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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1933
Page
11
Arthur Brisbane reflects on current events in a concise daily column offering opinion and context for readers, touching on politics economics and social issues with sharp observations and historical references.
A garbled column mocks Americans as innocent abroad while railing at British policy and gold standards. It notes Wimbledon results with Ellsworth Vines defeating English rival Weredith, and references finance, Ford, Pecora, and a German church shift under Nazi symbolism. Garbled items touch on Garbo, Vatican events, and a Wheeling, West Virginia dispatch.
In Austin on June 27 C McDonald of Wichita Falls was elected permanent chairman of the anti prohibition convention after Ferguson withdrew. Bailey warned that electing Ferguson would provoke a contested delegation, while McGregor accused Bailey of legal political error. Other Ferguson allies criticized Bailey and hinted at partisan maneuvering within Texas politics.
Partly cloudy with cooler trend for Tuesday night around 0 degrees. Wednesday highs near 4 degrees with light to moderate winds from the south. Tuesday night and Wednesday morning will be very cold with low temperatures around zero to single digits. East Texas forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with improving conditions into Wednesday and light to fresh southerly winds along the coast.
Paris June report says Mrs Aimee Semple McPherson Hutton planned divorce and cabled husband David Button to win her immediately. Dr Charles Boye who operated on her for intestinal obstruction confirms the request and notes no worsening condition.
Fresh south winds Monday lowered Los Angeles highs to 94 and are expected to persist Tuesday and Wednesday. Skies stay partly cloudy with no rain in sight. Temperatures at stress levels in recent weeks have run 2 to 6 degrees above official readings, occasionally reaching 106.
London currency trading shows Dollar at 4.28 1-3 to the pound, slightly under New York level by about 0.01. Dutch guilder climbs to 8.54 amid steady gold currencies. Paris reports nervous gold standard shifts, while U.S. currency trades around 30.40 francs, up from 20.39.
In Salt Lake City Utah on June 2 Grace Anderson aged 49? was struck by a heavy motor car and run over. A nearby policeman carried her to hospital at breakneck speed. Medical exam showed no injury and no hurt.
In California 2815 Southern Television shopmen were placed on a one day work week basis. They had worked the previous two years on a different schedule.
A fragmented note describes PALTIS and the S-frane and Metra Holes being replaced by s-trane nickel coins แต่ the text is garbled and unclear. The readable parts mention currency changes and a board conversion. No clear events, dates, or participants emerge from the legible content.
In Austin on June 27 delegates were picked for a August 26 anti repeal election testing support for the Eighteenth Amendment. A. Keeling of Austin was named permanent chairman after Moody declined. Mortis Sheppard led the anti repeal rally, decrying liquor ties to politics and urging strict prohibition while predicting liquor traffic would surge if repealed. Continued on page h columns w.
About 200 workers at Texas Textile mills in McKinney went on strike on June 29 demanding higher pay and shorter hours. The day and night crews joined in, with 451 to 520 workers employed across the mills. A notice posted at the factory announced pay and hour changes effective July 1.
The report notes Chicago wheat prices surged at opening with May options around 1.01 to 1.02 dollars and July near 92 three quarters cents while December neared 97 half. Corn gained over a cent to 64 for May as prices stayed buoyant amid government projections. New Orleans cotton rose to two year highs before profit-taking pulled back, with broader gains echoed in New York stocks as grain strength spilled over.
Kansas City reports indicate shifting minimum ages for baby whistlers. Observers note cases from Oklahoma City and local families, with ages ranging from four months to fourteen months as parents pursue early whistling activity amid varied outcomes.
Washington reports 37 corporations with deposits over 50,000 at Kuhn, Loeb. Investigators cite 15 firms totaling 12.89 million in 1941 deposits. Otto H. Kahn urges end to cut throat banker competition, says industry seeks fair competition and regulated finance.
Reconstruction corporation records show about 26 million dollars in profit from February 2, 1932, to May 1, 1933, with an operating surplus of 17,803 dollars to December 31, 1933 and an accumulated surplus of 8,235,778 from 1929 to May 1, 1933. Income stems from interest on various funds.
Washington June 27 price trends show rising wages and factory resumption as the Roosevelt administration faces criticism. Speaker Rainey and Senate Leader Robinson address Republicans about progress and policy, while tensions with Democrats over Roosevelt’s leadership surface.
George West reports the Missouri Pacific Railroad has agreed to move their passenger station at Beeville to a new site. The relocation aims to reduce two dangerous crossings and shorten the route, pending agreement on a brief plan.
Military aviators in Southeast Mexico were ordered to Minatitlan to form a convoy for the bodies of two Spanish trans Atlantic fliers who perished in last week’s crash en route from Havana to Mexico. Capo Meliano Barberom and Lieut Joaquin Collar were found dead in the wreckage near Tabasco. A Spanish embassy chartered ship, the Quatro Ventos, was destroyed by a violent storm, drawing a large crowd at Valbuena field while awaiting the aviators.
Chicago dispatch reports Henry Berger, high Teamsters official, and his wife were hospitalized after being shot by a rival faction member near Lieb automobile. Berger sustained a head wound with paralysis developing later. his wife was hit in both legs. Police say the attack stemmed from Berger attempting to force union members to join the International Brotherhood and the American Federation of Labor.
In Washington June 2 the speaker Henry T. Rainey framed a bold push for recognizing the Soviet Union. He urged the policy move and signaled opposition to Roosevelt’s stance, sparking a controversial exchange on foreign policy strategy.
Gunmen fired on the Travelers hotel cigar store and the Green Hut No 2 in downtown San Antonio early Tuesday, smashing windows with buckshot. Police say the attack followed pressure from racketeers seeking to raise beer prices from 15 and 20 cents to 25 cents, with a local beer baron possibly involved.
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