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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1931
Page
4
Archbishop Francisco Orozco y Jiminez of Guadalajara Jaliscn has instructed priests to preach for the made in Mexico movement. The church aims to promote domestic industry across the diocese amid March weather remarks.
An advertisement touts Midol tablets that act in five to seven minutes without narcotic effects. It promises relief from painful periods and headaches, preventing expected pain if taken beforehand, and notes the product is available in a small case at drugstores.
In New York on March 25 Sir Hubert Wilkins and 19 scientists prepared to voyage to the North Pole aboard the Nautilus. Lady Suzanne Wilkins christened the ship with a ceremony at Brooklyn Navy Yard as ice cubes showered from the bowsprit amid 700 spectators and distinguished guests.
Santa Clara Calif March 25 His light love was only a beacon for passing ships. At the lonely lighthouse at night stood Cap'n Herbert Laff 68 with his 28 year old bride Lila Jones Lill. The bride quit after two days to escape house keeping not to her taste. Lauts third attempt to domesticate the lonely lighthouse. His second wife died last November. Last Friday she Cap'n carried the girl.
The event marks Jules Verne’s death anniversary as Sir Hubert and crew plan aboard the Nautile. Notables including Isaiah Bowman and William Randolph Hearst Jr witnessed the proceedings at the Brooklyn navy yard. The Nautilus will stay several days for compass installation before tests at New London Conn.
Businessmen civic groups and citizens unite against Southern Pacific after announcing the Del Rio dispatch office is abolished and six dispatchers are moved to San Antonio and El Paso. Protest telegrams reach Houston. officials plan a meeting to explain.
Robert Allen, a young negro, was sentenced to five years for the killing of Easler Foreman in a Oneida district courtroom. A Ninety fourth District jury found Allen guilty after a one day trial. Prosecutors said Allen hunted Foreman before a final confrontation over a pair of boots and a debt.
JUPRO Texas March 25 14 year old Frank Syma died from injuries suffered Monday when dragged by a pair of runaway mules on the Sima farm eight miles from Yorktown. He was working a large pair tea when the animals bolted and he became tangled in the harness. The boy died Tuesday after the harrowing incident.
Universal Seesire reports Senator Fess of Ohio believes tax increases can be avoided beyond the 1932 elections. As Republican National Committee chairman he warns the treasury deficit is somewhat alarming and suggests selling short-term certificates to bridge the emergency until revenues improve.
Washington March 25 An announcement states former Alabama Senator J. E Heflin will soon embark on a nation wide lecture tour. His sermons are reported to focus on anti prohibition sentiment within the Democratic party and the Catholic church.
Washington March 25 President Hoover's law enforcement commission will submit its report on crime patterns to the President shortly after April 1. The document, considered second in importance to the prohibition report, was learned today and filed in February.
Mexico City March 25 A treasury decree lowers import duties on machinery for Mexican factories to facilitate establishment and improvement of industrial plants. The rate ranges from one to two and a half centavos per kilogram of gross weight.
Sketched illustration shows a two-piece frock with a lace edged frill im surplice effect priced at 15 dollars.
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