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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 31, 1932

Page

2

Final Budget Battle Faces House Vote On Tax Measures

The House prepares for final passage of a budget bill with a swing amendment to reestablish surtax rates above $100,000. A separate oil import tax proposal aims to raise $25,000,000 to $60,000,000 depending on volumes. Proposals also include a 10 percent firearms levy and estate tax payment extensions, with Treasury estimates debated by the Ways and Means Committee.

Rainey Representative McCormack Democrat Massachusetts Ways and Treasury Sebefer Repub Head Wisconsin House Ways and Means Mills Secretary of the Treasury

Budget Bill 9224 Aims To Raise $724 Million In Taxes

Washington March 31 The House moves swiftly to pass a budget balancing tax bill by Friday aiming to raise 724 million in new taxes with 243 million from spending cuts and 30 million from postal rate tweaks. First class postage to 3 cents raised 138 million and a 1 4 percent stock sale tax is likely to bring 75 million. Multiple tax hikes on beverages, admissions, communications, and corporate taxes are adopted to reach the total with extensive amendments outlined.

Washington D.S House Hoover Senate John N. Garner Devere Garner Newt Wall Street New York Stock Exchange Ways and Means Committee Consolidated Corporation Celler Meork Evans California Los Angeles Schafer Wisconsin Fair Play Coca-Cola Cox Georgia Washington, D. C Uvalde Texas

Gunner admits killing victim after initial plea in Stockton case

In Stockton California Jacinto Reyes testified to a coroner jury that after Atleno Padillo begged for mercy he returned and shot him again. Reyes claimed self defense as he faced murder charges. The report also notes tax debates and a Speaker Garner remark on a new movie tax.

Stockton Calif Atleno Padillo Jacinto Reyes Padillo Reyes

Sale of Texas Deer Horns Unlawful

John Vivian of Austin road was fined 10 dollars and costs for unlawfully offering for sale antlers of a wild deer. State game warden E Uecker arrested him. Texas game statutes of 1911 prohibit selling or purchasing any part of a wild deer carcass or Rocky Mountain goat killed in Texas.

Wight Court of Justice of the Peace Johnnion John Vivian Austin Road E. Uecker Texas

Lindbergh Case Probers Expand in New Jersey

Department of Labor and Justice agents operate around Princeton and Hopewell as they pursue alleged alien smuggling and possible links to the Lindbergh kidnapping. Investigators extend ground covered by state police while seeking deportable aliens and tracking suspects including Harry Fleischer and Abe Wagner.

Department of Labor Murray Garsson Secretary of Labor Lindbergh Princeton Charles Augustus Lindbergh Joseph Hoff Frinceton Department Harry Fleischer Abe Wagner Wagner New Yorker Schwarzkopf

Early Appeal Brings $100 Fine in Speeding Case

The second defendant in Corporation court, Jack Pickens, age 19, was fined $100 for speeding 50 mph in the 2560 block of McCullough Avenue after requesting an appeal. Judge A L Matlosk emphasized the penalty, noting further appeals would risk jail. Another defendant also fined $100 for appealing quickly.

Corporation Court A. L. Matlosk Jack Pickens East Park Avenue McCullough Avenue A. A. Edwards Mattock Pickens

Five Buffaloes Die After Stampede at Ranch in Oklahoma

Five of the famous 10 Ranch buffaloes perished in a dramatic stampede at a French stockyard while awaiting shipment to the McChire and Teeters ranch near Eldorado Kansas. Ranch Receiver Fred Clarke cites the encounter as a brutal battle not seen since the old west. Colonel Zack Miller, former owner, laments that buffaloes cannot endure confinement.

Ponca City Okla Fred Clarke Old West McChire

Explosion at Chicago factory kills worker and injures three others

An explosion at Western Shade Cloth in Chicago killed worker John Gil, 41, and injured three colleagues. The blast occurred in the artificial leather department as a chemical tank exploded, sending scalding liquid among 635 employees. Foreman R. W. Giesler, 42, and workers George Millay, 40, and Joan Olson, 41, suffered severe burns.

