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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1938

Page

2

Wom an five given wandering Jews of Kittsee on 0 5 years in slating

A Detroit court on June 11 sentenced Ouis Barker to 10 to 15 years for manslaughter in the death of Edith Cummings, denying she fired a pistol during an argument. Barker protests innocence as the body lies in a snow ravine near Belleville. A related Kentucky fraud case is noted. In Prague,June 17, Nazis decree 3000 Austrian Jews must become Juden fre with border exodus by mid June.

Detroit Phith Mae Civernines W. Jayne Barker Edith Mse Cummings Mire Cummings Belleville Msth Bils Barker Kentucky Prague Austria Burgenland Hungary Crebodovakia Tluir Reir the & B Vlages

Wandering Jews of Ruisee Reach Danube Barge Refuge

In a Danube barge anchored inside the Hungarian line, 51 Jews led by Aladar Reissnetz recount a trek from Kilwee to a tri-border area where expulsion and barbed wire caused days of wandering. They describe beatings, confiscations, and a final shelter aboard a chartered boat, awaiting escape to America as they face destitution and depopulated homes. Families name kin in the United States as allies and hope grows amid hunger, cold, and political indifference.

Ruisee Danube Jase Aladar Reissnetz Hungary Aus Austria No-Man's Yan S Bratislava Eittsee Lars Childress Oedenburg Kilwee Gimalty

Terror in Berlin as Nazi raids target Jews

Berlin reports a new wave of Nazi supervision with frequent police raids on public venues and Jewish homes. A harsh decree tightens Jewish influence across business and life, triggering fear among Berlin Jews as raids spread from West Erd to poorer areas. Two American newspaper men were briefly detained during raids and released after an hour.

Berlin Germany West Erd Shire America

Blizzard the Maltese Cat Strays, Owner Offers Reward

Mrs. Bis T. Baggett of 1715 Mali avenue reports her Maltese cat Blizzard went missing from the 1500 block near Firasanton road around June. She offers a reward for the return, and notes the pet would be about 20 years old if alive, with 9 lives referenced in a whimsical tone.

Bis T. Baggett Mali Avenue Biizeard

Texan Dead and Injured in Fort Stockton Crash

One man died and another was seriously injured in a truck accident near Fort Stockton yesterday. Teney Nelson, San Angelo, was killed when the outfit overturned while hauling a shearing crew. J. W. Cockburn of San Angelo sustained a broken neck.

Port Stockton Nsi Manay Fort Stockton Teney Nelson Sin Angelo J. W. Cockburn Fen Angelo Beck

Watermelon Crop Grows as Texas Market Opens

Texas markets report a bumper watermelon crop with early fruit arriving from South Texas. Prices range from 25 to 50 cents per melon depending on market and buyer skill, with wholesale early melons quoted around 42.5 to 150 per hundred. Weather in the next two weeks will largely shape the season, as Texas acreage shows growth despite a prior year decline.

Lie Fraae Texas Brieglng Hope Fork Desser Big City San Antonio Tyler Walker

Baron Rothschild Held By Nazis for Ransom

London dispatch reports the Nazi occupation holding Baron Lapis de Austels Rothschild at the Hotel Metropole in Vienna for ransom, with a claimed demand of about 16 million dollars. The Daily Herald notes negotiations and asserts the ransom links to the 1931 collapse of the Anstalt bank and credits the baron as Vienna branch head.

London Lapis de Austels Rothschild

Prison arms cache probed at Eastham farm bridge

Huntsville police and investigators questioned Duke 17 and C. J. Hllingson over an 85 percent loaded gun cache found under a bridge near Eastham farm. A canine sergeant unit assisted in uncovering three shotguns and three rifles yesterday as authorities vowed to uncover full details.

Huntsville Duke C. J Hllingson Innield Eastham Farm Islington

Two San Antonians Treated for Burns

Edward Hill aged 18 suffered burns to ears eyelids and nose when gas plumbing parts caught fire during cleaning duties. A Baird aged 29 of 273 Bryant Street sustained burns to left arm and lower face when a barrel of hot tar upset while topping a highway in South San Antonio.

Robert B. Greet Hospital Edward Hill A. Baird Bryant Street San Antonio

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