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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 23, 1927

Page

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Deportations of Mexican church leaders amid train attack claim

Report states seven archbishops and bishops fled Mexico amid government expulsions. Catholic church is described as denying involvement in the attack while authorities tighten control with telegrams and censorship. Survivors arrive in Mexico City as officials say roughly 700 died in the disaster.

Hage Oued Etge Catho Mexico Republic Favital el Grafico Baredo-brerders Governias sTulisco Mexico City

Extra Sleepers Put on Katy Line Train Cars Added

Extra sleeping cars will be placed on all outbound AL B.T. trains nightly and Sunday nights to handle Fiesta visitors. Officials announced the move to accommodate the anticipated influx and ease travel demand along the Katy line.

Katy AL B.T Uniay

Shakespeare in America fund raises for Stratford tribute

George Hernarg Shaw laments England fundraising for Shakespeare in America and criticizes neglect of a national memorial in Stratford upon Avon. He cites a $1,000,000 campaign by the American Shakespeare Foundation to restore the Shakespeare Memorial Theater after last year's fire and joins Archie Wiewere in urging England to support their heritage rather than allow Americans to fund it.

York George Hernarg Shaw Enectacle England America American Shakespeare Foundation Stratford-in-Avon Shakespeare Spere Archie Wiewere Shratterdon-Avon Engias Germany

Question Farmer in Wife Death Near Austin

Austin, April 24. Ed Warner, prominent farmer, was questioned by officers investigating the killing of his wife at their home seven miles from here. Mrs. Garner, killed by buckshot, was found by her 11 year old son Coit on the floor, chest mangled, after the shooting last Friday.

Austin Ed_ warner Here Garner Coit

Puzzle route clue yields hidden message in transit crib

Today's treasure clues guide readers along the Cincinnati Bus route with wordplay. The first word shifts after removing Crom Lake and inserting two Ts, while the second word resolves to OR, hinting at a themed solution puzzle.

Treasure Hunt Clues Spur Citywide Prize Tour

A long excerpt details a weekly treasure hunt in San Antonio with clues spread across The Light and front office postings. Participants chase a grand prize of about 847 dollars in cash and merchandise, including a vehicle payment, groceries, and various gifts from local sponsors.

Richard Erick Dickie Chicken Heart Deadeye Cafe Ta Jack Dalton Deadwood Tex Chen San Antonio Public Service Company Marshall Ford Wester Heights Thurman Barelt Texas Chiropractice College Shevherd Iaundry Roy JL. B. Fite Company Pigaly Wihesly Company Dundev $Woolen Auto Parts Mator Medina Lake Joe Granieriaix Bobnet Mazda Magina Lake Camp Medina Porter Loring Ilisa Onderdonk Totel San Antonio Lights Piggly Wiel Marshall Pard L. B. Fite Company Grayburz Oil Company Braden-Hanson-Wangler Company Joe Granieri Bobnet’s Bakery Ute ‘Parts Company Camp Mc- Hine Melita Dunnee Woolen Mille

Here and There telegraph a chaotic world this day

A collage of brief items from April news briefings. Reports include Shakespeare birthday celebrations at the Hotel Astor in New York, a clash near Don Diego hill in Guanajuato with rebels killed and a German named Pichardo executed, a large high school athletics meet at Rice Institute in Houston, a fatal crash near Raifman road in Dallas involving Ph. Collins and his son-in-law, George Webb freed on habeas corpus for misappropriation charges, a factory accident in Big Lake with Lee Storey killed, Claude Manies implicated in a tax case in Coleman, and a baby strangled by a rubber pacifier in Austin.

Mexico City Guanajuato Don Diego Hill Pichardo Jand Dallas Fh. Collins Azar Job Allen Raifman Road

Plumbing Stolen From Vacant Home Reported

A vacant house at 3453 Westfall Avenue was reported to have plumbing stolen on Friday. Police are investigating with W. F. Schutz, an Antonía realtor, offering statements.

Westfall Ayence W. F. Schutz Tell Polic

Bulldog Free Pack From Pound Escapes Fence

A bulldog named Winnie escapes from a pound after ten minutes by chewing a hole in the fence. The dog feeds the pack to freedom, with only Mike being captured. The report notes the dog's obedience to the wild.

Winnie Mike AH Ware

Floods push floodwaters across 200 square miles

Government engineers report record crevasse water in Greenville during the latest river overflow. About 1800 people rescued as floodwaters spilled from Missouri to Arkansas and beyond, threatening towns from Vicksburg south. A three-month-old child died. others injured when a car overturned on the Camache road.

Missouri Arkans Arkas New Towne Vicksburg Greenville Stans Landing

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