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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1936
Page
7
Tax advocate Lewis Haney argues U S tax burden nears 20 percent of income, warning that rising and indirect taxes harm workers and the poor. He cites 1934 family income data, accuses politicians of waste, and calls for cutting Washington spending to curb debt and taxes.
Activities of L A Junior Birdmen recounts a wing and handline orienteering style contest at the Bross hanger where Charles Adams and Oliver Plei led in several timed segments. Oliver Pfeil posted 33 seconds with Wiltem Pleat achieving 40 ends in a second night event as Shuford and others posted solid scores.
Brisk trading at the pom pon growers market with varied quotations for fruits and vegetables. Apples at $2.60 a box, lemons 34.50 to 38.75, tomatoes $1.85 a box, pears $2.53 a bushel, and cantaloupes $3.29 per crate. Poultry and butter prices listed alongside extensive farm produce quotes. Also notes a scholarship award at the University of Texas Medical School in Galveston, Isabelle H. Brackenridge fellowship.
AP dispatch records Liverpool cotton prices with figures for American mids and strict middling types. Quotations show varied levels across grades with several points and mills cited in a compressed market bulletin style.
In Los Angeles Ost the publisher Amon G. Carter of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram sought aid to honor Will Rogers four years after his death. He pressed Pan American Airways officials to connect a transpacific link, recalling Rogers as a pioneer figure in aviation history and urging inclusion in a historic tribute.
Crystal PAll Michigan Opt. 12 reports a farmer George Oja age 25 killed his mother and several animals in a barn fire after a day of homicidal fury. He then died by suicide, a pencil note pinned to his shirt read My Beals is not good and fant ored of life, describing the act as the best way.
Texas livestock and range conditions are favorable with promising winter prospects. Bureau data show cattle and hog prices, grain yields, and crop outputs varying from last year, amid heavy rains in the North and Northwest Texas. Prices and production forecasts reflect a mixed but generally positive trend for agricultural markets.
Receipts about 7000 cattle and 4000 calves with prices largely steady from last week. Feeders and light yearlings sold firm while weighty bulls weakened slightly. hogs and sheep showed mixed activity with top cattle and fat calves commanding around 9.75 dollars per hundredweight. Market notes indicate steady to lower demand for certain weights and broader activity in grass cattle and butchers’ selections.
B C Forbes reports a roaming correspondent noting business, employment, and capital plans amid polling of Roosevelt era sentiment. Predictions point to Republican gains with Tammany backing and a looming labor shortage as production shifts reflect expanding workweeks and private enterprise gains.
Amid old style sewing notices a Marian Martin pattern promotion offers York pattern numbers 6 2 19 2 14 with yardage details and price points. Readers are instructed to mail 15 cents per pattern plus stamps and their name address and size to order the new fall collection.
A garbled note compares gold with a 12 cap law reference and mentions Senna with a fractional numeric cue. The readable fragment hints at finance or regulation but provides no coherent event or names beyond these stray terms.
Live poultry and produce receipts shown with varied prices. Listings include Plymouth Rock and White Rock chickens, various ducks and turkeys, roosters and hens, with per hundredweight and per pound figures. Regional and national market references appear, noting USDA pricing and tote values.
Grain prices at the San Antonio market see varied bids Monday with several grains steady or down. Purchases include corn at 92 cents per bushel and wheat around 3.35 dollars per bushel, with mixed hay quotes reported for prairie and other locally produced loads.
Analysis shows farm estate tax rose from 278.9 million in 1919 to a 1920 peak of 367 million, then declined to recent levels. The agriculture index climbed from 1913 to 1929, then dropped sharply, with real estate tax per acre at about 24 cents in 1913, 49 cents by 1929, and projected 60 cents in 1935. Dr Eric Englund notes the fall reflects adjustment to lower farm incomes and school budget cuts contributing to shorter terms and school closures.
Obituary notices for Ed Gigss 97 of Nogalitas native of Dontavitle La retired stock farmer. Survivors include Wn wider Mrs Barsh Guss and others with nephews James Guss of Jones Ville. Services at Seventh Day Adventist church. Also Annie Reilly 47 resident here 20 years with sisters and brothers. services from residence to St Marys Catholic Church. James McFarlane Briggs 19 resident of Stockdale with burial in Salty Josp. Other obituaries list Raul Gomez 28 with service at Andrew Morales chanel. Frank Madison Stephens 53 native of Clare rot and long-time resident of San Antonio. Burial and services follow at Hagy and McGoliven chanel and Mission Rise with several survivors named.
An OCR muddled report notes the US dollar showing slight moves in London and Paris trading. It cites a New York rate near 19.50 percent and an official foreign exchange closing at about 23.42 francs per dollar with a 6% rate in New York, reflecting cross market volatility.
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