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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1935
Page
11
Forty years ago Daniel Deasy taught in a small red schoolhouse atop Rincon Hill. He recently had to raze the building to permit the approach to the San Francisco Oakland bridge. The town fixed nearly $30,000 compensation for the move.
A faded OCR fragment advertises Puritan Laundry at 404 Su Mazes nena promising weatherproof wash during rainy days. It mentions washing and delivery options with a bold emphasis on rain oriented service. The text is unclear but signals a local laundry promotion.
Soviet news reports celebrate young women aged twenty to twenty three leaping from an altitude of nine miles with apparatus and training. The event, praised as a feat of aerial practice, yielded a prize of 1500 rubles. Morning papers note the achievement amid state media coverage of aviation and youth exploits in Moscow.
Flooding blocks multiple routes from San Antonio toward Southwest Texas towns. State highway department reroutes traffic via Rocksprings Mountain Home and nearby highways. Some roads remain closed or under water with alternate paths via Alice Llaredo and Victoria, while others reopen to restore regional travel.
Witness Fred Pool recounts the Lisno river flood that overwhelmed Junction Poday leaving roads damaged and homes washed away. Emergency water supplies were set up after the surge. residents evacuated and several cabins swept downstream. A tourist resort near Juition flooded with only a few occupants reaching higher ground. A river height record surpassed 1239 feet, and two children including a 5 year old were rescued hours later by Army Signal Corps. Local farm survey notes dairy cows may be more profitable than crops in the Panhandle.
A makeshift ladder bridge across the river connected Del Ris from San Antonio on schedule. Passengers and freight crossed to the sand bar on the east side with a line of baggage and newspapers carried by improvised means. A small fleet aided by workers transported riders and goods amid precarious conditions per the Painter Bus lines report.
SAN PRANGISCO June 16 Bond payments in foreign gold currency and in United States dollars were upheld. The Southern Pacific company and related parties paid Miss Anke MfiAdon of San Francisco and Jaweleck Redount in full, with interest on Lone Pacific terminal bonds settled as required yesterday.
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