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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1932
Page
3
A young man, after a party at his country home, drives back with a female companion when his car sputters and stalls in Alamo Heights. With an empty gas tank and help arriving from a casual acquaintance, he learns the humor of the moment and the dangers of the Demon Rum.
A driver in a moving car sped along Broad Street at 60 mph after being pushed by an intoxicated companion amid a group. The drift ended at a filling station near Houston Street with no severe injuries. The incident follows a theater policy shift as Majestic chooses new entertainment.
A letter from Charles Koerner of RKO theaters announces a new schedule of intermittent entertainment. The Desert Bong starring Perry Ashram leads a lineup including Whoopee Sally Ala Rita Ted Lewis and his band and Weaver brothers return engagements.
The Green Gate theater on Monday night selected actors under director Dave Schein for a new play titled The Clean Up written by William J. Steele. Billy Steele, son of a doctor, is described as young with blond hair and glasses and is noted for his distinctive green smoking jacket and pipe. Warner Brothers have read some of his works and encouraged his screenwriting ambitions.
A two week revival series launches at Hackberry Street Methodist Church starting Sunday morning. Rev W O Ghilea will preach each evening and special music will be provided. The event aims to revive faith and draw the public to the church services.
Grand jury members John B. Carrington and Emmett T. Jackson returned three ballot boxes from Precincts 14 15 and 18 to County Clerk Jack R. Burke after stating they had not opened them. They instructed deputy clerk Dillard Coy not to deliver them except to a district judge. TALBERT planned a court of inquiry into election irregularities in the recent Democratic primary. Carrington said the boxes were kept to keep some justices of the peace from becoming involved in criminal activity. Talbert will discontinue the court of inquiry, while Justice Charles A Fischer of Von Ormy briefly ordered four boxes to his court then revoked the order. Robert Whiteley, former city investigator, sought a grand jury hearing but was not called. The ballot boxes were not destroyed as County Judge William A. Worrpach travels to Austin. state law requires destruction of contents by the judge and clerk 60 days after the election.
Members of the Genlor Luther League of Grace church helped dedicate the new home of Misses Marie and Marthe Barre at 114 Grandview Place. In a candlelit ceremony led by M. Fi Helmemeyer 92 league members and guests attended. Prior church service featured Helmemeyer’s sermon The Guiding Light on the Great Highway. After dedication, a reception was held.
The Rev J D Armistead pastor of South Side Christian church will preach at Bundey morning service of Central Christian church in the absence of Dr John W Kerns who attends the international conversation of Disciples of Christ at Indianapolis J A Cowan will fill the pulpit at South Side Christian church in Armistead’s stead
The Rev. William H. Phillips, superintendent of the San Antonio district, will preach at the Harlandale Church of the Nazarene Sunday at 3 p.m. to observe the churchs first anniversary. The observance takes place in the tabernacle at 4519 South Flores Street.
The Rev. Arthur McKinstry of St. Mark's Episcopal church resumes duties this Sunday with morning and evening services after returning from the seventh province Episcopal synod in St. Louis. The report notes his planned pulpit engagement and frames the trip within church affairs. A separate court report describes David Cohen’s pickpocket case, with Judge Randolph Desort sentencing Cohen to three months in jail after a confrontation at a baseball game.
Easton Mi Ogden Quakers dressed in pre revolutionary era attire will gather at an event meeting house near horn to observe the two hundred fiftieth anniversary of the edifice. The notice mentions a 6 o'clock Saturday closing time for a Big Bundey Light Hig item classified Dla 1431.
In Kingbyon Ontario Grey Porttmouth penitentiary ended its emergency quiet after two riots this week. About 50 of 100 soldiers remained as evidence of the disturbance. Minister Hugh Guthrie said half the troops were withdrawn, convicts were in cells and fed. Damage ranged from 5000 to 19000 dollars. three convicts injured, none seriously.
Engineers from the U S Army are relocating six two story houses from Fort Mott New Jersey across the Delaware to Faré Du Pont Delaware. The move will use a large navy barge and a mile of railroad track to connect each house to the riverfront with crews of six and brave men aiding each house.
Three Texas educators earned master degrees at Western State College in Gunnison Colorado after completing the summer term. R L Williams of Cleveland M P Willis of Malakoff and James G Wis of Italy Texas returned to school after nearly twenty years in public education.
Unable to buy coffee, local farmers turn to a self made drink from roasted wheat kernels. The improvised brew is described as palatable and healthy as an alternative beverage in the October report from Deep River Washington.
In Pueblo Colorado Mrs H A Rebber grows canna plants towering eight feet tall with continued growth reported. Separately the Panama Canal tolls for the first half of the year amount to 8 416 779 16 dollars with 2064 vessels passing through.
