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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1935
Page
11
Firemen praised Windsor Hunter aged five and his three year old brother Emory after they were locked in a bathroom at their grandmother Mrs W Harval’s home on Feat Graly Place Monday morning. The boys’ calm response and the firefighters’ rescue prevented harm and highlighted a tense moment.
Two brothers trapped in a bathroom could not unlock the door. They alerted residents and firefighters who arrived to remove the hinges and free them. No injuries reported.
Legal reps for Staller interests hire private detective to probe the death of Mrs Elva Statler Davidson, 25, heiress bride found dead in Pinehurst on carbon monoxide claim. Buffalo attorney alleges unsatisfactory local handling as waiter accounts raise foul play questions. inquest to resume with over 50 potential witnesses.
In Austin on March 4 the House introduced a bill to designate four San Antonio missions Concepcion San Jose San Francisco and San Juan as national monuments. The bill would authorize the land commissioner to deed these sites to the federal government as national shrines.
Governor James Vo Mined today named W. C. Mack of Beaumont and H. R. Otto Studer at Pampa as lieutenant colonels on his official staff. This completed the list of 19 colonels.
The Department of Labor reports a 30 percent rise in Dallas food prices and a 40 percent drop in Houston over two years. Dallas February 13 prices are 15 percent higher than a year ago and 2 percent above January 23. Houston February 12 shows a 1.1 percent year over year rise, with gains over January. Nationally retail food prices rose 18 percent in two weeks and 32.7 percent from last year, the highest since April 1931.
London markets reel as continental bears push sterling lower. Dollar hits 4.74 per pound, gold quotes rise to 148 shillings 10 pence per ounce. Frankmark records set as exchange rates and bullion prices surge amid market anxiety.
Ten year old Alyce Jane McHenry underwent a more than two hour operation at Crossdale hospital to correct an inverted stomach. Four surgeons led by Philemon E. Truesdale performed the procedure as the patient, described as the weakest among similar cases, slept through anesthesia. She sang and sent a telegram to her father before the surgical girdle was pinned on. In a separate note, Dr. Mark Francis of Texas A. and M. College was named honorary vice president of the Southwestern Exposition and Fair, to attend the Fork Worth show February 16 to 24 as guest of the directors.
Fremont Older, longtime San Francisco newspaper editor born August 30, 1856 in Appleton Wisconsin, died aged 78. He shaped The Bulletin and The Call, championed reform and the Tom Mooney case, and was revered for honesty and courage in defending the downtrodden.
A severe dust storm swept Amarillo Texas in the Panhandle, darkening streets and making visibility near zero. Residents reported dense dust choking air, hindering breathing, with exits rushed as power flickered and then returned within minutes under a returning wind.
William Randolph Hearst sends a formal tribute from San Simeon California dated March 4 1935 lamenting the sudden death of veteran journalist Fremont Older. The message praises Older for decades of faithful service to journalism and the public and calls his career a beacon for aspiring reporters to follow in earnest service to the common good.
Paul Eisner of 211 Warricon street witnessed his 12 year old daughter Min-Temnty Blener hit by a car while crossing Nueva end Boyer streets Monday morning. Arthur Faust of Essex street drove the vehicle. both father and child were taken to Robert E. Green Infirmary where her injuries were described as critical.
In Washington on March 4 Senator Long hints that Postmaster General Parley’s resignation is arranged and that Frank Murphys director general of the Philippines may replace him. The note comes amid political chatter about leadership changes at the top of the postal service.
Light but welcome showers fell over parts of Oklahoma overnight easing dust for wheat and pasture lands. Rain forecast for tonight into tomorrow brings cooler weather. In Guymon rain caused dense sand to reduce visibility and halt traffic. A brief dust shower near Pratt Kansas damaged several buildings and telephone lines with no injuries reported.
James G. Blaine told St. Louis reporters that freight and passenger traffic in the Kaly railroad rose with improved business in the Southwest. He quoted Matthew S. Sloan as saying the 1934 deficit would not discourage leadership and that government cutter reductions aided deficit control. Blaine warned cotton prices and production pose threats to cotton states and noted talks with cotton leaders to sustain export business in Texas.
The Supreme Court declared invalid a VP-A section of New York milk control law aimed to prohibit sale of out of state milk at prices lower than those quoted within the state. The ruling centers on interstate commerce and state regulation limits.
Washington March 4 The administration braces as Democrats press for a Treasury list of works projects funded by the 4 880,000,000 relief bill impounded for other uses President Roosevelt and Hopkins conferred as a major development seemed possible though no comment came from the White House Hopkins’ return led observers to expect fresh moves on the stalled measure involving relief funds and work programs.
Hulen BR Carroll Jr of Chisase, a student at the University, was elected president of the Public Policy association. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Hulton B Carroll of 205 Lexington Avenue and was graduated in 1931 from Texas Military Institute. Harald D. Lasswell, associate professor of political science at the university, is sponsoring the association.
Secret Service agents raided a counterfeit nickel operation in Goshen Maryland. They seized three hydraulic presses and a large quantity of fraudulent dies, slugs, and equipment used to produce nickels spread across Eastern states over the last year.
police on Monday held three men wanted in connection with a Menway robbery the tourisé ramp holdup and the shooting of Patrolman J. M. Lowther during the robbery of the W. T. Grant store. warrants issued, San Antonio ties to track them, $675 taken. Lowther wounded, hospitalized.
New York inspectors report on the Mohawk disaster of January 24 assign the cause to signal misunderstandings. They state no action will be taken against surviving Mohawk officers as the Talisman, a foreign registry vessel, is outside jurisdiction and the case is dismissed.
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