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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1936
Page
12
A large Cincinnati chamber gathering notes widespread gains across construction, housing, banking, and trade. Leaders cite double construction, tripled residential permits, rising bank clearings, increased stock activity, and record trade expo traffic. Optimism extends into 1937 with planners forecasting continued growth.
FASTEETH powder promises 24 hour grip without revealing dentures. It claims to prevent gum burns and bad breath with an alkaline formula while keeping taste pleasant. Available at drug stores. consult your dentist for fit and care.
Army orders list personnel movements among forts and stations from Fort Benning to Fort Sam Houston and ports in the Philippines and Hawaii. Names include Haoner, Hevingern, Condon, Mundy, Berry, Coughlin, and Reynolds, with transfers between Forts Crookan, Atgar, Benning, taser, and Rockwell. The document reflects routine postings and unit reassignments.
Marriage licenses issued for numerous couples listed by names and locations, followed by a long list of birth announcements, baby genders, and hospital points. Burial permits for several individuals at various hospitals and streets, then a section on divorces granted and a brief classified ads note. The text preserves numerous personal names, addresses, and hospital affiliations.
Captain Oberlin M. Carter, once court martialed in 1899, seeks to overturn his sentence. At age 68 he prepares a new bill of complaint in Washington to prove his innocence and taunt a perceived Dreyfus-like injustice. He vows to pursue the case despite decades of military jurisprudence.
Deeds detail multiple transfers including Velarde and Incomen Builders, Ostater 4, Lot 4 Block 17 New City Block 15 for $10 and balance 1200, Olmos Development to Nowlan and others October 4. Parke Place addition sale for $10, payments 4752. Cemetery and burial lot transfers, Missitin Burial, Alamo Heights property deeds, and various trust and quit claim actions.
A Texas salon patron who received a blood transfusion Tuesday night is reported to be resting comfortably Wednesday at a hospital in Nix. The accident followed a fishing trip when the car hit a stump, shattering the windshield. the injured individual is identified as Fa Representative WH. L. McKee.
Court records list numerous cases across districts including damages, adoptions, divorces, and foreclosure. Notable entries include the State of Texas actions against Lonnie Greer for abusive language and against Teresa Peres for disturbing the peace, plus adoptions and foreclosures involving multiple parties and companies. The proceedings span the Thirty-seventh, Fortieth, and other district courts with judges and ex parte orders, reflecting wide civil and criminal docket activity.
The county commissioners court awarded a $1283 contract to Kirkwood and Wharton to recondition and repair the electric light and power system at the Bexar county farm at Southton. Commissioner Thomas H. Abbott noted it had been 45 years since the last overhaul as insulation wore away, presenting a fire menace.
H Ti sarger of Fort Worth, vice president of the Texas Property Owners' Association, will spearhead a Thursday meeting at the Gunter Hotel for property owners from 24 Southwest Texas counties. Organizing a regional unit is planned, aiming to ward tax reforms. The meeting is open to all interested property owners.
New York October reports show cross revenues for the Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad up nearly 11 percent, with September income after fixed charges at 100,090 dollars versus 114,000 last year, according to Matthew W. Sloan, chairman.
Joliet businessman Joseph Crowley II, described as a one-time beer baron, was ambushed and shot twice today in his driveway. He identified two young attackers to police and was hospitalized at AL St. Joseph.
Wideman was elected president of the third year class of the San Antonin Public School of Law on Wednesday. Other officers named include David Crabtree as vice president and Ethel Lancaster as secretary and treasurer. The note also mentions Katharine Hepburn, co‑starring with Herbert Marshall in RKO Portrait of a Lady, having appeared in four of eleven films.
Officials complain of hoarders who save tax tokens as merchants struggle to keep a supply. The state distributed 21 million tokens when the sales tax took effect.
Apparent corporate notices for the entity chartered from San Antonio indicate a plan to raise capital by issuing 49 000 shares at 2 dollars each. The incorporators listed include Dito Klaus C J Matthews Louis Kopr Frank Weyrith and Rebubeo Schaefer with connections to San Diego Oil Corporation and San Antonio.
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