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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1925
Page
19
Immigration inspector Knopp describes flat bottom boats and “Coyote” smugglers as key to the underground network moving aliens across the Rio Grande. Boats carry up to ten people with two crew, guided at night, while fees mount at each travel leg.
A dusky woman in Couchwood Louisiana asks San Antonio police to locate her ebony hued lover who left their piney woods home and headed toward the city. She loves him and enclosed a dollar to pay for assistance.
A bungalow thief, already with a furnished home and a wife with two children, plans to steal a gray fox as a pet for his children. Detectives suspect he may be kind to the animal and anticipate more burglaries as he targets homes. The incident centers on Mrs A Perry of Lombroso Avenue, linked to the scheme.
San Antonio public library head reference librarian Mrs. Minnie B. Cameron criticizes crossword puzzle workers who repeatedly seek free word help. She notes 1925 March references reached 630 in-house searches, while overall circulation rises. she urges patrons to research themselves and requests fair compensation for reliance on staff.
A humorous scene unfolds at dawn as San Antonio husbands wake, rush to market with wives, and shop for produce at the Market Plaza. Jim groans at the wake up call and the day begins with chores, early purchases, and the tension of getting to market before others.
KE BR Gesa of the Southwestern bureau of the federal Yarn Labor employment services says The Light is better than radio for informing the public about free employment services for farmers and laborers. He notes a flood of letters following a story in The Light. Maston Nixon of Robstown Blacklanders Inc criticizes Mexican labor surplus and urges sending workers elsewhere.
Major W. A. Danielson and Jeff Foyt of Sam Houston will confer with Major General J. A. Hulen in San Antonio regarding the national guard camp to be prepared at Palacios for summer training and the Thirty sixth Division activities. The Palacios site is chosen as the permanent home for the guardsmen and will be improved yearly with ongoing work.
A picture service titled Crisps The Corinthian will be held at Prospect Hill Methodist Church Buena Vista and Mibolo streets Munday April led by Rev J W Rowland pastes contesting notice and location details
Bonn Avon School primary pupils present Cin derella at Oakland street building Friday night April 47. Little Betty Coupe acts Cinderella with ages 5 to 8 in roles of godmother prince wicked sisters and more. Easter egg carriage replaces pumpkin and white Easter rabbits replace mice. Miss Floyce Wilder directs. Dorothy Novi h fairy godmother Mable Grant mother godmother Orville Garr Fr. plays the prince.
Police vice squad raided a fashionable apartment at 400 Hock of Broadway on Wednesday night, booking seven including a woman owner for violating the national prohibition act as detectives seized three quarts of Scotch whiskey a gallon of corn liquor gambling paraphernalia and charged several others with vice offenses. Four detainees were released.
Mary Ramirez, a four year old, was struck by a truck near Pecar and Buena Vista streets. She was injured and tossed to the side of the moving vehicle as it backed from an alley. Names Te Nuniz Pecas and Morales appear garbled in the report.
Cadet J. E Phillips of the Advanced Flying School asks permission to perform a 2 PM parachute jump at 3000 feet Monday at Kelly Field. It will be his first jump.
Judge Horaett E. Wilson will fill the pulpit at Trinity Baptist Church South Hackberry and Naston streets Sunday night. His subject is The Prodigal Son.
The article highlights spring 1930s styles by Mother Nature with georgette and lace dresses, no waistlines, and pastel lace robes. Georgette coats, often with fur trim, in black and white dominate, while flowers and embroidery embellish crepes. Simplicity rules with shorter skirts and V-neck gowns returning to fashion.
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