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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1939
Page
1
May 31 report from Portsmouth New Hampshire states navy divers tackle the challenge of fastening heavy chains to the sunken submarine Squalus and its cargo of 26 dead. Pontoons will be attached at stern and bow as they prepare to pump air and lift the wreck about 59 to 60 feet before towing to shallower warmer waters for salvage.
Secretary of War Woodring turned 49 on May 31 and despite ongoing resignation rumors, he is expected to stay in his cabinet post. Friends say he will continue to push for army efficiency, plan to replace unfit officers, and oversee defense measures as authorized by Congress while Louis Johnson handles procurement of new planes and weapons.
Floyd McCall a 17 year old from 330 Finton avenue was treated at Robere B Gree Hospital after a bruised knee from a dive into the Concepcion park swimming pool.
Mrs Kerry C Vascancelli vice president of the Broadmoor hotel in Gatorade Springs visited San Antonio on a six week Southwest tour. She said she believes she is the only woman vice president of a major hotel in the United States and noted that Texans make up most of her hotel's patrons.
May 31 Chicago reports crop outlook improved by drought-dispensing rains aiding grain and livestock areas. Some fall-sown grains damaged in southwest plains, but most of belt shows relief from moisture. Experts warn rains must continue to prevent renewed drought as hot weather approaches.
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers likely Wednesday night and Thursday. Southeast winds light to moderate on coasts and in the Rio Grande valley, high near 86 Wednesday, low around 68, and Thursday high near 86. Tue high 90, notes on humidity, rainfall totals, and moon phases included for the region.
In Hollywood on Memorial Day May 3, Maureen Sullivan and husband John Farrow welcomed their first child, an eight pound son. The infant will be named Michael Damien Farrow, joining the film actress and screenwriter in a notable arrival for the couple.
Austin May 31 The state’s highest criminal tribunal reaffirmed the death sentence for Francis Marion Black Jr for pushing 14 year old Marvin Dale Roble off a high precipice in West Texas near Alpine The Court of Criminal Appeals after a full review denied a rehearing and affirmed the original sentence charged that Black pushed the youth off the cliff to collect insurance funds.
In Lockney Texas Ernest Williams is believed to have killed his former wife Be scle Mae Smith during a Monday night garden confrontation. Deputies and Texas Rangers tracked him to a hayloft where an exchange of gunfire ended with Williams dead. Buster Williams, brother of the slain man, reported Ernest Williams confessed to shooting Mrs Smith.
Memorial services follow after Mrs. L. Watson admitted giving poisons to her five children and slashing her throat with a butcher knife. One child died and the others remain in serious condition, doctors say. The incident occurred in Clinton Oklahoma on May 31 as Avery notes the husband had gone to a ball gate.
A fragmented ad note promises work in a Broadway context with a halted pay rate and vague instructions. The unreadable fragment mentions a light and a game while hinting at employment, but it provides no verifiable names, dates, or concrete duties.
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