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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1937
Page
3
A backyard "Indian war" game with loaded shotguns killed 11 year old Thomas Rachal and injured two other children, ages 6 to 11, in Grange. J P Dias, 11, fired the gun. Thomas died from 45 pellets. two girls were wounded and Virgin Freeman suffered burns. Official verdict: accidental homicide.
Washington May 26 Senate leaders urged revision of the proposed 2.5 billion relief fund earmarking one third for Todavis and other special purposes. Roosevelt urged funds be freed for job relief while revolvers in the revolt showed no yield. Proposed allocations include 45 million flood control 200 million public works 10 million highway construction and 10.8 million for small lakes and sands projects amid drought.
Expansion of adjudication by the social security board will speed up approvals to about one every minutes. J Jackson, field representative, said about 320000 people will be eligible for payments under the federal act. Of these, about 126000 will involve pensions for workers 65 years of age and older, the rest are death payments to estates. Queen Mother Mary marks 70th birthday with royal salute at Marlborough House in London as King George VI and royal family honor her.
Police were alerted Wednesday to a burglary at 137 Princess Pass. J Robertson reported the theft of $90 from the residence. W I Goodwin of Buckholdt noted clothing stolen from an auto parked on Leona and Buena Vista Streets.
Washington May 6 Germany seeks non inflaming dirigible gas as president Roosevelt endorses Jegisia. Military committee examines potential sale and national policy implications amid wartime needs.
Representative Richard M. Kleberg of Corpus Christi Texas says funds for a cotton use research station in Texas would be sought in the next deficiency appropriation bill if Texas passes a bill establishing the station Senator Tom Connally would offer the bill in the Senate to include it in the deficiency appropriation measure
In Fort Worth a driverless auto collided with police blocking its path in Sycamore Park. Officers questioned the driver as onlookers watched the machine move slowly with a passenger wife or girlfriend nearby. The incident followed after a testing gadget allegedly aimed at stabilizing the car.
A May 26 communique reports the killing of Efen Tato former minister and leader of the May 1 revolt at Argyrokastro during a clash with a gendarme patrol in the village of Solema. The report notes his role in the revolt and ongoing government actions.
Barrow Alaska May 26 Eskimos at Point Barrow feasted on whale and elder duck in defiance of white residents urged rationing for the coming winter. Two beached whales were hauled ashore and used for meals while hundreds of migrant elder ducks were slaughtered for food in a stark display of self sufficiency.
A San Antonio resident Mrs Genove Wilbrew reports relief from gas and stomach distress after using Van-Tage. She explains that after starting the medicine she can eat hearty meals without suffering, noting a vanished tight waist feeling and improved taste. A Walgreens representative promotes the product at 400 E Houston St to local customers.
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