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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1925
Page
2
A thief entered the Joseph S Phlake Grocery on South Samo Street at night and fled with cash and checks. The owner reported about $706 from daily sales and a $300 tax reserve, but the robbers took no visible bills beyond what was stored in the safe.
Seth Baldwin of San Antonio was elected president for the next term of a campus coed society. Other officers named include vice president Dorothy MacLean of San Antonio, secretary Katherine Douthiz of Houston, and treasurer Helen Saint.
Sergeant Co E Conrad, a Kelly Field aviator, blindfolded and shackled, jumped from 4820 feet in Dallas under the American Legion John W. Lowy Post. The feat, witnessed by thousands, established a safe landing from a diving airship despite misfires. Sheriff Marshall aided the sequence, and Conrad landed safely in an open field after a long descent.
Police detain Mrs. Anna Cunningham amid a probe into the deaths of her husband and four children and poisoning of son David Jr. She attempted suicide by strangling a guard with a sheet at a hospital while authorities plan exhumations. David Jr. remains critically ill. May Cunningham, 17, survived two mysterious illnesses.
More than 15 000 visitors attended the formal opening of Landa Park in New Braunfels marking a new attendance record for the start of the summer season. Over 600 automobiles were counted entering the park during the day.
Navy outlines summer operation plans for a new seaplane carrier design the PX Q with five crew and a 18425 pound load. It features twin engines a 177 mph top speed and a 2500 mile radius with two engines tandem for fuel efficiency and easier maintenance.
Felipe Lawrence stands accused of stabbing Elutario Leyva on Matamoras Street January 29. Eight jurors had been seated by noon in Judge W W McCrory's Ninety fourth District Court with trial expected to proceed that afternoon. The state seeks the death penalty amid a domestic dispute involving Leyva and Margarit Rosales Leyva, age 6, claimants cited by both sides.
A bootlegger sought payment for a bar bill by taking the case to law. The confrontation escalated as the bartender accused the debtor of drunken refusal to pay, resulting in the bootlegger’s arrest and the owners detained alongside the unwilling payer.
City commission passes ordinances levying assessments on five streets and opens bids for paving four more. Assessments issued on Chicago boulevard Worth Mesavite Crosby Dawson North San Mar cot. Bids for paving and three other streets referred to the city engineer. Also awarded contracts for dressing rooms at Lembert beach and a water main to the swimming pool project. An ordinance allocates 100000 to pay off four 1924 notes. A storm sewer on Hoefgen avenue approved.
In a corpus tion court session at midday, 23 men were tried on gambling charges and fined 230 dollars total. Seven jailed from a dice game raid, eight from a poker raid, and eight in another poker raid. Padge Onion set fines at ten dollars each. winners paid, losers jailed.
Firefighters at Victoria Texas saved a four barn on Jules Meyer’s northeast of the city farm by removing the blazing roof and dragging it into a cotton field. With no water, the walls were saved but a silo burned and the barn loss is about 1200 dollars. The Pepper brothers tenant on the Meyer farm. Origin of the fire is unknort.
W. B. Slaughter, Texas cattleman, wins a Palo Pinto County court judgment of 21 000 against the heirs of his brother C C Slaughter. The ruling says property held in trust by the brother is now held in trust by the heirs, potentially valuing Slaughter’s estate at about 500 000 if upheld by higher courts.
Reported killings along Death Acre near St Hedwig describe a band of three riders on motorcycles robbing victims. One man died at Green Hospital. others including GB W. Reichelt and J M Vargas were held up near Salado Creek or Presa Street areas. Police note 20 holdups at the site with consistent descriptions of the trio.
Detectives Rice and Hartman found a stolen car body and movable motor parts forty three blocks west of San Antonio on Monday. The vehicle had been taken April 6 from Crockett and Presa streets parking area and belonged to Tom Basse of 793 Porter Street. Thieves removed all movable components.
The boy, antique Naverro, 11, left his home at 13 North Pecos Street eleven days ago and has not returned. His mother asked police Monday to aid in the search. She believes he is in the city and may be selling papers to support himself. He was barefoot and poorly dressed when he left.
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