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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1938
Page
1
City tax collector A B Stephens announced tax books would remain open with an indefinite closing date after earlier statements they would close June 1. Tuesday's city taxes totaled 1420061 with school taxes 4057.01. overall collections reached 68.5 percent, yet deficits in parking, motor licenses, and delinquent tax departments raised the city’s shortfall to about 375.
The public school system plans personnel cuts and labor saving machinery across administrative departments including the business office and warehouse. A budget system will be installed to provide prompt accounting, reduce clerical staff, and lower operating costs, with total savings likely in the thousands. The plan includes withholding checks from taxpayers who are late on school taxes and a bond refunding to keep the tax rate stable.
Frome June 15 report describes an Ethiopian attacker entering a crowd in Rome during a celebration of the conquest’s first anniversary. A Fascist militiaman fired, killing one assailant and wounding another. the incident is linked to symbols of empire and Ethiopian chieftains.
Consuls the firms in Light Want Ads and Classifications 46 to 48 start drafting a delayed budget around July 2. Tax money into the general fund is banked to draw the new budget. City borrowed 214 1 Monday for payroll and expenditures. Sheldon of the Property Owners' Defense League hailed the strike as successful, signaling economy in city government and reflecting public support for spending cuts.
Captain Richard A Love U S retired dies in Kerrville at age 67. Services planned Thursday at the Fort Sam Houston Post chapel with burial at sea era veteran of World War I Quartermaster Corps. Surviving daughter Mrs Ira A Senith of Los Angeles and son Homer T Gove of San Antonio.
Cholera has reached epidemic levels in Shanghai with 125 hospital cases. Of these, 73 are from foreign administered districts. A Japanese spokesman cited eight deaths in Japanese occupied Soochow, 50 miles west. Javaneese consulate general halted health certificates for ships to Japan. In Lucknow, India, a seven week outbreak has caused about 3,000 deaths with 2,000 in one week as authorities mobilize hundreds of physicians.
CORPUS CHRISTI June 5 Two persons died and several others were injured in a car crash near Sinton last night. Victims Ho Walker 41 and Neil Ser n 17, both of Aransas Pass, were killed. Robin Lowe 16 suffered serious head injuries and Anns Louie Smith 47 of Port Aransas had minor injuries.
The WPA will allocate ten million dollars of clothing to families and provide 600000 cases of grapefruit juice via state welfare departments. Administrators said purchases would be made quickly from manufacturers to ensure immediate delivery to curb a potential chaotic market. June 1 report notes Harry Hopkins overseeing efforts to stabilize the relief program.
The report lists varied weather details for Lubbock and other locations with temperatures and conditions including clear and cloudy notes. It also provides a treasury position dated June 15, detailing receipts of 29,510,086 and expenditures of 92,028,013.95, with a year-to-date revenue of 5,608,918,871.54 and assets totaling 12,845,264,514.36.
A federal report shows onions lead vegetable and fruit shipments via San Antonio, totaling 467 carloads the past week, nearly double last year. Tamales reached 6075 carloads for 1938, watermelons totaled 78 railroad cars, with other produce including okra, corn, cucumbers, peaches and potatoes. Townspeople from Townsendites will meet on Thursday at Compton Avenue and South Flores Street with baker delegates Dardel Webster Joe Burkett and Grover Morris.
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