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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1931
Page
22
The readable fragments mention various people and places such as Manav Matale and Bhatt Wylie along with references to New York and Poland. It appears as an OCR garble with numbers like 4.800 and 891 81¢ and scattered city names and roles, lacking a clear, cohesive event.
State highway commission wrapped a two day session with awards totaling 3 156 045 in known contracts and withheld four projects. Contracts mostly cover concrete paving drainage and bridge work across multiple counties including Kimble and Galveston with costs up to 150 040 for a Colorado River bridge. H 57 paving and a drift of grading drainage structures across several routes were ordered with bids due at the next meeting.
Market notes describe steady to weaker conditions at wholesale fruit and melon markets in Texas Florida and Georgia. Reports of per pound offers, track arrivals, and regional shipping activity reference crews led by Ton Waltnne and Tom Watson with varied prices and quantities across fruit categories and destinations.
Wholesale livestock prices listed for cattle calves and hogs across San Antonio St. Louis and Oklahoma City. Readings include bid ranges, weights, and notable lots with varied quality, from calves and yearlings to steers and sheep, reflecting a generally active market with price fluctuations and strong demand for certain grades.
A fragmented OCR summary lists investment trusts, founders, and store references including Founders val ashy Am Fyrind t ADL Ing Storee Reveciated AU Ree ptys. It mentions various firms such as Gram & Foster and Rank Sore rattled Traet Shea, with scattered names like Joe, Tush, and Fried Risit amid a garbled ledger of investment terms and entities.
Market notes show butter prices at rest 35 and 34 cents per pound with No 2 varieties at 38 cents. Sweet milk priced at $2.47 per pound, fruit items such as peaches and other goods listed with varying regional adjustments. overall prices indicate a fluctuating food market.
A dense catalog of produce and dairy items with prices per unit. Cabbage, cucumbers, potatoes, and peppers appear alongside fruits like grapes and oranges. Several entries include freight or crate prices, with numerous cents and dollars shown for items from apples to lettuce and butter.
Readable fragments show commodity terms for poultry and produce in Chicago and New York markets. Mentions include dressed poultry, egg trade, cheese, and various price notes, with scattered references to states like Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, and North Carolina alongside freight and shipment cues.
Grain market notes show mixed signals with little clear direction. U.S. spring wheat prospects improve while domestic prices hover. international markets report firmer tendencies in some regions and weaker in others. San Antonio grain quotes, Winnipeg and Minneapolis reports indicate sparse demand and steady to lower prices across commodities.
A planned network of bridle paths extends through the Green Mountains foothills to allow horseback riding away from motorists. The longest stretch would run from Bennington to Burlington over 175 miles, linking with routes into New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and New York.
In New Orleans on June 24 the cotton market opened with nervous, erratic trading as October and December futures moved within narrow ranges. Prices slipped in New York with July and December futures easing while spells of firmer demand appeared in some later hours, and Liverpool cables signaled mixed sentiment amid broader fears over European financial strains. A separate note records a burglary in New Orleans where merchandise was stolen from a store on Virginia Street, while salesmen are urged to monitor market opportunities.
Early morning in a Roman garden shows Benito Mussolini on a veranda listening to a violin and pianola. Police guards keep distance, fearing to disturb the dictator’s private music session as an American firm supplied the electric pianola through a sympathetic American associate.
England, June 24 A Birmingham university bureau of research completes an investigation into Russian economic coalitions. The memorandum argues that Soviet technical knowledge is insufficient for planning life for 160 million people, revealing a trend of regression in the Five Year Plan and signaling danger to the broader worldwide effort.
British Museum receives the largest dated Mayan sculpture collection from Captain T A Joseo’s ethnography expedition in British Honduras. A decipherment team works on inscriptions while archaeologists report pyramids, granite blocks, and a wealth of artifacts from 100 to AD 400.
Reports from Oklahoma City and Kansas City describe extended heat with many areas hitting near record highs. Temperatures ranged up to 100 plus degrees, with several deaths linked to heat and workers hospitalized. Forecasters expect more heat and scattered storms across the border states, while grain ripening and harvest outlook improve in the heat.
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