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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1928
Page
10
In Kingston on April 17 a long lost bell buoy was found after years at sea. The recovered buoy, identified by its markings, was picked up near Santings Cub and is bound for Halifax.
Vague OCR text references motorists, January to April, named individuals Oliv eir and Enrique Urhetor, with scattered city and country mentions. Details are unclear, but point to travel or border activity involving Brazil and Chile context.
At the weekly Sam Victoria Ad Club meeting in Mage Jotes Wallowing the Juneau a film of a Detroit meet was shown. Members were curious about the motion pictures and Wispect tay toured The Texas Theater during the event.
Behind the scenes at a San Antonio carnival near Sanducinto, performers including Jolmsun a 20 year old “bogey man” and Zeke Shumway from Dulles thrill crowds with the globe of death and bathing beauties. Companions share mixed fates as a wife vanquished by hardship, while legends of resilience and danger color the midway spectacle.
Members of the TA2 class at Washington Irving Junior School presented a medieval themed play directed by Miss Winifred Thalmann in the school auditorium. Leading roles included Elisabeth Peters Katie Lee Rose Robert Moses Ebner Roessling Otto Zoller Edwin Zoller Gerald Feille Exwart Piper and Tony Lozano. An unusual feature was the use of maps from old clothes and paper for costumes, with an average cost of 15 cents each.
Los Angeles April 17 Arthur Evans writer was still held today on a lesser charge pending the investigation into the death of his wife Helen St Clair Evans a model and motion picture extra The arrest followed collection of evidence by his father in law Albert Daniels a New York beauty parlor proprietor who has long claimed he was murdered not a suicide
Negotiations under way at National American Legion headquarters may lead to a San Antonio performance for visiting delegates. The Friday night show features Spanish dancers and operatic voices as a light opera program. Philip Stapp Walton Hod Lewis Tauler Stein and others will perform on stage.
Kirby, longtime chairman of the Constitutional Democrats of Texas, dies at his home near Austin after leaving a conference with Governor Moody. He helped unite factions over prohibition and was linked with Sen. Love and others in opposing any presidential candidacy not ardent on dry policies. He was 67.
New York April 17 The detere Kavity revolution would drive George Arliss and Grant Stewart from the stage if the Equity association’s petition succeeds. Arliss and Stewart are among about thirty nine members who signed a petition urging a revision of the committee to bar aliens from voting in offices or being employed by the association as it weighs changes.
Fragmentary OCR shows a court case where a girl testifies against her father with references to a heated dispute, a fine of R10, and a mention of a corporation involved in an attack. The readable text is damaged but indicates legal action and a penal outcome.
An odd advertisement recounts a man named Slinw a few doves at Thedford h Wack Ternight Tremiday, describing relief after using a tonic sold by merchants and travel claims. The narrative blends personal pain, product promises, and town observations amid cryptic spellings and jumbled names.
London reports the death of Charles Sima Tr. A 65, famed for a controversial Royal Academy portrait of King George VI wearing the Order of the Garter robes. The image triggered a storm of discussion in 1925 and was later withdrawn from exhibition during a visit to Roxburghshire.
San Francisco April 17 racing around the world from Tokio led by Polehiro Araki in an air mail plan to New York with all possible speed. Araki rivals Matsui, westbound, left April 6 to test quicker routes using ordinary transport, Matsui believed to be somewhere along the Siberian line en route to Moscow due April 23. Araki expected in New York late Wednesday and to sail for England thereafter.
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