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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1938
Page
6
England’s Sussex county orders boys under 15 to engage in work in cinemas heaters or similar shops, with enforcement details unclear and broad wording suggesting restricted youth labor in certain local trades.
Parent Teachers Association leaders will continue its visual education program Wednesday with visits to two San Antonio film plants. They meet at 10 a.m. at Paramount Pictures Distributing Company on 50th Street, then proceed to Fox Company on Alama Plaza.
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The Census Bureau reports May cotton use at 425,684 bales lint and 60,464 bales linters, with May imports at 20,038 bales and May exports at 393,002 bales lint and 13,791 linters. Active spindles in May reached 21,341,750, down from April and May of last year.
New York June 14 A plan to wed Andrea Luckenbach the 18 year old heiress and William Dobbs the 22 year old egg seller is halted when Rev William Grimes pastor of St Pauls Church Great Neck Long Island refuses to perform the ceremony citing class and financial differences The groom’s mother and Commodore Edger Bruckenbach Andrea’s father oppose the match and the wedding remains scheduled but without a definite venue
A June 14 report from Austin notes a movement to back John N. Garner as the Democratic nominee for president in 1940. The unofficial women’s division of the state Democratic executive committee adopted a resolution praising Garner and urging he be named the party’s standard bearer. Yenn Kennedy, secretary, called Garner “the one hope of Southern Democrats” in a talk before the group led by Mrs Frances Heskell Edmondson of San Antonio.
Witty blurbs note misprints in the Henderson alphabet and city records. The Purdue directory misindexes travel bureaus as AAA AA A ABA ABC. Jacob Rubble shows up in phone books instead of Jacob Hubiola. The piece recalls San Antonio missing Hip Wah Winkle due to no railroad and Joseph Jefferson’s travel. Paul A. Lockhart is cited for his four year tenure before earning a law degree.
County commissioners weigh tax rate changes as budget time nears. Donnell requests double caution with a commitment to voters and druggists. Unn warns it is early to promise, while Yate's tax stands at 66 cents per $103 valuation. Also, Senatorial audit push seeks funds for probes into election influence and WPA politics.
Farmers in northeastern New Mexico fight a grasshopper invasion across nearly one million acres in five counties. Funds are nearly exhausted with no immediate aid, yet crews apply about 100000 pounds of poison daily using 365 spreaders and 185 trucks as Governor Clyde Tingley appeals to the federal government for help.
State game warden A E Hitzfelder announced two men pled guilty to using fish traps on Balado creek near the W W White road. They were fined 10 dollars plus costs each by Justice Otto Marckwardé of Precinct 13. defendants named R J Long and W M Weldon with no addresses listed. Five traps were found last Friday.
A school board meeting at 5 p m will consider a resolution requiring prompt payment of school taxes by all employees. Superintendent J C Cochran will announce the measure and the board will discuss purchasing athletic supplies to take advantage of a federal tax exemption that ends June 30. The board will also review a state retirement plan for teachers and staff and appoint a committee to draft a teacher evaluation plan. Nearby notes mention additions to the committee and prior group approvals for Cochran's plan.
Gannaway of the Corpus Christi Taxpayers League says state government costs have surged 70 percent in 20 years. He cites talks with Joe Sheldon of the San Antonio Property Owners Defense League and compares Texas growth to several states. He notes operating costs up 670 percent while property sales and population rose far less.
The Sutherland Paper Company of Kalamazoo Michigan has filed an involuntary bankruptcy suit in Ped ere District Court before Judge R J McMillan seeking relief against McFarling Dairy Supply located at 311 Normandy Street Alamo Heights. The complaint alleges a debt of 586665 dollars and notes a receiver is already in charge per district court order.
About 225 people from across the state began a week of accredited beautician and cosmetologist license exams in the city. Classes run at the Plaza hotel led by state board members Mrs. P. A. Houston Henderson Mrs. B. L. Neal of Wichita Falls and Mrs. Pay Stuart of San Antonio.
Moreno 35 of 1130 South Leona Street posted bond under $500 after arraignment on a charge of possession of un stamped alcohol. Alcohol tax agents found a gallon and two half pints of liquor hidden in the back yard. He appeared before U S Commissioner Paul A Lockhart.
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