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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 14, 1925

Page

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Lamont in Rome Studies Italy and Morality of Loans

Morosely the piece surveys Lamont's discussions in Rome with Mussolini on Italy economic future and a proposed fair loan. It reflects on Italy's historic power, arts, science, and governance, and contrasts it with modern loan terms amid a Chicago youth profile and notes a suicide in Chicago.

OMAS W. Lamont Mor‘and ‘Company Rome Mussolini Joan Lamont Italy Marconi Tamont

Oldest Army pilot Lt Col Culver takes command at Kelly Field

Lieutenant Colonel Clarence Culver, age noted as the oldest officer with an unqualified airplane pilot rating, assumes active command of Kelly Field. Culver, formerly a cavalry officer, rose through Rockwell and Mitchell Field training and has flown missions along the Rio Grande and to air service fields across corps areas.

Clarence Culver Kelly Field United States Army Rockwelll Field Mitchell Field Gulver Eighth Corps Rio Grande Ain Laredd Fort Sam ‘Houston Brooks Fort. Clark Fort Kelly Fields North 1 Lew Lork Wash W. Wiles wTve Corps William” ‘Mitchell

Mexican Bank President AMGITSS A Legoretta Visits U S

Legoretta, president of the National Bank of Mexico, is in the United States on a mission related to the bank's growing business. He arrived Monday and denied government financing rumors while noting improving Mexican finances and rapid progress in national financial reorganization. He leaves Tuesday for New York and may proceed to France, accompanied by his wife and children.

Ce Legoretta National Bank of Mexico United States Mexico New York France

Alleged Attack Victim dies after poison found

Miss Madge Oberholtzer twenty eight, said to have been attacked by D C Stephenson, former grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, died today in Indianapolis. She had been critically ill for days after taking poison she said she took at Hammond Indiana following the alleged assault. Stephenson was indicted on five charges after a grand jury investigated her story.

Indianapolis Madge Oberholtzer D/C. Stephenson K. Klux Klan Oberholtzer Hammond Ind Stephenson Miss Oberholtzer

Woman Sues Katy for Damages Over Cold Exposure

Minnie Smith sues in Forty-fifth district court seeking 1774 damages after alighting at West Point Texas due to a wreck and waiting in a dark cold station then riding in an open car to La Grange. She claims illness from the exposure and seeks 274 for medical expenses.

Missouri, Kansas and Texas West Point Texas Minnie Smith Forty-fifth District Court San Antonio la~ Grange West ‘Point la Grange

Butcher Shop Row Ends in Court Victory and Fine

City Attorney Joseph Ryan pressed a case to enforce a city ordinance restricting butcher shop operations. The city prevailed as defendant William Tomaggi paid a $5 fine and costs in County Criminal Court, marking a second offense with the ruling.

Joseph’ Ryan William Tomaggi County Criminal Court

Constable Dismisses Fee Based Motorcycle Officers

Constable A C Van Riper dismissed five motorcycle officers who had been paid on a fee basis. A new state law will soon require uniforms and a regular salary for all motorcycle officers, with a minimum of 40 per month for commissioned officers. The fee system faced opposition in Bexard county as drivers claimed the 8 reward made officers too aggressive.

Bexard van Riper Fee

Dead Man Speaks Up In Court Causes Sheriff Deputy Mockery

In Bexar County a veteran deputy misreads a summons for a venire and signs a return stating “Dead, Information furnished by wife.” The court hears the deputy protest he is alive and not married, provoking laughter as he leaves the sheriff’s office amid the joke.

Bexar County

Marcos Amara seeks court order to wed confined girl

Marcos Amara asks the Forty fifth district court to compel bringing an 18 year old girl into court and to remove restraints preventing marriage. He claims no legal obstacle to the marriage exists, noting the girl is confined in a Bexar institution that denies male admittance.

Marcos Amara Bexar Marcos

Texas Jail Empty For Rent as Local Hotel

Throckmorton Texas April 14 a county jail is offered for rent as a hotel or rooming house amid a booming oil region. Sheriff Heard plans to convert the jail into a hostelry after six months without a prisoner the last inmate being held for car theft on September 25 1924.

Throckmorton Heard

Prohibition Raid Nets Liquor Hidden on Austin Farm

National prohibition agents raided a farm eight miles out on the Austin road seizing about $2000 in liquor value including five gallons of moonshine whiskey and ten gallons of intoxicating wine. Four women and several men were present, a mule and a setting hen hindered the search, and more liquor was found in a barn and dugout as city detectives joined in later raids.

National Prohibition Austin Prohibition West, Co Take View Avenue Buena Viste Street

Baseball Opens as Fans Rally to Start Season

Opening day stirs national mood as fans, workers, and society types hurry to the diamond for the start of the American and National League seasons. Weather, parks, and regional leagues set the scene with Easter bonnets and thunder of crowds.

Slide Kelly Texas

Bootlegger Sets Up Still In Vacant House

A bootlegger moved into an empty residence at 481 Seguin Road and began producing rye mash for a high class still. A. G. Lowe reported the intruder to police after neighbors complained. A 28 year-old white man was arrested and the still equipment confiscated.

A. G. Lowe Lews Schonstein Seguin Road

U S Military Court to Try Officer for Girl Death

Manila April 14 a court martial of 43 officers will try Lieutenant J G Thompson under the 92nd article of war for the killing of Audrey Burleigh early April 5. The trial opens April 15 at Fort McKinley with Brigadier General Charles J Symmonds presiding. Thompson admits the act but cites mental aberration from jealousy. Major Thomas Lynch prosecutes, Major Edward G Sherburne defends.

Manila Thompson Audrey Burleigh Fort McKinley Charles J. Symmonds H. P. Calmes United States Medical Corps Thomas Lynch Edward G. Sherburne

Passover Festival Observances Noted In City Synagogue

Orthodox Jews will observe the closing days of Passover with services at the Main Avenue Synagogue on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Memorial prayers for the dead will be recited and Rabbi Abraham Bengig will speak on Memories Thursday morning.

Main Avenue Abraham Bengig

Ford Dam Bursts Flooding Valley

A dam at the Ford Meter Company power plant in Flat Rock burst releasing millions of gallons of waste into the Huron river valley between Flat Rock and Erie. Nine families were driven from their homes in the early hours.

Detroit Huron River Flat Rock Lak Erie Ford, Meter Company

Society Gets More Time to Move Front

Members of the Scientific Society work on a plan to alter the front in line with city mandates after Mayor Tobin grants more time to net back the throat of the old market base.

Scientific Society Tobin

Youth Charged with Murder in Auto Theft Misidentification

Juvenicio Jiminez was charged with the murder of his 17 year old boyfriend Adolfo Rojo after Rojo was shot near midnight as Jiminez claims he mistook him for an automobile thief. Rojo died minutes later from a 12 gauge shotgun blast.

Juvenicio Jiminez Adolfo Rojo Jiminez Justice of the Peace S. F. Boltz Manuel Jiminez Juvenicio Rojo Miller

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