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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1939
Page
2
A weekend string of traffic crashes left 15 people injured near San Antonio and in Duval County. Notable victims include Trevina Sr. 54 of San Diego and Sabino Hernandez 32 from Weslaco, with hospital care at Robert B Green and Med Year Arts.
Miss Betty Jane Smith and Robert HR Ickes eloped after a Lake Forest College romance that began with his WPA clerk years earlier. They drove to Listen, Missouri, wed Saturday, then continued to Washington. the bride’s Texas family knew nothing of the marriage. The couple now work in Pittsburgh and Texas.
Eighteen states pass specialized legislation allowing nonprofit hospital service plans under state Insurance Departments. Authorities anticipate streamlined oversight and broader access to affordable health coverage through these plans across multiple jurisdictions.
New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia told a House committee the city has 750000 unemployed and urged expanding the Works Progress Administration along with social security and wage hour laws, noting unemployment rose since January and nearly matched 1933 peak.
APS reports that Lieut. Gen. Selattra Tingaki and overseas minister Gen. Kuiinki Kolso expressed favor toward a military agreement with Germany and Italy. Japanese officials noted possible parallels to the Italian German pact while noting internal differences and a cabinet meeting discussing German proposals.
The Junior Chamber of Commerce postpones its semi monthly meeting until May 15. George Tucker announces the change on Monday with County Judge Charles W. Anderson as speaker and Ray Motfnt as chair. Topics include venture weller and meeting site remains undecided.
New York May 4 Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt the 15 year old heiress in a custody dispute in 1934 was reported doing very well at Doctors Hospital after an emergency appendectomy. The operation followed her removal from the Fifth Avenue home of her aunt Mrs Harry Payne Whitney last night as her mother Mrs Gloria Vanderbilt was said to be in Europe.
Twelve ex service men enlist in the reserve under Col H M Cooper recalling officers. The group includes Albert A Baquoy Jess L Willis William Koehler Tr Genders Roy R Driskill Arion W Schrank Russell B Stiekel Harold Weems Fred A Hernandez James A Wilson Roy Shannon and Jeffery Withamnsion. Enlistment in the regular army reserve is open to men under three years of age with at least one year continuous service in the regular army.
May 5 and May 6 treasury figures reveal receipts of 28.15 million and 16,403 dollars with expenditures around 33.42 million. Net balances show 3.08 billion vs 2.01 billion, with working balances near 2.41 billion and 2.23 billion respectively, plus yearly fiscal totals and gold assets noted.
Berlin May 4 officials hailed a new German Italian military pact calling it a mighty shield guarding European peace. They charged Poland Britain and France with threatening the axis and said the agreement aims to deter encirclement by the so called encirclement powers. The Deutsches Dienst described the speech by Poland's foreign minister as endorsing the axis defensive concept and asserted no shift in its policy despite UK and France opposition.
Jefferson High announces a final ROTC review at Techfied 7 30 p m Thursday. New officers of the unit will be announced and lead the battalion in the review before officers and sponsors. The program includes Lassos exhibition and medal presentations to winners.
In Zagreb on May 3 a Croat national guardsman arrested an unemployed bookbinder with a revolver after a scuffle in front of the national assembly building where one man was wounded. Inside, Croat leader Vladko Macekich and 20 colleagues worked on a resolution blaming Serbs for stalled Serb Croat talks. The talks sought to resolve a 20-year quarrel with Croat autonomy as a key issue.
British socialite Unity Freeman-Mitford, 23, daughter of Biron Redesdale, visited Adolf Hitler in Berlin over the weekend. Friends say she discussed the political situation with the Führer, fueling talk she could become a German citizen. Her sister is the former Mrs. Diata.
A fragmented article discusses European moves in May focusing on fears of a new Munich cycle. It mentions Mussolini’s possible intervention in Poland Germany tensions over Danzig and Italian influence in the Balkans and North Africa amid failing negotiations and shifting alliances.
Walter Gifford president of American Tel and Telegraph topped 1938 executive pay with 209,250 dollars. Robert C. Stanley of International Nickel of Canada followed at 214,700, while others earned between 59,000 and 164,450. Alfred B. Bloan Jr and Charles Kettering are listed among top earners with bonuses and stock pay.
Texas congressman Martin Dies, chair of the congressional committee probing the Reich, will address a Chicago Flag Day rally and American labor demonstration in Chicago on a June day announced today.
Dr J Frank Norris Baptist minister visited San Antonio for an 8 pm address at the municipal auditorium and a 3 pm talk at Grace Baptist Church denying any interest in running for mayor. He criticized the Roosevelt administration for war moves and urged a conservative course led by Vice President John Nance Garner. He claimed extensive public support in the East and Midwest and warned against “dragging” the country into war. He planned to speak next in Jackson Miss and noted Mayor Quin would not attend.
Federal officers announced six Black men were in custody in Dallas in connection with a series of thefts and forgeries of WPA and CDC payroll checks over the past 18 months. The arrests followed a probe into fraudulent payroll payments and counterfeit checks.
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