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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1936
Page
1
Lord Lothian urges tough stance on German rearmament and territorial questions. He argues that restoring former colonies will not solve Germany’s issues and calls for broader global cooperation in trade and migration. The piece notes American views and warns against appeasement and disarmament.
San Antonio police officials led by Veteran Officer Vogler and J O Neill warned bookie shops to halt betting as they prepared to visit all 26 outlets. Although some shops claimed wire services resumed briefly Tuesday, Vogler pledged continued checks and ordered loiterers arrested. Police also closed bingo games downtown after a chief’s directive.
Weather bureau advisory reports a tropical disturbance strengthening into a hurricane far southeast of Bermuda, moving northwest at about 12 mph. Ships southeast of Bermuda warned to expect hurricane winds near the storm center as the system nears, with center about 900 miles east northeast of Puerto Rico and roughly 2000 miles from Florida.
OSAWATOMIE Kan September 1 A brisk wind fanned a blaze that swept through the Missouri Pacific shops here causing damage estimated at 250000 dollars. Firemen and railroad officials said the fire was brought under control by volunteer crews early today.
Mrs Bry Markham, London society aviatrix, delays her projected transatlantic flight planned for today because of unfavorable weather conditions.
BATON ROUGE LA Sept 1 1M State Police said Uncle John Guillory 39 a fugitive convict had been shot to death in Rayne Lay while resisting arrest Police were informed by Sheriff W V Lavcarde of Acadia parish that Guillory who escaped Sept 15 1933 from the Lani penitentiary where he began serving the term for murder was killed by the Rayne night police chief who he wounded They said the officer recognized him and fled to arrest him as a fugitive but Guillory drew a knife
Royal Hammonds of Maryland reported to police on Tuesday that a passenger he carried about town robbed him of several dollars after paying and then returning on Gt. Mary's Street and Wooden Avenue. A separate dispatch notes strengthened Soviet garrisons in Moscow and Tula and continued pressure around Kronstadt as the campaign against the Fran regime persists.
San Antonio experiences a brief spell of rain and clouds as August ends. Weather observer J H Jarher predicts a return to normal September conditions with a high near 92 and lows around 20 below, while showers tapered off by mid evening. The city recorded 2.1 inches for the month and 24.23 inches for the year.
Glacier Park Montana report says a large fire crossed the Continental Divide destroying several small buildings near the Many Glaciers hotel. Superintendent E T Scoyen puts damage at about 325000 with no injuries as about 100 guests evacuated from their beds. The blaze is described as Glacier Park’s worst since 1829 and the first to cross the divide in 1960.
Emily Darsi of Kansas City, mother of Chicago reporter Alfred Lingle killed in 1930, disclosed her support for freeing Lio Brothers, serving 15 years in Joliet for the crime. She said she doubts Brothers ever saw Lingle and described aid from Mrs. Rose Jessen of Webster Groves, Missouri.
Mrs. Dorothy Sherwood a 28 year old widow pleaded guilty to first degree manslaughter for the drowning of her 2 year old son Jimmy in an August 1935 creek incident. She had previously been convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death last January. the Court of Appeals ordered a new trial.
More than all $517,368 in San Antonio building permits for August covered dwellings. The city clerk reported Tuesday that sixty one-family dwelling permits totalled $185,207, with other residential construction bringing the sum to $22,397. A single permit for $235,890 covered action constructions.
Partly cloudy Tuesday night and Wednesday with a low around 72 degrees and a high near 92 degrees on Tuesday. Expected local showers in the Rio Grande valley. Light to moderate southerly winds along the coast. East Texas region follows a similar partly cloudy trend with general readings through Wednesday.
International News Service reports from Chopeba Spain that the white army advances with Foreign legion support toward Madrid. Observers describe siege and battle scenes around Toledo and Oropesa, noting destruction, wounded, and the weary, ongoing march of troops amid harsh heat and extended patrols.
In a Fayette County, Alabama home near Saline Lake, Marois Studdard, 33, wife Mary, 30, and children Kathleen, 5, and Shirley, 5 months were killed. Sheriff Witehel said investigators believe Mrs Studdard killed the others and then herself. A second report from Salt Lake City notes George Henry Dern’s funeral train arriving with President Roosevelt and cabinet members in attendance, mourning the secretary of war after his death.
A tentative panel of jurors, including two women, was seated today at the mass trial in Detroit of 12 Black Legionnaires charged with the murder of Charles A. Poole. The panel will be questioned by the court as proceedings begin.
Five county employees forming the re instated Algaway patrol did not receive pay on Tuesday due to missing budget provisions. The group was rehired the prior week on the recommendation of Assistant District Attorney L J Gittinger and under county officials. The courthouse absence and cash shortfall prevented salaries from being paid.
Reported day-long assault by rebels on Trua, near the Iran border, was repelled with heavy casualties. Government forces used air bombardment and coastal shelling while militia executed reprisals against hostages, including the bishop of Valladolid. Rebels mounted countermeasures with anti aircraft guns and aircraft actions over Franco-Spanish frontier, but suffered significant losses.
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