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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 23, 1932

Page

2

Paulette Goddard Denies Chaplin Engagement Rumor

New York September report shows Miss Paulette Goddard arriving from Hollywood refusing to confirm or deny engagement to Charlie Chaplin. She clarifies no plans and states there is nothing to deny, noting she will not discuss the topic. Goddard mentions plans to return to Tahiti to grow out her hair.

New York Paulette Goddard Hollywood Charlie Chaplin Chaplin Misa Goddard New-York Tahiti Mr. Chaplin Grand Central Station Los Angeles Paulette Charlie

Victim of Bullet in Strike Dispute Buried With Pomp

Walter Rojek, a 19 year old killed by a bullet in a riot ending the needleworkers strike, was buried in a two mile funeral procession in South River New Jersey. About 3000 mourners attended including 1726 women strikers and 25 white cloaked pallbearers carrying the casket from St Mary’s Church to Polish Cemetery in East Brunswick Township.

South River N. J Walter ‘Rojek St Mary's Roman Catholic Church Sty Mary's Polish Cemetery

Victim of Convict Attack Succumbs

KINGSPORT Tenn Sept 24 Charles Levan 2 year old convict guard died in a hospital from a fractured skull after a road gang attack at Moccasin Gap Va last week. He was struck with an iron bar. Two convicts escaped. Thomas Narthal 2 was captured.

Kingsport Tenn Charles Levan Abo Road Gang Moccasin Gap Thomas Narthal

Soviet Ice-Breaker Sibiriukof Drifts Helplessly

Moscow reports the ice breaker Sibiriukof commanded by Captain Schmidt is drifting helplessly in the Arctic north of Siberia amid huge icebergs. Catalonia readies for Azana visit as independence move is outlined for a future federal Spain.

Moscow Bdoriet Sibiriukof Schmidt Arctic Ocean Biberia Gatalonta Celebrats Barcelona Spain Catalonia Azana Madrid

Fort Where Lincoln Was Under Fire Bought for Park

Washington action confirms six acres of Fort Steveng property is now part of the capital park system. The fort, site of a Civil War bombardment with Lincoln nearby on July 1, 1864, was finally acquired after delays by corporations. Lieutenant Colonel A. B. Grant announced the purchase yesterday.

Lincoln Washington Old Fort Steveng Capitels Jand Tle A. 8. Grant

Bank Seeed OK By Oh J B Milenenl In Austin

J B Milenenl vice president of South Texas Bank and Trust went to Austin Friday morning to secure approval from James Shaw state banking commissioner. The decree aims to remove legal barriers to depositing the city dividend from City Central bank to the new institution. If approved, it would relieve the banking commissioner of liability after the 40 percent dividend is turned over, but would not release bank officers or sureties from the city's remaining claim. The decree, drafted by the city attorney and approved by the city emmission, would be entered in Seventy third District Court Monday or Tuesday, Col W B Tuttle announced.

J.B. Milenenl South Texas Sod Trust Company Austin James Shaw Sttormey Seventy-third District Court W. B. Tuttle

Weather report fragment with unclear data and multiple typos

Fragmented weather page shows precipitation totals and wind notes but is riddled with errors and unreadable names. It lists various locations, dates, and figures, yet lacks coherent measurements or a clear regional summary. Overall the passage is largely indecipherable due to garbled OCR text.

Purse Recovered After Flood Woefully Lost in Auto

Mrs Bettles of 3611 North Flores dropped her purse in two feet of flood water Friday night after exiting a car. City detectives Bartholomae and Hite found the abandoned vehicle at Myrtle and San Pedro park and recovered the $35, keys, and glasses. The purse and contents were returned to Mrs Bettles intact.

Robert J. Settles North Flores Street San’ Antonio L. B Wright West Mulberry Street Charles Bartholomae A.J. Hite Myrtle San Pedro Park

Burglary Charge Ties Fred Viola to Slot Machine Heists

Fred Viola and Edgar McDonald face four counts of machine burglary and theft. Viola was jailed in Bexar County after failing to post four school bonds following a court appearance before Justice John Onion. McDonald remains hospitalized at Robert B. Green as investigators link him to the deputy sheriff slaying amid a grocery burglary probe on the Culebra road. Joe De Mack and Eugene Banspach e are held without bond for the Deputy Mangold case, while DeMack is identified as Joe Tomeck, a Hallettsville man with a prior burglary record.

