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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1933
Page
14
An editor group led by Arthur Brisbane and associates mobilizes a broad alliance of 250000 workers, reflecting a disciplined, time driven campaign on Fifth Avenue. The effort signals pressed action by Kline Bo and Bead Le style editors in a coordinated public display.
Grover Whalen leads two hundred thousand marchers along Fifth Avenue to the NRA review stand near the public library. Editors and publishers follow, with Roy Howard and Joseph Medill Patterson among notables. The event features soldiers, police, politicians, and a famed “Iron Virgin” armor figure, while crowds pack sidewalks from Washington Square to 34th Street.
Havana reports a general strike by 3000 wholesale grocery and packing house workers amid opposition to President Gray San Martin. Officials discuss dictatorship powers while unrest spreads with army discontent, student protests, and U.S. policy critique.
The page reports varied baseball notes including Wheeling players Sewell and Hogan in lineup chatter, plus scores from the Memphis Chicks defeating New Orleans 3 to 1 in a Southern Playoff game. Also mentioned are postponements in Rochester Newark playoff plans and a flood warning for Presidio Texas with river rises. It references multiple teams and cities with limited coherent context.
In Washington a high level meeting attended by senior officials and representatives is convened to press for rapid action. The goal is to establish a coordinated plan and resources to advance the bitumen industry, with the White House urging swift progress and formalized steps.
In a dated and garbled court note, Mrs Marin Rew sues for 75 000 and 140 000 in damages alleging theft of affection by Windsor and Alfred C Renddy. Verdict refused after a lengthy retrial request.
A protest against a beer sale across from First Baptist Church at Fourth and Taylor streets was filed with the city commission and county commissioners. The Rev C Roy Angell and Rev Mrs Angell led the protest, arguing the Rainbow cafeteria at 201 Fourth should not be licensed to sell beer within 60 feet of the church, and within 300 feet of a church or school. A second protest was filed by Dr Vo Palomo, citing nearby church and school. Authorities prepared licenses for many applications awaiting action, with about 360 approved total and roughly 60 more to go as beer sales were set to begin Friday.
Governor Miriam A. Morgia onti hermes called a special session of the Texas legislature and submitted two emergency relief bills. One would direct expenditure of 20,000,000 in state bond issue funds and another would liberalize anti trust laws suspending certain civil penalties during the emergency. The message explains a national recovery act context and aims to align state action with federal programs to spur prosperity and avoid conflicts between state and national authorities. Attorney James V. Allred is referenced in related antitrust actions and a case involving alleged unfair practices. The governor urges measures to keep pace with national recovery and public works programs.
REY YORK Sept 14 Charles M Schwall named probable successor to Robert P Lamore as president of the American Iron and Steel Institute Lamont resignation follows a long tenure under salary reportedly around 100000 a year The announcement surprised quarters and was seen as signaling NRA alignment decades endası
Tacoma report details an aging radio engineer, Tins, who replaced medical service elements to aid a human receiving set. The piece describes a dramatic incident with a man named Bodker and a device with wires wrapped around the wrist, touching on failures in signaling and the emergence of a wired cane as a possible aid, amid a tense medical context.
A bill to suspend strict state antitrust laws for persons and corporations operating under fair trade agreements approved by the president was filed in the Texas House by Rep Rolland Brawley. The measure mirrors a California form and lasts until June 16, 1085 unless earlier ended by a presidential declaration.
New York report notes the daily rate in gold francs with approximate values and mentions Dennis Newertiay and figures around 744 dena HL AHO, reflecting currency valuation fluctuations.
In southwestern Pennsylvania during a large coal field strike, 16 men were shot and many injured as pickets clashed with deputies and guards at Gates, Footedale and Edenborn mines. Tear gas and guns were used, with several injured, including a deputy shot and a man whose arm and skull were fractured. Ambulances ferried the wounded to hospital amid continued clashes as police tried to control the rioting crowds.
Disjointed report from Chicago on September 14 centers on Ron Scheck and Joan Scheck denying involvement in a murder tied to a police officer death. The fragment references a gun linked to Floyd and mentions a court context and weapon handling amid unclear details.
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