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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1935
Page
1
The Bexar County Commissioners' Court awarded a culvert contract to build a siphon type pipe culvert on the Medina Irrigated Farms tract along Highway No 2 South at a cost of 978 dollars. McCabe also received a contract to move and store a building from the right of way on new Highway No 21 for 59 dollars.
Washington D C May 23 The relief wage board may be set up under Harry L Hopkins Works Progress administrator to advise on relief wage schedules The board could recommend raising or lowering schedules or narrowing project eligibility The WPA said 19 to 945 month pay is substantially just and the burden to change them rests on critics Hopkins noted higher hourly rates for public works highways street construction grade crossing elimination and CCC The allotment board met to consider additional projects including possible dike river and harbor works and city proposals
Two San Antonio women, Mia Terre Bartlett and Mrs. Lane Taylor, were elected to the board of managers of the National Colonial Dames in Texas at a Fort Worth meeting. Bartlett is a new member. Taylor was re elected. Other new members include Sire W A Hanger of Fort Worth, Mrs. W G Franklin of Aus Ob, and Mrs. W Hopkins of Galveston.
Fragmented weather notice listing temperatures and locations across multiple cities and states. Includes numbers, times, and references to forecasts and conditions though many fragments are unclear.
Francis Lade-Lade Tate, a Franch Canadian from the Yukon, boasts of planning marriage to Katherine Smither of Bir Paul Minnesota after she arrives in Vancouver. The 82 year old Yukoner, known for his white hair and long stay in the north, recounts a palmist guided courtship and a marriage after a brief two day acquaintance. They met in Seattle in January while en route to Honolulu and may wed in Whitehorse or the Yukon.
Geoffrey Gillam, a young Victorian swimmer, aims to swim three miles daily for a year to set a record. After three weeks he is fit, though debate continues on whether the feat tests human endurance.
Callander Ontario May 23 Dionne wife of the famed quintuplets vows to bear no more children until the Ontario government relinquishes custody. She, a Roman Catholic who opposes birth control, says she will not have more children while her five offspring remain wards of King George under welfare oversight. Her statement denies rumors of another pregnancy and criticizes the current arrangement as insufficient security for her family.
Experts say a three man crew staged a Fifth Avenue jewelry store heist July 23. They bound two clerks and proprietor Wallace Pennell, selected three pieces including a $12,000 emerald ring and a $2,000 diamond ring, then fled with about $75,000 in valuables.
Pastor Dr P B Hil of First Presbyterian Church will speak on The Modern Criminal at the Canopus club luncheon at the Plaza hotel Friday noon. Betty Longacre Wilson will sing with Frederick King pianist.
May flood devastates Victoria IA area with thousands of acres of furl lands inundated by a slow Guadalupe rise. River at 26.6 feet above normal, highest since 1929. Negro colony boats at doors, pump station surrounded, Wagan Island depot flooded, relief headquarters waded to. Crop damage heavy, yet unassessed. rain may add water. Also a rental ad and light classified filler at end.
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