23 Nov 1932
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1932
Page
1
Byline fragments reflect a column style note, signaling a dated opinion piece. The readable portions mention author attribution and a casual signature, with sparse context about the day or topic. The fragmentary OCR lacks a clear event, stance, or named entities to frame a full summary.
A wandering piece from Barstow describes Topock Arizona with river scenes of the Colorado, gas stations, and hunting ducks. It notes the Santa Fe railroad shifting tracks, the Hoover Dam project, and the Grand Canyon nearby. It mentions Inspiration Consolidated Copper near Las Vegas, and a Las Vegas judge and sheriff introducing themselves. It ends with observations on New Mexico, Indian families, and cross border life in Tia Juana and California wine prices.
President Hoover met with Republican and Democratic leaders at the White House as lenders declined to revise debt agreements with debtor nations. Leaders warned that reactivating the commission would invite demands for debt relief, given the treasury deficit. A joint Senate House committee was proposed to hear alternative proposals, but no decision was reached.
Partly cloudy and colder with frost likely in the northeast portion Wednesday night. Temperatures range from about 46 degrees Wednesday to around 64 degrees Thursday with light to moderate northerly winds. Highs around 70, lows near 60, and other area forecasts note cooler ville conditions and mixed cloud cover.
In Pittsenuagh on November 23 a grocery holdup man leaped in with a pistol and shouted at manager John W. Guiser to force a cashier. Guiser refused to shoot. The robber, flushed and downcast, turned away and left the store without further incident.
Weather forecast notes Old Man Winter pressing into San Antonio on a brisk north wind. Temperatures to drop to about 48 degrees Wednesday night, 13 below the morning, with a two to three day stay before warmer air returns. Thursday may reach near 40 as Wednesday tops around 10. Fog less dense on Wednesday morning, then cleared by midmorning. Cold further limited to East and West Texas.
Manila report says Sultan Jamélulu of Sulu plans to personally quell the ongoing revolt among Sulus against the Philippine constabulary. The outbreak has already cost about ninety lives. The sultan hopes his influence over half a million Moros will help restore peace.
New York date: Ruth Elder returns from Reno with papers and schedules a Thanksgiving dinner with her recently divorced husband Walter Gamp Jr. Friends say the meal signals friendship only and not reconciliation.
GENEVA Nav 23 Further debate on the Manchurian case occupied the League of Nations council today as members privately moved to settle key polls. It was likely the report would be referred to the assembly's committee of ten for special considerations by the assembly.
Dispatches from Huila department in the upper Magdalena river valley report alarming floods that killed about 100 persons. Details are sparse with many residents left homeless as torrents devastate the region.
President Hoover declares formal opposition to postponing December war debt installments and urges Congress to form an agency to exchange views with debtor nations. He proposes a commission to study the wardel problem, seeks noncash compensation like expanded markets, and stresses mutual interest in dialogues despite potential consequences.
In Bolby Oklahoma on November 21 a bank hold up ended in a gun battle that killed the bank president I C J Turner and all three robbers, two white and one black. Assistant cashier H C McCormick led vigilantes inside the bank and fired, while city marshal L V McCormick and others pursued the fleeing gang. The robbers were shot at close range as the car was destroyed, leaving the village in shock. Real names, roles, and actions of local officials are cited amid the chaotic scene.
Groveton Texas November 23 W A Fred Cook 4 a well to do planter and former judge of the Philippine courts was shot to death on his farm seven miles from Groveton in an argument with tenant Jess Money over six gallons of cane syrup Money surrendered to Sheriff Brutson and was charged with murder in the fatal shooting at the farm turnout details indicate a tenant land dispute ending in a deadly confrontation.
Influenza hit the La Tuna Federal Prison in El Paso Texas with more than 100 inmates confined to beds. Work squad ranks were badly depleted as illness spread through the facility.
CHARLERO, Pa Nov Ji INSi Stephen Wandor 28 staked his life in a thousand-to-one operation and won out today. Nine doctors clamped a shattered skull after a midday crash. He clung to life for nearly 300 hours with extensive brain damage and several tubes, then survived the risky procedure and was moved from the operating room alive with a fair chance of recovery.
Brownwood Texas November 23 testimony concluded with plans for closing arguments in the murder trial of Dr Willie Metchinger and his daughter Eva Nell. The daughter testified she feared her father after enduring cruelties and fired a pistol several times before firing three shotgun blasts.
Oklahoma City November 23 14 Dr Richard Thacker sworn denial he performed criminal operation on 22 year old Raiti Hull telephone company employee. Defense rested this morning and final arguments began as jury nears verdict. He attributed her death to an infection from a preexisting condition.
Kansas City report says bootlegger Robert Sleever was shot dead when he refused to buy all his liquor from the big ring. The killer, an automobile man linked to gang activity, fired as Sleever stood within a block of his home last night.
Mrs Edna Kuchwaku aged 38 today gave birth to her twelfth child a 162 pound boy in Kansas City Missouri November 2 19. Family notes contrast between welfare relief and births as a local county considers aid policies.
Hitler advised President von Hindenburg that forming a government on a parliamentary basis is impossible and undesirable. He urged a presidentially empowered cabinet to govern without parliament if needed, signaling openness to negotiations while markets rose on the prospect of a strong executive.
An optional county sales tax not to exceed one percent was approved to fund relief for the unemployed and distressed across the state for seven months. The tax will apply only in counties using the legislation and remains in force until July 1, 1889 under the emergency bill.
The state board of education reappointed its textbook committee for the year naming Miss Mary Frances Huppertz of San Antonio Miss Mamle Schaper of Ware Jack Ryan of McKinney J J Hendricks of Kearns and J B Pace of Toho ka. Debts reduce the estate of actress Lyda De Armon to 940 dollars to be shared by her children Tlonn and ndit per a probate accounting.
A professional safe cracking gang looted the First National Bank of Bandera about 2 a.m. stealing $4 037 and negotiable papers valued at $583. The inner vault was breached with a torch, doors burned through, and the cashier’s cages ransacked. Local officers traced directions given by two youths, while a sedan was seen near the scene. The robbers fled as San Antonio authorities joined the investigation.
OCR garble lists numerous names, numbers, money figures, and place fragments. The readable bits include apartment, monthly amounts, dates and a mix of brands or items, but no coherent storyline or clear event.
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