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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1938

Page

9

Texas towns regulate beer sale hours under liquor act

Austin May 22 The liquor control act prompts at least eight incorporated Texas towns to regulate beer sale hours by ordinance or district amendment. Cities like Rocksprings Bryan and Paso have adopted varying rules, with late night and Sunday bans in some cases. Supplemental licenses may exist but void if ordinances prohibit all hours.

Austin Uli Hquer Hoard Texas Bororg Lisno Bryan Paso Wee

Paid Applause Ban Shocks Vienna Audiences

Viennese opera singers receive directives from directors forbidding paying certain audience members for their applause. The letters state that any acknowledgments of merit conflict with Nazi cultural ideals and offend the community.

Vienna Eplslt

Campaign Seeks to Buy Artificial Legs

A campaign launched by the East Liverpool Junior Women's Club seeks funds to provide artificial legs for a local youth who lost both legs in a hospital accident. The effort targets raising about 350 dollars to cover costs for the necessary limbs and fitting.

Easy Liverpool East Liverpool Junior Women's Club Will Gust

Spinning Foes and Public Works Debates Across Cities

A 222 mile pigeon race from Reno to Sacramento ended with a lone bird leading the field. In Fort Worth a radio announcer and director Sylvester Gross, 27, KGKO, was found shot to death. Washington debates a spending bill pushing more than 400 million for food control rivers harbors and housing. Byrd seeks to cut funds while opponents push selective allocations and restrict executive discretion.

Fort Worth Dirketar Fnd Annoancer Eylvester Washington M— Benate Foer Public Works Administration Roosevelt Ickes PWA Marvin Realy Gross

Victim Recovering After Hit and Run on Miles Street

Aljandra Lopez, 40, of 330 Artesia Street, treated at Robert B. Green Hospital on Saturday for eye injuries after a hit and run in the 4000 block of No. E Miles Street. The driver remains unidentified.

Aljandra Lopez Artesia Street Robert B. Green Hospital No. E Miles Street

Army Flier Forced Landing At Camp Bullis

Two officers Diet Joseph Edward Baraynski Jr and Maj Lawrence Augustine Lawson survived a forced landing at Camp Bullis during a cooperative mission with infantry. The crash occurred Saturday and left the airmen unharmed despite the incident.

Camp Bullis Kelly Murdeis Joseph Edward Baraynski Jr Lawrence Augustine Lawson Corps of Fleers MAA Bulils Aton

Canton Bombardment Kills Hundreds in Wide Japanese Raid

Official counts estimate 500 killed and 1000 injured after daylong Japanese air raids on Canton. City blocks into rubble near Wongsha railroad district. Rescue workers dug through ruins as machinegun fire struck victims and civilians in makeshift hospitals and streets.

Hong Kong Canton China Wongsha Railway Station Wongshi Hang [kow-Canton Railway Lne Civlian

Japanese Capture of Kweiteh and Suchow Reported

Shanghai dispatch reports Japanese forces announcing capture of Kweiteh after heavy fighting near Lunghal and Suchow. Army leaders say they seized 36,000,000 rounds of rifle and machine gun ammunition, 40,000 grenades, 16,000 air craft gun sheds, 0 locomotives and 1500 freight cars as they push toward Chengchow and Henan province.

Shanghai Kweitels Lunghal Guchaw Lungnal Chengchow Henan Province

Rebels strike Barcelona and Valencia with airborne incident

Eight tow-flying planes caused a sudden disruption in Barcelona as anti-aircraft fire lit the morning sky and authorities assessed the scene. A separate raid near Valencia involved insurgent bombers with no reported injuries or damage at present.

Barcelona Valencia Yno

Loyalist Division Wiped Out at Tremp Defense

May 26 dispatches report an entire government division shot to pieces while attempting to storm Tremp, a key hydroelectric center on the Catalonian front. Insurgent actions in the sector hinder government efforts to regain ground near the Catalonian border.

Hendaye France Tremp

Police Shoot Fleeing Man After Travel Bureau Heist

Police wounded a man fleeing after a travel bureau check room heist at 725 Navarro Street. Tom Tucker, hit in the left leg, was reported improving at Robert B. Green Hospital. The gunfire occurred as officers pursued him near the AAA travel bureau and a hotel in Chester, West Virginia, with a stash of clothing and tableware recovered from the suitcase. A band and entertainment listings follow in the issue.

