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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1933
Page
2
Washington officials set newly mined gold at 33.20 dollars, five cents above yesterday, aligning with a world quote around 33.26 but signaling a possible shift as the dollar weakens. London reports show exchange rates from 5.13 to 6.16 per dollar. officials decline to disclose gold-purchase plans abroad.
Fred H. Jacobs, once believed dead, returns to his family after 17 years of absence marked by war, imprisonment, exile, and multiple separations. His wife remarried. three sons now grown. A Descendants of the Pilgrim meeting was postponed indefinitely. Also notes a 1928 Nast sedan for sale at 065.00.
Chicago November 10 A man Edward Souder of Boston faces kidnapping charges as authorities pursue a downstate gang linked to about 400 in alleged abductions. Lauder detained at Blue Island after a charge of kidnapping James Hackett a gambler. held without bail. Gale Swelley Provia Tl and Julian Baber Jones St Charles Lil jailed without formal charges. held in local cells. An unrelated feature notes a sensational tale about a deceived husband and his wife in The American Weekly.
Federal and local officers joined a nationwide search for Brooke Hart, 22, son of San Jose merchant Alexander J. Hart, who vanished after leaving his father's store to retrieve his automobile. The car was found near Calaveras Road, ten miles northeast of San Jose, as crowds aided in the hunt. Police suspected the kidnapper planned the ransom plot and Hart’s family urged help from employees of Hart and Company.
Postmaster General Farley in his first campaign stop framed Tuesday's elections as proof of the nation's satisfaction with the Roosevelt administration. He asserted the results show broad approval of FDR's policies.
Par is dispatch reports 15 working men were killed when a Moor bus plunged into a ravine in the Moselle district of Northeastern France between Rochbeck and Les Bitche. The tragedy occurred today as the vehicle left the road in bad weather, with all lives lost.
Barney Sadovsky of Alamo Jewelry was elected president of the San Antonio Retail Merchants Association, succeeding J. T. Jamison. Jamison joins the board. O. F. Hudson named vice president and Frank H. Weber treasurer. New directors include C. C. Witchell, Dr. W. W. Mappell, J. D. Peeler, and Dan Oppenheimer. incumbents N. H. Hang, Charles J. Schneider, Robert Beng, Henry Kohler, and A. G. Toudouze. Lieut T. J. Beck of the Ninth Infantry at Fort Sam Houston is granted two months’ leave.
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