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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1932
Page
1
Circulars showing handwriting specimens of alleged kidnapers of the Lindbergh baby were sent to law enforcement agencies nationwide. The facsimiles of the ransom notes, believed to be forged by Dr. John F. Condon, request agencies to search their records to identify the author.
PRULADELPHIA May 23 Handwriting experts study notes from alleged kidnappers in the Lindbergh case. New Jersey police circulated two specimen handwritings to prisons and wards for comparison to determine if any match the notes. The circular, signed by Superintendent H Nor men Schwarekopf, asks officials to forward handwriting samples and supporting data for analysis.
Berlin reports that August Wilhelm Hohenzollern, fourth son of the former Kaiser, will occupy a seat at the Prussian diet when it opens. The party candidate was elected April 24 as a member of Adolf Hitler’s National Socialist party.
Sydney reports that the New South Wales government directs police commissioner to disregard anonymous letters in the future. The secretary to the government says anonymity is the refuge of a coward.
New York May 23 Leitin Weil inventor of a stop and go light system and various flying machines arrived at Finyd Bennett field with a new motorless airplane. The first test ended in a nosedive though Weil escaped injury. The craft uses two wings and a dirigible-like design with limited ground distance before descent.
Newspaper notes continuing coverage describe Porter Street mystery trials and defense from Rev H Dobson-Peacock over gossip about Curtin. Gov Moore confirms old Al Capone inquiry offers to aid Lindbergh case while Dr John Condon arrives in Great Barrington to organize a search for the kidnapped Lindbergh baby.
The Carson county fair is reimagined as a Southwest race meet featuring saddle horses and Guernsey cattle. An oval half mile track nears completion with a smaller inner track. stalls are under construction. Dr. George P. Grant, Panhandle High School vocational agriculture teacher and breeder, manages the exposition set for late September.
Washington May 23 Hoover allies press for a mid course prohibition plank to slow modify the present policy. The tentative draft favors keeping major prohibition features while avoiding repeal of the eighteenth amendment. Backers call it a middle course to unite wet and dry factions within the Republican Party.
MILWAUKEE May 23 Norman Mattoon Thomas a 47 year old Socialist leader from New York and Presbyterian minister was again nominated by the Socialist convention as party candidate for president He was the standard bearer in 1928 with 287420 votes and had previously run for governor of New York in 1924 and mayor of New York in 1935 James Maurer and Willie Thomas running mates are mentioned in the report
May 23 report from Berlin says Germany will tell world powers at Lausanne next month that reparations payments are ended. Authorities cite recent exchanges between Wilhelmstrasse and Quai dOrsay as producing this reduction, marking the sole point in the German program.
John Grier Hibben will retire after 20 years as president of Princeton University next month. He plans writing and literary work after a trip to England and the continent with Mrs Hibben.
London reports cloudbursts dumped heavy rain across central England flooding hundreds of square miles. Rivers rose rapidly over the weekend sweeping scores of towns and villages in nine counties, described as the worst in fifty years.
German author Vicki Wainn, creator of the play Grand Hotel, was knocked from a horse on a Queens bridge path yesterday. She suffered several broken ribs and a possible concussion of the brain as a result of the fall.
VIEWNA May 23. Anton Schreiner governor of Burgenland province was shot and killed today by a man believed to be a Communist. A second item reports a motorcycle crash near Roosevelt Field on May 21 where 44 year old Blewart Brozler survived injuries after his plane wreck and wandered into a street where he was struck by a patrolman.
Abilene speakers announced for Simmons University Baylor dean W S Allen will address 98 graduates June 2 for A B degrees 93 two music and three masters Abilene Christian college will have H E Speck of Southwest Texas State Teachers College preach May 24 W L Oliphant Oak Crest Church of Christ will speak May 24 with 95 degrees in June 15 to August candidates McMurry will have Rev R A Stewart preach May 22 with 35 graduates in June and August classes speaker not yet announced.
GENEVA May 23 Albert Einstein declared the disarmament conference is proceeding along a barren futile line and that it is time the people take matters into their own hands by demanding total disarmament within five years. There is plenty of intelligence about the conference but evidence of character.
MEXICO CITY May discovery reported of a tomb at Chhon Itza in Yucatan believed to belong to Maya kings. The Guynephr Foundation led by Dr Sylvanus Morley has conducted excavation at Chichen Itza for years with the discovery attributed to the foundation’s team.
Austin May 23 The Texas railroad commission to hold hearings July 12 on the appraisal of properties of the Lane Mas company and related accounts. The meeting will review the utilities books and related statements for the commission’s audit.
Mrs IR J Thomas of Honey Grove Texas flew to Brownsville to visit her sister and return via Winburn field at 4 40 pm Saturday en route to Dallas. She said trains and Silomobiles were too slow and found the flight very comfortable planning to buy her own plane. She learned to swim at 50 and to drive at 60.
Chicago reports the self-inflicted death of Brneat J. Leng yel who killed himself while piloting an airplane above the municipal airport. In Istanbul, government action follows publisher lawsuits after news of suicides, with Turkey’s press under legal challenge following Tvar Kreuger’s death.
Dean Tella of Ransom Offer in Ottawa reports that Dean Dobson-Peacock of Norfolk says he met three distant customers in a New York hotel who demanded ransom for the Lindbergh baby. He claims the men were racketeers, but the negotiations collapsed after doubt arose. John Hughes Curtis confessed the whole affair was a hoax and the mysterious figures existed only in imagination.
In Washington D C on May 41 president hover invited about 30 prominent newspaper publishers to meet Wednesday night to discuss cooperative community plans for the current economic situation.
Houston May 23. One Her schel Gray 33 cf Gam Antonio was under a murder charge today in the slaying yesterday of A. Chorky"eeanguin 45. Mangum was shot to death as he drove on a downtown street. Four shots entered his head and two his chest. The pistol was found on the lawn of a private home near the corner. Conflicting stories to police. One version says Mangum’s assailant fired six times between two parked cars and fled on foot. The other says he stepped from a parked coupe, fired, and ran back to the car, another man driving him over. Friends of Mangum offered no reason for the slaying.
In Rome on May 23, Mussolini and Air Minister Balbo walked behind the coffins of Captain George Indres and his mechanic, killed Saturday in a practice flight. The coffins were transferred from the Hungarian legation to the railway station under guard, to be shipped to Hungary for burial.
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