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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1932
Page
1
Arthur Brisbane vetted report by Ailng Weglires Byrn notes four personal crisis stories and a look at modern urban gold production in tall buildings with civic implications. The piece blends reportage with opinion on urban life.
The article railes about unrest at New York's Welfare Island prison with rioting by inmates and peddling gangs, plus a Church controversy over race in All Souls Church. It also discusses the decline of the British pound and the strong financial position of U S banks, then touches on suicides amid personal crises and the wary mood in London as November elections loom.
A Rocky Mountain cold front chilled Texas with snow in the Panhandle and West Texas and drizzle in North and South Texas. Plainview reported October snow for first time since 1918 with temps dropping from 68 to 10. Amarillo and Fort Worth saw sharp drops, Fort Worth down to 0 and another 10 degree fall in two hours. Colder weather was forecast across most of East and West Texas, with lingering clouds in extreme northwest East Texas.
John M. Pickett known as a confessed slayer faces six indictments in district court. He is charged with attacking Mrs Hazel Ditches at 1290 Rigsby Avenue and with assault to murder and burglary related to the Dillehay and Beckett households. District Attorney Walter Tynan says the cases will be prosecuted and the death penalty sought. an early trial is expected. Pickett remains jailed with no efforts for release.
The San Antonio area faced a rapid temperature drop on Tuesday morning with a 2 percent fall in an hour from 76 at 11 a.m. to 53 by noon, 52 by 1 p.m. A light rain and brisk north winds accompanied the chill, with clearing skies expected tonight. The high Wednesday was forecast near 60 and the low around 52, while wind velocity at noon stood at 1 mile per hour and was expected to strengthen.
Amarillo Texas reports the first snow of the season with brief flurries that melted on contact, clearing by noon. A low temperature record of 40 degrees is noted, a brisk west wind dried Panhandle roads, and plans to erase the old Army Y building for a new $1,400,000 federal parking site were announced by Postmaster P. G. Sucas.
San Antonio area: cloudy to partly cloudy and colder Tuesday night with a low around 62. Wednesday mostly fair with a high near 80. Northwest winds moderate to fresh. East Texas: showers in the east, colder Tuesday night with possible frost in the far northwest. North and West portions mostly fair to frost. West Texas: fair and colder, frost in the north and west areas. Tuesday-Wednesday generally fair with northwest winds along the coast.
Police reported three more flogging victims bringing the total to nineteen. Three white men said they were taken to woods near the city outskirts and whipped by a band of men. One new case was reported yesterday and five last night, with ten others previously stating they were whipped, including five white women.
University of Texas football star Bohn Hillard filed for divorce from Sallie Hillard in the One Hundred and Twenty-sixth District Court citing cruelty. The couple wed in San Antonio and have an infant son.
A special committee, appointed by Governor James Rolpn Jr, led 52 major bakers in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties to raise bread prices. Grade B one pound loaves rose from five to ten cents while grade A loaves moved from eight to twelve cents.
In Washington on October 25 General Brown, chief of army engineers, announced contracts exceeding 3 million dollars for public works across the nation. Winners include J Dephy of San Antonio with twenty two thousand one hundred eighty seven dollars for Vermilion lock construction in the first New Orleans district.
SAN DIEGO Calif Oct 2 INS While hatred George Hall 70 odd jobs man admitted he had never lost a cent on the stock market today faced sentence Friday for wrecking the downtown offices of Logan and Ryan stock brokers with a homemade bomb of 12 sticks of dynamite in a inch pipe No one was injured in the blast
Ottawa New Brunswick? Oct 25. Two carloads of gangsters raided the First National Bank of Ransom, escaping with 6000 dollars in cash. They abducted cashier Leo Goldol and assistant cashier Margaret Thompson, later tossing them from the car about five miles outside Ransom.
In Los Angeles on October 25, reports from Dr. Tiber say actress Belle Bennett remains in a critical state after a fall from grace amid professional troubles. Bennet, age 4 years according to the garbled text, was reportedly left unable to rally in recent weeks, raising concern among fans and medical staff.
