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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1930
Page
1
Arthur Brisbane outlines Russia's push into iron and asbestos exports, including a vast 4,000,000 ton steel plant project and a giant magnetite deposit in Mecnelgorsk. He notes Africa's Congo and asbestos deposits, Irish labor policy funding, and a controversial bloodless bullfight exhibition in Newark.
Partly floody conditions expected with cooler, easterly winds and scattered showers. Temperatures around 40 degrees with a chance of rain. winds shift northerly then southwesterly as the day progresses.
Four people die and scores are injured as winds topple trees and debris in Los Angeles and surrounding areas. Victims include residents and bystanders struck by falling branches and wreckage during the Nov. 22 storm. Authorities bound to clear streets and assess damages while rescuers search for trapped individuals.
The 1897 Arctic balloon voyage by Andree Strindberg and Fraenkel ended on White Island. They died, leaving films buried in ice for decades. Last August Hearst Sunday papers published exclusive material with diaries and expedition records, plus Swedish expert analysis of the recovered films.
J Hertzberg reports on Andree lecture work from the Royal Territorial University in Norway or Sweden, noting attempts to develop Andree pictures from exposed rolls. He explains how late development and storage conditions affect veiling, outlining a fixed development window and the variable preservation of exposures over years.
The second installment of Andree’s own story appears in today’s Light newspaper within the March of Events section, continuing the serialized narrative.
Washington reports the U S patent office set records in the fiscal year just closed with 81 000 applications for patents an increase of 4 000 from the prior year and 60 000 patents granted an increase of 6 00 0 according to Commissioner Thomas B Robertson in his annual report.
Nathan A. Sachs, 41, a New York diamond merchant, was found shot in his hotel room in Springfield, mass with his stomach perforated and his neck cord missing a small bag of diamonds. A hotel housekeeper found the body and a bellhop reported a man seen hurriedly leaving the lobby.
Chicago report says William G. Weatherstone, former cashier of the First National Bank of Osk Tark, and John J. Woods, a Mingwoot candy maker, were arrested on charges of embezzling 7500 from the bank. Weatherstone allegedly kept a portion of the funds.
In Towanda Pennsylvania a woman set fire to the home of her rejected suitor. Meantime the jilted woman, Mrs Dehnott, pleaded guilt to arson charges. Authorities say she hired a person to light the blaze at Bennett’s cottage, causing damage to the residence.
A late night gale across Southern California killed Charles Davin a U S motorcycle dispatch rider near Banning during a Waterman canyon fire rush. 11 year old Bakersfield boy W Howard Collins died when a corrugated iron roof tore loose. Richard Lyon 30 and Mrs J W Morrison perished in a car crash amid a dusty storm near Wineville.
In San Marcos on November 22, youths band together to gather timber for a club house and rent it nightly as lodging at ten rents per night. The manager notes the mood and money issues surrounding the venture.
Eight more arrests were added to a toll since last Saturday as police raided a Broadway house in the OM block. One man faces a felony charge of exhibiting a gambling device while the other seven posted $50 bonds. Corny Jannis to be filed in justice courts Monday.
Report from Los Angeles notes several teen deaths and at least one more dying in November due to alcoholism. Police sought help from federal Prohibition Bureau and the pharmacy board to stop druggists from selling so called medicinal bitters and tonics used as beverages.
Thousands of citizens seek roles enforcing Prohibition. The U S Civil Service Commission announced 5860 for agents jobs 641 for deputy prohibition administrator and 515 prohibition investigators await appointments.
A 14 year old boy William Fing was shot and killed after a bomb hidden in a vacant work lot exploded while students played on a Northeast Philadelphia field. Police hunt a mysterious man connected to the device as detectives pursue leads. The youth died in a hospital after the blast and witness statements describe a sudden, blinding explosion.
Chicago Mayor William Thompson appears on the road to recovery after an appendectomy performed October and he left the hospital for the first time since the operation.
New York officials report members of the play Brankie and Johnny faced suspended sentences for participation in an immoral performance. John Kirkland, noted author professor of theping, also received a suspended sentence as the cast plans appeal.
A blimp named Civilant crash landed into Smoky Mountain about 10 miles from Piedmont Alabama while en route from Endsden to Atlanta. Four passengers escaped with no serious injuries according to Godlyear Mant al Gadeden officials. The pilot Karl Lange could not sight the mountain through thick fog and said the airship was too badly damaged to continue flight.
Details from Detau st New York report that Ethel Barrymore, famed American actress, collapsed in her dressing room this afternoon. She is described as critically ill with nervous exhaustion and inflammation of the chest, under care of attending physicians.
A Missouri railroad case yields Walter Gnalwin and Kennis Chysee winning $30,703 for loss of a letter while employed at Marshall, Missouri, six years ago. The court found in favor of the plaintiffs and awarded the damages.
Public warning to Hoover on liquor policy promised in reports from Univeran Service in Tastington. The piece notes Wilson’s push against repeal and the prohibition movement divides into two camps, with opposition from the Hoover administration and allies of the dry bloc fearing a shift toward grape juice policy.
Governor Roosevelt said New York would not curtail its construction program even if Meapita revenue fell short last year. He affirmed continued soil laying and state projects despite revenue concerns.
Persistent reports that Josef Stalin was murdered by an assassin were denied by Soviet officials today. The Soviet response called the rumors unfounded and stated no such incident had occurred.
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