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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1932
Page
8
A war office statement warns 300000 volunteer Chinese troops opposing Japan in Manchuria risk death from starvation exposure or combat as winter nears. Troops lack winter clothing and rely on raids for food. villages are demolished and crops unsown, threatening the continued struggle.
Japanese and Manchukuo forces pressing 30 000 Chinese insurgents in Tungpien move within 16 miles of Fushun where seven American Catholic missionaries are based. Military report notes careful handling of information on American tie.
Military reports say insurgents were pushed from their first to third line defenses. About a thousand Chinese red spear troops attacked 20 miles west of Mukden by Japanese forces with casualties including Maj. Gen. Chang Chua Chan.
About 2500 Nicaraguan insurgents led by Gen. Augusto Sandino surrounded Managua, capital of Nicaragua, threatening the ongoing war against the American occupation. The Sandino headquarters reported the capital was effectively under siege and the major battle loomed.
In California the unemployed association of Bell sends 20 tons of oranges to Stockton, exchanged for potatoes later harvested in the north. The citrus is donated by growers as work payment and transport is provided.
Fire at the WC Main company department building on Texas and Travis streets damaged the fourth floor and threatened adjoining structures. Officials estimate total losses between 6000 and 25000 dollars as crews worked to contain the blaze.
About 200 farmers left Tarr homes near Winnipeg bound for Winnites to press Premier Joly Bracken on farm tax relief and debt relief issues. Some face eviction for non payment of taxes as they seek aid for payments and economic hardship.
The Rev. Theodore Paul Hucal, a former Ukrainian priest in Sunbury Ontario, confessed to killing Rev. A B Batknot in October 1921. He was arrested on fraud charges and handed to provincial police after records showed a Calgary forgery sentence and a past criminal record. Officials verified his claimed past and held him for further investigation.
An official denial was issued today denying rumors that former Chancellor Heinrich Bruening would succeed Frederick von Prittwitz and Gaffron as ambassador to the United States. Brazilian authorities reached a preliminary agreement with Dr. Hugo Eckener to construct a mooring mast in Rio de Janeiro, making the city the terminus of the Graf Zeppelin airship line from Germany.
Police Sgt M E Forsyth who collects Oklahoma traffic fines wonders if the event is revenge. Four fire trucks two police cars two drug store delivery vans and two taxi cabs arrived almost simultaneously in front of his home last night after fake telephone summons.
News from Little River Florida reports consternation among Seminole adults over children adopting white customs. Bucks risk steamings for paleface habits while some men abandon long dresses for pants and maidens ride in pitarmobiles amid cultural tension.
Chicago October 13 Sears Roebuck and Company reports that its tenth period shows the most favorable comparison to 1931 of any month this year. Sales from September 12 to October 8 fell 10.3 percent from a year ago, with the prior month down 21.6 percent and last year’s tenth period down 17.3 percent. Southern branches recorded actual increases in mail, order and retail sales.
Genevieve Garner the granddaughter of John N. Garner speaker of the house and Sempcistic nominee for vice president was in the Cre mental Sante Rosa hospital Thursday. Her father Tully Garner of Uvalde is Garner's son and she was brought to San Antonio for treatment Wednesday. Her condition was described as serious and she might be allowed to go home in two or three days.
President Hoover today met personally with a delegation from the Bonus Expeditionary Force after talks with the group’s leader Hoke Smith and aides. The encounter followed an hour of discussions in Washington D C.
Applications for the Runge postmaster position are to be received at the civil service office or Runge postoffice until October 28. Examinations will be held nationwide. eligibility requires citizenship, local residence within the delivery area, and good physical condition. Open to men and women.
Federal District court plans to dispose of plea cases before Monday as jury trials set to begin next week. The effort aims to hear guilty pleas from federal prisoners ahead of jury proceedings at the federal building.
Labor and Treasury officials are favorably considering a proposal by El Paso businessmen to build an immigration station in the Chamiza section. Representative Thomason of Texas said an early decision is expected.
Graduation exercises at Kelly Field will honor 108 student officers flying cadets and enlisted men, plus two Chinese students in a special observation course. Brig. Gen. Samuel D. Rockenbach will deliver the address with other Army and Air Corps leaders presiding and speaking. The class includes First Lt. Nicolas DeLeon Jr. and 56 cadets, five enlisted personnel, and two Chinese students Roy Charlyn Yuinn and Charles Chang-Ching Wan.
Orders establish a consular agency at Galveston have been received here by Ignacio A Pesquira a clerk in the Mexican consulate. Pesquira brother of Fernand R Pesqueira recently appointed consul general to San Antonio has been with the local consulate for about three years and will leave within the next ten days.
Claude W. Fouke aged 50 a prominent Texarkana businessman died after a brief illness He founded the Standard Lumber Company was president of the Texarkana Brick Company and held other business roles in the area
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