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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1930
Page
1
A fragmentary column by Arthur Brisbane covered diverse topics from women preaching and racial population shifts to suicide reports and global conflicts. It cites census themes, mentions Russia’s poet Mayakovsky, and notes high altitude Army flight demonstrations, with scattered, unclear details throughout.
General Almazan declares Mexican road improvements near completion with crews to finish by September. He notes border travel should be safe for American visitors once the stretch between Valles and Acala is repaired, inviting Americans to visit Monster and Werden.
The commonwealth suit against Figar H. Davis, once Brockton’s millionaire now living in Luling, Tran, seeks 1600 dollars for back income and was handed to jurors in Boston on April 13.
Mayor C M Chambers outlines planned improvements for Harlandale including a 100 acre park with playgrounds and signal lights, sewer work, and street paving funded by a bond issue. If voters reject, expansion of Main Avenue toward the San Antonio Arsenal and a police substation are pledged not to proceed without support.
The House Military Committee abandoned Norris Shoal measures and named a subcommittee to draft a new bill. The effort aims to provide for the testing of the project by private concerns.
Cloudy skies bring a slight temperature drop with no rain in Los Angeles while San Antonio experiences light winds from the coast. Weatherman J H Jaco Por notes a forecasted drop to around 84 degrees Tuesday night, 19 degrees below last week’s predictions as northeast Fest eras expect showers and colder conditions.
Dorothy Duncan a 28 year old clothing model attacked a census tabulator and tore up census slips after an enumerator interrupted her bath. She was fined 50 dollars in polite court today.
Fragmented forecast notes indicate Tuesday night colder with 64 degree high late, Wednesday showers and cooler mornings. West coast coast region shows mostly cloudy to clear nights, light northwesterly winds shifting westerly, with low ceilings and varying visibility.
Hunt Watson alias Ward Hunt and Fred W. Graubach linked to the St Anthony Hotel holdup and armored thefts. Grand jury returns 53 true bills while Graubach and others flee or are jailed on firearms robbery by assault charges. Watson Williams and the gang face county jail on $10000 bonds as police press the case.
After three months on the first floor of the State War and Navy building General Pershing will move back to his former second floor suite within a few days. The former wartime commander and current head of the Battle Meat Theater Association yielded the office to President Hoover when the White House offices moved last winter.
Washington reports that tariff conference negotiators agreed on a higher tariff for straw hats. The measure appears as part of the broader tariff bill under discussion in Congress. The outcome signals intensified protection for domestic hat makers and industry concerns.
Davis J Walsh reports on opening day pageantry and matchups as 1948 season launches. Yankees visit Athletics while Giants face Braves, with crowds expected near capacity in several parks and forecasts of cooler weather and showers in some cities.
Soviet scientists announce a new embalming method by Prof. N. D. Zelinsky that could preserve the form of deceased heroes as bronzelike statues. Early tests on animals show promise for future human use, potentially turning notable figures into lasting monuments.
Moscow dispatch reports Vladimir Mazahocsky, a 36 year old proletariat poet and playwright, killed himself after failing to decide between two famous actresses and amid criticism of his plays Bel Bug and Bat House as ideologically unsound. Friends say he was despondent over the works and the love triangle.
A stranger visits Jacinto Beltran Alara at Bellrum Road, asks for pulque, claims none, and shoots Beltran after declaring lack of hospitality unpardonable. The assailant fled the scene.
In the Thirty-seventh District Court, Judge W. S. Anderson presided as the grand jury returned a no-bill on a desertion charge against Frank Spyder, manager of the Vers Worth ball lab, with the verdict announced at noon Tuesday.
Washington April 15 Mrs Hoover is suffering from slight illness but her temperament is revived as not of a serious nature and her prompt recovery is expected.
Hope fades for Ralph White a student pilot who disappeared in fog near NP York authorities search the area. The case prompted renewed safety reviews and ongoing rescue efforts as weather hampered visibility.
Senator Tinkham told the Senate lobby committee that the Anti Baloon league collected 67 503 013 from 1882 to 1926 for political uses and made only nominal returns. He pressed for ledgers and summoned Bishop Cannon Jr and church temperance papers, presenting figures of receipts and expenditures by the national and state leagues.
Classified ad fragment mentions a 1928 Chevrolet Cabriolet in fair condition with paint and rubber priced at 327 dollars. Other listings include a bakery bar in Rio Grande Valley and a real estate swap with price ranges from 40 to 15 thousand dollars. A furnished two story home near Lime Field is offered at 65 dollars per month.
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