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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1933
Page
20
Tulsa report notes East Texas gains offset a large Oklahoma decline in weekly crude output. National daily average climbs to 2,774,734 barrels while Oklahoma drops from 605,740 to 4h barrels. Texas remains steady with OWLPUL near 1,297,038 barrels and East Texas lifting to 26,000 plus barrels daily.
In Fort Worth on September 4, 64 year old Wrbb was killed and his estranged wife Abba, 62, critically wounded at their daughter son’s home. The granddaughter Margaret Poxhall, 20, discovered them after hearing shots. A pistol lay beside Webb.
London reports say representatives from France and Belgium will meet in Paris September to resolve difficulties over the fruit of a forthcoming convention. Preliminary discussions are planned before the formal conference begins on January. A general commission meeting is set for the 16th.
Various clubs and sororities schedule dances and meetings this week across San Antonio venues. Palm Heights Recreation hosts a Tuesday dance at Basin Weights building. Highland Park Recreation hosts an old-fashioned dance at the recreation center. Several sororities and fraternal groups announce initiation, meetings, and style shows at homes and public spaces with times from 1:30 to 7:20 Tuesday evening and throughout the week. Local civic league holds first fall meeting at Rogers studio terrace with speakers Merrill Bishop and Paul Villard, plus officer nominations. A Riverside Park PTA executive board called meeting is set for Wednesday morning to plan the year.
St Louis September 5. R Emmett O Malley superintendent of the Missouri insurance department will ask Cheaultdge Hamilton to approve the plan that would transfer the assets and business of the Missouri Life Insurance company to the General American Life Insurance Company awaiting decision on the sale and its terms.
W C Tevale crew from Standard Shipping won the International Lifeboat race off Brooklyn against rival crews. Sophomore sailors from the team secured victory in the grueling winter event established seven years ago.
Reported sightings from Ottawa and shore landings end uncertainty as two balloons chase the James Gordon Bennett prize. Navy entry led by Lt Cmdr T G Whettle, last year’s winner, rests near Long Island Sound while other American and Polish entrants remain unconfirmed. Ward Van Orman and Francizek Hynek with Lwewl Zbikniew Burg-Jaynski are still unaccounted for.
Vermont begins balloting as clear skies promise dry ballots yet rain threatens turnout. Prohibition supporters press to push Vermont toward repealing the Eighteenth Amendment, aiming to become the 25th state to do so.
Tokyo based reporters report a powerful typhoon sweeping Southern Korea killed 14 people, with many still listed as missing. The storm caused property damage across Western Japan, though no casualties were reported there.
BEWISION Maine reports that Janet Snowden the oil heiress estranged from Prince Di Siriggnano Don Francesca Carabita obtained police protection after a note warning of kidnapping. They married in New York on August 7, but she left five days later saying the marriage was a mistake and she did not love him.
A government decree published this morning states that Austrian Nazis must cover costs of the campaign and enforcement measures. It compels contributions not only from those directly responsible for political disturbances but from anyone who sympathizes with or assists in disorders, extending liability beyond the perpetrators.
Premier Herriot of France praised Soviet leadership during his Moscow visit, remarking on general progress and citing Josef Stalin as possessing outstanding statesmanship, courage, and wisdom. The remarks appeared in a report from Moscow dated September 5.
Funeral services were arranged here for William Poole Sr publisher of the Greenville Morning Post who died at his home after a brief illness. Poole, 77, led the paper and was a fixture in the Texas publishing scene for decades. He is survived by his wife and several children.
Hondo High School Owls began practice under coaches Flory and Broxton. Captain Carroll Jones and Major Lancaster lead veterans, with backfield and line prospects including Schuenle Roy Eehwerys Noonan Meenler Kirby Dawson Delingry Meyer. Reserve squad limited by injury as the team builds depth on the field noted as South Texas’s best grass facility drawing praise from visiting fans.
In Worth on September 6, Ben and Will Doyle report the passing of Jamies H. Doyle from Granbury after a long illness. Jamies had been bedbound for six weeks and is survived by brother Will E. Doyle of Teague who just celebrated his eighty seventh birthday. The note also mentions Jamies’ service in the Confederate organization. In other notes, a separate golf item from Quebec records a hole in one by Carica Sule and a long drive by Steedo Bolmn Adadnaren on the thirteenth at a tournament.
The mangled text records a Major League box score with names Howe Kindledih Allen Blade Techn Crawford W Herman Chyler and others. It mentions runs batted in and two-base hits along with pitching notes for Carleton Auker and others. Also includes a race noting TERRAPIN WINS 257 and Ponca City Labor Day derby with Vernon Robinson as owner and near 1000 entries.
Catherine Mattern of New York, 15, battled rain and wind to win the junior national AAU women’s one distance swimming championship at Clementon Lake. She completed the two and a quarter mile course in 6 minutes 2 seconds.
Father Lynch athletic director announces Bill Storem former University of Detroit fullback named head football coach for St. Michael's college. He takes charge of the squad tomorrow.
Readers learn leading batters and team standings from the Texas League standings in the Associated Brews digest. Names such as Poressien Antal, Dallay, Bennett, Washington, Kinotl, Galveston, and San Antonio appear amid scattered team references and performance notes including runs, hits, and home runs.
Fragmentary OCR preserves names and phrases without clear context or coherent events. Readable bits include personal names and scattered terms, but no identifiable action, date, or location to summarize meaningfully.
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