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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1934
Page
11
A fragmentary piece notes Britain’s wartime ship and air force plans with submarines and air power, plus Darwinian musings on a London baby born with a tail. A Denver cow fells a milker. cows rarely make news, but this one did.
A commission of aeronautical authorities led by Major General Hugh A. Drum includes Orville Wright Charles Lindbergh and Clarence Chamberlin to study air mail carrying and navigation instruments. They will assess training and experience for cross country and night flying and instrument flight as part of a broader review of Air Corps operations.
A 1653 Pilgrim law inspired a Plymouth list of 22 plus habitual drunkards. Restaurants, taverns, hotels, and package stores were notified to bar purchases above 32 beer. Police Chief Russell P. Dearborn defends the list, vowing it stays until the offenders reform.
Forecasters expect continued sunny, warm weather for Tuesday and Wednesday despite a cool front. Temperatures reach 93 on Tuesday with south winds easing at night and a dip to the mid thirties. North winds during the day keep highs modest and partly cloudy skies allow sun breaks.
A Chicago tea company announced nationwide wage increases effective March 26 for long term employees. Under the new scale, workers with six to 18 months tenure will gain 31 to 85 dollars weekly above standard rates at Mt Auburban and country stores.
Washington March 13 income tax collections for the first nine days of March are reported as a shade above estimates. Secretary Morgenthau says the campaign and favorable conditions boost receipts. Net figures amount to 46 22 442 270 compared with 39 25 60 0 last year.
In Darmstadt on March 45 a young Nazi husband and wife were jailed by a royal emergency court for swindling a Jewish merchant out of 100 marks by claiming atrocity stories. The main offender received 30 months in a penitentiary, while her husband got 12 months.
Partly cloudy Tuesday night and Wednesday with colder air. Tuesday night lows around 54 and Wednesday highs near 70. Light to moderate south winds shifting northerly by Wednesday. Also notes colder conditions in West Texas and Panhandle with risk of frost in some areas.
In Los Angeles on March 13 Elliott Roosevelt argues the army air corps cannot handle coast to coast air mail under current training and equipment. He warns that courage and old planes won't win wars and cites underfunding, obsolete ships, and lack of weather safety devices as core failings impacting national defense and airborne logistics. He urges modernization and proper training before future flights.
Cadet James W. Carson of Spartanburg North Carolina and Cadet Nelson T. Samuels from Governor Park Massachusetts were killed when their observation plane crashed about a mile north of the Lewis Bend on the Leon Springs military reservation during a reconnaissance mission. Soldiers saw the craft spin from about 1000 feet then plunge to the ground. Bodies mangled but plane did not burn. funeral arrangements pending word.
Mrs Nallie Tipton Mueneht wife of Dr Luhi O Mueneh and four men were indicted in suburban Malt yon today on a charge of kidnapping Dr I D Kelley for ransom on April 20 1931. Indicted are Pets McDny Angelo Rogzprant salesman Joha C Jolson tenant on a farm where Kelley was held captive after being lured from his home by a phony call.
Reported as two French explorers returning from a discovery mission in Cairo claim to have found what they believe is the long lost capital of the Queen of Sheba. Tribesmen fired at their aircraft but the plane stayed aloft.
Report states the League of Nations renelators have abandoned an attempt to stop jungle strife on Vie Gran Checo border areas. Paraguay and Bolivia are designated as abandoned, with irreconcilable positions ending efforts to halt hostilities.
Washington March 19 Roosevelt submits a long list of army promotions to the senate recasting the makeup of the services Brigadier Generals Ancus Roy Holuregh and Frank Sherwood Cohen are named as brigadiers plus other officers Guy Vernor Henry John J Dewitt John Wiley Canuck Marvy Kaward Knight Charles Michael Wunder Charles Douglas Her Von Percy Bee Bishop Col Louis Hermann Bush made quartermaster general with rank of lieutenant general William Richie Gibson named assistant to the quartermaster general with rank of brigadier general Upton Birnie Jr Chief of Field Artillery with rank of major general William Frederlex Hace lend coast artillery with rank of major general Leon Benjamin Kyomer listed as... Continued on Page 4.
Government bonds bought by the bank at steep discounts are detailed as evidence in the trial of former bank president D. Bus nes and attorney J. H. Cunningham. Witnesses describe purchase dates March 1 2 3 and 4 1949 and price ranges from 92 1 2 to 42 1 2 percent of face value amid national banking holiday disruptions. Spectators watched as testimony revealed records and entries in the bank's register.
Rental fragment shows amounts such as 340.00 per month 18 percent Avenda S2h00 months 117 Zapata S20 month 135 Hess 50 month 22 Fulton AB Jeckena 320.00 month 27. The text requests securing additional information on properties and mentions listings by canauhing and a column on a wanted ad page. Many portions are garbled and nonsensical.
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