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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1932
Page
2
Italian premier Benito Mussolini attends a National Rifle tournament in Rome and posts a nearly perfect score but pays a 25 cent fine. The event showcases his marksmanship amid formal ceremony and media attention in the capital.
The war department ordered the 26th Infantry, about 600 strong, to reinforce garrisons in Jalisco. Dispatches from Guadalajara report a priest Ramon Gonzalez and two women arrested in connection with an alleged plot for rebellion. Police say they stopped an anti religious demonstration planned to burn churches and Knights of Columbus hall.
Irish leader Eamonn De Valera says only a united Irish republic with some British Commonwealth connection can solve Ireland's difficulties. He expressed the view to British officials, disclosed by Minister J. H. Thomas in the House of Commons.
San Antonio engineer Terrell Bartlett alerted Postmaster P G Lucas just before noon Tuesday that he has been appointed engineer for the ground survey of the federal building site. Bartlett learned of the appointment from Washington and bidding firms competed for the job to test ground, sewage, foundation depth, and underground equipment with a 15 day completion window set by the department. Lucas noted no other news on the impending 1.46 million federal building project.
Deputy Sheriff Tom Hotchkiss admitted he took no real pleasure in shooting two young alligators released on a small Mississippi river island near Commerce. He fired four shots killing the animals as they neared freedom, asserting official duty and public safety justified the killings. Wright and party found no trace of the alligators upon return.
Four young gunmen led a robbery at the First National Bank of Minnesota in AMUOY. They stole about $500 after coercing an assistant manager, with the leader examining a card in his book.
Tuesday night at 8 o'clock the first short contest in the Housewives Cooperative campaign will award prizes at the municipal auditorium. A free show by the Greater Marcus revue at the RKO Majestic will entertain San Antonio women, with specials by Mrs. Delevan and Dorothy Borchers. Local officials and business leaders will speak in support of the drive for better business in the city.
Abbe Fat Tick Flynn a Franco Irish pastor of the Church of the Made Jeune was consecrated bishop of Nevers at Notre Dame cathedral. The former World War I veteran served as a doughboy and follows prior war service by Cardinals Binet and Lienart who also wore horizon blue uniforms.
King Carol asked Dr. Iuliu Maniu to form a government to replace Premier Alexander Vaida Voevod. Maniu requested hours to consider. It is expected Carol will appoint Titulescu, who recently resigned as minister to Great Britain, to the cabinet.
Fragmented OCR of a weather and travel bulletin lists precipitation amounts and wind, with scattered times for Tuesday through Thursday. It mentions normal weekly fluctuations, various locations across Texan regions, and references multiple cities and meteorological terms in a garbled form.
President Hoover considers where to deliver a Detroit campaign speech as part of his third Midwestern tour. He plans a Saturday address in Detroit near the automotive center after returning from Cleveland, with no firm plans announced for other pre election stops. Treasury receipts for October combined with expenditures and balances show mixed fiscal movement as industry support for Hoover surfaces in Detroit through Ford workers.
The War Department fixed November 10 as the dedication date for the Wright monument at Kill Devil Hill near Kitty Hawk. The memorial, completed under a congressional act, honors the first powered flight by Orville Wright on December 17, 1903.
In Vandervouns Ark Oth 1K MB the four babies born to Mrs Loftus Cook 28-year-old wife Ma Wondculler were reported doing well today. The quadruplets comprise three boys and a girl weighing four to about five and a quarter pounds each. The couple already has four other children.
Border Patrolman is held for murder in a case where Antonio Benavides was shot eight times after a confrontation in an alley as agents sought to question him. Benavides reportedly emerged from the alley with a pistol when approached, and his wife said he had gone to confront a prowler.
A speed flier, delayed by heavy rains, aimed to depart Hartford for Ottawa then Washington and Mexico City. He arrived yesterday for engine adjustments from Providence and intended a three-capital route, weather permitting.
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