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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1930
Page
1
Within three months she has regained a youthful figure. Misa Minter has lost more than 30 pounds since New Year’s Day, as the accompanying photo shows.
Betty Bronson signs with Harry Cohn to star in a Cohen- Koln musical talkie adaptation of Whoopee under Goldwyn's banner. Patricia Ziegfeld travels to Hollywood around April, while production talks and cast placement unfold.
A planned broadcast experiment will run Monday evenings from April to mid May under the Chamber of Commerce. The program will be carried on the 1h meter wavelength of WEXEM and WHNY New York with a supplementary station chain to be announced. Fifty special television receivers have been placed in Jersey City to intercept the broadcasts alongside the usual radio sets.
Local authorities seized stage equipment and statues amid a community dispute. The action was approved by the city commissioners after concerns from residents and advocates.
Los Angeles reports Spafford Wryexolt, aged 38, has four marriages with alimony payments forming his main income. Each wife receives monthly sums ranging from 150 to 600 dollars, plus a 800 monthly check for the second wife. After wife four’s divorce, she was awarded 600 a month, while Wryexolt claims an overall income around 500 a month as he battles similar suits.
In San Antonio area court records two youths face auto theft charges for taking four automobiles in March. Complaints list defendants Taetlee Korwoe Ltyun of 4a Aranges Avenue and finomtie Bpringet of 122 Frat Piedmont Avenue, charged with theft over 890. A third, Malo Vinglini, age and address unspecified, was named in the same filing with theft of a car.
At Danli Punjab on April 7 Mi Police clash with Gandhi supporters on a beach where volunteers collect salt in defiance of government monopoly. Police arrest the volunteer leaders. two nationalists are slightly injured. Gandhi arrives to urge noncooperation and urges villagers to join in loincloth protest. Auctioned salt proceeds raise funds, while volunteers continue selling contraband salt to Baral.
A baking powder mix error caused a fatal poisoning and three illnesses. Ethel Otto, 24, died after consuming biscuits from a batch shared by Offa Rose Shank, Jack Otto, and Nathan Shank. Mrs Shank and another partner were treated for poisoning as authorities traced the cause to mistaken use of heavy powder instead of baking powder in the biscuit batter.
City commissioners renewed concessions leases for Mina Starion Kigabee at city hall and Woodlawn community center. Leases run two years with monthly and total payments specified, involving Mayor Cr. M. Chambers and W. HL Suden in agreement for operation of the concessions.
In Perhey Mexico on April 7 16 year old Melchor Piridion intoxicated at home. His father confronted him with a disapproving remark and the boy then drew a pistol and shot himself to death.
April 1 report notes a recommendation to prohibit manufacture of alcohol from corn. the proposal is to be sent to the government or the national sanitary committee, through a semi official organization overseen by the interior secretary.
In Sofia a judge presided over the case against five bandits linked to a violent spree. The defendants faced treason and murder charges with the trial detailing patrols and testimonies. The court delivered a verdict condemning the five as guilty.
Citizens' League hosts mass meeting at Beethoven Hall to oppose a 75,000 bond set for May 7. Speakers include A. B. Weakley and John Boyle with others detailing rates, flood prevention, and civic concerns. Supporters gather at Military Plaza HQ for briefing.
Tow Collins, a polo player and artist, sustained painful injuries in a Sunday head on crash on Bandera road near Heloter. His wife and Cecil Smith of 1262 Graynon street were not injured. Collins was hospitalized with injuries not expected to be fatal.
A noisy letter from Santa Monica argues for a female candidate over a male, praising Ruth as first female fit for August body and criticizing current senators as too young and not representative. The writer insists women are needed to support members and calls for elections to bring change.
A store owned by W. C. Bisher at 1504 Seath Flores street was entered during the night and 320 dollars in traveler checks taken from a desk left open. Five dollar gold pieces were also missing. A bowler entered U. Lipper’s room at 717 Lexington avenue Sunday night and fled with a woman’s clutch containing 340 in cash and 50 cents in stamps. W. W. Delong of Carrizo Springs reported his room at the St. Athens hotel was entered and 115 dollars vanished.
Captain Frank M Hawks was honored in New York after completing a record glider flight, said to be the longest solo glider run. He arrived in the city yesterday afternoon, towed by J D Jernigan's plane. The 2604 mile trip took about 30 hours and 42 minutes with 20 en route stops.
Fire crews fight early morning blaze at Liv Ingsten drug store 1528 North New Braunfels Avenue with $3000 in damage. Separate incidents across San Antonio include a $2000 fire at a frame house on Clower Street and smaller blazes at residences on West Mistletoe and South Laredo, with flames traced to various causes and wind spreading embers near a Mexican restaurant.
John K. Cannos a famed army airpilot and senior aviation instructor at Kelly Field will spend four months in Europe demonstrating Curtiss military aircraft to the continent. He sails from New York with James H. Doolittle to fly a Curtiss Hawk and a Curtiss Falcon across 18 European countries. The venture aims to showcase military planes and incite aviation interest.
A German mail plane en route from Croydon to Berlin crashed at Limpsfield at 4 15 am killing the pilot and the mechanic, its only occupants. The night mail service had operated only two nights.
The Prince of Watts, said to be entering the Suid on the Nile, has gone to hunt elephants. The notice also urges readers to seek job listings in the Employment section of Tight Classifieds for available positions.
TOCULESTHA reports George Eastman will give cameras to children turning twelve this year to mark the fiftieth anniversary of his first gift to a parent.
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