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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1932
Page
1
The narrator tours southern and eastern states noting rural poverty and dwindling cultivation as populations dwindle and crime and Prohibition issues emerge. He references Al Capone, Governor Rolph, and Governor White while contrasting modernization hopes with ongoing hardship and speculative finance. He also mentions meteors, space, and early flight records as reflections on progress.
A late night wireless telephony incident links Kurapy and apni Waa in a Teague of Nelsons from the areranat near Tokio. Teague of Nelsons rider Kemikkwa connected via telephone with Btaten from the area near Tokyo.
Weather across the U S brings record cold and eight deaths in Missouri and Illinois. Snow and subzero temperatures disrupt travel as farmers expect winter damage while forecasts predict warming and frost later in the week.
Texas faced the first serious winter blast with record cold for November. Denton 12 degrees set a new local all time low for the month, while Dotlow reported 22 degrees the coldest since 1914. Shreveport logged 32 degrees as the coldest November reading there in years. Weather Bureau forecasts warmer tomorrow with fair and colder conditions in East Texas.
Oklahoma City November reports a ten year old boy Walter Whitfield injured when he coasted his bicycle in front of an automobile two weeks earlier shows promise of becoming the forty seventh known survivor of a rare mooningitis. Doctors say the disease arose from a skull fracture and treated by removing vertebrae at the skull base and installing a delicate drainage system. The American Medical Journal notes only forty six previously recovered.
In a McMullen county case tied to a June seizure of a rum plane in Texas, 31 defendants were involved as the aircraft landed near Laredo. Four defendants pleaded guilty before Judge Randolph Bryant and received suspended six month sentences and five years probation. One defendant, Robert A. Deace, alias James Howard, pleaded not guilty and faces further action.
The Land Daily Mail states Leon Trotsky's son was not allowed to depart Istanbul with his father to ensure Trotsky's return to Turkey from Denmark.
Col Calvin Guidard director of Northwestern University scientific crime detection laboratory urges gun toting for law abiders in New Orleans. He argues responsible ownership can deter crime and protect communities amid rising violence reports from local observers.
The 193 convention of the American Legion will be held in Chicago from October 2 to F. The national executive committee in session here decided today.
Weather outlook for San Antonio and vicinity shows fair to warm conditions with rising temperatures into Wednesday night and Thursday. North winds push daytime highs near 70 and lows around 28 to mid 50s across different areas. East Texas expects fair but colder conditions, Lower Rio Grande valley sees weakening fronts with generally falling temperatures, while West Texas remains partly cloudy and warmer into Thursday.
Brent McCullough 21 of 309 East Harding boulevard was shot once in the abdomen Tuesday night at his place of employment and underwent emergency surgery. John Lewis 34 of 140 Hoefgen avenue says the shooting was accidental after a long police chase in which Lewis’ car figured in several crashes. Lewis was captured after a pursuit that began at Austin and Tenth streets. Police described his account as incoherent and said no one witnessed the shooting.
In Philadelphia on November 16 two burglars bound and gagged Mr. and Mrs. G. Harrison Frader and their maid Elizabeth Cattin in their Chestnut Hill home, threatening torture while they ransacked for $9000 in jewelry and cash. The trio remained bound for two and a half hours as the burglars burned hands and feet with cloth and matches before escaping with valuables.
Winston Salem report says Libby Holman Reynolds, freed from a murder indictment connected to the death of her young millionaire husband Smith Reynolds last July 6, plans to confer with her attorneys today in seclusion. The 45 year old widow, expecting a child named Smith, awaits confirmation of the safer status.
Greta Garbo has been in Paris incognito since Thursday wearing hornrimmed glasses and a veil as she shopped with a companion. The Swedish film star planned to leave for Stockholm tomorrow, according to Paris reports.
Moscow reports a 16 November directive barring any absence from work without a legitimate excuse. The order, issued by the Communist Party executive committee and Soviet council of commissars, targets all workers across enterprises and concerns daily pay, privileges, and purchasing rights.
In New York a restorable hotel lien saved James J. Walker’s sartorial collection from auction. The former mayor’s belongings, including dresses and hats, were tied up by a hotel lien for unpaid bill on Walker’s suite. Lawyers for interior decorators seek recovery of the property via sale or agreement.
Directors of the American Telephone and Telegraph company declared the regular quarterly dividend of 2.25 dollars a share on the common stock payable January 16 to holders of record December 20. Net for the first nine months this year was 5.92 dollars per share, despite earnings decline and dividend requirements.
Ground was broken here for a new church for Holy Rosary Catholic parish. The 4100000 structure will rise on land valued at about 150,000, on property owned by the parish’s long-standing Latin community. Financing includes a substantial cash portion and planned support.
In Atlanta on November 16, assistant district attorney Lindsay moved to dismiss Al Capone’s petition for writ of habeas corpus filed last September. Capone, serving a sentence for income tax evasion, arrived at the federal court with guards and the warden, and appeared weighed down by confinement as 100 spectators watched the proceedings before Judge E Marvin Underwood.
Stan Laurel, famed Laurel and Hardy comedian, said he and his wife Leas Nelson have separated and are considering divorce. He cited incompatibility as the cause of the separation and noted the current status of their relationship.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a jumble of names, addresses, amounts, and places including references to apartments, commerce areas, and various monetary figures. The readable elements are too disjointed to identify a coherent event or person. no clear lead or outcome emerges.
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