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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1936
Page
3
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin is seriously run down by insomina and fears of war in Europe. He has delegated Neville Chamberlain to attend the Triass Conservative meeting at Margate on October 3, with official circles silent on his condition.
In San Francisco on September 9 174 a labor dispute escalated as Ed ward H Fitzgerald federal mediator announced a settlement. The President Hoover liner faced fresh controversy over deck hand discharge and non discrimination pledges while 271 passengers remained aboard as efforts to resolve the standoff continued.
The New York Times reports President Roosevelt considers, if re-elected, a broad reorganization including consolidating or abolishing major departments and possibly a national defense department uniting army navy and air corps. The plan hinges on congress action and will be shaped after a lengthy study by the president's advisory committee.
Police recovered a stolen suitcase on Wednesday but questioned if it belonged to a San Antonian. The bag was found with the arrest of & negra, who admitted taking it from a railroad boxcar. The report mentions a proposed fetal reorganization plan reorganizing bureaus on a functional basis.
Detroit detectives shifted to a grim theory as 20 month old Harry Browe joined the search for missing infant. Police note low hope of finding the child alive and reference the Lillian Gallagher case where the girl was found dead in a trunk. Federal agents prepare to assist in the sprawling kidnap investigation.
Washington dispatches report the Security Board will open field offices in San Antonio and four other Texas cities within about a month. No personnel details released. San Antonio currently hosts two regional social security offices headed by Oscar Pawel.
Bexar county commissioners authorize issuing 100000 in interest bearing road and bridge warrants for county road improvements. O M Fitzhugh of the San Antonio Taxpayers' league denounces the action as illegal and says warrants should not be issued until a debt is created. The board also accepted a contract with Domestic Securities Corp president Van Howard Jr. for work.
Edward W. Smith of the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals had a minor operation at Nix hospital last Saturday and is recovering rapidly. Court clerk T. Maxey Hart said he will soon be able to see friends.
Two watches and car keys were stolen from a room by dice thieves. Warrant details mention 5 percent annual interest and maturity dates. City precincts plan road and infrastructure improvements with costs ranging from about 17 000 to 36 000 dollars, including blacktop on Pleasan-ton Road and upgrades to Military Drive and Nacogdoches road.
In Oklahoma City on September 9 parishioners at St Luke's Methodist Church heard lively organ music from the pipe organ after a man working on the instrument began to swing it and played Some of These Days, startling those nearby.
Dr. M. L. Stubblefeld of Gorman is elected president of the Northwest Texas Medical Association at its semi annual convention held yesterday in Eastland.
Chicago September 9 Representative William Lemke of North Dakota Union party candidate for president declined a challenge to debate issued by Norman Thomas Socialist party’s standard bearer. Lemke sent a telegram saying his time is occupied and mocked Thomas Browder and the Watbtreet candidates, accusing them of aiding and comforting a Wealth Street challenger. He added Governor Alf Landon has reason to go to Maine and noted his own campaign against both coupon clipper candidates.
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