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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1931
Page
6
A catalog page lists stockings handbags hats aprons quilts linens and damask fabrics across floors. Items include No 2 No 3 handbags at 2 29 and 3 98 silk slips 2 79 and 44 inch Normandy Voile 39 with various colors and widths.
A scientific expedition press reports sets out from Brownsville toward the Vera Cruz jungles in northern Mexico. The party aims to study tropical scenery, wildlife, and service territory, with a proposed 500 mile route from the border. Permits in place via Mexico City. Participants include Luther Snow and Charles Draston, with Mexican aviation figures and a department of agriculture representative.
Washington dispatch reports renewed speculation on the 1932 presidential race after the Prolific Conference and intraparty attacks by Republicans and Democrats on leadership. No official statement clarified the idea of possible nominees, leaving the field unsettled and the public unsure.
Colonel Ladue will address the reserves on practical work of engineers in the field at the winter training school meeting of the chamber of commerce. Other speakers include Capt. Charles A. Krave and Capt Basler vin Drembeck. Lieut. Col. A.M. Nicholson will lead a song program.
Near Bishop thirty five miles southwest of Corpue Chris i, surveyors report rain of eleven inches with most in a two hour span. Residents fled their homes as several hundred people were driven from the area while plans for replanting cotton crops emerged amid storm damage.
In Dublin the nation marks St Patrick's Day with religious ceremonies, a programme of church events, and cultural entertainments. The day features marching, dancing, and sporting contents as communities join in commemorations.
A resolution by Representative Graves of Georgetown to authorize the printing plant to handle part of the state's printing received a favorable report today from the committee on printing. The action comes as the measure moves through the legislative process amid debate on efficiency and state needs.
March 17 report from Austin notes a bill by Representative Bay of Troy to bar fraternal insurance companies from raising rates after a member breaks a policy, passed favorably out of the House Insurance Committee. Snow at the capital delays Washington reports as winter grips the city with fading light and packed streets.
Angeles report of a divorce filing after a cross cultural dispute. Mabel Van Den Akker Simpika, daughter of Baus wood Fender, seeks separation from Fay Festisn Olimple diving cha Mrs. Rimplke tel Judge C Bb Darnell. The judge notes remarks in a foreign tongue and cites a broader warning against entangling alliances.
The government faced defeat in the commons by 246 to 242 over a minor clause in the electoral bill. Cries of resignation followed as party discipline came under fire amid the March 44 vote in the house.
The post office department announced a new free delivery service to Mexico, a program long unknown there. The initiative aims to extend mail delivery from the United States through Mexico with support from government authorities.
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