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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1929
Page
2
Orphans will travel four memorable hours by bus Monday after noon to the Day World's Fair in San Antonio. Children from Protestant and Catholic homes, lacking mothers or fathers to care for them, will ride to the event, with special entertainment titled the Lindy Loop and Cirgis performances.
Community celebration details list a coronation procession at the Alamo with a 10 30 a m start at the auditorium plaza and an afternoon program featuring pole dancing prizes and a Texas Pioneers night parade with cash prizes, plus various society gatherings and shows at the hotel and plaza venues.
A fragmented notice describes a Fiesta de San Tavinw event with 22 shows and a secure arrangement. Illustrates Wednesday afternoon scheduling led by a list of organizers and participants including Jel Williams and Louis Tauml. The piece hints at a festive holiday of light and happiness without detailing locations or precise timings.
Showers thin out by midweek as Fiesta parade events approach. Weather Bureau forecaster I W Jardon predicts clear skies by Thursday night, noting past parade days often enjoyed sun despite morning clouds. Historical data show sunshine in 1027 and minimal rain on earlier years, with variable conditions the year before.
Police Commissioner Phil Wright ordered removal of ropes tied to trees by carnival workers near the city hill. He said the improvised ties posed a hazard to crowds and could alter the carnival. The notice appears in the market classifieds under light class ads.
Fort Worth report of a 7 year old girl, Cora Welle Binmone, in Lovst hospital after being struck by a stray bullet during a bird hunt at home. The incident occurred when an 81 year old Mexican boy, charged with juvenile delinquency in Denton county, was hunting with a . rifle. authorities pursue details.
Classified text offers help with livestock recruits and equipment queries. Mentions recruitment with Oscar Kehuttze as a preferred ladder man and promotes economical choices in Classification 153 Light Classified Ads for trucks tractors or trailers.
AURTIN April 27 Ray Holder Kay says he has nearly finished a bill to cut auto registration fees by 50 percent and to establish a new law governing the state highway commission with a $7500 annual chairman and two $2500 part time officials. The measure also calls for a dec gasoline tax and would be introduced on the session’s first day.
Fire swept a Morris tool community barn near Yoakum on Monday morning. J. Rhodes reported the loss of farm harness machinery and feed, with a Jersey milk cow also killed. Origin of the fire is unknown. insurance employees were not on scene.
Fire originating in the Winn general Klehland incorrectly transcribed razed roughly a quarter of a block in Corsicana's business area early yesterday. Loss estimated from 875,000 to 100,000 dollars. Firefighting units from Corsicana and Wortham assisted in extinguishing the blaze.
Mico the ringtail monkey from Vancouver, a department pet, is described as brave with long ladder stunts. Chief Sarvan notes the animal will tolerate longer ropes and climbs two trees and a trapeze while awaiting more freedom at Fire Station No. 2 on Urorkrl Street.
Mayor says the city will file for an injunction to halt a rate rise approved a year ago. Judge Joseph Dibrel will hear the evidence in a master in chancery proceeding, with May 1 set as the hearing date. The city attorney's office has nearly completed the brief as of Tuesday.
A city survey shows 45 dentists back Kolynos Dental Cream as the best choice. They cite full strength without water, dry-brush use, superior foam, whiter teeth, germ killing power, and safety without grit or harsh chemicals. Obtain a tube today from The Ifelynes Co.
Viola Brennan recalls Fiesta de San Jacinto week offering adult forgetfulness and kidlike thrills on Haymaker and Main plazas. describes Dodson World’s Fair rides, the crazy house, Lindy Loop, and perilous motorcycle stunts, plus wax Jesse James, a male faced woman, and a giant octopus setting the scene for a vivid carnival memory.
The 70th Arxaion of pungerns ended disappointing for government workers due to fx failure to steal inter out compensation inequalities, but the Feat eral employa benefited through better understanding developed at the secaion. Milt Harrieler, chairman of the Joon branch union, said next regulation could help Congress address the payroll issue.
A driver lost control on Camden Street, struck a telephone pole, and then failed to stop. Judge Dave Watson fined him five dollars for collision with the pole amid a river of garbled text.
Railway offers reduced fares to Fiesta visitors with special travel terms announced by an official. Assistant general passenger agent J A Forn notes the new pricing as an urgent, limited-time incentive.
A Texas woman died and a mother, Ayant B. Bell, was severely bruised when their automobile was struck by another vehicle near Piano, Collin County. Injured occupants were taken for medical care as authorities investigated the wreck. The report notes local emergency services and county responders assisted at the scene.
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