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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1929
Page
5
The Mesters degree will be conferred Thursday by specially selected degree teams from Community Lodge No. 1201 A F and A M and Childers grand master of the Grand Lodge of Texas will deliver the lecture.
Mr and Mrs Olsen of Long Beach California spend several days in the city at the Pinzo hotel. Mr Olsen is manager of Hotel Virginia in Long Beach and praises the growth of San Antonio.
Brackenridge high school will be represented by three students at the Interscholastic League competition. Charlotte Frank competes in declamation and Frank Knapp in debate, forming the left to right lineup among contestants.
Washington dispatch reports Democratic leader John W. Garner of Texas lauding Herbert Hoover as president. Garner praises Hoover's command and nonpartisan stance while urging a tariff parity favoring agriculture, banking restraint, and a tariff fact finding commission to aid farmers.
Brackenridge High represents at the Interscholastic Teague district 24 meet in San Marcos with entrants in literary, debate, spelling, Latin, typing, track and field, and girls doubles tennis. Notable competitors include Jilelle Schroegler, Anne Lewis Morris, Frank Knapp, Jesse Villarreal, Edward Pacetti, Ethel Rahn, Kathryn Campbell, Dassie Selcock, Ralph Stridland, Doris Kuykendall, Simon Frank, Elizabeth Hale, Lenora Warnes, Estelle Tietze, and Miss Tren Shires alongside Dorothy Jolley.
The congressman argues against frequent sweeping tariff changes and rejects giving the president authority for rate setting. He supports repealing the flexible provision allowing rate changes up to ten percent by presidential recommendation. Investigators would inspect foreign costs, but Garner opposes using US valuation to fix protective rates.
The Tere Tesay- Oklahoma-Louisiana Negro Baseball club received a charter from the secretary of state on April 10. The charter allows operation in Dallas Fort Worth Houston San Antonio Wichita Falls Oklahoma City Tulsa Shreveport and associate members in Austin Waco Beaumont Galveston and Waco. The club has capital stock of 1700 and ten directors in eight cities representing regular member cities.
Governor Moody declines to commute the death sentence of Wade Wels for the February 26, 1928 Tilua county murder. He is to be electrocuted Friday morning at Fontesille. The case follows the slaying of his wife, reported in Austin.
The Women's club plans its regular April meeting at the St Anthony Hotel from 6 to 7 pm. A 6:30 pm banquet led by Violet Schachfer will follow, then a dance and bridge. Mary Elizabeth Carr will oversee the social. Cleona Denver announced the club will enter a decorated car in the Fiesta parade with the executive council members riding on horseback.
The Alli Wuliatione Banquet for Brackenridge is dated and organized by Brackenridge school journalists. The program committee members Allan Willing Bree Vice Weininger Billie Bedell have been chosen as toastmasters and emcees for the event at the Milans building.
A promotional note explains Magnesia relaxes stomach acidity and wind by taking a teaspoonful of four regular tablets after meals. It claims relief from fermentation and sourness, reducing heaviness and discomfort to let meals be enjoyed without fear of indigestion.
Advertisement warns that dizzy spells shortness of breath and headaches signal high blood pressure. It claims poisonous waste and weakened organs strain the heart and pressure arteries. Promotes Norma, a physician’s preparation, as a blood pressure reducer available at Sommers-Wagners or drug stores.
Doctors say most sickness stems from stomach and bowel trouble and good digestion is key. Tanlac claims to ease digestive woes and restore appetite, backed by a Little Rock testimonial. promotes as a root and bark medicine with a money back guarantee if it fails to help.
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