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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1933
Page
6
The article threads global misery with economic debate, noting Shensi droughts since 1924 and cannibalism, while contrasting Western currency aims and industrial recovery talk. It cites Henry Ford on progress and Roosevelt defense plans, and questions currency value tied to nations’ wealth and production.
London June 17. A proposal for a general 10 percent tariff reduction was submitted to the economic commission by the American delegation. They urged a tariff truce, bilateral trade pacts, and compensation and defrence agreements as part of a broader strategy, while France favored production organization over broad tariff cuts.
Robert Ingle, gravely wounded at the Santa Rosa infirmary, was charged Saturday after being hired to testify in the murder of his cousin Alonzo Hernandez at a ButL house on the Engle dairy farm southeast of town two days earlier. Raymond South, district attorney investigator, filed the complaint in Justice of the Peace John R. Shook's court.
Generally fair conditions expected through Saturday night and Sunday. Lows near 38 to 40 degrees Saturday night with highs around 90 on Sunday. East winds light to moderate along the coast, with partly cloudy skies and a chance of thunder showers on the west coast. Temperatures and winds described vary by location and day across the region.
Vice President Garner and Mrs Garner returned to their Uvalde Texas home after a Washington trip. Mrs Garner planned to resume household duties tending a flower garden and their flock of chickens. The Vice President hoped to spend the summer and fall at home doing some fishing and hunting and watching world developments.
The dollar opened level with the New York close at 4.07 1 2 and rose to 4.06 3 4 to the pound in the first hour of London trading. Demand was light and the market quiet. In Paris the dollar traded between 21.10 and 21.15 francs, edging up to about 21.28 francs by day’s end after earlier fluctuations.
Pittsburgh June 1. Gen Hugh S Johnson urges employers to split up work among a greater number of men while paying a living wage. In his first speech since taking charge of industrial recovery he warned the nation faces a critical stage of the depression as prices rise faster than wages.
Odell Hollen of Wichita Falls was named state master counsellor of the Texas De Molay association at the annual convention in Wichita Falls. Other officers named were Gilbert Glaspow of Dallas as state senior counsellor, James Mulkey of Hunts as state junior counsellor, Jimmy Crossland of Hillsboro as secretary aid, and Ben Russell of Hillsboro as treasurer. They were re-elected.
Berlin reports the Nazi government expanded the labor program by mandating one year of compulsory labor for all male university students. Previously three weeks of national service were required for law students aiming to enter the bar after October.
ERLSO Washington, June 17. Disease and looting drove families from homes. The flood left 140 persons homeless as relief efforts continued. ChanginG Times Pryor notes the event and local newspaper shifts in May County.
London reports a tentative agreement on stabilizing exchange rates to smooth money flows, not fix gates, with approval sought from home governments before markets reopen. Roosevelts tariff truce gains add'l adherents as 14 nations join, bringing total to 33. German memorandum on a colonial empire causes premature publicity. Jenny Dolly of Dolly sisters undergoes successful operation after recent injuries.
Washington D C June Tie 7 Dont let anyone to reclose the mortgage on your home if you think the federal mortgage relief fund can help you. Go to court and ask for a stay, says Senator Wagner of New York urging quick judicial action to rescue mortgagors. Branch offices will aid hard pressed homeowners with applications for relief nationwide.
Nome Alaska June 17. Steve Jimmle Muller took off Wednesday afternoon at Khaberovsk Bibera to cross the North Pacific in his globe guiding flight. Alaska airmen say the long 2500 mile journey over water presents perils but communications show no disaster yet. A Japanese wireless station in Tokyo is contacting Asiatic coast settlements while powerful Alaska stations aid. Wife remains confident at Walla Walla, insisting deep down no disaster has occurred.
In Enid Oklahoma on June 17 two men rode away a Citizens bank safe from Lamont at 3 90 a m after a burst of bullets. The safe held about 5000 dollars including a shipment just received. Sheriff Glenn Davis and a Grant county posse arrived as the truck pulled away, their fire riddling the truck but not hitting the occupants. The truck’s trail was three miles northeast of Lamoni.
In Orbetello Italy General Balbo the Italian air minister postponed the start of the aerial expedition to Chicago due to unfavorable weather over the Alps. He stated 24 planes would not take off today and the mission would be rescheduled.
Wealthy St Paul brewer William Hamm was kidnapped and reportedly held for a $100,000 ransom. Police withheld details at the family’s request while negotiators and investigators pursued the case amid a tense search.
Washington June 17 Secretary Wallace announced a farm program to reduce wheat acreage by up to 20 by 1934 and 1999 with cash bonuses totaling 150 million dollars. A maximum processing tax of about 14 cents per pound on flouring wheat is set to begin early in July to fund the reduction and stabilize prices. The plan uses voluntary domestic allotments with state and county quotas and cash payments, plus a cotton program with rent options and a 200 million dollar appropriation.
San Antonio motorists pay an extra 16 1/2 cents per gallon as a half cent tax increase takes effect for the new federal levy. All leading companies posted the price change Saturday morning, making total per gallon tax 5 1/2 cents with four cents for the city and 1 1/2 cents for the federal government. Prices rise across all grades, while New York notes concurrent federal recovery act effects.
The forecast from the United States Weather Bureau shows generally fair weather for the weekend in San Antonio. Saturday will be cool at night with a low around 68 degrees and Sunday daytime highs not above 90. Easterly winds are expected with a mild weekend outlook.
In Stockton a California Mormon church adopted a resolution calling birth control scientifically and religiously necessary. The measure urged ministers to provide information and assist families with enlightened parenthood and urged congregations to seek guidance on the topic.
In Kansas City today gunmen opened fire at the Union Station as federal prisoner Frank Nash was being returned to Leavenworth. Four officers and Nash were killed on the spot, with others wounded, while the assailants fled in two vehicles. Nash, a former escapee from Leavenworth, was among the dead, and the details of the attackers’ number and exact actions varied in accounts.
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