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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Nov 17, 1936

Page

7

Marble table taking to continue policy tax on machines

Roy Tenay reports that a policy to tax marble machines continues with a new state tax of 30 dollars per year, plus 15 dollars county and city levies. Operators face uncertain profits as legal status changes loom after courts ruled devices as gambling, with November and December taxes due this week and over 35,000 dollars already paid.

Austin Roy Ity Waco Supreme Court Court of Criminal Appeals Kuoberlin Kimberlin Texas Comptroller's Department Kimberla Attorney General's Department

Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Promoted for Kidney Relief

An advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a safe inexpensive remedy for kidney and bladder issues. It claims relief from nocturia, a clogged bladder, and accompanying symptoms like cramps, puffy eyes, moist palms, and nervousness, urging readers to buy from a druggist.

Sidneys Binder Haarlem Holland

Ross S Neighbors Forgotten Pioneer and Trail Driver Dies

Ross Simpson Neighbors 16, pioneer San Antonio era trail driver and son of Maj. Robert Simpson Neighbors, died at his daughter Mrs W G Scull in Lavernia. Funeral at 3 30 p m Wed with Rev B G Regen officiating. Born 1852 on Soledad street, he spent youth in Seguin, later San Antonio cattle business, trail driving from 1878 to Kansas. He married Nannie Evans Neighbors of Selma in 1863. Survived by daughter Mrs Wood Scull, H G Neighbors, and six grandchildren. Burial in Lavernia area. The piece also mentions music machine licensing and slot machine tax debates in Texas, noting legalities and potential tax changes.

Ross S Ross Simpson San Antonen W. G. Scull Laverniis Lavernir Regen Soledad Girect Segulr San Antonio Kansas Nannie Margaret Evans Selma Neighbors Maj Robert Simpson Neighbors Texas Virginia Burieying H. G. Neighbors Wood Scull

Mrs Crawford to Get Baby Back in Mystery Case

In Pear River Louisiana, Mrs Louis Crawford, 24, claimed an eight day old baby born in secrecy to hide from her WPA worker husband. Judge Robert D Jones ordered welfare workers to return the infant after she admitted fabricating a dog story to conceal her maternity from her 44 year old spouse.

Crawford Pear River Louis Crawford WPA Robert D. Jones Aarler Craw Iford

Trueheart Funeral Services Held for Joha Q Trueheart

Funeral services for Joha Quer Jon Trueheart 81 lifelong San Antonio resident were held Tuesday morning at Zinik Kearns chapel with Rev C Garcia officiating. Interment followed at San Fernando Cemetery No 2. Survived by two brothers E G Trueheart of New York City and T R Trueheart of San Antonio.

Joha Quer Jon Trueheart San Antonio Zinik-Kearns Rev. C. Garcia San Fernando Cemetery No. 2 Trueheart James Lawrence Trueheart Texas Truehead E.G. Trueheart New York City T. R. Trueheart

Autopsy request in Denhardt case sparks legal move

Up Counsel for Brig. Gen. Henry H. Denhardt 60 accused of killing fiancee Verna Garr Taylor said they would file in county court at New Castle for a war order directing the prosecution to hand over the widow's clothing a full autopsy report and other exhibits The defense seeks the material ahead of Denhardt's examination on a murder charge Coroner D S Ricketts said paraffin tests on Mrs Taylor s hands were negative and Denhardt claimed she fired a revolver from his car after her two daughters opposed their marriage

LA Grange Henry H. Denhardt Verna Garr Taylor New Castle John Marshall Berry A.S. Morgan Denhardt D. 5 Ricketts Ned

Germans Demand Specific Charges On 23 Arrested in Soviet Raids

Following Soviet rejection of a formal protest Germany demanded Moscow announce the exact charges against 23 Germans arrested in raids in Moscow Leningrad and surrounding provinces. The note was delivered to Foreign Commissar Litvinov by Ambassador von Schwenberg, signaling a mood to drop the issue.

Moscow INS Germany Russia Broscow Leningrad Maxim Litvins David Werner von Schwenberg Stem

Strikes Clash Over Return To Work In Roumalx Mill

In Roumalx France a two hour fight among textile workers ended as mobile guards restored order. Thirty workers resisted the majority decision to resume work and barricaded themselves inside the mill while others climbed walls with ladders and hurled bricks and stones.

Roumalx France

Strike Shuts Down Bendix Co. Plant

In South Bend Indiana on November 14 over 4000 Bendix Products workers halted operations. J P Mahoney pleaded with the crowd as managers locked the plant doors. The unexpected strike left the facility idle and awaiting negotiation.

Bendix Co South Bend Ind Bendix Products Corporation J. P. Mahoney Dorks

Farmers vow to escape debt at National Grange meeting

Columbus Nov. 17 Federal Land Bank Commissioner A S Goss told the seventieth annual National Grange convention that thousands of American farmers are determined to get out of debt. He urged an educational campaign on the advantages of debt freedom and argued for land credit tied to repayment ability rather than collateral. He noted nearly 23.6 billion in outstanding loans, about 40 percent of the nation’s farm debt.

Columbus Univ Federal Land Bank A. S. Goss National Grange Goss Land Bank America

Cures Hay Fever by Iodine Plating Tinstey Claim

Mrs Harold Tinstey and friends report hay fever relief after soaking feet in hot water for an hour then applying iodine to the soles up to the ankles. Relief appears in two to three days and lasts one to three weeks before repeating the treatment.

Austin Hay Harold” Tinstey

Red Cross roll call shows three offices at full enrollment

E J Falk, chairman of the enrollment committee for the annual Red Cross drive in Bexar county, announced Tuesday that three local offices enrolled 100 percent. The offices were the D and A Oppenheimer bank, the A and P food stores and the Missouri Pacific city relief office.

Red Cross E. J. Falk American Red Cross Bexar County D. and A. Oppenheimer Bank A.and P. Food Stores Missouri Pacific

Man Charged in Texas death near Maberry home

T. Ma berry, 65, was charged with murder after Lonnie Mitchell, 28, Houston relief worker, was shot dead near Maberry's Maberry's home south of town. Mitchell, seeking directions to his mother in law's house, was shot minutes after arriving on a farm lane. Maberry said he fired after asking who was there and receiving no answer. Relatives say Mitchell was hard of hearing.

Mitchell

Light Now for Want Ad Results in Giar Post

A brief item notes a shift to clearer light for newspaper want ads in the Giar Post, signaling faster processing and improved readability for classified listings. The notice highlights improved layout and faster insertion times, aiming to attract more buyers and sellers to the classifieds.

Giar

Twin Disaster Brothers Peach of Pair at Getting Bad Breaks

Tacoma report describes twin engineers Sawyer brothers from Centralia and Auburn, each with broken wrists from separate falls while working on locomotives. Both lie in hospital casts, sharing a room, as they recover from incidents exactly two months apart. Evidence of bond and ambivalence noted, with both avoiding eye contact.

Peach Tacoma Wash Sawyer Nols Ale Centralia E. A. Sawyer Auburn Hils A. E

Captain and two crew perished in rough voyage

New York reports the British steamer Tweedbank lost its captain and two crew members overboard during a heavy gale. A radio operator, marooned in the radio room, could not reach the bridge as the freighter, about 825 miles east of New York, sailed from Vin ton to Baston with cargo bound for the Verde Islands.

New York Tweedbank Radio-Marine Corporation Tts Chatham Aps Cleavy Seas Bank Line MacKenzie 8Th Vinton, Cask Verde Islands Baston

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