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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1936
Page
2
Michigan reports a rise in employment led by private industry and contractors. September placements reached 12,234, beating August by 2,257, with total placements from January to September at 125,697. Private placements numbered 63,967.
Rebel and loyalist air forces fought above Madrid as 16 planes engaged in dogfights over the capital. Loyalist fighters used rapid attacks near the center while rebels maneuvered toward the Toledo bridge area. Parachute evacuees and burning planes appeared as the battle shifted across the city amid reports of a northern push toward Madrid and a southern column pressed from the south.
Center Nov 130. Constable Ed Chepman sixty of Stockman died after being wounded in a Stockman school gymnasium Armistice day dance. Justice of the Peace Alvin Gilles fifty two and Alcus Lilley thirty six farmers were killed during the chaotic shooting as I M Moore alleged Lilley fired on Chapman while trying to disarm him. The shooter then killed Gillespie and Lilley.
Purdue University professor L M Bears describes college life as marked by mock gaiety, yet heavy worries among students. He notes youths fret over popularity, studies, pleasing professors, career prospects, and choosing a spouse amid a hectic, anxious social scene.
Liliam Scott, 31, is charged in Cordogan court with robbery by assault of Stanley Banowitz. Deputies Houston Minor, Dick Knight, Jack Hale, and Everett Riddell arrested her during a round-up of about 20 people on Chestnut and Crockett streets after Bonewits identified her as the assailant who grabbed cash from the victim.
Hays County initiates WPA work on seven miles of the Wimberley road Highway No 80. Right of way to be widened above standard widths as 100 laborers join the job. Signs and structures to be erected under project aimed at employing the jobless. Meanwhile President Roosevelt issues Thanksgiving Day proclamation after urging world peace and prosperity.
Paris reports Juan Asona saying no further attacks on Madrid until trial, with forces west of Madrid and near the Gad Hermama pass retaken. Rebels would maintain steady bombardment though. Troop withdrawals from Lae de Jensding are to occur, as artillery and pork sector maneuvers unfold.
AL Pussell and his Orchestra headline a dance at Kre np Hall. The event is set for Saturday November 14 starting at 10 pm along New Corus RI and Neimeyer's Oreh. Admission details appear in the adv.
Voters narrowly rejected all but the $100,000 Tire station proposal in several precincts as bond issues failed to gain broad support. Precinct results varied with San Pedro Creek area and Palm Heights showing slim margins while other boxes listed strong opposition or near-unanimous bonding in different districts.
Gloria Stuart wears carved gold chains adapted for hat use with a velvet ribbon allowing removal to wear at the neck. The film Ranger Courage, a Columbia drama about the pioneer West starring Bob Allen and Martha Tibbetts, will have a nationwide release October 30. Other cast include Iev Séiller Robert Henry Exid Ostame Ben Kortman Harry Strang Bill Govid and Horace Murphy with Spencer Gordon Bennett directing and Nate Gatzert credited as author and writer.
Justice Green ruled that an automobile trailer whether on blocks or wheels is a human dwelling and must meet local building ordinances. Defendant Guiarsal, a Ponlar factory worker, was fined $1 plus $5.19 costs for noncompliance related to dwelling space and occupancy requirements, with an appeal expected to the Michigan Supreme Court.
Christian W. Sorensen 27 admitted firing the Town mel’s reformatory in August 1934 eight hours before parole and today fought extradition as an officer moved from Anamosa to seize him. Detectives said he worked as a roofer with no prior record here and his wife pledged to urge Governor Johnson to deny extradition.
Roy Phillips, 38, of Houston and son of Phillips Petroleum president Frank Phillips, is reported in critical condition at a Chicago hospital after suffering a stomach hemorrhage yesterday.
The one small whaling ship Nanook, rebuilt to resemble HM Pandora, is reused today by Lloyd’s London waterfront scene researchers. Fran Lloyd anchors the reconstruction, tying together maritime history and stage craft at the harbor exhibit.
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