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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 29, 1932

Page

22

Automatic Linotype Dream Realized in Charlotte

Buford L. Green demonstrated a new semagraph device that reads and writes for linotype, with Curtis S. Johnson backing the project. The electric typewriter spaces text automatically, then a photo electric cell and magnetic relay feed the line to the linotype, allowing one operator to handle four machines.

Charlotte Buford L. Green Newspaper and Press Association Curtis S. ‘Johnson Charlotte Observer Green Linotype Intertype Tyne

Kerrville School Election Slated For Trustees

Kerrville Independent School District voters elect four trustees on Saturday. Incumbents Harvey Hosty Gober Gibson face renomination. Dr J E McDonald Rankin Starkey also seek re election under state guidance to fill two seats.

Kerrville Board of Trustees Kerrville Independent Harvey Hosty Gober Gibson State Department of Education J. E. McDonald Rankin Starkey

Pearsall Hosts Winter Garden One-Act Play Contest

Pearsall high school hosts the district one-act play tournament featuring Lytle Cartizo Springs and Pearsall casts. The winning team advances to the regional tournament in San Marcos on a future date.

Pearsall Pear Sall High School Winter Garden Lytle Cartizo Springs San Marcos

Vets Make Poppies for Memorial Day

Five hundred poppies were crafted by patients at the U S Veterans hospital in Kerrville Texas. They were shipped to Indianapolis Indiana last week for the National American Legion auxiliary to place on graves of American war dead in France on Memorial Day. All states were asked to contribute and Texas submits its share.

Kerrville U. S. Veterans’ Hospital Legion Indianapolis Ind National American Legion Auxiliary France Union Texas

Main Avenue Hi-V Club Elects New Officers

Guy Compton is elected president of the Main Avenue Hi-V club at the Vocational and Technological school. Officers named include George Lehr as vice president Glen Schuchardt as secretary and measurer and Arthur Fitelman as reporter, per sponsor Albert Grueger.

Guy Compton Main Avenue Vocational and Technological School Albert Grueger George Lehr Glen Schuchardt Arthur Fitelman Gamma Lambds Pi Mu National Music Society Woman's Club San Pédro Avenue Woman’s Club John Legate Thomas Jefferson High School Glee Club Francis de Burgos Mesdames Tekla Staffel

District Court Opens in Kerrville for Four-Week Term

The Thirty-eighth District court opened in Kerrville with over 90 cases on the docket. The spring term will run four weeks, with Judge Lee Wallace presiding.

Kerrville Thirty-eighth District Court Lee’ Wallace

Georgia Senator Harris Remains Under Observation

Senator William J. Harris of Georgia is dangerously weak after a recent operation and underwent a blood transfusion last night. He remains under close watch by physicians and hospital staff in Washington.

Georgia Washington Mareh William J. Harris

California Oil Output Falls Amid Largest Six Month Drop

Tulsa March 28 report shows California crude output dropping by 14 000 barrels to 493 000 per day, the week's major change. U S production averaged about 2 158 821 barrels daily, up from 2 155 718, driven by gains in Oklahoma and Rocky Mountain districts while Texas and Kansas fell.

Tulsa Okla California Oil and Gas Journal United States Oklahoma Rocky Mountain

Six Bisbee Youths Rescued After Snow Sled Crash

Six Bisbee youths were rescued after being thrown from a speeding sled on the Chiricahua Mountains. They lay unconscious for hours until a Douglas trapper found them. five are reported critical, with the others injured.

Bisbee Ariz Chirichua

Shouse Accused by Indiana Solon in Hoover Attack

In Washington March 29 Representative Will R. Wood Republican Indiana accused Jouett Shouse chairman of the Democratic national executive committee of slandering President Hoover and engaging in an exhibition of political mendacity during a radio attack.

Washington, D. C Will R. Wood Indiana Jouett Shouse Democratic National Executive Committee Hoover

Community groups pack Wednesday events across city

Multiple clubs and associations schedule meetings and social events for Wednesday including the Morrill Ward Parent-Teacher Association at 2 p.m in the new building rest room, and a radio tea by The American Legion auxiliary at 2:30 p.m. at the Catholic Women's Association building.

