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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1935
Page
13
In Forefront a two story brick home at 126 East Summit Avenue is for rent at 85 dollars monthly. Classified ads list Consull Classification 30 and light classifieds.
In Austin on March 33, ins officials report rising hostility to Governor James Y Allred over his push for a sulphur tax. Joe Caldwell of Asherton urged the governor to publicly respond after the tax bill failed to raise the levy from 75 cents to two dollars per ton. Chairman W E Jones and Speaker Duke Stevenson were cited in disputes over committee conduct and media remarks, with Caldwell demanding accountability and clarification from the governor.
Frank McGinnis seeks a speedy retrial after a technicality granted him a new hearing. Attorney Claude Carterett filed in Criminal District Court Tuesday demanding a special setting. Judge W W McCrory set the trial for April 8. McGinnis was arrested November 3, 1933, after a woman was beaten and kicked to death at a hobo jungle camp east of the city on the Seguin road.
Six complaints were filed in Justice of the Peace Bat Corrigan's court Wednesday against J. P. Hanlon alleging he forged and passed six $25 pension checks belonging to Mrs. Mary B. Clark the widow of a Confederate veteran residing at 502 Burleson Street.
Washington March 13. An Anti-Long bloc forms in the House to blunt Huey Long's power through direct attack or ridicule. Leaders include Rep P L Gassaway and Rep Dies with about a dozen others holding frequent talks. Gassaway boasted of past violence and vow to strike back as Disney urges ridicule.
Jose Perales aged 11 of 1427 Tampico Street remained in a serious condition at county hospital after falling from a Missouri Pacific trestle across Alazan creek Tuesday afternoon. He suffered a probable skull fracture while playing with companion Manuel Reyna, who escaped injury as a freight train approached.
Graver C Ridgeway R M Luckenbach and R P Euler were appointed on a committee by Alamo Branch No 103 National Association of Postal Supervisors to work for passage of house bill No 33 at Washington. The measure would credit 100 percent of annual gross receipts to post offices in the annual classification, potentially increasing San Antonio postoffice payroll by $10000 annually.
Judge DuVal West will accept guilty pleas in Federal District court for the next several days while Judge R J McMillan is out of town, an announced Wednesday.
A brief town page lists events this week including a costume dance at Fagic Hall on Thursday with Midnight Ramblers and an old time dance at Toudouze Hall on Friday March 15 with Dixie Ramblers. Ads also note dances at Turner Hall and Whitney Ryan Orchestra with small admission for ladies and gentlemen, reflecting era pricing.
In Los Angeles on March 13, Mrs Margaret Leahy Vogt former Miss England testified about her husband Ernest Vogt proprietor of a riding academy. She described controlling habits including forced shabby clothing to reduce medical bills while he earned over 100 dollars daily. The divorce was granted.
The article notes Cecil B. DeMille equips his Paramount production The Crusades with public address systems to direct hundreds of extras. It also reports a court transfer by the County Commissioners Court authorizing the transfer of justice of the peace court Precinct No. 4 from Kirby to Gonverse, with A L Brehm to implement the transfer soon.
Houston Barker and Faye Mc Nerley, paroled convicts, admitted robbing a San Antonio tourist camp. Sheriff W. C. Fowler reported they are held in Rankin Texas. They were charged with holdup of a camp run by Eva D. Lawken on February 26. The pair refuse to be returned to San Antonio. An Apex spinner washing machine is listed for sale at 65 dollars.
A criminal district suit filed by attorney John S shook on March 22 tests the Bexar county milk products board. Defendant Es cobedo Creamery faces charges of selling milk below board set prices. Hearing scheduled for 9 30 a m Friday to compel compliance.
Evelyn John Strachey, noted British Communist writer and lecturer, was confronted by immigration officials at a federal building hearing after his deportation warrant arrest. He was seized by inspectors following a speech at North Shore Congregation Israel in Glencoe advocating replacing capitalism with a Communistic Socialist system.
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