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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1931
Page
7
Queen Elizabeth traveled to Liege and back on Wednesday night to attend the premiere of Eugene Ysaye's one act opera Peter the Miner. The event opened with a big success as reported from Brussels on March 6.
Mrs June Joompson of the International Mexico Club will give an illustrated lecture on Mexico at 8 p m Thursday at the Universal Church of Psychosophy. Mrs Virgidia Rivers Vauve will be the singer and participate in the program.
Washington March 5 The Wickersham commission risks running out of money before finishing the nationwide survey President Hoover assigned. Members and close associates warn that unless Congress promptly funds the $250000 appropriation the planned federal investigations may be curtailed or delayed.
Los Angeles March 5 wholesale indictments were sought by county health authorities over adulterated ginger extract blamed for two deaths and paralysis of more than 200 people in the county. Drugstore owner B J Leslie charged with sale of extract causing paralysis of 14 men was fined in Whittier yesterday. County health officer De L Pomeroy said evidence supported arrest of 20 other druggists.
The sister of George C Vaughan, Mary Vaugay Dunklee, has a new poetry volume titled Yesterday and Today issued in Denver this week. District Judge G Dunkler reports the author’s husband Severo fears Mrs Dunklee may have lost her sight but she continues to write and revise her verse. The earlier volumes Candle and Star and The Large Loom were published for her son Edward Dunlee and her husband.
New York March 6. A Bell System pamphlet shows American Telephone and Telegraph company assets totaling 5,000,105,901 as of December 1, 1930, marking a year rise of 765,718 and confirming the world’s largest corporate business derived from Alexander Graham Bell’s invention.
British naval estimates for the upcoming financial year were submitted to the House of Commons by A. V. Alexander first lord of the admiralty. The net total shows about 258 million dollars, a decrease of 1.7 million dollars from the 1930 estimates.
C M Dal of 1100 West Houston Street pled guilty to negligent homicide in County Court at Law No 1 on Wednesday. He was fined $100 and costs by Judge McCulloch Burnett. The case concerns a 1930 Seguin road accident near Corpus Christi.
Moscow reporters note that three of the five defendants on trial for sabotage of the five year plan gave partial explanations for a shortage of goods and commodities that drew heavy criticism of the Soviet government last year.
Former Louisiana highway commission chief enforcement officer James L. Anterson of Colfax announced his candidacy for statewide office in the next general state election after resigning his post.
Repatriation of more than 00 Chinese laborers from the Straits Settlements has created an unemployment crisis in this city and Canton. The shortage of work has left many facing starvation with no relief in sight.
Berlin March 5 The Helmets, a World War II veterans group, secured government approval to hold a plebiscite on dissolving the Prussian diet. The action follows their demand for dissolution and reflects postwar political maneuvering in Germany.
Berlin reports Dr Ott Kiep, counselor at Washington, appointed consul general in New York succeeding Karl Von Lewinsky. The announcement confirms the change in the German diplomatic mission with Kiep based in Gotham.
A Mobile murder case proceeds toward a jury trial as prosecutors and defense argue over testimony and admissible evidence tied to a killing where a victim's remains were found in a burned car near Schroddac last May 41. Local police officers faced cross examination as part of the proceedings.
Mrs. T N Ashley of Dallas reports a dramatic improvement in her daughter Imogene after using California Fig Syrup to boost appetite energy and digestion. The testimonial highlights relief from constipation and lethargy with the syrup described as a pure vegetable laxative sold by all drugstores.
A quirky ad style note touts a cooling foot care remedy branded Corn Killer claiming quick relief for tired swollen burning feet. It suggests easy application without pain and appeals to workers and performers who stand long hours, noting women in heels and men on their feet.
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