Bill Street, deputy constable of precinct 4, won a delay until Wednesday in the ouster suit against him. In the 73rd district court, the case was called for trial Friday afternoon. Attorneys Spears and Dickson demanded a July Friday morning. jurors not hearing cases were excused. Attorney Davie argued Street’s commission was revoked by the Bexar commissioners court and never renewed, leaving the prosecution ready for trial at any time.
CHEFCO China Oct 22 The civil war in Shantung deepens as provincial chairman Gen Hin Fo Chu resigns amid clashes between rival warlords Gen Liu Chen Nimn and Gen Hau. Latchow comes under artillery attack with Tan forces entrenched nearby as chaos spreads in northeastern Shantung.
Mab and Fey, Muney observe a Wednesday route to visit her husband in the hospital. Mrs H F Green jammed the brakes of her automobile. The tar fled with smoke, Abe became frightened and jumped from the moving vehicle. She joined her husband with a broken collarbone and bruises.
Ed Stewart, 87, of 1022 Victoria street, was found writhing in an alley off East Commerce street and taken to Rob ert B. Greet hospital in serious condition. He claimed he did not care about his name and a note with “Habur” and a Comfort Texas number was found in his pocket as investigators checked his identity.
In Johannesburg Union of South Africa gold ore deposits totaling about 278 000 000 tons were found in an 4B8 mile extension of the Witwaters Rand main reef potentially major for the Rand mining industry. A five year old boy, Richard Philisinford, was fined ten dollars by justices of the peace for throwing a stone through a window. his guardian paid the fine.
Hollywood gossip notes Weldon Heyburn set to star opposite Mary Pickford in Snap Town with a long term contract. Mary Pickford tests led to his selection while Karl Dane will play Ole Gleeson. Other items include Alan Dinehart in The Quitter for Columbia and Liewelyn Hughes joining Fox.
A brief, informal letter style note from Will Rogers mocks South American economics and football prowess. It references Uroguay with Montevideo as capital, notes currency value, and mentions a football stadium and a claim of Uruguay’s world champion football team. The piece blends satire about politics, sports, and crowd safety.
Two assaults were under police investigation on Saturday with victims treated at Robert B Green Hospital. Sylvester Aguilar, 2251 2 South Laredo, was attacked by two men and found semi conscious on West Commerce Street. Allan Remirez, 100 South Goncho, was stabbed in the back. Sam Rodrigues, 1492 West Balinas, was fired at five times but none of the shots hit. A suspect was arrested.
Officers in Sweetwater County Wyoming discuss revising a ten-day marriage law paused by the Insh session. They say the rule has pushed much matrimonial business to neighboring states and seek legislative action at the next session.
The article notes the disposition of the estate of Arthur G. Wells executive vice president of the Barns Feralsroad. Valued at $55,000, the entire estate was left to widow Gertrude Wells who was named executrix.
In Pubblo Colorado on October 22 1959 a man who had been unemployed for months was hired to assist with loading furniture into a van. After helping off a piano he collapsed and died from overwork on his first day.
In Washington D. C. a one year old named Gilbert Furcell was electrocuted while sitting on a metal chair and touching the base of a lamp with a short circuited wire. The accident was reported by INS. Separately in London negotiations for a commercial pact between Great Britain and the United States have reached an advanced stage according to high authority.
A jumble of 1920s era names and industry chatter cites Ditto Alsen, Skipworth, Dick Powell, Anita Louise, Jacki, Oakie, George OBrien and others. It notes shifts at Schuilberg Peldman agency and plans for a New York journal stint, plus Preston Posters taking over Jimmy Cagney’s former Hollywood house as talks continue.
Miss Agnes Murray of Burlington Wisconsin is sought in Brookline for an attack on her 60 year old aunt Miss Margaret Stone. Stone, beaten on the head with a heavy iron and drugged with a soaked handkerchief, was found on a lawn and treated at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. Police plan to file a warrant for assault with intent to kill and continue the search for Murray.
Denver reports the discovery of Archidiskodon Meridooalls Nebraskeensis, a near complete southern mammoth skeleton shown at the Colorado Museum of Natural History. Professor Henn Pairfield Osborn of the American Museum of Natural History traveled to view the bones, noting this specimen is the second of its kind in America and nearly complete except for the skull.
In Hutl England on Oct 7 a wagered skeptic, J. W. Wilcockson, spent hours in Battle Abbey crypt. He reported a five foot tall shadowy figure with no face, collapsing in terror and declaring belief in ghosts.
London report estimates over ten percent of English working wages go to dyes and cosmetics. A well known hair dresser notes more dyed heads among workers, while among Mayfair aristocrats the trend is also evident.
Governor Arthur Seligman of New Mexico and Mexican consul Luis G. Lopian discussed an all weather highway from Santa Fe to Mexico City via Juarez Torreon and Monterey. The road would extend to the Mexican capital improving cross border travel and commerce.
Cambridge residents and Harvard University will benefit from a trust fund established under the will of Moet Garpdina. The fund, directed toward books and libraries, will provide Harvard with capital to purchase volumes and improve access to reading materials.
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