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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1932
Page
1
The piece discusses utopian schemes from Plato to modern thinkers, contrasting ideal states with practical limits. It cites an experimental colony proposal of 100,000 members, critiques from Walker and Poucer, and weighs labor needs against railway subsidies while urging gradual civilizational progress.
Tampa hosts a multi cultural evening as Latin events draw crowds in the city center. Performances from local groups join food stalls and music aimed at celebrating heritage in a lively 44 hour central event.
Dallas dispatch reports early official returns from 13 counties show former Governor Mirjeta A. Ferguson leading Governor Sterling in the Democratic runoff for Texas governor by margins around 3,759 votes. Unofficial tallies earlier in the week favored Ferguson by about 2,373 votes, with county tabulations awaiting full state convention confirmation in Lubbock on September 12.
Official canvass shows Sterling ahead by a narrow margin in a tight governor race with Ferguson in Bexar County. Unofficial tallies favored Ferguson 21,82 to 17,651, while official totals rose Sterling to 17,745. Felbaum leads Williamson in Bexar by one vote 19,405 to 18,155.
Classified page lists the telephone directory and urges readers to dial F-1231 for a complete directory. The note emphasizes access via the service and notes availability in the classified section.
James E. H. Doolittle of St. Louis shatters the world land plane speed record at Cleveland Municipal Airport by averaging 296.287 mph over the four best runs on a 3-kilometer course. He topped the old mark by 17.807 mph, with multiple laps over 300 mph and a display of consistent performance. A separate report notes a drowning near Lake Nasworthy dam, while New York stocks rise as trading tightens before the holiday.
Mostly cloudy with probable showers Sunday. Low around 13 degrees, high near 84. Light to moderate northerly winds. East Texas mostly cloudy with scattered showers. Light to moderate winds along the coast. West Texas generally fair Sunday. Additional details on page 2.
In Viege Switzerland on September a leading to the slaying of 21 year old Jeanne Thershofer of Cleveland Ohio near Val Saint Nicholas. Jeanne and her sister Helen 18 toured Europe when separated at Zermatt Viege. Police found Jeanne murdered with her head crushed by a heavy stove. Investigators believe an Austrian youth attacked and killed her after she fought back. the suspect vanished with his passport seized to stop his departure. The sister mourns while authorities seek the unnamed suspect.
Clearfield Pa Sept 3 An alleged suspect in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping matter was held by authorities after nearly three months in custody. District Attorney F C Bell named Clarence Sladent Ish peddler of the Sourland mountains region of New Jersey as a suspect who allegedly abducted Lindbergh heir Charles Augustus Lindbergh III. Devine, a former stable hand from Dubois Pa, and two of his associates were said to have aided in the crime, holding an unnamed prisoner in an abandoned hunting camp near Dubois. Bell noted third degree methods were used on Stadenk, who maintained his innocence.
Miami business houses board up doors and windows as tropical disturbance targets the area. Meteorologist R W Gray warns the storm could hit the Florida east coast between Jupiter and Miami, moving slowly northwest at about eight miles per hour toward the central north of the Turks and Caicos.
An unusual deep tremor was detected today by Carnegie geophysical laboratory instruments. The quake’s origin is estimated about 5200 miles west of Pasadena. A second shock followed at 4:30 a.m. Pacific Standard Time.
Debris and flood waters surge along the Rio Grande valley as a railroad bridge at Laredo collapses. Four workers are reported saved, several missing, and two bodies recovered as a U.S. Army plane drops inner tubes to marooned men. Authorities and onlookers pray for victims while river currents carry the disaster downstream toward the International Bridge.
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