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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1925
Page
1
The text pieces discuss flying machines and the role of women in aviation, imagining youth pursuing air travel and military relevance. It references American ideas, Arctic ambitions, naval power, and a critique of aggression, tying to broader themes of peace under the golden rule and leadership in France.
Rodolfo Gaona famed Mexican matador and "Babe Ruth of Mexico" arrives in San Antonio today after retirement. He plans to sail for New York with his wife and Rodolfo Jr. tomorrow, then proceed to Europe, leaving the ring behind as the Golondrina song tolls.
Mrs. Béfic Gibson seeks help in locating her daughter Dollie Hickox, the board bill baby believed sold years ago. Two women, Lillian Buhrer of Dallas and T W Carson of San Antonio, may be potential matches, with Mrs Gibson insisting only her presence and maternal instinct can aid identification. Police rely on Shackleet to pursue leads and compare photos from family albums.
Reports from the Hecla mine era describe 14 men trapped on the Star workings lower levels two miles from the main shaft. Air compressors and fire pumps operate, rescue teams of 20 helmet men stand by, awaiting safe air and smoke clearance. Three men were saved from the 1000 foot level after a pump station fire, while the rest of the night crew escaped or are believed safe near the Star workings. KT. Starks leads the rescue operation with crews split underground and on the surface.
Heavy rains across the island hinder cane grinding at about fifty mills in the interior. Poor roads hamper hauling, causing stoppages and likely shutdowns due to damp weather and lower sugar yields. The crop is virtually complete in many sections.
J Bunnell reports thieves stole personal effects including a suitcase safety razor shirts and clothing from a rooming home room at Nueva and South Alamo streets. Police were notified Friday about the pass key break in and looting.
In Los Angeles on April 24, R Samaniego asked the superior court to change his name to Ramon Novarro claiming Samaniegos was hard to pronounce. The judge approved the petition noting the screen name Ramon Novarro is acceptable as the legal name.
An eyewitness reports Chrng Evers was seized by two armed men and driven away in his truck on South Presa Street. The informant says he was threatened with death and that the kidnapers hold another man’s father as a hostage to keep witnesses silent. The sighting led to fear and delays in approaching police, with further details promised on page two.
San Antonio hosts the Battle of Flowers parade this afternoon at 4 with 150 floats and decorated cars. Governor Ferguson rides, Queen Sylvan Flowers-Miss Storms crowned Thursday, flower battle at the Alamo, and exhibits from Southwest Texas towns and private entrants.
Mrs. B. L. Rasbury, of Ballinger, Texas, was injured when a garage door swung shut and struck her hip as she opened the door for her car. Doctors fear the injury may leave her crippled for life.
Washington April 24 The assistant secretary of labor B J Tlenning was named to the federal bench in the Southern California district.
A salesman vanished on Thursday afternoon triggering a police welfare check as his wife reported he had become a resident of the "port of missing men." He normally returned by 4 p.m. but car trouble delayed him. he arrived home shortly after detectives began inquiries.
Washington D C Anvil 24 Home brewers are safe from raids by prohibition agents under a ruling by Chief Justice McCoy of the district supreme court unless the agents can show sale of the product occurred on their premises If the home is converted to a shop with liquor making machinery immunity ends per the decision
In New Haven a 19-year-old singer faces trial for murder of John Bagnano as high sheriff Geddes places guards at the courthouse after three anonymous letters threaten to kill if she is acquitted. Police bar photography and interviews. only four jurors seated by day two.
The New York state department of industry alerts secretary Weeks that bags once holding gunpowder, then sold to shoddy mills, now form an industrial hazard. A request is made to remove the obstacle. the War Department is asked to stop sale of the bags until all powder is removed.
Sergeant Frank Walters of Omaha stationed at Fitzsimmons General Army Hospital was killed and six others injured when an army transport bus collided with a street car at a crowded downtown intersection in Denver last night.
Four men are charged with negligent homicide after a head on crash on the Converse road near San Antonio killed 18 year old Juanita Ayala and seriously injured her 23 year old brother Enrico Ayala and five others. The Ayala car carried eight people who were thrown along the roadside while the other vehicle was dragged about 100 feet. Deputy sheriffs arrested the four men at the scene and await investigation.
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