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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1938
Page
15
Chicago reports allege the gambling racket behind the slaying of Harry J. Minor, 26, who was shot outside a North Side shopping center as he neared his car. Two men approached, one fired, then two more bullets finished him. the killers fled.
The market opened with a strong surge as Marlink and leading industrials hit notable highs, while over 9 million shares changed hands in the first hour. Prices fluctuated, with sharp gains and losses, amid renewed buying fever and expectations of factory production rises.
Typhoon and earthquake devastation sweep Japan causing at least 100 deaths and 200 missing as Tokyo endures record rainfall and landslides. Cities warned to brace for tropical hurricane as floods flood 150,000 homes and rivers remain high.
Evangelist Gipsy Smith aged 78 from a Romany background plans to marry Mary Alice Rhinn, a 28 year old Los Angeles musician. The garden ceremony will be led by his son Rev Albany Rodney Smith in a union reflecting mutual love. their past and future travel for evangelistic work are noted.
June 30 in Lansing Kansas officials fear a powder keg at the state prison after reports of a wholesale escape plot. Explosives and weapons smuggled inside the facility, fourteen convicts in solitary, and a general shake-down underway. Ring leaders named include Jack Wilson from Wichita Ovis Eno from Muskogee and Ruhis Ogden serving life.
A Texas dispatch warns of a grim holiday toll. Sixteen Texans will die in traffic incidents and five will drown as holiday travel escalates. The fatalities include children and motorists who fall asleep at the wheel or lose control, with details outlining various fatal scenarios and locations.
Tenders for treasury bills will be received by the San Antonio branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas until 5 p.m. Friday. W. E. Eagle, cashier, announced the call and urged bidders to submit their offers promptly.
New York June 40. Bantingo Gutierrez 20 was found guilty within 40 hours for attempting to extort money from Murray Lee. Four auto accident victims in New Rochelle and surrounding areas include 38 year old Randolph Field who sustained a skull fracture and was treated at Robert B Green Hospital and Port Sam Houston base hospital. Other injured include Lalo Post ward J Pons 18, Bonhart Schmidt 20, and 32 year old Grochske with minor injuries. Police said driver J B Hallenbeck 38 caused the collision at Alamio and South St. Marys streets injuring Maldonado 6 and Nikki a victim Mrs. McMenger 100 S. South Prairie.
United States Britain and France announced a 45000 ton limit with 10 inch guns for battleships, diverging from earlier 95000 ton goals. Alfred Duff Cooper said the figure is the lowest acceptable, with Britain seeking 46000 tons and 11 inch guns, while France and Japan urged restraint amid escalator clause and non signatories.
Irene Gaertner a 24 year old Newark resident was found dead on a suburban road near Elizabeth New Jersey. A night watchman found the body near dawn. Skull fractured with many bruises suggesting a high speed ejection from a moving automobile. The report indicates possible murder or a death leap to foil an attack.
WAZXAHACHIE June 30. B B Bisek, former Ellis County prison guard, was found guilty of murder without malice in the fatal beating of a negro prisoner Cedel Lambert. He received a five year prison sentence. This marked the second conviction in the Lambert case after Hobb McCullough, another guard, previously received a fifteen year sentence.
In Chicago on June 41 Melvin Purvis, the former federal agent who captured John Dillinger, stepped off a Chicago streetcar and faced a clerk who asked if anyone mistook him for Purvis. Purvis calmly replied no, adding that he resembles his famous self.
At Gettysburg Pa, two thousand aged Civil War veterans camped on the old grounds to mark the 75th anniversary of the battle. They hobble together as comrades, recalling Oak Hill and the Bloody Angle, while renewing friendships and attending parades and concerts with no reenactments. Six minor hospital cases were reported, including 94-year-old James Hammaraker with a fractured shoulder.
Weather observer J H Jarbye predicts a dry period with only scattered clouds teasing parched crops in the San Antonio area. Precipitation for June totals 0.65 inches in San Antonio and vicinity, well below 1837’s 2.19 inches but not as low as 1994's 0.18 inches. Through six months rainfall runs 4.29 inches above normal as highs near 84 degrees.
Two cryptic ransom notes triggered a state wide hunt for Mrs. Marie Pierce, 38, who vanished from her Los Angeles home on June 10. A penciled message demanded $1000 or threat, and advised her husband Abraham to answer via an advertisement. She had a checkbook and cashed a $25 check in Santa Barbara.
Albert Dyer a former WPA worker convicted of ravishing and killing three young girls in agele wood was sentenced to death again and will be hanged at San Quentin in September by Superior Judge A A Levit after the state Supreme Court denied a new trial appeal.
Ward Harris aged 18 of 919 North St. Mary's Street was charged Thursday with theft of an automobile valued at $600 from Babe Swanson at the Liberty hotel. The complaint was filed Wednesday afternoon by Detective Tee Jones before Justice of the Peace Raymond Gerhorlt.
About 10,000 veterans of the Spanish American War the Philippine insurrection and the China relief expedition have applied for pensions provided by the last session of Congress. The Veterans Administration expects about 16,000 born applicants. The agency notes reviews the cases submitted and pay begins as soon as they are approved.
J Virgil Scott today became chairman of the board at San Jacinto National Bank in Houston succeeding Robert Wy Wier. Wier remains on the board and on committees. Scott cited time commitments for accepting the chairmanship and resignation details.
Howard Hughes again faces a flight delay as his transport plane undergoes special equipment adjustments. Officials say a rescheduled departure to New Fe and Paris may occur Sunday or Monday. Weather outlook for San Antonio and east Texas calls for partly cloudy conditions Thursday night into Friday with warmer temperatures and scattered showers in the far northeast.
Fragmented local notice recounts a dramatic domestic episode involving a wealthy husband, a nervous breakdown, and a publicized divorce. It mentions a divorcee and various figures, with incomplete phrases about medical help and alleged lovers. The piece reads like a sensational society brief from a late era.
A Texas plan seeks 87 million for a statewide armory build program funded partly by federal money. The Texas National Guard Armory Board urged support in a request guided by recent legislature. Most guard units lack permanent quarters and rent space in 74 cities, with two exceptions.
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