In Chicago on October 18, odds favored Franklin D Roosevelt at 1 to 5, offered by W L Darnell and company. The betting framed Roosevelt as heavy favorite as the election nears with two weeks remaining.
Englewood New Jersey Oct 25 The Lindbergh baby has been named John The middle name honors Senator Morrow and Mrs Lindberghs family name Nurse Betty Gow arrives from England and stays with the Lindberghs as plans for the babys care continue Col Charles A Lindbergh and Mrs Dwight Morrow mother of Mrs Lindbergh are involved in the familys decisions The story notes the childs unnamed elder brother Charles and references to Amoret college and the Morrow estate in New Jersey
London officials report pound sterling dipping to a yearly low of about 3,293 4 dollars after opening near 9,203 4, with an 8,000,000 pound drawing to South Africa seen as proof of remaining gilt edged market confidence. France’s expected internal loans are cited as the main cause for withdrawals and the slump.
Strong winds of up to 60 miles per hour caused fatal injuries to Felix Moreno ten in Ontario when swept from a sidewalk into a car. Charles White forty from Arcadia died during a search for two bikers amid brush fires near Monrovia. Several neighborhoods suffered damaged garages and residences as dust storms and toppled signs disrupted traffic and crippled telephone lines across Los Angeles, Glendale, Ontario, and surrounding valleys.
Friends of Princess Helene who is King Carol's divorced wife invested today that her surprise Bucharest visit is to be with Crown Prince Michael on his eleventh birthday tomorrow. Charges that her return was arranged by political groups seeking royal conciliation were denied though the denials were unofficial.
Oklahoma City October 25 The state Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 against Socialist officials in denying a writ of mandamus to force state election board officials to print the names of Socialist presidential electors on the November 8 general election ballot. The decision ends Socialist efforts to appear on the ballot.
Urbana dispatch reports Paul Owens of Champaign began a ninth day fast after a court case over his wife who Owens says betrayed him. Owens was jailed when he refused to post a $2000 bond to keep the peace after a battery charge and breach of an agreement lawsuit. Lawrence Good, warden, viewed the act as a idle threat but grew concerned as the protest continued.
Sixteen wells in the East Texas oil field were opened to production following a federal court decision ruling yesterday to condemn and permit activity. The move expands output in the prolific region as operators resume operations.
Tyler publisher Carl Estes urged swift regulatory action as Texas oil wells surge, while Governor Sterling rejected price fixing and warned against using market demand to guide conservation. He said the state would conserve mineral resources without new price laws and defended using militia to enforce rules if needed amid East Texas disputes. The Railroad Commission faced scrutiny from a Texas court ruling on production versus waste while awaiting court entries on current orders.
A five foot alligator emerged from beneath Mrs Edna Rose’s front porch to menacingly threaten her grandson Sonny Boy Welles in Los Angeles. R R Stith and J D Scott a radio patrol pair subdued and captured the creature, tethered it and transported it to Bracken Ridge Park Zoo headquarters then to the park.
In Indianapolis on October 25 Dr Fielding O Lewis of Philadelphia told the Interstate Post-Graduate Medical association that many tall cases of hoarseness could be carefully examined to dramatically reduce mortality from cancer of the larynx.
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Twenty five prosecution witnesses attended the Hidalgo county court session as Judge Hood Boone granted a recess to assemble a special venue for juror selection. Defendants indicted March 3 on conspiracy charges include W. H. McClelland Walter Van Allen George W. Huthven Stokes Cheney A F Durgle B J Farnsworth J Fl Shula and Luther Hepsy all of Donna released on bond with rest of proceedings pending.
In La Crosse Wisconsin on October 25, four bank robbers surprised at the State Bank of Masdaro were cornered after two gun battles across Ta Crosy and Jackson counties. Two were wounded and captured. two escaped toward the Black River with bloodhounds tracking them.
In Rome on October 33, a faction of political prisoners and supporters express hopeful rumors of amnesty as the tenth anniversary of Prac! In office approaches. lipati confinement felands era louking starward eagerly toward what may come next.
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