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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1936
Page
1
The article reports ongoing debate over a possible reprieve for Bruno Hauptmann in the Lindbergh kidnapping case. Gov. Hoffman seeks guidance from the attorney general to extend investigations, while prosecutors press for court action to halt any execution.
The article reports Marlene Dietrich agreeing to co star with Charles Boyer in The Garden of Rush while Merle Oberon shifts to Dark Victory. It notes Dietrichs private color tests, Kerda delaying his project, Fred Astaire on the REO lot, and Ken Maynard pursuing international earnings amid legal barriers.
Washington March 7. The Justice Department declared the Lindbergh case closed for federal participation. Officials recalled the last request to reopen the investigation came months ago from Governor Hoffman of New Jersey. Attorney General Cummings told reporters federal agents who aided Hauptmann’s capture would not be reassigned to the case. The department’s involvement ended long ago.
Newly elected elders and deacons of the First Presbyterian Church will be installed after the Sunday morning sermon by Pastor Dr. J. Hill. Church school pupils will be examined for church membership at 10 a.m. and will receive the Lord's Supper. Sunday, April 5. The fourth of a series of sermons by Dr. Hill at 7:00 focuses on Measurer What Is Your.
A Porty-tiith District Court jury awarded Miss L. N. Osburngal 210 for injuries after a nurse at Nix hospital allegedly broke a hypodermic needle in her leg on May 9 last. The panel found the incident was accidental with no negligence by the nurse. Osburn sought 7600 in damages from the hospital.
Treasury daily position shows receipts 19354 174.70, expenditures 20944139.14, net balance 7914398426.91, customs receipts 29725696.04, yearly receipts since July 3 3050369167.95, expenditures 5268762878.46, emergency expenditures 2 MHATIOILES, excess outlay 2206 GOZ. Gross debt 31430057. BETS3 shows a decrease of 31938681 25 from prior day amid gold reserves 1017724568797.
Judge Tyyloe in Forty-fifth District Court Friday granted a derver suspension of the concusion of a beer and wine permit sued by O. S. Laird operator of the Mule Bar. Laird appeals the Texas Liquor Control Board decision canceling the permit alleging the action was unwarranted and vague. Laird has been sole owner since March first, previous ownership held with Blake. Gillinger filed the petition four weeks ago with the liquor board.
Private I E Tsylaz, 31, of 2 Refugio Street, was treated at Robert B. Gheat Hospital for knife wounds to head and chest suffered in an incident Friday night at the IM pinch location.
Yvonne Geto Em Up Early marks her twenty second month as she climbs from bed at Dafoe Hospital. Her four sisters gather in curiosity while nurses respond to the morning stir. Dr Allan Roy Dafoe notes the notable initiative of the quintuplets as they near their second birthday on May 24.
A New York report describes five women dubbed prunettes and blondes whose fame stems from Fioretti Zieefeld. They form a sorority to aid undernourished Ziegfeld girls, staging parties to fundraise. turnout seems small, eight of potential two thousand, with plans for chapters nationwide and cocktail events to boost attendance.
Barrymore dismisses rumors of a quarrel with Ariel Barrymore and asserts harmony with Elaine Burril and the Doth, noting he will decide when to leave for New York and that a joint stage appearance is quite probable.
A new musical Colleen debuts as a midnight show at the Majestic. Dick Powell Ruby Keeler Joan Blondell and Jack Oakie lead a lively comedy romance with songs and dance routines, featuring a plot of romance, golddiggers and a feuding uncle.
Paris reports the air ministry closed a wide eastern Prance region to all planes except official military flights due to indiscretions by foreign aircraft. Police units will pursue any crossing planes, with swift French planes to photograph suspected craft and demand proof or protest if needed. The Reich characterized two German planes over frontier fortifications as student planes.
Sixteen year old Joh Seeley, injured last November, eyes artificial limbs through a novel grafting method described by a Newark orthopedic surgeon. The approach uses muscle grafts and a tube under the muscle to create a basis for prosthetic arms and hands to move with patient muscle action after healing.
In Cologne on March 28 1936 Adolf Hitler closed his election campaign amid religious appeals urging a yes vote in the Reichstag election. He urged Germans to sing Lord Make Us Free while a nationwide loudspeaker network broadcast his Cologne address. Hitler and Joachim von Ribbentrop conferred on Rhineland tensions as the Locarno pact and Versailles terms loom. More than 42 million voters are to cast ballots with Jews largely removed from the electorate.
Attorney General Beverly Mt. Vins issued an informal opinion stating no person may claim the title of Kentucky colonel, either in Kentucky or elsewhere, effectively disowning the Kentucky Colonels tradition and affecting about 17,100 individuals previously bearing the title.
Occupants of 115 Washington Street fled an early Saturday blaze that started in a half hardwood area of the three story building. The flames closed the front exits, forcing escape via rear outdoor stairways. Damage was estimated at 400 dollars. Local fire officials noted Jy. E. Vernor witnessed the incident.
A bold all Sunday circulation push promotes recovery by educating the broadest audience. The announcement urges broad engagement and emphasizes mass accessibility for pets and missing readers.
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