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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1931
Page
1
Brisbane muses on future abundance and peace driven by science and learning not conquest. He imagines a world with enough food, books, and leisure for all, where progress shifts focus from accumulation to universal well being. He notes a bold aviator flight and cost efficiency as signs of modern potential.
A chaotic report outlines Pantages acquitted amid a broader panic over county scrip payments. County workers face cashing difficulties as November scrip remains near worthless, with stores and banks offering limited or no discounts and officials weighing future payments. The piece notes transportation disruption and broader civic tension as December deadlines loom and county coffers rely on delayed scrip redemptions.
Forecast predicts cooler temperatures with variable winds across multiple towns. Daytime readings around 44 degrees and 61 degrees in certain areas. Northerly and easterly breezes expected with unsettled conditions. Readings and extended details available on Page 2.
In Tampa Florida a 72 hour general strike was called by six thousand workers in the worlds largest cigar manufacturing center after readers at the factories were discharged. One hundred factories are involved as workers object to what they call communist propaganda and discontent sown by the readers.
News from World and Tokyo report Japanese forces halting along the Mukden railway and air raids on Chinchow, Manchuria. A Tokyo cabinet reshuffle threat looms as Japan presses the attack, with Chinese forces defending the port city amid intensified fighting near Chinchow.
Northern winds will persist into Friday night over the Mercury region with a cold, dry air mass. Lows near 44 degrees expected Friday night, with Saturday daytime highs around the mid 40s as cooler weather moves in.
Weather across the West remains unsettled after Thanksgiving storms that caused deaths and property damage. Reports cite drownings near Tyler Texas, sheep losses in New Mexico, a missing hunters incident, and several weather-driven delays from California to the Great Lakes. Snow and freezing conditions threaten regions east of the Mississippi while California and Colorado expect more mountains snow. Two passengers on a Southern Pacific train faced hours of delay in Sierra snow.
Senate committee hearing hears higher estimates of paper losses in wheat stabilization. George Milner cites total paper losses at 185 million dollars from board activities that bought grain to prop up prices. Board officials claim farmers benefited while preventing wider price declines amid speculation and Hoover era critiques.
Gallup New Mexico November 27 close to the Malapais mesas tribesmen of Navajo and Zuni escaped a dangerous siege atop the Ingre plateau. Sun melted recent snow enabling some to return to settlements while nine people, including five children, are dead from cold and starvation. High country drifts have hampered rescue efforts as tribesmen face ongoing peril.
MULANTA Nov 27. Buke Smith former Georgia governor and United States senator and secretary of the interior in Cleveland's cabinet died at his home. He was 76 and had been ill for several months. He served two terms as senator and was twice Georgia's governor.
London reports accusations that Americans are blamed for aiding Russia in an advance. A paragraph notes "Walvers at service" and misread lines reference George Bernard Shaw addressing the Debian society in a brief, garbled account of European power shifts and commentary from a dramatist-philosopher.
The Health Bureau released a warning on November 27 urging prevention of the common cold. It emphasizes the infection can lead to serious respiratory illness, including bronchitis and pneumonia, and notes the economic burden from lost work and time.
The General Aeropostale company reported that Hubert de Broad Hinkler or an aviator landing in Saint Louis to Senegal West Africa at 2 o clock this afternoon. The achievement would give Captain Winkler the distinction of being the first man to fly across the South Atlantic from west to east.
Thousands of friends gathered in Cily Tennessee to honor former Governor Alfred A Taylor who died Wednesday from complications after a home poisoning incident. The veteran Tennessee politician, a colorful figure in the state’s political history, was remembered at the memorial ceremony.
FRANKFORT Nov 27 Officials announced that one thousand miners would resume work Friday ending a stoppage that began in February. The restored operations mark a return to normal as the mining industry restarts after the cessation.
Oprelika Nov 27 1949 Blair and Gill, former Whei-1 Gill Alabama police officials, have been sentenced to federal prison for conspiracy to violate national prohibition laws.
Richard Mith, 11, of 227 Angela Koulav and Alexfield Park, lies in serious condition at Santa Roza infirmary after his dog Queen knocked him as he aimed at an owl, causing a self inflicted gunshot wound to his right leg. He was with brother Frank Smith and J O Smith. An operation followed as blood flow was stanched with a tourniquet.
A New York area millionaire was found dead in his Park Avenue apartment with a pistol nearby. Police report says the death occurred today and an aide located the weapon beside the body as investigators begin examining the scene.
In Los Angeles on Nov 27 a jury acquitted Alesnoioe Pantages in a retrial of the millionaire theater owner. The case involved an alleged criminal attack on Eunice Prina, a youthful dancer. The verdict followed hours of deliberation as the courtroom crowd watched the proceedings unfold.
A furnace explosion in Heathesville near WASTUton, Pennsylvania, blew Edward Asper, 22, through a wall as the building collapsed. He was found gravely injured on the second floor while neighbors watched the flames spread. Fire followed the blast.
A man named Jimmie Vanosdol, 24, was attacked by about ten men on Bonth La rein mkreet, Chureday niphi. He said the assailants beat him nearly unconscious and stole $16 from his pockets. Police reported the incident.
Governor Franklin D. Hoosorete of New York, president of the Warm Springs foundation, says the organization will soon launch an extension service to spread the gospel that infantile paralysis can and will be conquered.
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