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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1932
Page
13
San Antonio witnesses a renewed Yo-Yo boom with locals and visitors joining in a growing pastime. Philippine champion doe de Vera showcases advanced tricks as twirling two Yo-Yos at once. A quirky everyday obsession unfolds in the downtown business district.
Police rounded up several Mexicans in San Francisco today as part of an investigation into a plot to assassinate Archbishop Orozco y Jiminez, an exile from Guadalajara. A guard was posted to protect the prelate while authorities pursue leads.
Secretary Mills told reporters the Reconstruction Finance Corporation would welcome an investigation of its 12.8 million dollar loan to the Missouri Pacific railroad. Senate questions centered on alleged pressure used for approval by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Mills defended the loan and urged inquiry to show the corporation’s good work.
Portland Maine March 29 National politics moved to the fore at the Democratic state convention with debate over whether the state delegation to the national convention should be pledged or unpledged. Leaders agreed an unpledged delegation favorable to Governor Franklin D Roosevelt would be approved.
Washington March 29 Secretary Hyde said the Agriculture Department acts as loan agent, arguing loans under agriculture are not businesslike for the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. He described the department as handling loans in a non profit, public service role rather than private business.
Julius August aged 67, former president of Blum's, incorporated, was found dead on the twelfth floor of City Central Bank and Trust building with a gunshot wound to the temple. Justice of the Peace ruled death by own action. Survived by widow Betty Blum August, two daughters and a son. Funeral plans pending.
Oklahoma Governor Murray’s frequent absences reduce the fund set to pay Robert Burns as acting governor. The $1000 allotment is expected to drop to $24.26 by Thursday, with Burns to serve as acting governor again when Murray returns from the south next week.
The Graf Zeppelin was sighted over Cape Creus, 75 miles northeast of Barcelona, early today while en route back to Germany from a round trip to Pernambuco Brazil. The airship is returning to its homeland after the voyage.
Senate and House continued debates and committee work on major proposals. The Democratic tariff bill faced fresh discussion while the Elections committee weighed a Bailey-Pritchard contest. Judiciary opened hearings on Bingham prohibition referendum bills and advanced nominating Judge Wilkerson to the federal circuit. Banking discussed Glass bill and price stabilization with Irving Fisher testimony. The House pressed a billion-dollar tax bill as Ways and Means eyed amendments, and banking subcommittees pursued price stabilization.
About 70 Eastern college and university students headed home from Kentucky after a sociological survey of southeastern coal fields. They met Governors Ruby Laffoon and Henry Horton in Frankfort and were told to pursue court relief for alleged mistreatment rather than state action.
The Interstate Commerce Commission orders the Roscoe Snyder and Pacific Railway to pay 170 328 dollars as recapitalizable income for 1920 to 1927, after finding an excess of 340 058 dollars for that period. The railroad operates in Scurry and Nolan counties Texas. Albany dispatch notes a historical discussion about Peter Stuyvesant's stump and its burial in Dutch Curacao.
In Pittsburgh on March 29 Rev James R Cox announced the Jobless Party plans a national convention in St Louis in August. He aims to lead a march of about one million unemployed and presides as founder and probable presidential nominee. The event will open in the open air with sessions beginning August 17.
President Hoover sent a letter to T H Parker of Canton Mississippi congratulating him on the bank's reopening through aid from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The institution had closed after operating for about a century.
Edinburg Texas March 29 Two former officials of the old Edinburg State Bank and Trust charged with false entries totaling 379612.34 by Hidalgo county grand jury They are L E Tinkler former director and W D Gardner former cashier Bond set at 1600 each Indictments allege transfers from Hidalgo county road districts No 1 and No 6 to the Edinburg school district to conceal shortages Gardner now in the drug business and Tinkler runs a farm.
Washington March 2. Another bid to compel President Hoover to publicly state his view on prohibition and beer legalization failed. Mrs Lorraine C Brower, vice president of the Congressional District Modification league, announced the development today.
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