Fred Viola Edgar McDonald Bexar County Court of Justice of the Peare John Onion MacDonld Robert B.green Joe DeMack Eugene Banspach George Mangold Culebra DeMack Banspach Justice of the Peace Union Dalr Joe Tomeck Hallettsville Ume

Paraguayan and Bolivian forces clash in Chaco fighting

In the Gran Chaco battle near Abuncion and Port Boqueron Paraguayan troops recaptured Fort Falcon and claimed about two weeks of heavy combat. Meanwhile Bolivian bulletins report Bolivian positions held at Port Boqueron despite artillery bombardment and promotions for four Bolivians for heroism, with two Paraguayan machine guns captured.

Abuncion Paraguay Chaco Tony Ministry ‘of War Fort Falcon Craca LA Paz Bolivia Port Boqueron Gran Chaco

Colombia mobilizes troops near Leticia amid Peru war clamor

Reports from Mananas western Brazil say Colombia is mobilizing troops and airplanes in the Pulumayo district near Leticia. Six planes reach La Chorrena on the Putumayo River as garrisons move toward the lower Putumayo to retake Leticia. About 2000 Colombians are to pass through Brazil en route to Ceticia.

Colombia Rio DE Janeiro Mananas Brazil Pulumayo Leticia Peru Lia Chorrens Putumayo Popayari San Miguel Puerto Assis la Chorrena Léticia Ceticia Colombinn

League to Name Peace Committee

Geneva September 23 1947 The League of Nations council under President Eamon de Valera appointed a three member committee to pursue peace efforts over the Pareguey and Bolivia conflict in the Gran Chaco.

League Geneva League of Nations Council Eamon de Valera Irish Free State Jis Pareguey Bolivia Gran Ghaca

Five Cent Death Peddlers Sought in Liquor Sales

New York police hunt five cent poison peddlers said to operate in dim districts of Manhattan. A jobless seaman died from wood alcohol after drinking, the thirteenth such death Monday and the fiftieth since August. Bowery hotels and speakeasies remain targets as pennyworth poisoners ply a deadly trade.

New York Dept

Unclothed Body Found. Arrest Report Ties to Local Residence

Police found the unclothed body of a 40 year old woman amid brush near a Meridian area. Bloodhounds traced officers to a Black suspect known as Duderey Roberts, who was transported to a secret jail after officials searched his home and found clothing and a sawed off shotgun.

Meridian Bills Serine Mc- Neil Duderey Roberts

Longtime federal servant to retire after 44 years

L. F. Passallaigue, civilian in the Eighth Corps Area quartermaster office at Port Sam Houston, will retire September 30. He served in government work 44 years, including about twenty at the San Antonio weather bureau and 16 in the corps area quartermaster office. He began as a civilian in the signal corps at Charleston, South Carolina in 1882, then joined military service in 1883. He worked with the weather bureau until 1910, left service briefly from 1910 to 1916, then returned to the corps area in August 1916 and remained on duty there.

L. F. Passallaigue Clvillan Eighth Corpé Port Sam Houston San Antonio Weather Bureau Corps Signal Corps Charleston, &. Gy The Weather Bureau Corps Area Quartermaster

Pittsburgh Man with Two Hearts Revealed by X Ray

Edward Reynolds of Pittsburgh was found to have a second heart on the right side after a broken arm exposed the condition years ago. Doctors confirmed a smaller second heart has existed, a rare anomaly described as a natural variant. The report notes Reynolds has lived with this dual heart physiology for decades.

Pittsburgh Ciiny Edward Reynolds Reynolds Johnstown Viceray Dan Cupia

U S Restaurants Face Closing Under Government Competition

Washington moves to curb government competition in federal buildings as Rep Bhannon of Missouri urges disclosure of profit and loss sheets by government restaurants. The House committee questions the fairness of public eateries competing with private firms and hints at legal action.

Washington, D Congress House Bhannon Missouri

British mill strike in Lancashire district nears compromise

Mill owners and union representatives work toward a wage compromise in Lancashire, aiming at about an eight and a half percent pay reduction. The stalled dispute broadens to future pay talks as talks resume.

Manchester England Coltan Lanegahire Met

State highway funds announced for Texas routes

The state highway department announced AOD funds totaling 3,184,201 with appropriations for Bexar county to complete surveys on the San Antonio to Guidelups route, Macplana for grading and drainage on highway 66 from San Antonio to Antonia, and 7,952 for rock asphalt from San Antonio west on highway No 3.

Tormenta State Highway Department Bexar County San Antonio Macplana Antonia Atasensa County

Four Dry Bodies to Back Hoover

Four national dry organizations will actively support President Hoover for re election while disapproving of the Republican platform and the own squor plan. Allied Forces for Prohibition National Temperance Bureau Flying Squadron Foundation and the Friends Temperance Society will back Hoover from Washington.

Washington, D. C National Dry Organizaons Hoover Presidentia Forces For Prohibition National Temperance Bureau Flying Squadron Foundation Friends’ Temperance Society

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