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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1939
Page
4
A Braniff flight crashed near Oklahoma City injuring one survivor and killing eight, including Captain Seaton. Witnesses and family report survivors found amid flames as crews fought the wreckage. The Oklahoma City stopover delayed some passengers.
The U S Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia suspended the wartime minimum wage schedule for the steel industry after a lower court blocked Perkins wage orders. Seven eastern steel producers won an injunction, with the issue to be reviewed by the circuit court. The wage scale remains suspended until a decision.
An oratorical event features eight San Antonio Catholic high schools. Contestants include Dan Pragott General Catholic High, Elizabeth Arne Dodds Immaculate Word, Laura Sawyer St. Marys Parochial, Marjorie Ursuline Academy, Barbara Ann Menger St. Marys High, Frances Jongmann St. Henry Academy, Every Ellison Blessed Sacrament Academy. The competition at Central Catholic High School will begin at 8 45 p m Tuesday with topics on Catholic foreign and home missions.
New York March 27 The American Iron and Steel Institute today issued a forecast showing operations in the steel industry for the current week advancing to 64 percent of capacity, the highest level this year. A month ago the rate was 58.? percent. last week 54. The report notes improved activity compared with earlier months.
Washington reports ongoing Navy search for the missing sloop carrying Charlie King and his wife near the Panama Canal zone. Senator Clark says no trace has been found since the vessel was sighted off Cape Mala on March 12. family members request further efforts.
Mexico City reports Col Edgar Smoot, a 77 year old American, freed after three hours in jail following a 1922 contraband wine shipment charge. The release came after American Ambassador Daniels intervened with Foreign Minister Hay. The Smoot matter has sparked a clash between Mexico’s legislature and the Supreme Court over water-front property rights in Manzanilla and a 1917 constitutional ban on foreign ownership near coasts. Congressional critics labeled the judges traitors for ruling the water claim valid.
In London on March 27 the British government rejected proposals for an economic boycott of Germany or joining with American cooperation to apply league penalties. Richard Austen Butler said Britain was not considering a boycott while Viscount Halifax might consider sanctions with American help. Chamberlain said Romania has not sacrificed economic independence in its new treaty with Germany and stressed continued trade missions to Bucharest.
Advertises Black and White Ointment as an antiseptic dressing for superficial pimples itching burning soreness and conditions like dry eczema and ringworm caused by external factors, recommending use with Black and White Skin Hoag offerings.
Tucson dispatch reports Robert II Moors a brakeman seeking a new life after heiress wife disclosed a 2.75 million dollar inheritance from her London mother Roselyn K. Perkins. He contemplates Hollywood or a new home as reporters crowd the Hideaway.
Mrs A L Smith visiting Corpus Christi parked on West Commerce Street and, after dinner at the Gunter hotel, entered a nearby car. She started the vehicle and used the keys, mistaking it for Nick Persia’s car on the same block. Police found Persia’s stolen car at the hotel garage and returned the correct vehicles to both owners.
Washington March 27 The commerce department reported that American income rose in January and February versus 1938, with living costs 13 percent lower. February totals across wages dividends interest and relief payments reached 5 billion dollars, about 15 million more than February 1938.
Judge John F. Onios overruled a general demurrer in Seventy third District Court on Monday in a suit by rural justices of the peace and constables seeking an injunction against enforcing the commissioners court order. The order, passed March 1 to redraw precincts and remove 10 main highways from rural authorities, drew protests from rural officers citing unfairness and public inconvenience. The court recessed at 2 p.m. as Assistant District Attorney T. H. Ridgeway prepared an answer for the Commissioners Court.
Classified ad urges renters to advertise vacant rooms apartments or houses in April. Encourages quick tenancy with a cost effective scheme. Contact details suggest a dialing instruction F-143L for advertisement placement. Local real estate promo tone with brief, directive language.
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