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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1930
Page
1
A chaotic financial era described with warnings on stock volatility and a looming explosion in market activity. References to Wall Street, a Thursday seat sale at $201,000, and growing European tension with Germany and Italy fueling economic unease. The piece cites Congressman Britten, Judge Dowling, and calls for vigilance as wheat speculation and geopolitical risk impact U.S. markets.
Real estate ads offer a six room house at 1292 N Alamo with rent. home for sale at 2010 Mornlex Street features five rooms and conveniences. Other items include chickens, electric sewing machine, windows and doors, and a second hand number 224 floor items. Numerous typos and garbled phrases reflect OCR noise in this Want Ads roundup.
Chicago reports detail a labor union racketeering case with raids on the Newspaper Wagon Drivers Union and links to Anthony Kisane and John Lorry. Authorities seized ledgers showing payments totaling thousands of dollars to defense funds and diverted union funds through several organizations. Police records list eight unions targeted in the crackdown.
Vatican authorities rounded up eighteen people after a theft of valuable ecclesiastical nasascnelmonm from the Vatican Palace was discovered. The arrests followed a thorough investigation and covered a wide area within Vatican City.
Col William FP Fanterwaer of Dallas Texas won the Paris New York to Datina fight presented by Coste and Dellonte. He said the prize money would be presented to the Miers at a luncheon October 10 in New York.
Herbert M. Campbell of Virginia, a real estate man, is ordered to stand trial in the District of Columbia for the murder of Mary Bunker after a lengthy legal battle. The court set October 7 for proceedings.
In San Mateo California the speeders are being read daily in court by Judge Louis Kinneil. When arraignments or pleas come before him, the judge instructs them on the Ten Commandments and how to observe the rights of others. If they appear to be impressed, Kinneil imposes fines accordingly.
Washington Sept 20 The thermocouple, an instrument used by astronomers, is so sensitive it can detect the heat of a candle ten miles away if no heat loss occurs from atmosphere. The Carnegie Institution of Washington revealed today this device, used by the Mount Wilson Observatory staff, to measure surface radiation of stars of the Cherelian magnitude that are invisible in the noted ether.
In a tense national split over alcohol policy, White House aides urge restraint as Republican state platforms publicly declare support for stricter wet or dry positions. Officials privately signal disapproval of bold dives into liquor issues, stressing state convention prerogatives.
Washington Sept 20 INS The international veterans association awarded medals to three universities for their work in maintaining guidance Columbia University New York University of California and University of Chicago are honored in a ceremony marking their contributions to fusion and defense related studies
Kansas Power Company workers Virgil Elder Lewis Churchill and John Tambacher were found beneath a wrecked automobile. Elder and Churchill died Limbacher injured seriously.
Washington September 20 President Hoover and Hugh Gibson depart for a week long tour aboard the Rapidan to make a thorough canvass of the vexing world armament problem as American ambassador to Belgium.
An efficiency obsessed tea shop inspector travels between police posts. He transcribes correspondence into a portable typewriter as his chauffeur records notes, dictating from mobile to machine during the trip.
Four southern Methodist Episcopal Church South clergymen accuse Bishop James Cannon Jr of unfitness and forward charges to Bishop W H Ainsworth for a world inquiry. The board of inquiry could determine whether he should face another trial as investigations proceed.
American engineer Frederick Matt of General Electric dies in Leningrad after extended illness. He was in Russia on a Wiedbereast visit and had been resident there during a lengthy illness.
Washington dispatch reports the postoffice department will submit to the president on Monday a report detailing the go-caller postoffice scandals. The document will be made more public and promises fuller exposure of the issues and responsible parties.
The Sunday Kiddies program moves to radio station KESA at 7280 and 9199. It airs Sunday morning, adding 18 minutes for a full hour. New character actressFila Claders makes her first appearance as Uncle Rob narrates adventures for children during church school obligations.
