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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1932
Page
1
Arthur Brisbane recalls Calvin Coolidge’s boyhood library of fourteen titles including Gulliver's Travels and Huckleberry Finn. The feature notes Coolidge read at age twelve, mentions Cosmpolitan's October article, and includes remarks on teachers, ancestry, and early science curiosities from iguanas to electricity.
Cloudy conditions expected Saturday night and Sunday with a low around 66 Saturday and a high near 84 Sunday. Light northerly to northeast winds, prior day highs around 83 and a cooler Saturday night. East Texas shows partly to fairly cloudy conditions, cooler by Sunday morning, with similar light winds.
Los Angeles dispatch reports Paul Bern threatened wife Jean Harlow before his death, fueling rumors of a second woman. Dorothy Millette, once known as Mrs Paul Bern, disappears after a Sacramento river steamer voyage, with river searches and conflicting clues about a possible suicide. Funeral services for Bern proceed as investigators pursue the Millette mystery and potential links to California and Nevada locations.
A New York teletype reports Ole Olson bit his own hip during a crowded event. Olson, carrying artificial teeth in his hip pocket, entered the arena and stunned spectators by shouting a question about being stabbed before medical help arrived. A doctor sutured the wound and police attended.
In Bansab City on September 10, the case against six arrested for kidnapping Mrs. Nell Q. Donnelly concluded with the acquittal of Ethel Depew, a former nurse in the Donnelly home. Walter Weiner received a liee sentence, William Lacy Browning was given 25 years, and Charles Mele was convicted and sentenced to 35 years for involvement in the cottage rental near Bonner Springs, Kansas.
The weather bureau forecasts continued cool conditions in San Antonio and vicinity with Saturday night and Sunday temperatures ranging from 66 to 84 degrees. Expect cloudy skies in the next 24 hours but no rain. Light northerly winds prevail as thermometers drop to near 6 degrees early Saturday morning, with highs near 02 degrees noted later in the day.
Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley challenged Franklin D. Roosevelt on the cash bonus issue for veterans. Speaking after arriving for the American Legion convention in Hadland, Ore, Hurley said Roosevelt is straddling the question and insisted the president needs no defense.
Four robbers hit a Te Salle street skyscraper nineteenth floor law office. Six lawyers argued with them and talked the assailants into returning most of the loot. The bandits fled with $30 after giving back $2000 in jewelry and $11 in cash.
San Francisco reports two deaths and multiple prostrations as a record heat wave pushes temperatures to around 101 degrees. Forecasters warn the heat will continue with risks to residents, including workers like Frank Williams and Alex Larsen among those affected.
In Tokio and Osaka a wave of protests against National City Bank of New York over photographing Japanese industrial sites intensified. Delegations from nationalist groups pressured the Osaka branch, while Ambassadors Grew and Uchida met at the foreign office to address tensions. Reports accuse the United States of war preparations, including fleet presence and carrier movements, fueling diplomatic strains.
Chicago dispatch reports William P. Brand, 21, a former university student and real estate office worker, convicted of extortion after threatening to harm the man who funded his education. Brand faced a 20 year term in a reform school. The alleged plot involved threats to harm his benefactor’s family.
Bremen reports the North German Lloyd line will rebuild the steamer Westfalen after it was assigned as a floating air station to support a regular air mail service between Europe and South America. The vessel has rested after extensive tests in the North Sea and remodeling is expected to be completed by next spring.
Montagu Norman, governor of the Bank of England, arrived in Liverpool from the United States aboard the Duchess of Bedford and proceeded with a secret schedule after disembarking, continuing his movements privately.
Floods push through the Rio Grande floodway as Sebastian braces for water encroachment. A Mexican family of six marooned in a tree near Santa Rosa awaited rescue after a night amid five to six foot depths. Volunteers labored to seal the levee breaks near Weslaco and Brownsville reports show crest passes southward with rising but falling levels.
South Bend reports plants in the needle industry closing after a second attack by strikers. About 600 workers, mostly Finns and women, used stones and blocks to smash windows at the Brodsky plant and repel police and firemen during hours of unrest. Factory authorities said closures were necessary to protect staff.
Washington, Sept 10. Prohibition groups the Anti Saloon League executive committee and the National Prohibition Board of Strategy urged voters to back congressional candidates friendly to prohibition. The board discussed Canon Williams S. Chase proposal for a third party and decided to focus on senatorial and congressional races. Borah of Idaho and Pinchot of Pennsylvania were suggested as third party leaders.
Berlin with Von Papen under pressure as opposition parties press for a non confidence vote in the Reichstag next week. President von Hindenburg reportedly urged a continuation of the current regime while factions maneuver to form a new government.
WINNIPEG Sept 10 Impeachment of members of the Manitoba provincial government and the board of governors of the University of Manitoba was called today over an alleged shortage of nearly 81 000 000 in the university endowment fund.
Wives and children of the missing ride along the river as divers search the river floor for victims of the Observa tion ferry explosion at One Hundred Thirty-fifth Street. By mid morning another body was found and a third person died in hospital. Police list Dent and others as missing or injured. Investigations open to determine cause as floodlights illuminate the grim scene.
Asuncion reports Paraguay will defend its national rights against Bolivian aggression. A military communique says Paraguayan troops captured Fort Boquer and forced surrender of Bolivian forces after 15 hours of fighting, with later reports confirming the engagement near Por Boqueran.
Paris, Sept. 10. The council of ministers under President Le Brun unanimously approved the French reply to Germanys side memoire. The document asserts that Germany seeks a revision of the Versailles treaty, notes France cannot pursue such a procedure bilaterally, and suggests the League of Nations be approached instead.
An automobile veered off a highway near Choctaw early today, killing Frank Noe of Seminole and Misa Jean Selby of Dallas, Texas. A third occupant, L. L. Cademhead, escaped serious injury as the car rolled several times.
Fragmentary ad lists furnished and unfurnished apartments with monthly rents from 27 to 4000 dollars. Mentions locations, sizes, and amenities in a jumbled OCR style. Includes supervisor names and contact cues scattered through the text.
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