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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1931
Page
6
President Hoover was contacted by Lt Andresen, Republican, who suggested a plan to allow war debts of European nations to be settled by bartering surplus U.S. wheat over ten years. The proposal asks Congress to back the plan as a method to resolve wartime debt disputes.
The board of education voted to drop fire insurance on $7,000,000 of school buildings in a closed meeting Tuesday, retaining some frame structures and high-risk spots. The move funds an insurance reserve of $7,000 with aims to build to $60,000, claiming self-insurance suffices given long safety records.
Miami June 24 Attorney Vincent Giblin who recently attached furniture in Al Capone s Palm Island home for 50 000 in fees announced today that he and the Chicago gang leader had settled everything and that the controversy was at an end He did not say what amount he had been paid.
In Tuipiedad Michadena seven people were killed today when armed agrarians raided the town amid friction with the mayor who escaped in his automobile. The raid targeted local officials including a judge and a four year old was among the victims.
In New York June 24 the Tribune reports Carl F Milliken executive secretary of the Motion Picture Pioneers and Distributors of America may resign from the organization. The federal council of churches is considering the motion picture group and its leadership under president Lay, the former postmaster general.
Atlanta Mayor James L. faces recall threats after returning from Paris where he criticized prohibition. Petitions circulated for recall, drawing protests from preachers but parade crowds greeted him home, reported as large as 75,000 attendees.
Petitions circulated in El Paso call for organizing a Franklin D Roosevelt for President club. Congressman R. Be signers and El Paso circulators aim to organize city and county precincts to secure Roosevelt delegates in the state race. Real estate ads urge readers to buy now for future gains.
Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi calls for a political truce as the country faces a downturn. He proposes suspending war debt payments while opposing new taxes and suggests issuing bonds to address the fiscal situation.
Washington June 24. An unprecedented number of illegal ballots have been found in the senate investigation of the Alabama election. Judge Horace C. Wilkinson stated Heflin is retrying the election of Senator John Bankhead.
In Houston near the criminal courts building, Strebeck was shot and fatally wounded today. His son Dorman Sterbeck was taken into custody as a deputy witnessed the incident and investigators from the district attorney's office began questioning him shortly after arrival at the scene.
Examiner Weed approves a line in the Panhandle Texas road project. Washington dispatch notes the ruling and details on construction ties and regional impact.
A fire at the Thirteenth Take house in North River New York burned two people to death and left four others injured. Names include Wi Tiro pereana and Paul ren among victims and witnesses. The incident occurred on June 24 and is linked to the local medical examiner's report.
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