New York dispatch says Congressman Fred A. Britten chair of the committee on paraly sis in the House reports Europe is more armed and tense than in 1912. He urges the United States to prepare for a coming big explosion as tensions rise among nations.
The late Sir Thomas Conn Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, left an estate valued at about 150000 in his will. Half of the estate went to his wife with numerous bequests to individuals and spiritualistic societies noted in the London Daily Mail report.
Report from Moscow notes two priests were among eight killed in a Soviet firing squad. The article also states nearly 500 others faced charges of hoarding gold and silver coins and counterrevolutionary activity, with prison terms ranging up to ten years.
Curt Vey Theamersteiny was named commander of the German army after General Wilhelm Vesr resigned amid political upheaval. The appointment marks a pivotal shift as Germany reorganizes its military leadership following Kaiser Wilhelm II's abdication today.
A brief note on a Texas History Movie strip review marks a weekly update. It mentions a page seven reference for all published episodes and notes the start of Texas History Movies last Monday with new episodes to come next Monday.
Washington dispatch reports prominent brewers prepared a plan for 2.75 percent beer for the Wickersham Commission. Informal talks have occurred among commission members and brewers to curb rum traffic. The plan envisions strict federal and local regulation and would allow beer of this strength under certain rules, with bans in states choosing current restrictions. The commission meets October 8 to discuss mollification of Prohibition and curtail crime from contradictory laws. George W. Wickersham, chairman, is abroad but to return this month.
Bandits wrecked the interior of the Palmyra Savings Bank with a charge of nitroglycerine and fled without taking any money. No casualties reported as the robbery unfolded in Patalytla Nebraska on September 20.
In Nome Alaska on September 20 an all out rescue plan is set to deploy a plane to reach Captain Jackinson of the writership Karise trapped by ice offshore Cue Sendge Siberia. The mission aims to free him and bring him to safety amid the Arctic conditions.
Blagunaw Michigan September 20 James Taylor 40 was killed in a gun battle with sheriff's deputies who surprised him while stealing potatoes from a field three miles west of Blagunaw.
In Arron Ohio on September 20 a local incident led to a man sleeping on a park bench being punished by a costly resolution. Oscar learned this after Jim woke up to find all clothing except underwear missing from his person. He was taken to a patrol wagon.
Will Rogers writes that Mat Lipton Lipton Lipton is urged to fund a yacht for Sir Thomas Lipton by supporters of the Democratic party. The piece notes Jimmy Walker’s involvement and appeals for public donations through Lipton Cup Fund to New York officials and donors.
New York university Servites report receipts of over 250 dollars as Masor Walker collects funds to purchase a loving cup for Sir Thomas Linten. Contributors praise the sportsmanship of the yachtsman who just competed in the America’s Cup trials.
Austin Sept. 20 a reward of 100 will be paid for evidence leading to the conviction of any bootlegger selling liquor to students at colleges universities or public or denominational meetings. The reward will be paid from a special fund of the Governor's office.
State Department officials dismissed reports from Germany, Japan, and other sources that an American syndicate had acquired the Russian and Chinese holdings in the Chinese eastern railway. The denial stresses no American investment in the railway and calls the reports unfounded.
Manuel Mallzan will resume the post of ambassador to the United States, a position previously held and then withdrawn by the Irigoyen government. The move marks a return of Mallzan to Washington amid shifting Argentine diplomacy.
A 2-year-old White Leghorn hen laid an unusually large egg in Felwood City. The egg reportedly weighs about ten times a typical hen fruit, encased in a soft shell.
Congress committee to investigate textile group linked to Soviet wheat price manipulation as the United States probes communist influence. Secretary Hyde and Secretary of Agriculture Myer are pressed over hedging claims as prices tumble from 90 to the low eighties. Textiles and Board of Trade figures testify amid linked accusations of export hedging and Soviet grain shortages.
The forecast shows cloudy skies with a chance of rain and light winds from the north. Temperatures remain cool with a cooler trend in the north and a breezy to fresh air pattern along main roads.
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