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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1933
Page
3
Reports from Los Angeles and Long Beach detail aftershocks felt early Friday and noon, with 56 deaths in LA and hundreds missing. Banks reopen gradually, gas off, bread lines thin, and relief efforts aim to revive business as residents cope with continued tremors.
Wednesday schedules include Italian limerireoart at the Bright Shawl, a Fenwick Luncheon, Tuesday Musical club at the San Pedro Playhouse featuring Sascha Cioratinityk, and a Bright Shawl program with Mali an music. Notables attend dinners, lectures, and dances while members plan travel and donor events across local venues.
In Los Angeles on March 14 the Pan American Petroleum receiver, William A. McDut Oe, prepared to sue Edward L. Doheny for about 14 million dollars. The action follows losses from three cancelled leases in the Elk Hills reserve after a federal ruling found Doheny, then controlling Pan American, persuaded the government to grant the leases through allegedly fraudulent conduct.
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson announced she withdrew Larry Mills of Dallas from consideration for the state board of education after the Senate rejected the nomination for business reasons. No replacement was named, and opposition to Mills' confirmation had built in the Senate.
Kansas City March 14 Captain Thomas J Higgins chief of detectives said Maurice C Marshall 21 confessed he started the fire that killed two firemen injured 10 others and destroyed the eight story wooden unit of the Kansas Missouri grain elevator on February 18 1932 He allegedly fired the building by tossing a lit cigarette into a pile of refuse He formerly worked at the elevator.
Washington March 14 The Treasury reports a large over-subscription of eight hundred million dollars in treasury certificates. New issues include five month maturities at four percent and nine month maturities at four and a quarter percent. Books closed the night of the sale with formation of new securities replacing older ones.
A funeral service was held for Dr. Horace Bishon a retired minister. The body will be transported to San Angelo today for interment, with plans to bury tomorrow in Dallas, following services in Fort Worth and Wichita Falls.
Tulsa March 14. Oil production fell last week due to martial law in the Oklahoma City field, with total crude output averaging 2,140,364 barrels daily, down 21,596. Oklahoma production declined from 4,786,416 to 3,833,380 barrels. Texas rose to 394,978 and 39,200 gains, Kansas up to 114,420, California to 471,000, while Rocky Mountain slipped to 76,290.
Sir Henry Thornton former president of the Canadian National Railways is critically ill in New York doctors report little hope for recovery with hours likely.
Hexor county courthouse suspended all business and closed all courtrooms Tuesday in tribute to late Mayor C. M. Chambers. The pause honored the former leader’s public service and memory in the county seat.
Washington March 14 Senator William H Borah of Idaho proposes trimming or eliminating the 20 cent per mile travel allowance and the 9000 dollar annual salary as part of sweeping cost cutting. He declined a 2500 dollar annual pay raise until constituents approve his re election campaign balance.
The Kansas public service commission issued an order directing 12 city service subsidiaries to revise their domestic rates to a 3.5 cent per 1000 cubic feet city rate for main line town border gas, replacing the prior 40 cent charge.
Galveston March 14. Directors voted to discontinue the beauty pageant this year for the first time in more than a decade. The move ends a long-running event associated with the Galveston Beach festival and affects local participants and organizers.
London March 14. With war fears rising in chancellories and newsrooms three moves aim to avert another European conflict. Prime Minister MacDonald proposes granting Germany limited rights to build tanks while capping all nations at about 11 tons and declaring a five year halt on tank production. The Universa l Service notes Britain would concede on disarmament to accept these terms.
Senator Antonin Garbasso internationally known physicist and early pioneer in magnetic wave research died today in Florence Italy. He contributed to unification efforts in physics and was a leading figure in Italian science.
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