Chicago Orne John ‘Gil Western Shade Cloth Company R. W. Giesler George Millay Joan Olson

Kuppers Named Chairman of Red Cross Unit

Roland Kuppers will succeed Carli O. Cartwright as chairman of the Red Cross Life Saving Examiners unit for 1932 after a meeting at the W. G. A. Cartwright resigned. W. Dechmat elected chairman of the recommendations committee to consider applications to become examiners.

Roland Kuppers Carli O. Cartwright Red Cross Life Saving Examiners

Eighty Soviet Planes Straddle Chinese Frontier Near Harbin

Report from Harbin says eighty Soviet airplanes arrived at Spashk about 100 miles from the Manchurian frontier on the Ussuri railway. The concentration follows ongoing clashes between Japanese troops and Chinese insurgents near the border, heightening regional tension.

Harbin INS Spashk Maxchurian Kharbarovsk Ussuri

Duchesses named for Fiesta coronation event at Fort Sam

The Order of the Alamo announces two new duchesses for the Fiesta de San Jacinto in-town and out-of-town courts. Miss Helen Watlington will be Duchess of Angelus, while Miss Josephite Leavell of El Paso joins the coronation party.

Clara C. Fancoast Order of the Miss Leavell George R. Gillette Frost Woodbull P. Adams Grayson’ Street Wallace Brennan Fort Sam Houston Dresden Hotker Bess Ke W. W. Palmer Doris Hail George Keene Rman Wedemeyer Helen Watlington Lottie Groos Watlington Anna Groos

Hall of Fame Chosen for Main Avenue Senior Yearbook

The Main Avenue Vocational and Technical school announces senior class Hall of Fame selections to be listed in El Sombrero yearbook. Winners include Peggy Martin, William Lehr, Louise Kramer, Hilton Schweitzer, Ruth Pochman, Artha Eitelman, Winifred Maud, George Patton, Alma Monaco, and Philip Davis with three officers Jane Hatda Ethel Duran and Helen Louise Mosheim.

Main Avenue Vocational and Technological School el Sombrero Peggy Martin William Lehr Louise Kramer Hilton Schweitzer Ruth Pochman Artha Eitelman Winifred Maud George Patton Alma Monaco Philip Davis Clarence Wagner Jane Hatda Ethel Duran Helen Louise Mosheim Post

Renewal of Hunts for Woman Asked

Police were asked Thursday to renew their search for Mrs. Nettie Norris who disappeared here on February 24. A letter from her husband William Norris, who formerly lived here, states she has never been found. Norris is in Kansas City.

Nettie Norris William Norris Norris Kansas City

Composer Weds New York Woman

A marriage license record shows Edward Elzear Confrey, 36, composer from La Salle, Illinois, wed Miss Wilhelmina Matthes, 223, of New York, on March 15 in New York City. The notice appears in a municipal building records search dated March 31.

New York Edward Elzear Confrey la Salle Wilhelmina Matthes

Runaways Held After Escapes From Home

Sheriff Henry Mathis and William Le Blane of 615 Baylor Street report two youths called Runaways fled twice this week and are now in the custody of Sheriff John Loti of Jourdan ton, per police headquarters Thursday. Nicaragua mourns disaster anniversary with masses and public ceremonies marking last year’s earthquake toll.

Henry Mathis William le Blane Baylor Street John Loti Managua Nicaragua

Canada Women First to Benefit From Italian Balm Discovery

Dr Campana, famed skin specialist, mixed common healing ingredients with Italy's essential oils to create Gampana's Italian Balm. Canadian women tested it and approved, making it a leading skin lotion in Canada for windburn sunburn dryness and hard water. Available in department stores.

Dr Campana Italy Gampana Canada Anil Department Stores

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