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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1925
Page
7
At Kelly Field officers and enlisted men watched Private Clauda Robbins drop 400 feet before opening his parachute after jumping from an airplane Monday afternoon. Captain Burdette Wright piloted the craft as Robbins fell, drawing cheers from the ground observers.
Deputy Al Gittinger confronts two men digging a large hole at a farm east of San Antonio seeking buried objects at midnight. The men claim they hunt raccoons, but the deputy suspects treasure or illicit activity and orders them away, promising a new dig at dawn. The scene centers on a car, a farm gate, and tense commands as Nelson reports the incident.
Captain W Hastey and Lieutenant R D Biggs returned to Fort Sam Houston by airplane from Marfa after marking landing fields along the San Antonio to San Diego air route. Hastey remains at corps area HQ until Colonel Culver’s relief order is received. Biggs to Marfa. fields marked include Hondo Sabinal Uvalde Del Rio Pumpville Sanderson Marathon Alpine.
Babe White known as Suman Fly plans to scale the Bexar county courthouse without gear or ropes. He will perform atop the wall with stunts and balancing on chairs, then present shows at 2:80 and 7:30 in the evening in San Antonio. White has climbed skyscrapers across the United States and Mexico, including the Woolworth building and the Historic Cathedral in Mexico City.
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