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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1935
Page
11
Chicago dispatch recounts a botched murder attempt on T J Courtney by gunmen in a late night ambush. The piece notes Courtney blames labor racketeers and seeks a man in a green gabardine coat, while reporters highlight rising automobile production and a warning about agricultural pests amid weather and science notes.
Deputies arrested five men after raiding a horse race bookmaking operation at 1912 Noorlt Flores Street and other locations. A large quantity of whiskey, mash, and tickets were seized. Names include Alterman, Yor, Ables, and others. investigations tied to Governor Allred campaign activity.
Mostly cloudy with probable showers Tuesday night. Wednesday turns partly cloudy and colder. Tuesday night low near 82 degrees, Wednesday high around 81. Light to moderate south to west winds.
Dallas march 2 milk strikers blocked highways to intercept deliveries. About 14 farmers at Industrial boulevard disrupted trucks dumping roughly 1000 gallons of milk. Sheriff’s deputies guarded routes as reports of more than a dozen truck intercepts surfaced across seven counties.
Tulsa March 26 report shows US crude production fell by 16 319 barrels daily last week. Oklahoma rose by 3 738 to 14 548 barrels daily. Texas increased from 1 046 647 to 1 051 570 barrels per day, while East Texas rose from 458 646 to 495 299 barrels daily.
Policemen R. R. Amich and Bill Portissil spent a full hour Monday afternoon trying to corral a hopping monkey near aerial poles and trees in Ostrom Drive. Residents complained the creature was very annoying as officers attempted to capture it.
Light showers are forecast to cool San Antonio, lowering temperatures by about 10 degrees from Monday's 20 degree heat. The relief is expected to last a day or 30, before a return to hotter weather. Southerly winds shift to the northwest by midweek.
Denver report states Louis Pacheco and his brother John were condemned for the murder of Clifford Smith, a Weld County farmer. Pacheco spent 16 years in prison and helped build Colorado’s new lethal gas chamber. the Colorado Supreme Court denied their appeal.
New York March 26 Will Hays head of the film industry cites a shift away from the sex motif in movies. He says stronger trends are forming with new art arising from literature opera and stage, driven by originality in direction. He released his annual industry report outlining these changes.
March 26 report from Wes smothered by a cow ends in Rogers death. The animal collapsed in a narrow stall, trapping 54 year old William Thomas Rogers whose body was found beneath the cow. Authorities describe the accident as a tragic stable mishap with a cow unable to regain itself.
Paris reports the prosecution recommended dropping charges against Mrs. Bercowitz amid continued trials of 20 other alleged spies. Switz and his wife affirmed her innocence while her husband also pleaded not guilty. The court may rule on fusing her case with the Switees after the trial, though prosecutors may pursue a false passport charge.
Retired Colonel Charles F. Grain of Pasadena California was struck by an automobile while attempting to cross a street in New Orleans He suffered a brain concussion probable skull fracture and lacerations to the scalp and nose He was en route from New Orleans to Pasadena to Washington for a meeting or assignment at the time of the accident.
A squirrel in the 2000 block of San Luis Street bit a woman three times on Tuesday morning. The victim, Mrs. Mary Hidaar of 235 Gould Street, was treated for bites on her hands at the Robert B Green hospital paratial.
In Mexico City on March 26, Mary Alexander Dahlberg Chapin seeks to depart for Chicago for proceedings while her Yale-educated husband blocks her exit using a Mexican immigration rule requiring spousal consent. He has been served with a restraining order pending settlement of medical services bills.
Berlin reports say talks between Germany and Britain ended with no fixed plans for German rearmament. Hitler resisted full disarmament proposals, insisting others define limits while Germany asserts its rearmament is a fact. Major issues included reintegration with the League, Austrian independence, and a potential Lithuania treaty.
In Dallas on March 26 police raided six pinses where horses were allegedly kept. Ten men were arrested and booked on charges of vacancy. The report notes additional arrests bringing the total to ten today.
San Attonia ends gas price war as major oil companies restore higher rates after a 10 day period of low prices. Early Tuesday stations listed 46 cents for diesel, 1 cent for regular, and 0 for premium gas as others moved from earlier 12, 15, and distinct prices.
The Belgian steamship Jean Jadot, built in 1929, in distress 450 miles east of Halifax after two prior disasters. Nearby Baymusla packet Longbird towed by salvage tug Foundation Franklin. Rudder broken, no immediate danger. Jean Jadot previously rescued 14 sailors from Usworth in a dramatic Atlantic night, with fatalities among fleeing crews.
In Kaunas Lithuania a court tried 126 Nazis on conspiracy to seize Germany. Four were sentenced to death, 30 to prison, and 92 acquitted.
Thirty people were injured when a freight train collided with a Reeseriger train at Shields Kansas early today. The incident occurred near Missouri Pacific offices in Kansas City.
A rental notice lists furnished apartments and unfurnished houses with monthly prices, plus furnished rooms weekly rates. It advertises consulting the rental columns on want ads for full listings and notes an April 1 quotes day, urging property owners to advertise to secure tenants.
Willan F Morgan a wealthy oil operator seeks his year old son Billy and is described as a heavy drinker by ex wife Alice Traylor Morgan Coulter in court testimony. She testified Morgan shot dice, lost $800 at a Galveston nightclub, drank champagne for breakfast, and courted her after their divorce. She recounted Christmas 1933 accusations against Capt Coulter and noted Morgan began bringing liquor into the home after marriage.
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