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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1932
Page
3
Secretary of Commerce Chopin told the Association of State Highway Officials that road building and maintenance costs should be spread over a long time. He criticized high highway taxation, noting landowners bear heavy taxes and may pay more than their fair share, and warned against reviving overly high gasoline taxes.
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, recovering from illness, concentrates on New York’s balanced budget amid a deficit expected not to exceed 80 million dollars. He plans a White House war debt conference with President Hoover, with tentative departure for Hyde Park and Warm Springs next week. Roosevelt has not fixed a date for the Washington talks. He is carrying on duties and awaiting a call to Hoover.
Washington November 17 Representative Parks Democrat Arkansas threatened a congressional probe into charges that President Hoover juggled postmaster terms to retain Republicans. Parks said Hoover delayed appointments, allowing many postmasters to serve as acting officials for two years before receiving full four year terms.
New York November 17 Thomas W Lamont of J P Morgan says two stranglers of world trade are tariff barriers and an unnatural stream of war debt payments He calls the war debts perfectly just but impossible and insists the single cause of present conditions is World War I and human unwisdom He argues postarmistice issues shifted the war from military to economic arena revealing deeper global tensions
Washington observers read into Raymond Patenotre's statement that Germany France and Great Britain are forming an economic consortium to rehabilitate Europe. The move marks a departure from 1924 tensions when Rathenau's pro cooperative policy provoked his assassination by former naval officers, signaling a shift toward collaboration.
A November report from Prohibition Director Woodcock notes an easing of penalties under the prohibition law. Violations last month show an average sentence of 160 days versus 186 days in September and 177 days in October last year, with fines averaging $128, about four cents below October 1931.
Hoover signals approval of a furlough plan that would cut wages for government employees for another year. The measure, tied to the budget debate, is described as extending temporary pay reductions under the plan.
UVALDE Texas November 17 John Garner returning from a hunting trip with Ross Brumsfield describes an eight point buck he killed southwest of Uvalde. He recalls a panther sighting near their camp and notes a successful deer shot at about 200 yards.
Olympia news notes repeal of the state's dry law with a pending automatic release for imprisoned individuals. Assistant Attorney General F. W. Anderson says arrests and sentences will convert to December 1 when the repeal takes effect. The existing dry laws remain unaffected.
Laredo Texas oil proration officials gained more time to implement conservation powers granted to the state railroad commission by a special session emergency law. Federal Judge Randolph Bryant postponed a decree ruling on existing East Texas field rules until after a November 26 hearing to draft field orders under the new law.
In Washington on November 17, clerk estimates about one third of House members will be lame ducks on March 4. With three districts in doubt, 147 members were deferred, elected in primaries, or retired voluntarily. The text also includes an unrelated local rental advert.
A cyclone struck a large area of En trerlos province in Argentina causing extensive house destruction. Casualty figures were not yet known. From Chicago, reports describe odd hobbyist collectors and a golfer who has amassed 750 different varieties of golf related items.
Albany dispatch notes Franklin D. Roosevelt will attend the inauguration of Herbert H. Lehman, the successor he endorsed, in Albany. The event marks Roosevelt’s final weeks as New York governor before assuming the presidency.
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