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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1937
Page
5
Several San Antonio World War II veterans gathered Wednesday as Assistant Postmaster K Hedges announced they could cash in their baby bonds now. Interest would be withheld until April 15 when the first interest payments would commence. Hedges could not estimate how many bonds remain outstanding but noted many of the 92,871 issued up to August 1996 have not yet been cashed.
In Chicago on May 26 a divorce suit named Charles J. Goryell the Andy of Amos and Andy as a defendant. His wife Marie J. Corre charged the bass voice star struck her twice, once on Christmas Eve. They married January 27, 1927 in Chicago after Corre spent six years touring with Freeman Gosden, the Amos of the duo. The couple separated at Palm Springs, California on May 1.
University of Alabama students achieved notably higher marks this semester than Canada’s national university system. The Canadian framework comprises about 20 parks universities and spans roughly 12 500 square millers of institutional area.
About 500 Rotary members from San Antonio and nearby areas will attend a silver anniversary banquet at 7 p.m. Friday on the St. Anthony hotel roof. Glenn G C Mead of Philadelphia, former Rotary International president, will be principal speaker, introduced by Herbert Hayes. Additional talks by Harry M. Rogers and J. B. Sutton, with J. Ira Kercheville outlining the club’s history. A quartet and soloists will provide entertainment.
A Basque police seizure at the Bilbao pier led to the execution of a foreign consul shot at dawn after military maps showing gun positions were found in a briefcase. The envoy claimed diplomatic immunity as Basque authorities pressed for a search, noting a broader spy plot among foreign representatives. Perpignan report also notes Barbastro seizure and 100 executions by archists.
Thomas Jefferson Jett Jr a 56 year old mattress manufacturer died early Wednesday. He is survived by his widow Ita Jett, mother T J Jete Gr, three daughters Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Reaves and Mrs. Raney, a son Floyd HE Jett, two brothers R W and Channes Jeth, and four sisters. Services will be at 4 30 p m Thursday from the Porter Loring chapel with burial at Mission Burial Park.
Mrs Francis Butts succumbs at home after a long illness. She is survived by two daughters Olivia Barry and Lottie Butte, and two sons Richard and Avelule Butts. Funeral services set for 4:30 p.m. Thursday at Akers Funeral Home with interment in Lutheran Cemetery.
Adrian Poole, collector of customs at El Paso, was due to arrive in San Antonio Wednesday night en route back to his post after a Warrington, D. C. visit with Treasury officials. He will meet Harry P. Hornby, head of the customs service here, Thursday.
Mrs Frances Trolls Longoria died Sunday and services were set for 4 p m Wednesday at Akers funeral home and San Fernando cathedral. Burial follows at San Fernando Cemetery No 2. She is survived by her husband L Longoria and six children.
Seguin Mayor Mex Starcke won a second consecutive term as president of the South Texas chamber of commerce at its eleventh annual meeting in Seguin. Ray Leembn of San Antonio was re elected vice president and general manager. Officers named include Crystal Rooke Woodsboro A Wayne Wood Brownsville Lewis Mims Freeport D I Buchanan San Antonio J M Pickering Victoria and W a Kinsalying Corpus Christi. The group praised Governor James Y Allred for opposing sit down strikes as un American and legal.
In Honolulu on May 26 George Vanderbilt faced a $2500 duty for his yacht and party after a four month voyage. Collector Walter Doyle charged $500 for each of five people aboard the motor launch that returned from foreign ports, citing delays caused by winds and the five aboard who failed to clear customs. The notice also recalls France’s first public balloon ascent by Joseph and Stephen Montgolfier in 1783.
Danville Virginia mayor Hatty Wooding marks 45 years in office at age 98. He has served as mayor since Appeura. Old Kentucky Home in Bardstown Kentucky stands as one of America's famed houses. Ohio River shipping milestone notes the first ship to reach Louisville with date June 34, 18m.
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