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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1924

Page

3

Germany Back Among Great Seapowers After War Losses

Hamburg reports on German shipping recovery after World War I losses and Versailles indemnities. Officials say German tonnage rose to about 2,800,000 GRT, roughly half prewar, with focus shifts to Sweden, England, and Spain while large fleets refinance and rebuild.

Hamburg Germany Siegfried Roedern League of German League of German Ship Owners and Freighters Obstine Ford Great Britain Teich Brock North America South America Dutch East Indies Australia Sweden England Spain Reich Inet

Fire wrecks 230 Italian Premcg

In Messina Italy a large fire destroyed 220 buildings after starting in a high school. Authorities believe students started it as protest against teachers. About 1500 residents were made homeless and 36 injured as troops aided the response.

Messina Italy

Davis and the 21st Presidency as a Precedent Set

Election analysis notes John W. Davis could become the 21st president and the 20th to be a lawyer. It compares ages, education, farming background, state governorship, and religious affiliations among presidents, including Presbyterians, Episcopalians, and Masons.

T. John W. Davis White House Davis Roosevelt McKinley William Henry Harrison Charles W. Bryan Washington and Lee University John Quincy Adams John Trier William HB. Taft Goys Coolidge Wilson Hayes Johnson van Buren Jefferson Wales Benjamin Harrison Lincoln Grant Garfield Arthur Benjamin Harrisson Lincon Buchanan Polk Jackson Cleveland Mr. Davis Episcopalian Church Repubic Church of England Jameses Johns Wiiams James John Adams Tyler John Calvin Madison Monroe Williams Barrison Taft William

Artificial wood from sawmill waste billowing in industry

Washington reports a new product called au wood made from sawmill waste. It starts as small particles heated with an alkaline solution, then ground and pressed into dense three fiber boards for solid mass construction.

Washington

Patterson collision trial nears verdict in Fort Sam case

Fort Sam Houston court martial nears a verdict in Lt. Col. Robert F. Patterson charged with conduct unbecoming an officer after a collision with J. H. Briggs on Fredericksburg Road San Antonio. Defense seeks to view the accident site to challenge witness statements and establish fault.

Fort Sam Houston Robert F. Patterson Fredericksburg San Antonio J. H. Briggs Patterson Briggs Bosier Castle C. C. Gresson Phil Case Castle Pine Colonel Patterson Artendant Fofense

Kelly Aviator Goes After Injured Buddy

First Lieutenant J F Griffith of Kelly Field will fly to Marfa on Sunday to retrieve Second Lieutenant T M Conroy, a student aviator injured when his plane crashed into a hangar after landing. Other weekend flights include Hopkins and Mayes to Kenedy, Baucom and Mack to Houston, Bubb to Aransas Pass, Williams to Albany, Henley and Hutchins to Ardmore, and Andrews and Harbeck to Houston.

J. F. