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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1925
Page
7
A dated dispatch describes aircraft from the 10th AAD and an assault group preparing a simulated attack on a position held by the Second Engineers near Fort Houston. Brigadier General Go A. Dumont, French attaché, will visit San Antonio Friday to observe local army camps.
The city hosts a world leading rose and flower district with 60 to 100 million blossoms moved weekly. Chicago wholesalers ship flowers valued at 300 600 thousand to 500 thousand dollars each week. The industry uses 24 million feet of greenhouses and 16 million dollars in investment per Fred William secretary of the Allied Florists Association.
Percy Tyrrell, president of the Robert E. Lee Hotel Corporation, announced Thursday that a modern ten story fire proof hotel will be erected immediately in Kansas City by the firm. The company owns and operates the hotel under the name.
A Negro chorus gave a concert Wednesday night at Brackenridge High School Baye St Philip's Industrial School for Girls. Directed by W Walker Jr Bishop Capers, the program opened with pledges of support for the new building and equipment.
Wick Blanton will address the Academy of Arts and Sciences at the Chamber of Commerce Thursday night on the life character and public service of Jefferson Davis.
Plans for the SAP transfer to Southern Pacific loom as officials may meet here this spring. J S Peter vied president and general manager says May 21 may mark the transfer date, per Interstate Commerce Commission approval, with possible pre transfer inspection or conference. Local SAP offices to remain, then consolidation with Houston SP offices and discontinuing Katy terminals use.
A vintage style guide explains making mayonnaise by whisking egg with Wesson Oil at room temperature. Begin with one egg and a tablespoon of oil, beat until blended, then add oil in increments while beating until thickened. Finish by mixing in chili sauce, whipped cream, chopped pickles or chow chow, and chopped pimento.
Mary Bazzi, American actress leading Rome's prominent theater company, lauds public and press reception. She plans to tour Italy with American plays and then return to the United States with Italian works. The Italian public distinctly favors her and her repertoire.
Sheriff Jim Stevens asked Fort Worth officers to arrest an oil man alleged to have swindled a local transfer company out of money. A complaint was filed charging swindling over $50 in Justice of the Peace Ben Fisk's court. Special investigator Lee Johnson said the man gave a transfer company a bill on a New York woman, but the draft was returned to a local bank.
Report states a man hit Patrolman Hobbs in the cheek amid a disturbance. He was booked on aggravated assault on an officer and will be transferred Thursday morning to county authorities.
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