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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1933
Page
4
Washington dispatch reports Chieftains of the oil industry push for a method to raise and stabilize crude prices in the dollar market, aiming to preserve a natural power supply while reducing price competition. Officials caution that fixed high prices alone won’t fix production and will seek further steps beyond mere production controls.
A planning committee backs price fixing to balance production with consumption. The approach aims to curb gouging, support weaker producers, and stabilize prices while considering real time oil company postings and retail gasoline trends.
Francis H. Sisson president of the America Bankers' Association told about five thousand bankers that the deposit guaranty under the 1983 act is of questionable value. He warned that guaranty schemes failed elsewhere, weaken banks, and were abandoned by wiser states.
Governor Miriam A Ferguson issued five pardons and clemencies in Texas. Otto Crabb received a full pardon after a Fayette county jury convicted him of violating the Aquor law. Conditional pardons were granted to Ignate Gutkowski for murder in Washington county. Am Doggett for arson in Wichita county. War rick for larceny in Goleman county. and Eustance Knight for theft in El Paso county, with terms ranging from months in jail to years suspended.
United States Ambassador Jassn T Straus and his wife will sail home tomorrow on the Champlain. The ambassador plans to go to New York for medical treatment on his physician’s advice to undergo a possible heart operation and expects to return in a time member 1. es.
Berlin dispatch confirms United States Consul General George Messersmith stating that H. V. Kallenborn, son of a former Brooklyn Eagle editor, was seized by Nazi storm troops in a verified attack.
Grand jury in Saline County, Arkansas, reconvenes to hear further witnesses in the poison slaying case involving Mark H. Shank. Shank, jailed in Little Rock for safe keeping, faces murder charges linked to the deaths of four people after a picnic with Shank. His wife and attorney E. H. Blyian were present at the proceeding. Duke Calley, a former investigator for Shank, and the Calley children died in the incident. The grand jury had previously conducted an inquiry but did not report. A separate crash in Winfield, Kansas injures T. L. Caughlin of Oklahoma City when his car left the road and hit a telephone post on U.S. 97. He suffers a possible skull fracture but is expected to recover.
Decatur Alabama reports Tom Brown, a Black man, was convicted of attacking a woman and sentenced to die in the electric chair on October 13. National guardsmen patrolled the courthouse as the verdict was read. Judge James B. Horton initially imposed the sentence but suspended it pending a defense appeal.
In Upper Bavaria on Sept 1 U Mos Rote Llewellyn Henry Jr, wife of Judge Henry of the mixed court of Alexandria Egypt, remained in serious condition today after an automobile accident yesterday. Judge Henry, his companion Alvan 22, and Mr Clelland 44 were seriously hurt in the crash.
Danish papers report Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh intends to buy a house near Copenhagen to reside in during flying seasons as a projected trans Atlantic route via Greenland and Ireland is established.
Chicago September six tragedy marked the close of the international air races. Florence Klingensmith, holder of the women’s Loop the Loop record, was killed when her plane at about 200 miles per hour plunged near the field after a seven lap run. Roy Ligget, Omaha, also died in a test flight during the event. Jam es Fr. Wedell, Indiana, set an unofficial land speed record earlier, then won the race in which Klingensmith perished, collecting part of the ten thousand dollar purse.
The director of agriculture in Guangdong provinces urged the government to impose a special import tax to shield native orange growers from rising imports from the United States. Orchardists complain a cheaper dollar makes US oranges more affordable, with a year’s imports valued at about 100,000 gold dollars. Treasury receipts show September 1 balances and monthly figures in Washington.
Austin reports a Texas oil body fixed September 16 for a hearing on allocating allowables to meet the president's committee daily limit of 876,200 barrels.
An old style ad touts Resinol Ointment from Mesinol as fast relief for itching and irritation. It claims quick soothing, promotes healing, and encourages trying it even after other methods failed. The message urges purchasing through a local druggist.
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