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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1933
Page
1
Arthur Brisbane presents a syndicated column surveying postwar Europe and political tensions. The piece contrasts rising economic concerns with strong nationalist sentiments as leaders react to upheaval and shifting power dynamics across nations.
A world view mix of Europe’s fear of Nazi rise and hopes for American involvement, plus cosmic scale musings by Smithsonian scientists. It ponders Germany’s gains, Austrian sentiment, and anxious Paris views, then shifts to vast astronomical estimates by Hubble and others, and ends with reflections on money, human origins, and child anxiety.
Kathryn Kelly predicts a break by Christmas as George Kelly plots a daring escape to free her from custody. The pair, captors in the Urschel kidnapping case, traveled from Oklahoma to Memphis where Kathryn denied owning a machine gun and spoke of a “model” prison life while awaiting sentencing.
In Oklahoma City on October 17 07 County Jailer BB Herron testified that Kathryn Kelly wife of "Machine Gun George" offered him twenty thousand dollars to help her escape from the unit en route to federal custody. Herron rejected the bribe and proposed a $15000 payment as a counter, while Kelly pleaded for assistance but was thwarted by a barred, guarded passage during the attempt.
Monday saw a rare 89 degree reading, surpassing a long-standing October record. Weatherman Jarboe projected 78 to 80 degrees for the next two days as a sharp cooldown looms, with temperatures dropping from 87 to 62 by Wednesday morning and much colder conditions expected statewide.
Organization of the Commodity Credit Corporation was completed today in Washington. Officers announced loans of 19 cents per pound on the unigold portion of the crop would become available this week.
A fragmentary notice from WASHING Setelar DL Gy Ol reports Sokes threatening oil curtailment. It mentions states Texas Oklahoma Kansas planning action by November 2 to prevent over production and stabilize prices. The readable text is garbled but implies a government or company order affecting oil output.
A brief from Washington notes a price increase for gold with officials citing new pricing benchmarks. Details are fragmented, but the report mentions comparisons to prior rates and references official confidence in the shift. Further context remains unclear due to garbled OCR text.
Washington Oct 1 Albert H Wiggin retired as chairman of Chase National Bank this year earning 202000 a year plus bonuses. The executive committee voted to give him 100000 annually after his retirement while details of the pension were reviewed in the Senate stock market investigation. Wiggin denied attempting to arrange the pay but said Aldrich may have suggested it. He disclosed owning 67000 bank shares as the record noted the bank’s deposits grew from 64000000 in 1904 to about 2 billion in 1930. The hearing also touched on the Chase Securities Corporation and German loans flotation.
San Antonio area forecast calls for partly cloudy skies Wednesday with low Tuesday night around 61 degrees and high Wednesday near 80. Light to moderate easterly winds along the coast will shift. colder air expected in northern portions Wednesday and a cooler spell ahead for the western region.
Germany resigns from the League of Nations and withdraws from armament talks at Geneva. The move, forecast for years, draws praise for candor from Lloyd George while critics note neighbors’ arms buildup. Norman H. Davis cites U.S. support for a general disarmament policy as part of postwar peace. Continued on Page 6, Col. ay
Testimony in the trial of former County Clerk Jack F.R. Burke alleges record discrepancies in an $800 trust fund and a $1500 gap between clerk records and bank records at the National Bank of Commerce. Burke faces five indictments for alleged appropriation of trust funds, with the current charge accusing $1000 withdrawn on December 14, 1991.
Fragmented listing text shows rental amounts and names such as Dunning Mann and Dwyer with various figures like 520.00 and 1800. The readable fragments reference apartments, streets or places and multiple personal names, but the precise location and details are unclear from the OCR.
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