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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1930
Page
6
Bitter opposition grows as proposals to create a military force under Coast Guard control to halt smuggling on the Canadian and Mexican borders face the fifth stage of the Wickersham law enforcement commission. City leaders seek to bolster Hoover’s efforts amid tense hearings forthcoming.
Proposals shift prohibition enforcement to the justice department, plan to separate coast guard border patrol from life saving role. Representative Och of Kansas notes support for converting the coast guard to a stronger law enforce ment body while retaining trained officers for border work. Debate centers on dispatching personnel from life saving to enforcement tasks amid reorganization talks.
Beverly Ills Calif April 14 Will Rogers praises Sacramento air exhibition noting 19 planes flew in formation at 40,000 feet in subzero conditions. He claims such maneuvers show Americans ready for war and ridicules diplomats while joking about political figures.
A fragment notes that travel across the border faces restrictions at customs stations. It suggests harassment of tourists and a negative impact on cross border tourism between the United States and Canada. The readable text implies tensions affecting travelers and trade flows.
A deranged patient King was murdered and buried near Waring in Kendall County. Bradshaw’s mutilated body was found in the Guadalupe River and the escapees Edwards and Young were recaptured after the double murder linked to a burglary at Symons Golf Show. Authorities say both inmates were criminally insane and tied to multiple crimes including the Brackenridge park burglary.
In Corporation Court Monday Dan Mendez was fined $15 for simple assault after attempting to enter a home on Travis Street to “keep company” with Suniga’s daughter. The father, Suniga, testified that Mendez struck him on the head and threw rocks at the house before a patrolman restrained him.
Three youths in downtown watched J O H Burne at 102 North Palmetto street approach claiming to be a hungry escaped convict from Harlem farm. One youth bought him food while Traffic Officer Slack pursued Burns and Hack filed vagrancy charges after failing to prove prison escape. Judge Dive Watson fined Burns ten dollars.
City commissioners authorized Monday to advertise for concessions at the Woodlawn park. Bids will be opened April 28.
The letter argues for ending all war by dissolving the U S armed forces and amending the Constitution to illegalize war. It mocks Prohibition echoes and notes the UK foreign naval talks calling for scrapping battleships. It questions Britain and Japan's possible reactions and dismisses ships as obsolete in future warfare.
Attorney J Frantlin Spears files suit for 215 dollars in Peaca Belles court claiming Ward Hunt was deprived of a movnnt fee for habeas corpus defense after Hunt’s capture during the St Anthony burglary. District officials and police seek to identify the money tied to the loot.
Roy Corvejol, 14, of 154 Arlington, was knocked down when a truck backed into the yard of the Thomwan Nelson Page school on Berkshire Avenue. He was taken to Robert Green hospital by a Geredorf ambulance with non serious injuries and painful bruising. A classified notice advertises bargains in home necessities under Classification 124, Light Classified.
Betsy Ross niece Sarah Whiten died in Catawissa Pennsylvania at age 93 her father Jacob Stoss was a drummer boy for the Revolutionary War and helped make the first American flag. The obituary notes the family association to Betsy Ross and the early service of her father.
PANUCO Mexico April 14 A state deputy accuses Mayor Garza of Vanuco of being Nero and of firing the celebrated town of Mender in a heated local clash.
Washington, April. Secretary of War Fy Darizon lauded the National Guard in a speech before the Adjutants Line Association. He said the Guard represents a cross section of American citizenship and that efficiency and morale are high from top to bottom in the armed forces.
London reports that Britain's annual drink bill reached about 440 million pounds last year, with brewers' profits around 122.5 million pounds. Wine expenditures rose seven percent, while beer and spirits costs held roughly steady, signaling industry shifts in the United Kingdom.
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