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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1931
Page
8
A garbled OCR snippet references children, a father figure, and phrases about taking a break and letting a dad speak. The text includes distorted names and odd capitalizations, suggesting a comic or editorial cartoon caption with unclear context and no coherent narrative.
Birmingham May 16 The Losther Haplist convention calls prohibition the nation’s main issue and condemns growing divorce while urging a nine hour workday or 49 1/2 hour week The report defends religious expression in civic matters and warns against party manipulation of liquor issues It also condemns horse-race betting and notes mob violence rising since 1928 amid concerns over liquor and lawlessness across the United States
Hartford Conn Mar 16 Uniformed police of the New Heaven railroad system will guard grade crossings in Connecticut this summer Robbins B Steeckel sister commissioner of motor vehicles says the railroad police reported 823317 automobile drivers checked and nine violations found the effort reflects the psychological effect on operators of observing uniformed officers at crossings
A vehicular tube between Saintia and Port Huron received a near completion step after backers renounced receipt of a federal charter at Quiawa. The document paves the way for serial construction of the river tube project linking the city with the Michigan port.
Wreckers demolished the First National Bank building on East Avenue Street and found a cornerstone message containing the bank’s first issued Civil War era bill and related papers. The discovery occurred on May 1 in Trenton.
John Reith, director general of the British Broadcasting Corporation, plans a trip to New York in May to attend a conference on education and mass communication. The visit aims to strengthen ties with American minds and discuss the broadcasting relation.
In Chicago on May 16 a man, Alex Churchla, 46, shot and killed his two year old son and fatally wounded his wife Bronislaw Churchla, 45, after a quarrel as she held the child. Three other children witnessed the scene and aided in identifying the suspect, who fled but was arrested. The Churchla family ran a grocery business on East Ninety-third Street.
Edwin J D Mouton and John M Moore Methodist bishops face libel and slander suits in federal courts in Charlotte and Dallas. Rev Rembert C Smith charges defamatory remarks tied to opposition to party leaders in 1926 28 and 30, seeking 50000 dollars in each suit. Officials note service issues and potential misquotations.
In San Francisco on May 16 Christina Miller, a 16 year old girl, was found in Los Angeles with her mother Mrs Lena Miller after a statewide search followed a chilling anonymous death letter. The letter demanded $500 and claimed the girl would be used for medical experiments, prompting police to pursue the sender while Los Angeles officers verified the girl’s location.
A large fire scorched three farm houses, a barn, and an orchard about five miles from Alin, destroying 200 acres. Reported to have been started by prohibition agents, the fire involved several owners and a raiding party amid high winds.
Residents of the Home for Aged Ministers on Corpus Christi Highway report ongoing animal dumping. Cats and dogs left near the facility upset residents, with six small kittens found this morning after visitors stopped for repairs. A humane society exists to handle such cases, and laws against animal abandonment are referenced. Two residents recount the disturbance.
Carry Cahoon 83 pedals from Denver to Temple Texas nearly 1600 miles during a blizzard to reach his seriously ill mother. He rode six days and six hours ahead of her death and returned to Denver, noting storms mud sand and a shop helper on the road. Cahoon has spent most of his life on a bicycle and runs a dry cleaning business in Denver.
In Seattle on May 16, Judge John A Frater granted Theotore Soyland free rights to his bakery and home and a divorce after findings in a mail order marriage case. The case involved a widow, a baker, and an elderly father, with claims of manipulation and false promises in entering the union. The court dismissed the wife’s cross-complaint and ordered vacating the couple’s shared residence.
Detroit resident Mrs. Gertrude Dwyer surrendered after three days of questioning about the death of gang figure Robert Stanley near Oak Harbor Ohio. Police traced a car bearing her plates, tied to Stanley’s last movements with Grosse Pointe Park detectives linking to the June wave. Investigators tied Stanley to a $50,000 fictitious fund tied to Dellabonte and Nalimon, while a separate poisoning claim involved Margaret Owen. Ohio authorities suspect gangster ties to the Kalamazoo detour and a liquor heist gone bad.
Heinz Osterwald aged 10 crossed the Atlantic alone to rejoin his parents in Kesstone Iowa. His mother had previously returned to Germany for health, taking him earlier, leaving him with relatives. Arrangements were made for him to return to the United States to live permanently and start school despite language barriers.
A hen owned by Tammie Hendricks near Hendricks Ray demonstrates a musical response, clucking and dancing to tunes. The bird is noted for performing the blackbottom with apparent flair, making it a local oddity reported by May 16.
College Station dispatch notes a misread OCR describing a farm project and production of clothing and home items. The fragment mentions Texas farmers and girls involved, with unclear details and context.
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