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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1934
Page
9
A lengthy, controversial editorial critiques eugenics sterilization, citing Kentucky and Virginia cases, referencing Holmes and Buck, and comparing U.S. to Nazi Germany. It argues for state control of unfit births, notes Catholic stance, and criticizes prohibition era morality while calling for reforms.
Four bandits held up two Atchison banks, one cashier Iverson was beaten, Linville wounded, and seven hostages taken before the gang escaped with about 327,000 from Exchange National and 9300 from Exchange State. Iverson fell from the car. pursuit ensued.
New York March 12 The Schenley Products company today put into effect the 19 20 hour suggestion of Central Mayor S. Jones for 30 percent shorter hours and a 10 percent wage increase The schedule affects thousands of employees at all the company's plants. OWE pact seen Rome March 12 Premier Mussiolini s Mila newspaper Popola Diitatia today said this week s three power conference would formulate an agreement in which other powers later would be invited to participate.
Partly cloudy Monday night and Tuesday. Lows around 8s degrees Monday night. Highs near 78 Sunday. South winds. East Texas and West Texas: partly cloudy to warm Monday night, with lighter winds along the coast. Tuesday cooler in some areas.
March 12 in Washington DC reports the Army taking over air mail duties after President Roosevelt cancels private subsidies. Major General Benjamin D. Powels orders suspension of all air mail flights until personnel and equipment are in position, halting the schedule. Post office officials scramble to reroute mail as the service is temporarily stopped.
The Weather bureau expects rising temperatures to summer levels on Monday and Tuesday with highs near 78 degrees and Monday night’s low around 44. Pleasant conditions draw citizens outdoors as light south winds bring a few clouds and continued mild weather.
A tremor hit Salt Lake City around 8:06 a.m. MST, with a second shock a minute later, causing pedestrians to halt in the streets and tall buildings to sway. Reports indicate Idaho cities Pocatello and Idaho Falls felt the quake as well, though damage is not yet confirmed.
An official communique reports fourteen Japanese soldiers killed on Saturday in Manckun during a fierce clash with 500 bandits. Two officers among the dead were named in dispatches. The battle involved joint Japanese units and irregular forces, with casualties on both sides reported.
Violent mob set fire to a Catholic kindergarten in Concepcion district while civil guards moved in to stop the attack and rescue children. The violence, part of Vinlengo outbreaks, damaged furnishings and spurred multiple clashes as guards dispersed groups, arrested several, and thwarted attempts to overturn streetcars in Las Condes and Dingo Leon districts.
The House approved immediate consideration of a cash bonus plan by a 213 to 104 vote, a two-thirds majority needed to override a veto. Debate lasted about an hour as Democrats led support for using United States notes to finance the proposal, while Senate stance remains unclear.
An NRA survey reported today shows strong congressional support for shorter industrial hours. It signals possible administration moves toward legislation to cut hours by 10 percent with unchanged pay if industrial resistance remains high.
Washington March poll by International News Service shows the St Lawrence waterway treaty defeated in the Senate 42 for ratification to 47 against ratification. President Roosevelt had appealed for ratification though the outcome appears clear. The full Senate tally published confirms the opposition margin.
McAllen March 12 The indictment against H L Goss of Mercedes over alleged irregularities in relief fund administration in Hidalgo County was dismissed on the district attorney's motion. Walker to Go Home London March 12 Pyte fer Mayor James J Walker denied dodging income taxes and announced plans to return home and resume law practice.
A Tokyo published statement by William Randolph Hearst argues the United States should focus on domestic issues. He warns intervention abroad risks distractions, war taxation, and the rise of communism fascism and other "isms" while endorsing Washington's policy of minding its own business. He recalls World War I as a mistake.
Spectators watched as U.S. marshal led the crowd into the federal court for opening testimony in the trial of Z. L. Bonner former Commercial National Bank president John Cunningham and four others charged in a scheme to unlawfully acquire government bonds valued at about 6000000. Royster testified he offered bonds to Cunningham below market cost and met him in 1982 in Dallas. Defense attorneys objected repeatedly as Royster described seeing bonds.
OCR fragment shows numerous rental offerings including furnished and unfurnished units with monthly rents and partial addresses. Details are garbled with misread street names and numbers, but multiple properties on Broadway Mebane Avondate Princeton and other locations are evident alongside durations like months and weeks.
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