. Police seek motive and suspect, with a pistol found in the room.
A ball game in Lockhart ended abruptly when county clerk Veneer Smith aged 43 was struck by a thrown ball. Smith served 18 years as county clerk and held multiple local roles including president of the Coldwell County Play Susperition and aide to the Repariaent, while running as a candidate for county office.
The GOP gathers at 11 a m daylight time with Ben mian Fess chairing the Republican national committee. A prayer by Bishop James K Freeman leads to a temporary roll call and election of temporary officers and committees on credentials organization rules and order of business.
SANTIAGO Gane June 14 A complete Chilean Junta restored and foreign investors especially Atherinans with holdings in the hundreds of millions received new hope. Rolando Mering selected to replace Carlos Davila who resigned last week. Finance Minister Alfredo Lagarrigue promised no detrimental moves against foreign interests.
Hollywood report notes British writer Alice M. Williamson will write about American cinema for London readers. She says Follywood films still appeal more in England than locally made rivals and cites a taste for gangster pictures while noting Britain is increasingly Americanized in film tastes.
Wichita Falls report states Ted Rogers and J C Russell were sentenced after pleading guilty to robbing the Continental State Bank at Al Petrolia and kidnapping cashier Miss Mary Prazier. They accepted their sentences at Henrietta yesterday.
A large portrait of John D. Rockefeller Jr. that hung for years at the Anti-Saloon League headquarters in Washington is removed today. Rockefeller, linked to the league's cause, recently spoke out against the eighteenth amendment.
Miss Amelie Wivhark and her husband sailed from Havre France bound for the United States today aboard a liner. The voyage follows a recent call to departure amid ongoing transatlantic traffic.
Earthquake was reported near central America affecting rail operations. The notice mentions a tremor influencing schedules and activities, with references to railway lines or stations. Details are incomplete due to damaged text but indicate an event impacting transportation infrastructure.
Washington June 14 A dramatic interruption halted House action on the 2.4 billion cash home bill as Rep Eskew Tennessee Democrat collapsed and died after delivering a speech urging full payment. The chamber resumed after adjournment with veterans crowding galleries for the volatile debate.
White House physician reports President Hoover in excellent health despite public concern. He says the president enjoys a “psychical sanity” and is in good spirits, with medical staff confident in his condition.
Senate Banking Committee substitutes a $2 billion relief program for the Garner $2.3 billion bill and reports it for conference. The move ends a deadlock between the houses on relief legislation and uses the senior bill’s provisions. The Garner bill would fund public construction and expand Reconstruction Finance Corp capitalization, with an emergency fund, while the Wagner substitute adds a $500 million public works bond and raises borrowing power for projects.
Seamonitant Virginia June 1. Four miners remain missing after a mine explosion at Splashdum Smokeless Coal Corp. Six bodies have been recovered. Rescue teams press on with guarded hope of locating the other four alive as investigations delay pending after body recoveries.
A terse marriage note reports that a couple faced forced elopement or postponement for their wedding, citing pressure from family as a prominent clan member’s daughter factors into the decision and referencing Renard Daniels and Mickey Daniel in a local social scene.
Partly cloudy Tuesday night with west winds. Tuesday may see showers in southeast portions. Highs around 94 degrees Wednesday with southwest winds. Thursday mostly fair with moderate southwest winds and cooler temperatures inland.
In Chicago June the W Administration presses to defeat repeal by drafting a resubmission for the Prohibition question. White House aides, Mills Hyde Garfield and Polling figures support tentative resubmission. The Pennsylvan ia delegation backs a compromise plank urging immediate resubmission and modification of the Volstead Act. President to decide before committee work begins.
Unclear coastal conditions force the Akron to stay docked at Paris Island, delaying plans as crews assess the wind and sea state. The airship traveled from Sunnyvale, California, taking 54 hours to reach the area with further progress hampered by the unsettled weather.
U.S. Ambassador Joseph C. Grew presented his credentials to the Japanese government in Tokyo as the Phoenix tit of the imperial palace received him. Empress also greeted Mrs. Grew and their daughter Elizabeth, with embassy staff present. Meanwhile California hunters killed 25,805 deer in the hunting season, part of a 400,000 deer population in the state.
Three members of the Swift family, Mrs. Janie Swift 63 her daughter Janie Stomp 35 and granddaughter Posey Stomp 1, were found shot to death in secluded Kent woods during a picnic. Police sought Private John Collins 26 seen nearby with a rifle as a nationwide manhunt unfolded.
A Llano man, 41, was found dead at his home with a rifle beside him. A coroner's inquest returned a verdict of death by his own action. Funeral services were planned for today. He is survived by a widow, two sons, and a daughter.
A powerful hurricane struck the banana fields in the Sula valley near Chame and La Lima in Honduras last night. The storm damaged plantations along the Alt San Pedro area, injuring workers and causing equipment losses.
The readable fragments present a jumble of names, numbers, and locations with inconsistent capitalization. No coherent event or narrative is discernible beyond scattered references to monetary amounts, venues, and possible personal names.
An early summer Republican convention convened in Chicago amid protests over prohibition and party division. Delegates, led by Senator L. J. Dickinson, pressed forward as talk of repeal and Dawes’s possible candidacy stirred across the hall and outside in the heated stadium.
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