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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1935
Page
10
Amé t ia continues to zig zag toward recovery as the country reveals desire to resume normal functioning. Wall Street gains ease with high steel and bond activity offset by weak grain and lower railway volume. Employment edges up, marriages rise, and money abundance fuels capital-raising and refunding, despite lingering uncertainty and price shifts.
Deer numbers surge under drought and grazing pressure threatening Ft Davis orchards gardens and lawns. A herd damaged young plums at Veazey and other orchards while ranchers report deer drink from horses and feed on saplings. Local officials note unsettled market and policy debates as economic concerns persist.
A Tech women’s event invites all interested in foods and economy to a light food show in the St Anthony hotel ballroom starting at 2 pm Wednesday. Demonstrations, booths, and product displays include Wesson Oil, Planter’s Peanuts, Calumet powder, National Biscuit items, Fleischmann yeast, and more with Mildred Kitchen directing and Mrs W O Skelton presenting.
Panhandle oil men plan a June 7 reunion and parade as part of merged pre centennial events in Pampa. A related program will run next year with an annual Panhandle air show to follow, inviting airmen and oil firms to participate. Governor Allred did not plan to attend opening ceremonies.
A damaged OCR style note lists plantings along Laredo to Muntersection, describing native grande frontier species and Lyptus trees from California. It cites counts such as 345 malberry trees, 130 hide vines, 15 huisarhe, plus 22 Pucalypic trees and 2000 magury fern among others, with 150 oleander trees remaining to be planted.
The Palo Duro development plan, prepared by D. F. of the state parks, outlines a half year program near Amarillo 2 miles southeast. Key tasks include lodge completion, construction of 5 additional cottages, more low-water dams, 10 miles of scenic road work, and an entrance lodge house.
Miles May 13. Seventy year old twin sisters Mrs G Wester and Mrs P J Watson were feted at a birthday party. Born in 1875 near Douglas Louisiana the younger of eleven children. Their father died when they were five and their mother raised the family, moving to Texas and later settling in Miles in 1904.
Secretary Morgenthau will discuss inflation and the wartime greenback bonus in a radio address titled The American Dollar. The program features Dizzy Dean as Kate Smith’s guest on the Columbia network, with Ruth Tryon as a guest artist on the Contented Hour. Cyril Pitts introduces the singing segment.
A garbled courtroom brief lists numerous defendants and charges including disturbing the peace, discharging firearms, and related civil actions. The document references many names such as Tedee Phil Shank, Fred Colier, Alberta Moral, Jose Chayer, V Guajardo, and George Tscoy, with scattered monetary amounts and locations like 12% South Palmette and campus mentions, all in a classified style.
May 13. Friends of Representative Homer Leonard of McAllen, longtime chair of the house appropriations committee, expect him to seek election to the next house. Leonard, 35, a veteran organizer and editor, helped form the Gold Government league and a new Democratic organization. He is the only man in the body elected by two parties and recently impressed peers with surveying knowledge before the appropriations committee. A Wisconsin man found a 54 year old wedding cake slice and a piece of the cake was analyzed.
Cowboys gather cattle as drought scars the Texas ranges. Ranchers seek extended grazing rights into Mexico to keep herds fed, with hundreds of thousands still on the western Texas plains. Branding, weaning, and long wagon-fueled routines mark the spring roundup amid hot dust and fading pasture.
May 13 to 17 include a shore course to be conducted May 18 here under joint auspices of Texas A and M extension service and the Home Economics Department of West Texas State Teachers College.
Hearne reports a 1-A cannery will operate in ten days with Texas Relief Commission support. Wren light and water provided by the Hearne city plant. the canning project will use the focal chamber of cooperation to pay rent. Meats fruits and vegetables will be canned for public aid on a percentage basis. commission will furnish vans and labor and help those unable to afford pressure cookers or cannery supplies.
San Angelo May 19 Py Permatens employes of the row Texas Sheep and Coat Razors association will be chosen at a meeting at Del Rio. The new association was formed by energy er of the Texas Wool and Mohair Growers association of Texas. Abe Mayer of San Angelo was chosen president of the new organization and will be selected each year. H. M. Phillips acting secretary and D. T. Jones treasurer until the Del Rio meeting. Employment of general counsel permanent veterinary and other matters will be acted.
Gainesville May 13. The newly installed power unit at the city waterworks plant now eliminates the principal burden of borough fares by replacing steam pumping equipment. The plant’s capacity also enables lighting and street illumination for the city streets.
Rural rehabilitation clients in Texas repaying federal loans show strong cash payments into Texas Rural Communities Inc. and note large future sums as crop cycles end. W R Smitham says loans funded by relief aid were accepted on the obligation to repay, not as mere relief. Mrs. Margaret Acker, 85, mother of actress Joy Acker and former wife of Rudolph Valentino, dies at 85 in Los Angeles after a heart attack.
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