Tommy Tucker Connecion Robert B. Green Hospital Tucker Martin Carell Chester W. Va AAA Navarro Street Paleesa Langford Saeve Ee Te Meer Brewkvs

John Bagley to Preach at San Antonio Baptist Temple

The Rev. John Bagley of First Baptist Church at Ghai dotte will return to San Antonio to preach at the Baptist Temple at 11 p.m. and a.m. Sunday. The Charlotte pastor previously worked in the age business here and has seven years in the ministry.

South Chureh General Land Office of Texas W. H. McDonald W. 8 Porter Henry Shet San Antonio Joh B. Bagley First Baplish Church Ghai~ Dotte Baptist Temple Charlotte John E. Bagley

Dies to Head Propaganda Probe Chairman of House Panel

Dies to name Representative Dies Democrat from Texas as chairman of a new house committee to investigate Un American propaganda activities. The inquiry will not begin until after Congress adjourns with Bankheed planning to announce other members next week.

Dies Representative Dies Democrat Texas House Congress Bankheed

Horse Charged in Chicago Vagrancy Case

In Chicago on May 28 a horse named Bosaust was held amid a motor age city without a relevant ordinance. An old dog, weary and worn, was brought in by Pattelman and charged with vagrancy.

Chicago Bosaust Pattelman

Sanity Test Will Free Boy Slayer

New York May 28 A jury found Donald Carroll Jr not guilty by reason of temporary insanity for the murder of Charlotte Matthieson aged 18. The verdict followed a trial marked by public emotion and questions of sanity. The defendant faces mental observation at Bellevue Hospital.

New York Donald Carroll Jr Charlotte Matthiesen Tadge Thomas Linens Donald Charlotte Fred Matthieser Sydney Rosen Donate Hls Bellevue

Tense Voting Eve in Prague Amid Sudeten Pressure

Prague on May 28 reports tense eve of national elections with public displays of national colors amid anxieties over Sudeten German demands and feared autocratic moves. Officials prepared similar measures to last Sunday as Czechoslovaks face postwar political testing, while cultural notices advertise dances and social events for the holiday weekend.

Praha Czechoslovakia Upi Czechosloves Natsoriel Nbs Eduard Benes Fuehrey Konrad Henleln Germany Tadu Fueker

Presbyterian Church to allow individual conscience on war

The United States Presbyterian church proposes to remove war from its creed leaving decisions on participation to individual conscience. The General Assembly approved sending a plan to 276 presbyteries to vote on replacing the 17th century war stance with a new confession deeming war a manifestation of sin.

Philadelphia Presbyterian Church General Assembly

FDR to Seek Revision of Federal Tax Laws

President Roosevelt signals plans to ask Congress to overhaul the federal tax system. He aims to simplify the codes, add business levies, and curb undistributed profits and capital gains taxes, arguing for fairness and enabling new enterprise and investment. Senator Gerry criticizes the address as suggesting an unfriendly business stance.

Washington Treasury Sixth Congress Roosevelt Department Arthur Dels W. Va Congress Jocat Tedeml Uvicestood Guy Gerry Rhode Island Senate Mitteeman

Moses Austin memorial buried remains dispute in Missouri

In Potosi Missouri on August 20 1 the Texas offer to erect a $1000 monument for Moses Austin founder of the city was rejected by locals led by Edward W D Exiwarts. Texas Secretary of State Edward Clark delivered a note from Governor James V Allred apologizing for a prior April 22 attempt to move Austin’s body. Clark stated Texas still wants the remains of Moses Austin who was the father of Stephen Austin and a father figure of the Texas republic, and he would discuss with Governor Allred.

Potosi Ang Mayir W. D State of Moses Austin Heroe Clark Texas Alted Stephen Austin Texas Republic

Night Classes and Navy Enlistment Highlight Bexar Notes

Bexar Facts by Frank Brady reports George Sparta Yrisarni attending Bl Marys downtown college at night while two Andrew J. Smiths work in royal business and profession. Three women join the U S Navy in World War I as clerks and Texas ranks third in enlistment applicants. Ed Caye and wife return from honeymoon in Mexico City. Jim Jamison and B A Bassa discuss their Kentucky derby trip. Frank Garriga collects slogans and pamphlets. Barbara Jane Unerkle, 14, supposedly sinks at Roosevelt park river incident. Koch has a birthday today.

George Sparta Yrisarni Bl. Mary's Andrew J. Smiths U. S. Navy Texas Ed Caye Mexico City Jim Jamison B.A. Bassa Kentucky Tale Derby Frank B. Garriga Police and Fire Commissioner's Barbara Jane Unerkle Roosevelt Park Inex Koch

Tax collector's office hours update

Tax collector's office will be open all day Monday and until midnight Tuesday.

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