14 Sep 1937
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1937
Page
1
An ad touts Monke's Emerald Oil with money back guarantee. Separately, Laura Lea, a 25 year old dancer, claims a studio executive assaulted her after an incident outside a motion picture studio. Authorities released her. she refused to file charges and officials said they were washing their hands of the case.
Military policemen sought seven prisoners who escaped from the Fort Sam Houston guard house early Saturday. Three fugitives remained at large while four captives were jailed pending investigation of the break.
Burglars and car prowlers raided homes stores and a hotel in San Antonio within 24 hours ending 10 a m Tuesday, with loot valued over $500. Items stolen included $78 from Southwestern Specialty Co store, $80 from Paula Gonzales at Santex hotel, a $165 Graflex camera from G Adams at Kelly Field, a typewriter from G Taylor, and 25 pounds of candy from Brady Freight. Probed finds show Miss Clara Smiths suitcases and Miss Kirkscales purse among the car thefts, with several juvenile arrests connected to the haul.
Houston firm Reed Roller Bit Company declared a regular quarterly dividend of 29 cents a share and an extra dividend of 50 cents a share, totaling 10 cents a share. The previous quarter paid 20 cents regular and 10 cents extra, totaling 30 cents.
At the Nurnberg rally Hitler told 16,000 cheering Nazis that Germany would aid wherever Bolshevism appears in Europe. He said intervention is dictated by the naked necessity of sustaining the life of the German people and justified aid to Basque insurgents as self preservation.
Four persons charged with aggravated assault in connection with the San Antonio laundry strikes had their trials postponed to October 11 by agreement between the district attorney and defense counsel. The cases were to be heard before Judge McCollum Burnett in County Court at Law No. due to a duty case occupying the court. Defendants include Libert Olivas Manuel Martinez John Olive and Jesus Coade.
Texas employers have forms for reporting August payrolls issued to 12 108. The state employment commission chairman Carpenter said the deadline is September 25. A rental ad request appears in the Tight columns with Dial F 1231 for readers seeking tenants.
Police search for George Henderson a 12 year old man who vanished from his Peck avenue home at 5 30 am Sunday Investigating officers were told by his daughter that he worried about a sister in Houston who was recently struck by a motorist The elderly man may have suffered amnesia from worry He wore dark trousers a white shirt and carried a straw bag He stands about five feet five inches tall and weighs around 165 pounds
The fragmentary weather item lists wind, precipitation, and temperature figures with references to specific times and percentages. It includes monthly totals, notable figures such as 4.04 inches of deficit, 351 inches of monthly accumulation, and mentions of tides, moon phases, and a long list of city names with scattered conditions.
A Tuesday blaze in the 1900 block of Winona Street Los Angeles Heights destroyed a garage storing grocery stock owned by E. H. Linne at 1928 Winona Street. The groceries valued at 800 dollars and the garage at 2000 dollars were damaged. The cause remains undetermined.
The US Department of Agriculture reports strong crop health across major staples with cotton at 4,822,000 bales and corn at 75,581,000 bushels for the season, notes Oklahoma and Texas production trends, while other items reference local notices and school day preparations.
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