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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1933
Page
4
After the disaster along the river, American relief teams rush to clear debris and count victims. Eight dead reported in Matamoros while Mexican villages along the Rio Grande face rising waters and inadequate flood protection. Wreckage blocks streets and damaged infrastructure marks the scene as rescue efforts continue.
A flood of unusual ailments fills the Robert B Green charity hospital as multiple patients seek care after mosquito bites and other incidents. Valae Sanches 25 Bergs Mill, Angela Vance 13 Burnet, Jesusa Rodriguez 9 West Commerce, and Jeanette Carroll 11 months 1307 South Hackberry receive treatment. army aid moves in with typhoid and tetanus inoculations underway. Lloyd Coundry is treated for head wounds after an assault in the 200 block of Rivas Street.
Dr. W. W. Jackson, president of Westmoorland College, addressed the San Antonio Kiwanis Club in honor of the late Dick Terrell, former chamber of commerce president, at the Gun Ev hotel on Friday noon. A quartet including B. H. Lovelace, Brown Smith, Dorothy Bandlin, and May Chaffee performed.
Harlingen officials ordered 50 000 sand sacks to guard floodways after the hurricane flood threat. In Matamoros 13 people were killed with two new names added to the list, while the valley recovered from damage with debris removal and power restoration progressing. State highway patrolman F D Albright was hospitalized for an arm infection but arrived to aid valleyl families, as Rio Grande water levels crept toward Fort Ringgold and Rio Grande City.
Hunt Watson, known as San Antonio's notorious desperado, was killed Thursday by a Louisiana prison guard’s gunfire as he attempted a fourth dramatic escape from Angola State Prison near Baton Rouge. His criminal career began with a $1000 hotel robbery in San Antonio in 1930, followed by multiple escapes and bank robberies in Louisiana and Texas, including a 35 year sentence after a Ninety Fourth District Court conviction. He repeatedly escaped custody, declaring he wished to hurry to the penitentiary to continue his escapes, and his spree ended with a fatal shot during the attempted break.
In Havana harbor US destroyers McParland and Bainbridge and cruiser Mandrosy ready for action while a US traier carrying Secretary Swanson arrives. The sen states condemn DeCespedes regime and fear intervention as American lives or property could be endangered. The central committee reportedly agrees to retreat on orders from the president.
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