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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1932
Page
2
TOKIO May 25 The cabined crisis since Premier Inukai’s assassination on May 16 ends as Admiral Makoto Saito forms a ministry with both major parties in the government. The premier will hold foreign affairs, investiture for the small cabinet set for tomorrow.
Temporary bonds of $500 were posted Wednesday morning for Al dred Jiminez Catrino Jiminez and Joaquin Montez charged with possessing 36 pints of beer after being nabbed in a car by dry agents at Shannon and South Flores. A separate $500 bond was set for Raiser Ponce, arrested at 501 South Presa Street. Two gallons of whiskey and a car were seized.
Three men Rudie F Haberman Sr Walter W Simpson and Gregoria Huerta faced liquor law violations in United States district court. A jury was selected Wednesday morning for their trial over alleged manufacturing and possession of 296 gallons of wine eight stills 150 gallons of whiskey mash and 30 gallons of beer mash following a raid on April 12.
Ogden L. Mills secretary of the treasury and Eugene Meyer head the federal reserve board met Chicago bankers and business men on May 5 to discuss forming a seventh federal reserve district. The aim is to organize a committee to cooperate with the federal reserve system and utilize its credit to speed economic recovery.
Boston May 25 The Ford Motor company balance sheet as of December 31 1931 filed with the Massachusetts commissioner of corporations shows a surplus of 655 302 267 and an indicated loss of 53 586 000 for 1931 compared with 708 888 247 surplus and 44 460 023 profit in 1930. The figures exclude dividends to Henry Ford Mrs Henry Ford and Edeel Ford.
Budapest reports the return by train to Hungary of Capt. Georges Endres and Capt. Julius Bittay who were killed in a crash at Home last Saturday. The engine bore a black draped marker with a white cross. In Los Angeles Earl Chaffee faces alimony and horse-related expenses, with a court ordering $650 monthly alimony, $4000 attorney fees and £1500 court costs.
A jumbled May Day report notes aviation weather details across multiple regions and time frames. It references flying conditions, winds, and cautions for areas including Taras, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and California, with forecasts and notices for various resorts, cities, and routes.
Washington May 25 The Internal Revenue Bureau announced Harry M Blackmer the missing witness in the naval oil trials has paid part of his deficiency tax and compromised other portions. The total was about 4 000 000. Assistant Secretary Douglas said the payment does not relieve Blackmer of criminal charges in the Colorado federal court. Indictments allege attempts to evade income taxes with 1 049 252 paid for 1920 21 22 23 penalties of 525 716 and 1 500 000 plus interest for 1916 17 19. Blackmer who lived in Paris twice refused to return to testify. He was fined 30 000 on each count and 100 000 of his Liberty Bond holdings were seized. After a court visit his lawyer planned to pay the fine today and Blackmer’s bonds will be returned.
Berlin reports the Reichstag foreign relations committee adopted three fascist resolutions. One warns Poland against attacking the Free City of Danzig, another warns Lithuania over Memel, and the third urges Chancellor Brüning to press Germany’s equal armaments rights at the Geneva disarmament conference.
Dallas police recovered loot valued at 2500 and arrested a man dubbed the Pillow Case Burglar. The suspect, a black male known as 88, is linked to about 50 Dallas home burglaries. Items from crimes were found in a pillow case stripped from a bed.
Evanston Tl May 25 The national headquarters of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union announced today its policy for the fall presidential campaign would be decided at the fifty seventh annual convention in Seattle August 12 to 18.
Tyler Texas May 25. The Winona State Bank was robbed in a daylight hold up today and about 1000 dollars taken.
Customs officers in Austin seized a truckload of fine liquors valued at about 25000. The two Houston suspects, believed to be driver and owner, were in custody. The haul included 134 gallons domestic whiskey and 5495 pints Scotch whiskey among other items. The seizure followed highway patrol and ranger actions at the city outskirts. Evidence liquor to be destroyed except for that kept.
In Atlantic City on May 26 the Hoover family was re-elected honorary president of the Boys Clubs of America Inc at the final business session of the 26th annual convention. William E Hall of New York was re-elected to his seventeenth consecutive term as president of the organization.
AUSTIN May 26 Pat M Neff today submitted his resignation as a member of the Texas railroad commission to Governor R S Sterling. It will become effective at minute on June 4.
Washington D C May 35 M New tariff disputes engaged the Senate in resuming debate on a billion dollar revenue pill. Senator Hewes seeks Philippine products exempted from import tax on vegetable oils and seeds. Earlier the Senate finance committee altered items and lowered sales tax on tires and tubes. The committee restored 20 percent sales tax on enemelics and toilet preparations.
BHANGHAT May 25 Gen Yoshinori Shirakawa commander in chief of the Japanese army at this base showed slight improvement today after undergoing operation and blood transfusion yesterday for wounds received from a bomb April 28 his physician said He remained under care and his condition was described as improving though still serious.
BHANGHAI May 26 Japanese forces evacuated the Woosung forts today as Chinese resumed service on the Shanghai Nanking railway. The line had been cut by Japanese air attacks at the start of the Shanghai fighting, disrupting rail traffic.
Kansas City stockyards record the lowest hog price in history at 42.90 per hundred pounds as of this morning, reflecting a dramatic market drop. The figure marks a historic low in ton price for hogs traded in Kansas City, underscoring a volatile livestock market.
Three hundred fifty World War I veterans halted along the Baltimore and Ohio tracks in Washington Indiana seeking cash bonus payments. They waited as the Timnols train took on passengers and then returned to fulfill its obligation to bring them thus far. The group planned to push for freight transportation for the remaining journey to Washington D C while shops on the B and O line lay nearby.
Floods in the English midlands caused nearly 2 million dollars in damage and four deaths this week. Reports say waters are subsiding though communication lines remain crippled.
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