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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1928
Page
10
The Teane Walton day observance featured principal speaker Prost Woodful. San Antonio Rotary members hosted the Friday noon gathering at the St Anthony hotel. Tom McCrary chaired the port in Harlingen on April 23, with Walter Waliball presenting.
A wave of black rain over Rumania on April 27 terrorized residents as lava dust from regions shaken by eruptions is blamed for the unusual weather event. Citizens report fear and disruption as authorities investigate possible volcanic activity and fallout.
A string of city visitors and returning residents are seen in San Antonio this week. Louis Moseley returns from Austin, Bob Rose from Houston stays at St Anthony hotel, and several others including John Bradley Wichita Falls and Buckner Bon Marcos attend Rotary meetings and visit friends.
Temporary housing in tents for Corinthian families whose homes were razed by earthquakes was completed. Soup kitchens distributed 404 rations daily, and a field hospital treated the injured. President Kondourialis thanked President Coolidge for sympathy. Lieut. Col. Edward Devis led an American team to Corinth with lumber for shelters.
Berlin officials move to bar devotional exercises, religious preaching, and prayer meetings in city owned hospitals and sanitariums. The measure, pushed by Socialists and Communists who lead the city council, faces opposition from Catholic centrists and Evangelical nationalists.
Philadelphia on April 27 reports per capita wealth as declared by the mayor. The city is described as wealthier than any other in the country, with Mackey noted as a comparison point.
O. E. Barnes addressed the Canopus club at the Menger hotel Friday noon on American Forest Conservation. Jock Locke served as chairman for the luncheon program.
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