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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1928
Page
10
A colorful Mowers parade marks a long running tradition with flower pagesant motifs. The event includes a queen on a rock throne and a four month effort to build a grand wheeled flotilla adorned with crepe papers and paper wave decor.
A dozen picked members of Mexico City's motorized patrol known as the Cossacks of the Motor Police of Latin America toured the United States on a goodwill mission. Led by Capt. Cesare Puente, they traveled through Nogales Tucson Yuma Calexico and northern Mexico before entering California for an extended route to New York and Washington. The group described their cross border journey as the roughest and hardest ride.
Mr. Joseph F. Wood and his wife claim Plant Juice cured their stomach troubles and improved health. They say it strengthens the system, cleanses waste, aids the liver and kidneys, and promotes vitality, with the remedy sold at San Antonio drug stores and nearby towns.
San Antonio reserve officers join Austin officers for a joint event at Camp Mabry on Saturday under the Austin Reserve Officers association. The program starts at 2 a.m. with a pistol competition for one hour, followed by map maneuvers from 10 a.m. to noon. After lunch, Col. Charles B. Clark and Col. George W. Stuart will speak, joined by Brig. Gen. W. B. Patton and Captain Henderson.
A chaotic jumble covers executions, social changes, and parade float lineups. Birger, a Chicago gang leader, hanged after admitting past suicide attempts and hiring hitmen. Turkish reforms and rising heart disease hazards loom. Cecil Campbell’s sanity likely to bring trial for murder. Parades include St Peters Orphanage float, Daughters of America, and a long list of civic groups marching in the Battle of Flowers procession.
Mrs. A J Broussen president of Daughters of American Revolution shows Miss Florence Trumbull and Miss Byna Deneen at a recent convention as personal pages for her.
In Washington on April 20 delegates to the Daughters of the American Revolution selected a Texan, Mrs. Charles Th. Jones of Texas, as the leading candidate for vice president general with 4451 votes. Other contenders included Mrs. Henry P. Jay of Michigan and Mrs. James Lathrop Gavin, each advancing in the balloting as the convention proceeded.
A demonstration of first aid methods was presented to five Red Cross board members four public school physical education staff and two Red Cross staff by a Southwestern Bell Telephone team at Sionefield club house. Instructor Dr Gustav Stegenstacher led the class with team members A W Winters Herman Grassinbacher Louis Schmitt Hilmer Kroebel Gwen Jones and A L Brown. Father Joseph Jacobi aided and the event counted toward choosing a team for the state first aid contest with over 60 percent of the company's employees qualified in first aid.
Memorial window dedication at St Ethelburga’s Bishopsgate honors Henry Hudson and his crew who took communion before their Atlantic voyage. About 321 years later German explorers shared a communion in Dublin before a voyage that ended near Hudson Bay rather than their intended destination.
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