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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1933
Page
1
Reporter describes a chaotic New York election day with police busy, voters dropping dead while waiting, Tammany badge trouble, and widespread bootleg activity. Mentions LaGuardia and Solomon as honest candidates amid a charged political climate plus international notes on Britain, Germany, Russia, and Japan.
Havana reports a failed revolt against the Gran regime led by former aviation captain Guillermo Martull Des Ceaperies. Battles raged for hours as loyalist forces under Col. Batista repelled attacks on the palace and key police and military sites. Casualties numbered in the dozens with many soldiers among the wounded and dead and negotiations for surrender under way at several barracks.
Weather forecast for San Antonio and vicinity calls for warmer conditions Wednesday night and Thursday. Lows around 66 Wednesday night and near 70 Thursday. Light to moderate easterly winds. High Tuesday near 60, Wednesday night around 47. Partly cloudy and warmer Wednesday night with some northerly winds shifting to easterly. Across West Texas, expect clearing and warmer conditions.
New York reports liquor may be sold when the last step in repealing the Eighteenth amendment is taken in December. States listed include Arizona California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Illinois Louisiana Maryland Massachusetts Montana Nevada New Jersey New Mexico New York Ohio Oregon Rhode Island Washington Wisconsin. Most others remain dry under state prohibitions while national repeal proceeds.
Forecasters say a high pressure system over the Mississippi valley will lift temperatures in Los Angeles, with Wednesday night through Thursday turning milder. Temperatures rise by about six to ten degrees from Wednesday and twenty. Winds will be tight on Thursday as dry air replaces the cold. J H Jarboechlet of the weather bureau predicts winter holds off briefly.
New Orleans November 8 Cullen advanced more than $1.50 a bale after the November crop estimate set at 13,100,000 bales, about 100,000 bales lower than the average advance guess. Government figure exceeded October by over 200,000 bales and spurred futures higher after trading resumed.
Berlin reports Goebbels rejects idea of a Nazi effort to convert the United States. He asserts the Nazi line is fixed and not aimed at launching a propaganda campaign in America, speaking to the world audience last night.
In Trumbull County a home owned by Mr and Mrs John Petey burned early today killing five children aged 3 to 11 and injuring their parents and another child. The victims named Victoria Pete Tine George Joe and their ages given as 3, 3, 11, 3. The house burned to the ground with the family unit inside.
Two distributors of handbills were arrested as hundreds of men and women allegedly rioted from Pershing Square in a Plaza area. The demonstration, described as orderly, prompted arrests amid crowd unrest and enforcement action by officers.
New York and several states vote on prohibition repeal. Ohio, Pennsylvania and Utah push ratification. Kentucky delays, Maine to ratify later. La Guardia defeats McKee amid Tammany downfall. fusion wins control of city government and key boroughs.
Clarence Darrow, famed Chicago lawyer, said he would help defend Lieutenant Murrel in the case accusing him of attacking Miss Blanche Ralls in San Antonio Texas. He noted a prior letter from counsel requesting aid but said he had heard nothing recently and would only join if the matter did not require excessive time.
A Walburg bank robbery left a bandit seriously injured when the getaway car turned over near Granger. He was taken to a Tugloy hospital, with his companion sought by others who fled in a Jorge Bosse. Louis Lowe, the sheriff, returned to Walburg with the recovered tag. The men struck the bank after telephone lines were cut and grabbed cash from tellers before fleeing east in their car.
New York Herald Tribune reports a Tammany restructuring move to ask Al Smith to resign from Tammany. Smith rejected involvement with the New York mayoral campaign where Tammany slate faced defeat.
The United States aims to sail from the San Diego area in April for Atlantic waters and then leave the East Coast on August 1 for the return voyage to the Pacific, according to tentative plans announced today in Washington.
Genenva reports Colonel Charles A Lindbergh and Mrs Lindbergh arriving in the city at 4 8 p m after a voyage from Rotterdam. The party was delayed by fog and mist, but the Lindberghs proceeded to their hotel without incident.
A detailed look at Fiora lla Henry LaGuardia the Italian born figure set to become mayor of New York City. The profile notes his birth December 11 parents from Foggia Italy his service as United States vice consul at Fiume his WWI major role in the U S Air Corps and his education at New York University Law School. It highlights his linguistic skill love of cooking music travels and early repeal advocacy.
New commander of the Eighth Corps aids in the defense of Lieut Jabr H Murrel famed all American football star and Army infantryman charged with attacking Blanche Balls. Capt J P Reynolds Scott is named to assist in the defense but will not examine witnesses. The defense seeks habeas corpus and bond to secure Murrel's release from county jail as federal judge B J MacMillan considers the petition. Bail has been denied by U S Commissioner Paul A Lockhart.
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