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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1936
Page
1
Lexington Mich Sept 5. Michael Meyer a commercial fisherman explains his policy allowing amateur fishermen to fish from his pier. He says the practice helps his business and notes that competitors fail when they do not catch fish, often buying from him.
A German rebel forces source cited by Voelkischer Beobachter alleges Spanish leftists carried out cruelties at Bidajoz and Armadralerg. The report claims prisoners were nailed to fences and women and children pierced and burned.
Washington, Sept. 7 The United States received regrets and disclaimers from both sides in Spain’s revolutionary crisis as it seeks further communications with Spanish royalty and rebels to identify the tri-matured monoplane that attempted to bomb the destroyer Kane. The government imposes safeguards on non interference policy and asks American shipping lines to avoid dangerous ports in Spain. Merchant vessels indebted to the government are urged to refrain from accepting cargoes for those ports.
Spanish woman Socialist leader said Europe’s neutrality in the Spanish Civil War supported the rebels and declared she was in France to seek aid. She warned that defeat of democracy in Spain would defeat democracy worldwide and accused certain countries of providing permanent aid to the rebel side.
A garbled weather summary lists temperatures, humidity, wind, and precipitation. It mentions Abilene Albuquerque Des Moines and other U S locations with scattered figures and times, including sun set and moon rise details, but many entries are unreadable.
Governor James V. Allred opened the first Southwestern state parole conference in Galveston addressing six states. He urged studying parole effectiveness, praised county volunteer parole boards, and outlined a three point program for interstate cooperation and reform aimed at reducing crime and aiding rehabilitated offenders. Attending leaders included attorneys general prison and parole officials from Texas Oklahoma Louisiana Arkansas New Mexico and Arizona.
In Austin on September 2, Orville Carpenter of the old age assistance commission said pensioners in Texas need not worry about regular monthly checks for the rest of the year. Revenue from new and renewed dealers licenses is expected to exceed 400000 for the fiscal year. about 72000 pensioners are on rolls and 70000 checks have been mailed for September totaling near 2 million dollars.
Deputy Sheriff J W Hurst said Albert O'Brien, 26, confessed to breaking into the home of English actress Mrs Ruby Grayson and attacking her, though he denied the assault. Grayson, with a fractured jaw and multiple cuts, identified O'Brien from a jail visit aided by a memory sketch she drew. James O Connor, Louisiana official, was among early arrivals.
American Legionnaires concluded a three day state convention electing Drury Phillips of Huntsville as state commander and Sat Angelo as the 10th meeting place. Governor James V. Allred praised child welfare as the closing session addressed by the governor. The convention adopted a resolution to study recognition of new regional posts and to bolster the Americanism committee. Auxiliary officers were elected including Mrs. Benton and Mrs. Austin. Delegates to the national convention include Mrs. Van Teel of San Antonio.
Madrid dispatch reports a large airfield near Madrid destroyed by a bombing raid. The Em- pestin force claimed strikes on hangars at an airfield named Empana from the Campo Vientes area, with smoke visible across the region. Rebel commander Mola predicted Madrid would fall by January 1, while government troops paraded in Madrid vowing to resist.
President Cardenas disclosed before congress that Mexico had sent arms and ammunition to Spain for use by the Spanish Reds against the insurgent army. He later justified the non intervention policy while admitting a large shipment to Spain and a sale of arms to Colombia.
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