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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1933
Page
3
A curious mix of local lore and business notes reveals homemade bars near East Commerce, a granite door near St Joseph’s and a double fire lane near Jocke’s corner. Merchants discuss pecan sales, fire station maps, literary figures like Haley and Goodnight, and a parade of actors, singers, and journalists visiting Dallas, with rumors of specters and a wary populace.
Joseph B Eastman, railroad coordinator, leads a broad initiative to modernize rail operations. He and advisers explore large scale rail purchases, equipment safety, and potential scrapping of old cars and locomotives. They push for centralized railroad research, regulatory unification, and possible government role while stressing employment and economic impact.
The Highland Park Presbyterian Church will mark its tenth founding anniversary on December 3. Dr Baxter Greer announced Dr Somer McMillan, secretary of home missions, will deliver the anniversary sermon. The workers' council meets Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the church basement. The Women's Auxiliary Prayer Band and executive board will meet Mrs Ta Potion at 610 Drakeson Avenue.
Weekly report shows a decrease in automobile collisions to a level above the prior week. Despite fewer crashes, arrests rose for speeding and reckless driving. A total of 23 collision arrests and 18 for speeding were recorded. The average speed of those arrested was 24.7 miles per hour higher than the previous week.
Gloria Swanson ends her long term contract with Joseph Schnitzer to make Inde pendent pictures. She is free to accept new roles such as Miss Fane's Baby is Stolen and Four Frightened People, though obligations kept her from others.
In the olive grove at the foot of the Mount of Olives, a young American dancer named Joan Winters died from head injuries after a shooting. An Indian civil servant from Madras identified as Monffined Karaman, 20, was wounded and later died. Investigators find no clear motive or suspects.
In Deauville on November 4, the Rothschilds son, heir to a banking fortune, rented a villa for Pierce David Weill. After two weeks the new tenants found the telephone line inactive as investigators showed the baron had stopped paying.
Captain T W Blackburn, former Kelly Field instructor, will fly an Aviat plane from Duncan Telit to Houston around November 1 to support the Thirty fifth division training. He is currently an instructor for the Tens nations.
Revival services will continue next week at the church in the 3000 block of West Commerce as announced Saturday by Rev. Winston W. Wharton. Chaplain May Evang of Los Angeles is assisting.
Washington November 4. Senators on the stock market investigation committee discussed creating a permanent Senate panel to monitor Wall Street operations. They doubt legislation can fully prevent abuses and favor limited ongoing inquiries with authority to act as issues arise, planning to wind up the inquiry by year’s end. Chair Pleicher approved the idea.
Ambiguous military dispatch lists numerous officers and postings with references to Fort Ogletorne Fort Sam Houston and Panam. Names include Ty Washington Cavalry Captain Cohan and McPherson units. The fragmented text hints at reinforcements detachments and supply movements amid ongoing operations.
A fragment from American weekly magazine describes surprising global phenomena as explained by Professor Thevinin, a distinguished French scientist. The note hints at Lindey's San Antonio light distribution in the upcoming issue.
San Antonio Seguin residents joined hundreds for the dedication of State Highway 34 linking Bexar and Guadalupe counties. Governor and local officials spoke as a parade of lawmen and politicians toured to Seguin courthouse square. A 2000 strong crowd enjoyed barbecue and speeches, with plans noted for the historic route from the Alamo to the Say Jacinta battlefield.
MCLEAN features a dramatization of prohibition’s rise and fall on NBC from 7 to 8 o'clock Saturday night with interludes of music. WOAL and WOAT schedule details are incomplete, while University Glee Club members gain radio exposure and radio City move gathers 400 van loads of furniture for the NHC staff.
Judge Eugene Black, a former Texas prosecutor and Creola native, was unanimously elected chairman of the U S Tax Appeal Board. The 16 member board, meeting in San Antonio, will be led by Black as it prepares to move toward Houston for further sessions.
Police log details several thefts including dairy products valued at 460 dollars taken from a truck in the 100 block of College Street. Other incidents mention a tire frontal from a parked car and various items stolen from vehicles on East Marlín Street and nearby avenues.
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate Rev. Francis Davis of Alginn Heights Presbytering cluster to conduct hospital services with Vance directing choir and mission program. Details on timing and location are unreadable.
Fort Worth attorney Hyer was acquitted by Judge Walter L. Morris of three charges in the Sixty seventh district court. The judge found the evidence insufficient to prove procurement of business through a police station and wrongful appropriation of $755. Hyer is a former state leader and former Lions club president.
Sheridan Wyoming November 4 A flood of messages today brought condolences as Wyoming mourns the death of its senior United States senator John B Kendrick The 16 year term as a leader and longtime figure of Wyoming died yesterday after a brief illness physicians said death likely due to cerebral hemorrhage Kendrick began his political career in 1910 when elected to the state senate He educated himself while riding the range as a cowboy
World War I veteran D. Radcliffe filed a federal suit in North Arkansas on a converted war risk policy. He alleges the policy matured January 2 and that he became disabled from tuberculosis. The unit source is now paying about $17.25 per month.
The Rev T J Winter district superintendent of the Evangelical church in Texas will preach at Pirsh Evangelical vuec of 10 40 a m Sunday. The fourth quarterly communion service will be observed announced by the Rev F McP Dayles pastor.
Captrn Willmor J. Nelson a Uvalde Baptist preacher and service chaplain is ordered to duty for six months. The notice lists Texas C and C companies and references classification 116 for affordable expert services.
The Associated Press reports mixed progress as eastern and southern labor disputes end or ease. Western Pennsylvania coal miners resume after talks with President Roosevelt and General Johnson, while Brockton Shoes rehires ex-employees and Wisconsin governors order peace. Farm strikes persist with 600 Madision workers voting to continue. violence and picketing escalate in several states. Alabama Dairy League withholds milk.
Rome observed Armistice Day with bell ringing, parades, flag-raising, band concerts and various ceremonies marking the fifteenth anniversary of Italy ending its World War I struggle with Austria.
A one act play Parole Eden will be presented at the Los Angeles Heights Presbyterian Church during Sunday services at 7 p m. Rev J M Todd pastor announced. The event aims to entertain and provoke reflection among congregants.
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