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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1938
Page
1
Camacho faced a $1500 bond after arraignment before U S Commissioner P A Lockhart on a narcotics charge. Tatadex was placed under the bond after being turned over to federal officers by City Detective Beb Lowe. May H1 refers to the date of the incident involving testing and purchasing five grains of heroin.
Machinery and tools are offered through a transaction labeled Cissification 117 Light Want Ade. The notice indicates procurement avenues and potential vendors, with emphasis on equipment categories and purchase terms. The fragmentary text suggests a catalog or sales directive rather than a complete contract.
Brackenridge ROTC commandant Maj. B. J. Reilly resigned after sending a letter to the board of education stating he accepted a post as commandant of the Moyer Military School for Boys in Castroville. The notice notes the new academy is run by the Sisters of Divine Providence.
Japan’s air forces launched a major strike on Hankow the wartime provisional capital and Canton in a bid to disrupt Chinese resistance and war supply routes. In Hankow heavy bombing followed a dogfight that left 18 Chinese planes downed. Japanese losses included one plane missing. Canton endured a fourth straight raid as Hong Kong refugees surged into safety. Chinese reports claim several Japanese aircraft were shot down and that a large Japanese force faced stiff resistance near Hankow.
Washington May 31 Harry H Woodring the secretary of war says the army is the most efficient in peacetime and plans for rapid mobilization. He highlights advances in ground forces aviation and anti-aircraft procurement while stressing the army’s primary purpose as peace.
May 31 in New Orleans Sylvia May Bradshaw a 22 year old British rifle of Sussex England faced a deportation hearing to determine if she is subject to removal. Investigators questioned her about ties to a spy ring operating on the Gulf coast and whether she violated a tourist passport by seeking employment in the United States.
Miss Julie Luker, a literary instructor and head of the English department at McMurray College Abilene, has been appointed as a summer instructor at the University of San Antonio. She studied at UT 1918 and did graduate work at UT and Columbia after post graduate work at the University of San Antonio in 1930 when it was Westmoorland.
The University of Texas regents in Galveston approved the annual budget starting September 1 totaling 2 638 334 dollars for the main university at Austin and extra-mural divisions. The Texan branch here received 289 1 a. W Calhoun, acting president, cited a distressing inadequacy of funds to carry on the institution. The main university has seen 7 percent enrollment growth in 10 years while appropriations rose only 10 percent.
Residents across Southeast Kansas and Southwest Missouri endure cloudburst floods that wrecked homes and cut power and phone lines. Wheat crops suffered losses estimated at 250000 dollars as water-filled streets blocked routes into Frontenac and Sarcoxie. A hospital treated a mother and newborn after a home was flooded. mine closures and plant damage followed as rivers Neosho and Spring rose, threatening thousands of acres.
New York May reports show operations in the steel industry dropping to 29 to 81 percent of capacity for the current week, down from 28 percent last week. A month earlier capacity use stood at about 80.7 percent, with the prior year at 79 percent.
Local residents report a series of thefts and break ins across the city. Items stolen include a coat from a car on South Alamo street and sentimental deeds from a West Travis street pocket. Several households report ransacked residences with minor losses and belongings taken from vehicles and cars near post offices.
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