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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1930
Page
17
Unconfirmed reports say Germany was hired by the Chinese military command in Mukden to operate a poison gas plant linked to arsenic production. Efforts to manufacture poison gas were reportedly ineffective. no gas was used in the recent warfare between Chinese and Russian Soviets.
An April incident in Anaconda Montana reports a gust that whisked $24 from Myra McCallum's purse. A $20 bill landed in her husband’s hands as coins clinked into a street drain. No injuries reported and authorities noted the currency may have blown away.
MISSOULA Mont April 4 If proper landing fields can be applied and developed airplanes will be utilized this summer to transport entire Fire fighting crews to the scene of forest conflagrations Trips that would require United States forest service efforts several days to complete would be made in several hours and heavy fire loss thus avoided.
J T Monzot of Houston, SP passenger traffic manager, announced a faster schedule affecting service to Useppy Chrivi and Mexico City. Changes include the Sunset Limited departure to Los Angeles at 2 15 a m, new connections on the San Antonio Houston stretch, through service between San Antonio and Houston, and revised through trains 227 228 and 301 402. A through sleeper to Mexico City will run Spofford with a Pullman opening at 9 30 a m.
Del Rio April 4 funeral services were held for Dr. Henry Bryant aged 80 who died Tuesday at his daughter's home. He leaves four daughters and eight grandchildren. A longtime lawyer in Shreveport and a witness to the steamboat race between Robert E. Lee and Natchez on July 4, 1870, he was one of the two surviving witnesses of the river classic.
Finnish wet leaders celebrate a shift by the Farmers party from dry to wet policy following a parliamentary committee session. They state prohibition created dual threats from enforcement officials and illegal syndicates, signaling an early end to prohibition in Finland.
Corpus Christi April 4 Atover Johns a local airplane enthusiast and investor has been elected President of the Southern Academy of aeronautics Inc The academy was officially opened Wednesday Charter from the state was received last week W C Maus and Jivid Miller are vice presidents Wilbur Coin the Secretary and Bobby Maverick of San Antonio the treasurer The academy will give instructions in all branches of flying A special training plane a Standard arrived here a few days ago This is the same from it was said that is used by the US navy
In a fourth district court session Judge McCrory presided over a divorce suit filed by Inex Hamilton. Earl Hamilton, described in the text as a negro, testified briefly with sharp remarks directed at the court. The judge noted a handwritten line from an initial signature and referenced a remark about a woman’s welcome compared to flowers.
LAREDO April 4. A 14 year old, identified as Ainn Gareia, was held by Mexican authorities at Nuevo Laredo on a charge of firing across the Rio Grande. The youth was arrested shortly after 16 year old Time Arce was wounded by a rifle bullet from the Mexican riverbank during the incident.
Los Angeles April 4 A jury awarded Sadie Wing 310000 in a $25000 suit against Ethel Klingerman claiming the theft of the minister J Orse Wing. The eight men four women deliberated about one and a half hours. The minister testified for Klingerman and earlier served as pastor of an Atlante Christian church.
In Lansing on April 4 General Wilbur Brucker faced a ruling over an absentee ballot sent by a hospital patient from Owosso, Michigan who died afterward. The case concerns whether the vote should count and could affect a close county supervisors race pending Brucker's decision.
Kerrville Texas April 4 M Thock Denton 30 was found dead in his home leve yesterday A coroner held death due to normal causes Ill health for several days and shortly before his holy was found physician visited him MOSCOW HOPEFUL MOSCOW April 4 GP Prata da official organ of the Communist party today said revolutionary feeling in steadily developing among the musses in the United States asserting this was provoked by March 6 international payment demonstration day causing shock in a number of American and foreign cities
An old advertisement touts Midol as non narcotic yet effective for menstrual discomfort. It claims rapid relief within five to ten minutes and offers pills in a small metal case for fifty cents. The copy targets headaches neuralgia and general period pains, urging women to avoid embarrassing explanations.
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