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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1931
Page
8
Washington reports it is practically certain individuals must pay more next year as the administration plans to ask Congress for increased revenue. The plan, paired with further borrowing and government economy, targets higher taxes on large fortunes and big incomes amid deficit balancing.
London reports Gandhi and the Indian Nationalists pledging to persist in struggle until eternity to secure full command of India's army and federal power. He warned of enduring hardship and potential bloodshed as they push toward independence.
Torrential rains accompanied by tornadoes hit sections around Oklahoma City marking a drought ending deluge overnight as John Rockefeller departs New York on a winter trip with Housefield members to Ormond Beach Florida today.
A buffalo donated from a private herd thwarted a ceremony at a Pine Ridge Reservation event. Gutzon Borglum and Lincoln planned a hunt to provide meat for a needy reserve, but the animal fled after shots from a high powered rifle. Observers tracked the 20,000 acre ranch as the hunt collapsed.
Justice weighs the case of Harry N Miley and Mrs Elsie Miley charged with torturing and maltreating Little Buth Wiles 11. Indictments describe four years of alleged abuse including solitary confinement in a closet. Trial set in District of Columbia Supreme Court.
The Soul Star Poultry Association show draws hundreds of entries for the San Antonio event on Tuesday December 3. Secretary Fred Stark reports premium lists mailed and available by mail from Stark 622 East Quincy Street. Entries come from all sections of Texas and from Oklahoma Louisiana and California.
SAGANLAND Texas Nov 17 Captain J Es Irlew aged about 45 assistant to Manager Tuck Flanagan of Central State prison farm near Tiere was fatally hurt when his car struck a concrete culvert on the highway near the prison farm early today.
In San Angelo Texas the court delays the trial of J D Conner and Clint Powell on robbery with first arms and car theft charges connected to their escape from Tom Green county jail on May 26. Conner is serving a San Antonio robbery term and extortion case. Powell is serving a burglary sentence. The men were to be transferred for trial during the Fifty first District Court’s session.
Readers are presented with a fragmented discussion on how women in cinema handle pain and discomfort during filming. The piece mentions Midol as a non narcotic option, touting its quick seven minute relief and accessibility at drugstores, reflecting the era's approach to female health.
The Commerce Department reported Russia broadened its petroleum market share in Germany. Russia furnished 3,000,600 tons of petroleum products in 1920, 127 percent of value and 11.6 percent of quantity, and in the first half of this year lifted to 10 percent of value and 15.0 percent of quantity.
A German Shepherd named Roxie escapes a death sentence by exile after bond and court orders pending for a restraint on a charge of victuane but the care has been dropped. Owner sent Roxie to Terre Haute Indiana to Mildred Unter Panl Shafer and is satisfied.
A paper calendar of petty crimes was left at police headquarters Monday night. The anonymous note, written on Army MLC A stationery, listed minor auto thefts and counterfeit complaints reportedly originating from the harbor area.
Amid blurred text from an old page, commerce department preliminary data show a broader trade surplus. The report cites total wholesale exports near 205 million with imports of similar magnitude, while later, a disruptive street accident interrupts the narrative with details about a man named Spencer and a wagon collision.
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