Morrill, Ward -Parent-Teacher Association Fourteenth District of the American Legion Auxiliary Alamo ‘Unit No .2 Catholic Women's Association Nacogdoches Street Avalon Study Club Terrace Gunter Hotel Woodrow Wilson Parent- Teacher Association Edison Highschool Los Angeles Heights H. E. McMorris Beatrice Funk Woman's Benefit Association Koehler Park Wilmar Simpson Women’s Association Kate Beeder Alano No Augusta Frankowaik Rose’ Fly

W C T U Leader Seeks Legal Test of Pledge

Texas Women's Christian Temperance Union president Claude De Van Watts asks Senator Thomas B. Love to take steps to test the legality of the Democratic pledge for presidential primary participants. The pledge requires supporting Democratic nominees by voting for Democratic electors in Texas. Watts, Love and others protest the pledge as legal.

W.C.T.U Austin Wrs Claude de van Watts Texas Women’s Christian Temperance Union Thomas B. Love of Dulles Democratic Executive Committee Democratic Party Texas Love Watts

Woman Injured After Car Trouble Near Deming

Mrs Lawrence Tibbett wife of the opera star was slightly hurt when her car left the highway near Deming New Mexico. Her female companion escaped injury. A physician treated Mrs Tibbett with first aid after the accident.

Soviet Ball Bearing Factory Opens in Moscow

The new Soviet ball bearing factory began operation today in Moscow. The first section will produce 24 million bearings annually and is equipped with the latest foreign machinery.

Moscow

Texas Women to View Art

The Texas Federation of Women's clubs will view two out of town art exhibits over the next two weeks. Twenty five San Antonio artists will send one canvas each to Menard for the courthouse opening on April 1 and to Laredo for the Elks club exhibit on April 4 in connection with the fifth district convention.

Texas Federation of Women’s Clubs San Antonio Menard and Laredo Clara Caffery Pancoast Fifth District Menard The Elks Club Pancoast Alex Adams J. K. Beretta San Antonians Baredo

Officers to Make Air Tour from Duncan Field

Capt. W. B. Bates adjutant of Duncan field and Capt. y. Barbeck engineering officer will take off Thursday for a quarterly Air Corps tour of supply matters. They will fly from Galveston to Houston Shreveport La Muskogee Okla and Dallas before returning to Duncan field.

W. B. Bates Duncan Field Y. Barbeck Fort Crockett Air Corps Galveston Houston Shreveport Muskogee Okla Dalvias Danesn Field

10 Year Highway Plan for Mexico

Mexico City report states Gen. Miguel Acosta secretary of communications and public works endorses a one year plan to build arterial highways across Mexico with a proposed expenditure of 100000000 pesos. A free service offers listings for locations through Marr Lou Crockett 2409 for those seeking places to move.

Mexico City Pi— Friends Miguel Acosta Communications and Public Works Mexico Marr Lou, Crockett 2409

Army Y In Shanghai Reports Wartime Shifts Amid Front Line Action

A letter from H. C. Hanlin in Shanghai relays changes in routine for the Army Y as war unsettles operations. The group moved from indoor programs to outdoor events for service members in port, including weekly entertainment aboard U S S Houston and Black Hawk, daily visits to soldiers, sailors and Marines, and distribution of magazines, books and records. Front line postings near the North Station area and along Soochow Creek are described with ongoing fighting and robust morale among the Nineteenth Route army troops as Chinese forces fend off pressure and observe enemy bombers from a vantage point.

San Antonio United States Shanghai China Shangahi John RB. Conan H. C. Hanlin Army U. S Houston Black Hawk Honan Road Hie Soochow Creek Stone Bridge Echang Ferry Roads Ghanei Nineteenth Route

Welder High Leads Victoria County Meet Sweep

Patti Welder high school dominated the Victoria county meet with wins in most tennis events and several speakers. Bloomington High captured track and field honors while Nursery took senior girls’ declamation and Victoria earned top spots in debates and extemporaneous speaking.

Victoria Patti Welder Alice Levinson Russell Heansran G. A. Pringle Adele Catsner Norman Mutschler Russell Heener Leon Adickes Overton Crawford

Rail Barge Cotton Rates Overruled

Interstate Commerce Commission ruling suspends proposed rail barge freight rates on cotton from Oklahoma and Texas to Orleans as unjust. The order allows new rates to be set in accordance with the commission. Hoover era executives of the national service clubs report aiding over 200,000 jobless workers and attracting millions of dollars to relief efforts.

Washington, D. C Mead Oklahoma Texas Orleans Inestate Commerce Commission CIVTC Washington, DL America Today Hoover

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