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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1931
Page
2
Judge J T Buckler weighs if a sealskin coat bought by Mrs Aaron Weinstein is a necessity after her husband refused payment for $175, suit filed by a farrier. The case centers on whether the garment was essential under the law.
A two passenger high wing cabin plane for amateur sport use will be marketed soon by a Colorado Springs company. The high wing monoplane will feature tool proof devices and is expected to sell around 1500 dollars. The announcement appeared here recently.
Arturo Toscanini, struck in the face and expelled from Bologna after he refused to conduct a Fascist national anthem at a concert. He was ordered to Milan as a crowd protested at the theater door and a larger demonstration followed at his hotel. Comitati Mario Ghennelli spoke with Toscanini’s wife before the order to leave town.
On a New Haven campus dated May 15, a student run travel bureau promotes an Europe trip as a remedy for the summer mood slump. The poster asks Genlora You won t be able to er t x jos this summer and questions delaying travel until the mood improves.
In Washington DC on May 16 a python at the zoo finally ate a deer after four months of starvation. The serpent usually consumes a pin every two to three weeks and had paused since December, only to be tempted by the deer. A stray promotional note ends with a junk sentence about contractors in classified ads.
San Francisco May 15 federal officers raided a large unlawful alcohol operation near South San Francisco. A million-dollar still plant, built to industrial standard with cooling and packaging systems, was seized with no one present. Prohibition Administrator William Walker called it the largest, most efficient plant seized in the state since he took office.
Mippletown Cent May 15 Flerman Anran of New York is named to Wesleyan university board of trustees for long friendship and business ties with Wesleyan alumni. An active benefactor of the university.
DERLIN May 18 CP-Worll reports a piece from the Wegener relic expedition in Greenland says the explorer's sled and skis have been found but no trace of the explorer. Weather notes include precipitation totals, wind, and temperature shifts, with conditions described as moderate winds and terrain variations across the region.
The 24 year old Clementine Chanpel reported a theft at her San Francisco studio as a thief entered by window and stole a $2000 violin. The girl, a promising violinist and Conservatory scholarship recipient, is under police inquiry with details provided by her father Louis Chanpel. Neighbors had complained about the studio.
A reader identifies a May 7 1031 Open Forum letter in the San Antonio Light and asks the author to contact them. The letter discussed street car employees. The note mentions Leslif G C Bingel of 104 Marshall Street and a link to a vanished violin. It also references a barking issue tied to a removed flag in a room.
Fort Worth observers report a session of the Graduate Nurses Association of Texas where speakers urged action over unregistered nurses and graduates of nursing schools employed by doctors ahead of regularly registered nurses. The discussion highlighted concerns about staffing standards and professional qualifications.
Washington May 1 The United States on behalf of the administration indicated readiness to take part in an international conference to discuss the silver question In a first public reply from official quarters Undersecretary Castle said the country was prepared to participate The dispatch notes Crockett 2100 after 0 oclock tonight for complete election reburne
Brussels reports that egg exports to Belgium sharply declined from about 12 million to 5 million during the war and early postwar years. A 1920 record shows a rebound to 22 million, reflecting shifting wartime supply and trade patterns.
An inquest in Chicago on May 15 examined a note left by Paul Lucicke stating that Governor Emerson’s veto of the dry repeal bill killed him. The document was read aloud at the hearing, detailing the claimed cause of death as the vetoed repeal.
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