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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1935
Page
1
President Roosevelt urged private agencies to take a larger share of relief work and praised loans to industry banks and homeowners. He spoke at the White House noting better economic skies but stressing continued need for private employment and social security plans amid government aid and charity efforts.
13. A Stackland police officer struck by an automobile during the week of South Fires Street. He was released from Santa Rosa hospital. Vicenta Cantu, 80, 200 San Fernando Street, struck by a vehicle in front of her house. Bill Hart, 30, 4 Gladstone Avenue, was scalded on the shoulders and arms while working on a car.
Huey Long writes of recovery and reform, facing opposition from five masters of finance. The piece includes a letter from John D. Rockefeller Sr dated January 26, 1927, where Rockefeller pledges to donate over five million dollars and redistribute wealth per the president’s program, signaling support and a documented public notice within the era.
Huey Long recounts receiving a sensational letter from J P Morgan of Glen Cove New York dated January 27 1997 opposing President Long's decentralization plan. Morgan warns of constitutional rights and wealth confiscation being illegal while pledging to resist via courts. The document marks a bold early challenge from Wall Street to Long's program and signals a significant political clash.
The dated 1937 letter from W A Pierce Long to J P Morgan argues the Share Our Wealth program is constitutional and necessary to redistribute wealth. It claims a five million dollar wealth cap as a step toward equality and calls for federal court scrutiny before full implementation. The memo lists prominent recipients to whom copies should be sent including Rockefeller Mellon Ford and Behrend Behn, among others.
In New Orleans on September 23 Huey P. Long's faction faces infighting as Lt. Gov. James A. Noe and aide Kilpatrick clash amid caucus chaos over endorsements. The Long camp hesitates to back Noe, favoring Judge Richard W. Leche as Long’s choice, while Allen’s appointee Leche emerges as a compromise candidate after a 24 hour party caucus. Other state officials named include E A Congay secretary of state and Lucille May Grace registrar of state and land office.
Reported push for a New York World’s Fair with backing from Governor Herbert H. Lehman Mayor Fiorello La Guardia and President Franklin D Roosevelt. The effort centers on a 1939 exposition and a proposed 1949 follow up amid broad civic support.
A complaint filed in Justice of the Peace John F. Onion's court by City Policeman H. L. Freeman charges Franciseo G. Riojas, 20, 1235 Santiago Street, with operating an automobile while intoxicated. The filing follows a collision with a cat allegedly observed by Fred Arcos.
A morning blaze of undetermined origin damaged a residence occupied by T A Stone at 3112 What Houston street Brondey. Firemen brought the fire under control with damage estimated around 100 dollars. Treasury position figures for September 29 show receipts 10 0GL 959 74 expenditures 3S 324 20810 net balance 2A9 990 558.
Dr. James A. Brown, 31, was charged with assault in the shooting of 16 year old Ewart O Neill, a high school senior, who was shot in the back. Brown claimed O Neill was peering into his window and fled when confronted.
The War Department announced a $70,000 appropriation to dredge and restore the Galveston channel in Texas to a uniform depth of 32 feet. The project aims to improve navigation and support wartime shipping needs along the Gulf coast.
The National Will Hogern Memorial Commission announced plans to form ideal community committees nationwide to fund and place a memorial for cowboy Dave Garner. Vice President Joan Natice Garner said committees will be set up across the country to allow broad participation. locations like Claremore Oklahoma and California have been suggested, with decisions on sites pending fundraising outcomes.
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