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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1934
Page
7
A混 blend of odd sea monster chatter from Prince Rupert BC and European war murmurs. The piece notes reports of a 30 foot sea creature and references Kipling. It then pivots to geopolitical hints of France and Russia, looming war, and industrial and political reforms in the United States.
A campus dispute at San Antonio Junior College over club news boosts led to a kidnapping of two students and suspensions for nine others from rival groups Cowboys and Senators. The Cowboys accused editor Joe Neal of bias, prompting a campus library confrontation and the removal of victims’ clothing. After the abduction, the victims were returned and the Ranger staff warned to ignore the incident as tensions escalated.
Weather notes show increasing cloudiness and warmer conditions into Saturday and Sunday with unsettled patterns. San Antonio will see a low around 46 Saturday morning and a high near 72 Sunday, with light to moderate south to southeast winds. East Texas and West Texas areas expect mainly cloudy to partly cloudy skies, warmer temperatures, and unsettled conditions through the weekend.
In Chicago on November 24, a robber who stole 20 from Josepa H. Wiethall forced him into a refrigerator and warned of death by freezing. The thief then ordered Wiethall to stay silent, promising to alert police to his own escape. Wiethall later called the police, and a squad freed the victim while the robber remained at large.
Denver reports a glass eye order from an Albuquerque man seeking a precise duplicate that is bloodshot redder than his own eye. The customer notes his eye appears bright after nights out, while the other seems dull. The Denver firm expects to fill the unusual request.
A dangerous bridge over the Bernard river on the Wharton Fort Bend county line blamed for a fatal crash. L. P. Thrash a 56 year old Weslaco salesman and his wife Mrs. Mary Thrash 47 died as their car plowed through the bridge after being blinded or losing control while returning home from Henderson. The accident raised the death toll at the bridge.
Mrs Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt seeks appellate review of a supreme court order making her daughter a state ward. She filed reasons why Justice John F Carew should sustain or dismiss her habeas corpus application. Vanderbilt obtained a show cause order as she continues efforts to regain custody of 10 year old heiress Gloria currently in the custody of paternal aunt Mrs Harry Payne Whitney.
Nov 24 threats to the state's wife witness were woven into the murder trial of Charles G Duke, an elderly landlord. Anonymous letters warned of “the works” to Dr N E Nelson, associate of Dr Scott W Squire, killed six weeks earlier by Duke amid a grave unpaid rent feud. Each warning in a different hand.
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson in Austin announced eight pardons eight pardons and parole actions including six conditional pardons and one general parole. The release outlines eight clemency grants affecting multiple cases, detailing nature of pardons and conditional terms.
The League of Nations urged immediate cease fire talks between Bolivia and Paraguay over the Gran Chaco. A special session adopted a plan to end the war, inviting the United States and Brazil to participate in seeking regional peace. Paraguay and Bolivia abstained on the vote. 46 countries backed the report.
The Weather Bureau reports a tropical disturbance recurved to the north about 30 miles southwest of Bermuda. Winds swirl to hurricane force with shifting gales inside the center. Caution advised for vessels in and near the path.
Horaci Blanton aged 37 operator of the Riverside hotel at 114 Dwyer Avenue was found dead in his bed Friday afternoon. Wick H. Blanton, a well known San Antonio attorney, is his father. Justice of the Peace John F. Onion is conducting an inquest. Special duty assigns Siout, Richards, and Carter of the Twelfth Field Artillery to military police at the army post.
The French foreign ministry denied any Franco Soviet military accord after reporter Archimbaud hinted at a possible understanding. Cabinet tensions rose as Laval and Lebrun examined the comments and a 12.7 billion franc defense budget faced approval amid debate over alignment with Russia and Germany.
FORT WORTH November 24 an Arlington Downs jockey was held today for the slaying of Tom W Watson age 80 night watchman at the racetrack The juvenile suspect gave a statement to the district attorney detailing how the man was killed A wallet containing about 15 00 was found with the body and Watson s watch was missing
In Brooklyn a hunt through the ramshackle Herle home after the 78 year old Miss Louisa Herle’s death has yielded $667,050 in cash, bonds, mortgages, checks and bank books with a possible million more. Executors anticipate further discoveries as walls are stripped and floors lifted in the hunt for the recluse’s wealth.
A yacht named White Cloud drifted with steering gear disabled in the Gulf of Mexico about 550 miles northeast of St Thomas. The US Coast Guard cutter Analfa sped to assist from San Juan Puerto Rico and was to reach the vessel tonight or tomorrow. The ship, later identified as owned by G Proctor Cooper III, is tied to a treasure hunt led by George Harris of New York with plans to reach St Thomas on November 27 and return to Miami in January.
PASTLAND Texas November 24 A jury convicted Clifford Doggett on a murder charge and sentenced him to death yesterday for a pasture slaying of L A Threet Callahan county ranchman Doggett was sentenced to life imprisonment at Baird last week for robbing Threet
Police received reports that Central European terrorists crossed the Swiss border with the aim of assassinating Nicholas Titulescu the Romanian foreign minister in Geneva on November 24.
Glasgow dispatch reports Baldwin, president of the council, insisting peace parleys must include the United States to insure world peace. He fears isolationist policy may persist and warns against sanctioning armed blockades without US actions. He decries Japan and Germany leaving the League and questions if a truly empowered League can exist without the United States.
A five man relief committee met with Hutchinson County relief administrator George P Gain and Cain to press for aid increases. They requested 10 dollars weekly for single men 15 dollars for married men with no children and 4 dollars for each child, aiming to raise the county payroll from 146 dollars weekly to cover 244 residents. The plan would transfer the request to the Australian office.
Washington dispatch reports that about 95,000 birds weighing 850,000 pounds will be served to 350,000 CCC boys for Thanksgiving. Director Robert Fechner told conservation workers the 330 tons of turkey would accompany all the trimmings.
Nov 24. A posse armed with shotguns searched Woolhday Heights for the assailant of Helen Trakimas 16. She described a roughly dressed negro who accosted her near a church supper, struck her and robbed a tooth and scalp area. The alarm siren summoned villagers and Mayor Shunk to the scene.
The United States Weather Bureau predicts warm conditions with a chance of showers this weekend in Los Angeles. Temperature highs near 70s Sunday, lows around 50s, light frost reported Saturday morning with no damage expected to gardens or crops. Light south winds will prevail throughout the period.
A UPA report from New York says a $19,000,000 John D. Rockefeller trust created for Edith Rockefeller McCormick and held after her 1992 Chicago death should be divided equally among her three children. A referee recommended the division today.
Classified rental ads list furnished rooms and weekly or monthly rates across several streets and properties including Fulton Mussache Madison and Glenwood. The notice invites readers to place Want Ads before Saturday 1 PM for the Big Sunday Light circulation.
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