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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1934
Page
13
Arthur Brisbane surveys grim winter across the Midwest and rises of wages, noting fake cures and home remedies. He reports police talk on hi jacking and bootlegging trends, hoarding as social issue, and criticisms of number lotteries and public robbing schemes.
Budget upset by Oulond Washington, 2.6, March 79. 1 () Representative Burns, the Demoperatic leader, told newspaper Men today it was entirely possible that President Roosevelt would ask new faxes to meet expenditures amised by Passage of the independ ent offices fill over his veto. The measure providing additional appropriations for war veterans and government employees was enacted into law last night when the Senate joined the House in overriding Roosevelt's wishes. It was estimated by the president in his veto message that expenditures would exceed budget estimates by $228,000,000.
In Kansas City on a Monday in March thirteen operating room attendants walked out during a major operation. The patient sustained no injury as surgeons and staff adapted. The hospital transferred an assistant supervisor to the operating room to support the department.
Paris reports Premier Gastou Doumergue defied major opposition by issuing decrees to retire staff and cut pay. Veterans threaten action as pensions loom in next savings drive targeting about 4,000,000,000 francs. About 40 percent of government workers faced reductions through retirements and pay cuts.
Weatherman J H Jarboe forecast a norther for Easter morning with cold Canadian air dragging south. He warned of a 26 below reading in Canada and a cold front over Oklahoma, with snow possible in the Panhandle. Ban Antonio residents could remain in shirt sleeves for 24 hours, then a rapid warm spell to 84 by Friday afternoon.
A burnt orange two pound meteor fragment with black spots was found on an Alberta farm. Believed to be part of the meteor that flashed across the Alberta skies on March 18. The rock was driven about four ball inches into the ground.
A Soviet air rescue party prepared to aid 89 Russians stranded in the Arctic ice pack 350 miles northwest of Nome Alaska as favorable weather conditions were hoped for today.
Partly cloudy and warmer Thursday night and Friday with low around 54 Tuesday night and high near 78 Friday. Wednesday high 73, Thursday morning low 46. East Texas shows partly cloudy but warmer, winds from east to south along the coast. West Texas partly cloudy and warmer, colder in the north, with rain or snow possible in the Panhandle. Weather on Page 2.
Istanbul March 29 strong evidence indicated Samuel Insull Sr aboard the Maiotis was detained by Turkish authorities at Istanbul harbor. The ship remained under strict police surveillance as it provisioned for a voyage to Romania before potential arrest and departure instructions from Athens were reported.
Chicago March 29. Un J Masud appeared in court after 37 months evading justice on two indictments alleging embezzlement of 364000 dollars from former utilities firms. The elderly defendant stood silent as counsel deferred plea and posted a 50000 dollar bond, free to travel within the United States.
Henry I Harriman president of the United States chamber of commerce denounces the Wagner labor board as probably unconstitutional and warns of a disastrous effect on the economy as a Senate labor committee holds a hearing on the measure in Washington March 29.
Typhoon SHANGHAI struck off the coast of Kwangtung in southermost China, causing the deaths of about 400 fishermen. Some 300 fishing junks sank after fierce winds battered the sea, according to Chinese reports from the south.
Expanding industry continues to suffer from growing pains but relief comes with shorter hours and higher wages. A large wage agreement affects coal miners and operators across Appalachian districts, with a seven and a half day week and boosted pay. About 146,000 workers expected the raise today, extending the pay increase across the ministry. Pacific Coast Steel plans a 10 pay raise for 300 employees at Seattle plant starting April 1, officials say in May. A wage increase ended a 66 truck drivers strike in Indianapolis, ongoing since December 8. A Camden labor board conciliator tried to settle a $45 million shipyard strike in February. Detroit Autonoblis board meeting postponed. Buffalo airplane plants, contract valued at $4 million, meet strikes with hire-while-you-work policy.
Defense demurrers in the entherzte ment hearing of 23 former directors of the Exchange Trust Company were sustained and 10 remaining charges dismissed Judge Bradford Williams ruled the defendants including Harry F Sinclair and other Oklahoma oil figures had complied with state laws regarding the $247 249 involved in these cases Seven similar cases were dismissed last Friday The defendants included Sinclair his brother BW Sinclair and Harry Rogers a Tulsa banker who headed Rotary and national banks
President Roosevelt anchored today off Settlement Point near the west end of Great Bahama Island aboard Vincent Astor's yacht Nourmahal. He plans fishing and swimming while the vessel remains in the Gulf Stream, with a brief telegram noting a fine night and expected day at sea. The message cited no reaction to Congress overriding the veterans pay bill veto.
Washington March 26 The Senate passed the Bankhead cotton bill and sent it back to the House for action on amendments. Final passage was 48 to 9. The measure aims to stabilize cotton prices by limiting production to 10 million bales next year and placing a price tax on excess production. The tax is 50 percent of market value or at least 3 cents a pound, raised to 4 percent or 8 cents at a minimum. The bill, labeled an emergency measure, would last one year, with House approval extending a two year life and presidential power to extend.
Powell, chairman of the regional labor board at San Antonio, was named by the national labor board to meet with representatives of the International Longshoremen's Association and steamship firms at Texas ports and Lake Charles, La, regarding the unions walkout set to begin at midnight Saturday. The New York Stock Exchange announced it would sell a membership for $100,000.
Capt. Ray H. Skaggs died in a mysterious plunge from a training plane piloted by Lt. Samuel Van Meter near Kirby. The body was found three quarters of a mile from Kirby and taken to Fort Sam Houston Base Hospital. Skaggs, born in Lamesa, leaves a widow Catherine Mickley Skaggs and two children. he graduated from Baylor Medical School and Texas Christian University.
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