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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1928
Page
2
Prince Charles Philippe Duke de Nemours told the Associated Press his family accepts his marriage to Miss Marguerite Watton of Washington. He said the family would join him for a farewell trip and that the couple plan an airplane honeymoon with a hopoff to Morocco on the upcoming weekend.
A resident on Bailey Avenue trapped a skunk believed to be a thief in a steel trap. Police were dispatched early Thursday after the resident summoned responders who arrived with a sawed-off shotgun to ensure the animal could not escape.
Police report a scrap iron theft Thursday from 208 White Avenue. Julia Adams, owner of the residence, questioned the thief's motive as officers investigate the incident.
Professor Wesley Penenck will present a thesis on Ancial Differences in Musical Talent and Their Relation to Intelligence at Emory University in Atlanta. He seeks a master's degree. On Wednesday he read the thesis at a tea hosted by Mrs. William Sadier at 1416 San Pedro Avenue in San Antonio.
A Louisiana shipment brings 38 inch legged edible frogs to San Antonio via the McCrary Produce Company. About 100 dozen frogs were received this week in a single shipment from Home, Louisiana, destined for markets across Texas and Mexico. Night trapping with searchlights supplies the harvest as demand for edible frogs grows.
An intoxicated man ran about the city for hours before his arrest. Taxi driver Fred Cerez brought him to police headquarters after the rider refused to pay the fare.
Sam Rice, a former prizefighter, was held Thursday morning on four counts of forgery. He stands accused as the principal in the alleged passing of forged instruments. Louis F. Boltz is listed in connection with the case.
Two San Antonio mothers who lost sons overseas may sail on a government steamer to France to visit graves of war heroes. Mrs. Florence McFadden and Mrs. Agnes Dilla are named as eligible. voyage offers comfort and potential burial discovery. Branch plans a meeting at the Willson hotel to discuss the trip and bonus adjustments.
April 2 report from Poplar Bluff Missouri states Soultvare of Leste and Sereane were convicted of assaulting Orville Hudderbrand. Judge FOD Dorrly sentenced one to ten years in penitentiary and ten years in reformatory at Hoovills. In a separate incident on December 12 two Bonvenne boys discharged shells during a firing, wounding SallyTalleneand.
In Nicaragua on April 26, reports say Marines shifted their east coast base about one mile north toward rebel lines as Gen. Augustin Sandino's insurgency presses east from Matagalpa. Fears for foreigners rise. one British manager, Harry Amphlett, is believed killed at Puerto Cabezas, while a scouting flight returns with limited clarity on others, including George B. Marshall of La Tur.
TERKELEY Cal April 26. Soil is unnecessary for raising plants. W F Gericke of the University of California experiment station grows them in glass jars of water with chemicals plants normally obtain from soil. The plants are sturdier and more delicately enlarged than those grown in soil.
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