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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1930
Page
3
Washington report details President Hoover’s search for a new Supreme Court justice with divisions among factions. Debate centers on regional representation, party balance, and potential nominees amid formal constitutional limits and ongoing friction from earlier confirmation battles.
A February freight record from St. Louis to San Antonio shows on time arrivals for every car on schedule across Southern Pacific lines. Elder freight agent F. Loeester says all trains reached St. Louis on time by the third day, with consistent daily car movements throughout the month.
Vienna March 12 Dr Wolfgang Wieser believes some mentally defective children treated with X rays have attained normality. He reports improved conditions after therapy.
More than 20 veteran manufacturers attended the sixteenth annual banquet of the San Antonio Manufacturers Association at the Club. EB T. Laubscher lauded past work and urged cooperation to elevate San Antonio’s living standards and business profile. Honor guests included Police Commissioner Thil Wright and County Judge Perry Robertson, with long-tenured veterans receiving certificates for decades of service at firms such as Alamo Iron Works, Nichter Bakery, and Liberty Mills. Entertainment featured Miss Jowell Miller and Rogers and Fidida Edwards.
New Orleans on March 12 a waterfront blaze destroyed four to five hundred bales of cotton stored at a Valence street dock warehouse. Firemen isolated sections of the steel structure by closing partition doors. Police opened an investigation to determine if arson caused the earlier Charbonnel Wharf fire that killed six people after destroying the wharf and steamable Seantic land.
Nick Marosia, former theater owner, pledged to the United States to clear bonds tied to a Russian troupe. The Russians toured, scattered, and some joined the US Army, with three delivered to immigration authorities and others awaiting enlistment expiry before bond discharge. Marosia expressed no resentment, praising the Russians’ character and noting bond costs he would prefer to recover.
London March 12 The French premier Aristide Briand faced awaited word on the France British American stance at the five power naval conference. With the United States signaling resistance to any coercive pact, Briand and colleagues plan a modest cut in tonnage while declining further reductions beyond 605,000 tons by 1936 despite British pressure to lower to 516,000 tons.
Superintendent A. M. Tintzsehnler announces openings for 183 census posts in the Twenty-second district. Appointments will be made within the next two days, and each selected individual will receive a stipend for several days of service.
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