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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1933
Page
7
The column lists a flood of names and brief updates from New Orleans to Dallas. It notes a suburban drive-in selling beer, a neighbor and a man with home brew, plus assorted figures in arts, publishing, music, insurance, theater, and sports traveling or working across Texas and nearby states.
Gaston B. Means testified in the District of Columbia Supreme Court about a claimed real Lindbergh baby, alleging the body was a plant and naming alleged conspirators. Means described a nationwide chase and said the child’s fate was covered by ruses and hidden funds while facing prior convictions.
Ramon P. de Negri launches his presidential bid in Mexico City as four candidates announce, including General Lazaro Cardenas and Manuel Perez Trevino. De Negri, a former railways rector and agriculture minister, has held multiple posts under Calles and Portes Gil. Conventions are slated for next January.
Charles E. Hecker president of Great American Life Insurance Co offices in Milam building faced charge of selling stock without a license in Gregg county Texas the blue sky law violation He was arrested by Deputy Constable Jes Dominguez and posted $2500 bond His lawyers Sylvan Lang and Walter Groce arranged with Justice Perry B Meredith of Longview The bond returnable May 18 for examining trial Former Gov Dan Moody advised Dominguez to accept bond for Longview court Becker denied selling any stock and suggested the charge aims to force civil settlement The bond amount set by a long distance telephone conversation
Hollywood Club stars George and Gene Bernard and the Duvall Sisters present a new format dance show at Plaza lintel foot garden Saturday night direct from the Club New Worker in Bollywood.
Washington May 13 The administration edged toward a formal job relief push with industrial leaders to be briefed on their role. The plan links public works with industry and awaits tax details to finance a 1.3 billion bond issue. A special committee will seek agreement on taxes totaling about 220 million annually including a general sales tax and boosts to income levies.
In a community letters column a reader laments a center that bans modern dancing while praising the crowd and managers should better handle drinkers. The writer requests more grace on the floor and more attentiveness to drunks at the door. One who believes in rights signs the piece.
A patient asks if doctors would accept a $1 fee instead of $2 if Winona Adams guarantees the on the spot payment. The writer notes owing a donor over $50 in three months and contemplates arranging a midnight visit, urging reflection.
May 13 report from Tientsin says Japanese forces breached toward Peiping with a thrust near Shih-Helachen and a crossing of the Swan River on the eastern front. The Japanese claim to have relieved the city’s ring by the Eighth Division under Lieut Gen Yoshika Nishi as they press to cut off Chiang Kai-shek’s retreat.
May 13. The national farm strike set to start early today is postponed by farm lenders after President Roosevelt's mortgage foreclosure pledge. Mila Rena of Des Moines, head of the National Farmers Holiday association, ordered the suspension. The milk strike by Wisconsin dairy leaders and northern Illinois groups remains in effect with Atclaron Lae orrter suspending milk deliveries continuing.
In Big Spring Texas on May day Waller D Clive of Wichita Falls and Amarillo publisher Wilhay G Rank led the West Towns chamber to a unanimous election elevating Waller to the presidency with Rank as second vice president and Clive as administrator.
In Arkansas City on May 19 the trained sorrel stallion Billy Rex owned by Myron Bell cleared five-foot bars but leaped from an automobile trailer and sustained fatal injuries.
Chicago teachers faced a choice between more protests or pending pay. With September salaries paid totalling 2.4 million dollars, bankers planned to purchase 12.7 million in tax anticipation warrants to cover half the overdue amount if demonstrations stopped. Meanwhile a 1993 burlesque satirizing Chicago's political machine played at the old Auditorium theater.
New York May 13 P a shipment of 19 000 tropical fish arrived from Germany bound for fish dealers aquariums. The sale is described as one of the largest shipments in recent times highlighting the growing market for ornamental fish.
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