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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1931
Page
1
Reports from Madrid describe anti clerical rioting with churches and Jesuit sites burned as police and organized groups attacked religious centers. The piece also notes Japan’s royal party disappointment at Niagara Falls and Senator Borah pressing silver policy amid global monetary concerns. it closes with obituaries and political commentary.
Widespread arson targets Catholic churches and convents as Spain's republican government imposes martial law to restore order. President Alcala Zamora vows firm action against agitators while bishops and Cardinal Segura urged Catholics to back candidates defending church interests. In Madrid a tense election atmosphere with arrests and restrained business.
Unseasonably warm air returns as a warm spell is forecast for Tuesday night through Wednesday. Jurboe of the weather bureau says temperatures will rise, with a high near 84 degrees on Wednesday and a low around 60 Tuesday night. ]]>
Reno Nevada May 12 Mayor B BE Roberts who supports whiskey and street corner dippers appoints Rev E F Jones state superintendent of the Anti-fe Town league as a regular member of the police department. Jones will lead a patrol wing at a river park and promote a municipal liquor program to run bootleggers out of business. Reverend Jones is an ordained Methodist Episcopal clergyman and will enforce laws as a new officer.
Aimee Semple MacPherson, pale and nervous, arrives in New York for a four month world tour aimed at aiding her recovery from a breakdown. She travels with her party including daughter Roberta Bradley Smyth who marries during the journey. Reports from Los Angeles claim a forthcoming book may reveal undisclosed facts about her alleged kidnapping.
The Light plans to broadcast election results after polls close at 7 pm with a radio and telephone system. A telephoned reference service will provide figures, and a special election table will be aired to show precinct results exactly as reported.
Official denial issued in Bucharest claiming no reconciliation between Queen Helen and King Carol of Romania was contemplated. The report notes the Royal couple remained unreconciled and no settlement was planned.
Mexico City May 12 The government through Gen Mijares Palencia chief of the federal district claimed to have thwarted a grave revolutionary plot. Cabrera a former finance minister was arrested and allowed to leave for Guatemala. Investigations continue with several politicians and ex army officers implicated. The conspirators met in a private home planning an armed move against the Habio administration but were discovered in time. Raul Madera was suspected of complicity and deportation reports were denied.
The article details post election disruptions in Seventy-tdle district court where Judge Robert Stevens handled disputes. Warl Marshall of 341 Cottonwood Street was briefly jailed after voting and polling tax issues, then released by agreement between city attorney Gail Wright Johnson and league lawyer RW Be n Terrell. Francisco Hernandez, 60, was arrested for ballot handling after being unable to read, deemed ineligible to vote. James Ladson, a pardoned former convict, faced a pending decision on his voting rights as investigators query status from Austin. Additional questions arose over the legality of 60 election officers’ deployment as Detective Massey and attorney Carl Wright Johnson scrutinize the administration ticket.
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