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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1930
Page
8
Walter Roberts a 25 year old motion picture operator was shot dead outside his former wife’s apartment after threats to kill himself and their child. The coroner’s inquest opened in Wichita Kansas with proceedings continuing into the afternoon.
Hollywood gossip notes Buster Keaton aims to film Spanish language versions of his old time favorites with Hal Roach likely involved. He will also start a war-set comedy for MGM tentatively titled War Babies, directed by Edydard Sedgwick with Sally Bilers as the lead opposite him.
Washington April 24 The administration poll shows 54 senators ready to oppose Judge Tod J Parker of North Carolina. If all opposed, the anti Parker bloc would exceed the 51 vote threshold by five votes. The poll lists 18 Republican regulars 12 independents and 24 Democrats ready to vote against confirmation.
Smoke poured from Shishaldin volcano on Umnak Island near the Aleutians and was followed by three light earthquakes. Seattle resident Walter A. Heinrich, an amateur radio operator, reported the event from Tkatad. C. H. B. Pemberton, a Pacific American Fisheries separator, relayed the message.
SIMLA April 24. Gr-i Wan states V. J. Patel, speaker of the legislative assembly, has rendered his resignation to Lord Irwin, but the letter has not yet been released for publication. Patel resigned amid disagreements with the government of India over the treatment of Indian political prisoners.
Interstate Commerce Commission authorized Panhandle and Santa Fe and Texas Western Orient of Texas to negotiate trackage rights over a line between Alpine and Harrisburg, covering a distance of 11 miles.
A Dallas city attorney who served nearly two years faced removal after a months long standoff. The decision followed internal friction and leadership shifts within the office triggering concern among Boone residents.
Ambassador Lach Amarrirao has returned to Brussels after a three month absence from London where he served on the Angloan naval conference delegation. Furnishings for home, health needs, and nightly care are offered by forms and individuals through the Michigan Avenue for Sale column of Cakes Classified.
Torrence, a 6 ft 3 in actor weighing about 200 pounds, appears in Officer O'Brien a Willian Boyd film. He plays a humorous old wench and the father of Boyd alongside Dorothy Sebastian Clyde Cook Arthur Housman Russell Gleason Lanthurst and more in an original tale by Tom Buckingham directed by Toy Garnett.
Mrs Mary Foster of 424 West Lullwood died Wednesday afternoon in San Antonio after 18 years in the city. Funeral services will be held Friday at 9 am at Porter Loring Mortuary with burial in Mission five of Lexan. Surviving relatives include her husband Dr J K Foster and a daughter Mrs Edward Encelund of New York City.
Janet Gaynor and Charles Mared headline the Majestic engagement in Flight Society Blues with David Butler producing and new songs written for the production. Louise Fazenda Willian Collier Se Jayce Compton Lucien Lillefiel Hedda Dopper co star as the revue portion features The Twelve O Clock News Marty May Lucille Hores and eight dancer performers plus Brain Weise trio in first U S tour.
April 24. The national education conference proposed that the nationalist government unify all youth and student groups in China under party control and reorganize them to align with Kuomintang principles. It accuses allied organizations of using missions to spread religion to Chinese youth.
Funeral rites were set for AL Toliver 69 longtime Houston alderman who served Engle Ike district. Toliver died yesterday in a nursing hospital after recently being elected to the eighth ward alderman seat.
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