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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1932
Page
5
Britain pledges to resume suspended wartime debt payments to the United States. An agreement for repayment over ten years at four percent interest has been sent from the foreign office to Sir Ronald Lindsay in Washington. Officials expect swift signing with no further talks needed.
Paris May 24 Fernando and Guillermo Ortiz Rubio sons of Mexico’s president arrived in Paris en route to Lausanne Switzerland to attend school. The visitors travel amid diplomatic chatter as they pursue education arrangements abroad.
Butler Missouri May 24 A man was killed and two buildings were destroyed while two more were damaged by a blast. Firemen found the charred body behind a grocery store. Officials suspect racketeers may have been involved and will check for threats to local businessmen.
Commencement exercises will be held Tuesday afternoon for 32 graduates of Thomas A. Edison senior school Los Angeles Heights. Diplomas will be presented by Dr G Hays and Maj Gen Beaumont B Buck will deliver the address. Invocation by Rev J Leonard Hea and benediction by Rev Samuel Akers.
Japanese physicians report General Yoshinori Shirakawa commander in chief of the Imperial army forces here is alive after an operation and blood transfusions. They say he rallied slightly and that the procedure at 11 a m today gave some hope for possible recovery.
The senate banking committee today postponed action on the Goldsborough bill to stabilize the dollar. Chairman Norbeck of South Dakota said he believed something along this line would be reported favorably next Tuesday.
A hospital patient, suffering a broken shoulder, decided to go home against medical advice. He first headed to the contagious disease ward, where nurses stopped him. He jumped from a window into a basement wall, pelted orderlies with rocks, and was finally returned to bed by police.
Detroit reports a test of a single cylinder three and a quarter by five inch engine using soap suds and water to cool pistons and the exhaust valve. The cooling yields about 25 percent more power, with eight percent from exhaust valve cooling and a one third power gain overall when combined with gasoline.
Dallas May 24. Democratic candidate M. H. Wolfe said he could not attend the Houston state convention because he is busy building a statewide organization. He plans Wolfe for Governor clubs across the state and will then pursue a speaking campaign.
In Trenton, New Jersey, on May 24 8 the state delegation voted unanimously to back Alfred E Smithy for president. New Jersey carries 32 votes at the Democratic National Convention.
TOKIO May 24 The ministry of communications granted Nathan Browne an American pilot permission to land in Japan after a flight across the Pacific from Seattle.
Washington reports the $60,000 fine for Harry M. Blackmer, a missing witness in naval oil trials, was postponed to tomorrow in the District of Columbia Supreme Court. Attorney George Gordon Battle could not travel to Washington to attend the hearing. Royal rumor denied Prince George anniversary claim remains unconfirmed.
A committee on patriotic work arranges a Sunday program at the White Museum hosted by the Alamo Mission Chapter Daughters of the Republic Texas. Speakers include Thomas H. Etheredge on Remembering the Good. Temple Taxi Dance Hall advertises dancing every night for couples.
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