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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1933
Page
2
The justice office in Fort Worth shut today as part of a government economy drive. Agents J. C. Harston and W. H. Warren will continue operations but from the Dallas office.
Two veterans of the United States Army were promoted Tuesday. Brig. Gen. Hoattecud Dorey, commanding general, and Port Sam Houston, promoted to major general. Col. Alexander T. Quensaina, staff, to brigadier general. Dorey’s rise follows Maj. Gen. Edwin B. Winans’ retirement. Ovenshine becomes chief of staff. Dorey earned the Distinguished Service Cross for a World War I action in France, amid heavy casualties and a decisive ridge assault. He has long served in the Citizens Military Training camp movement and aided General Leonard Wood. Ovenshine previously led the Twenty-third Infantry and the Second Division, receiving the Distinguished Service Medal and a silver star citation.
Jose Almendares, 50, a baker living at 118 South Zarcamore Street, suffered severe burns when a malicious prowler saturated his clothing with gasoline and set him alight at his bakery. He was rushed to Robe B. Green hospital Wednesday in critical condition.
Maj. Gen. Edward M. Markham was sworn in as chief engineer of the U S War Department during the Great Lakes Harbor Association conference in Detroit. President Roosevelt announced seven general officer appointments, naming Markham to succeed Lytle Brown and outlining other promotions across the Army's top ranks.
Cleveland reports a medical advance reducing pernicious anemia death rate to about 10 percent. Dr Cyran Sudigin of the University of Michigan cites feeding of stomach preparations as key. The note appears in postgraduata medical journals with North Anemia UK as context. An envoy from Ankara mentions Turkey relations with the United States.
Springfield, Missouri. October 16. G W Bush, 26, an employee of a bakery run by Ben Harrison, secretary of the state athletic commission, was abducted and robbed of 2000 dollars by two middle aged bandits while leading the bakery convoy to a bank this morning.
Oct. 18 act reports an assassination attempt on imprisoned pastor Rev Dole Crowley at the Baptist Tabernacle jail sparking peace talks amid a two month church split. Crowley, jailed on a janitor’s death charge, said no deal with Jeffers group. Lt Kaye faced accessory murder charge after accompanying Crowley.
Geneva reports discuss naming an American as high commissioner to handle Jewish refugees from Germany. League officials agreed not to reveal the name yet. The plan envisions two commissioners, one American and one European, with roles split between honorary and active.
Oversubscription to a new US bond issue reached nearly four times with about 2.0 billion dollars in subscriptions by mail as books closed. The issue offered 500 million dollars in bonds with a first year coupon of four percent and declining thereafter. In Jackson, Tennessee Floyd Johnson, 27, was convicted by a county jury on arson charges for burning his wife and three children to death on the night of August 30. The jury recommended a sentence of life in the state penitentiary.
D E Bradshaw of Omaha national Woodmen president heads a delegation including Thomas E Patterson and E D Henry at Woodmen Memorial Hospital to discuss improvements and enlargements costing about 25 000. Meetings with members set for Wednesday night.
San Antonio attorney Jack Ball was elected knight commander of the Court of Honor in the Supreme Council of Royal Masonry in Souths el i Jurisdiction currently at convention in Washington. Dr M A Forbes, a prominent San Alonso Mason, was elected to the thirty third degree of Masonry.
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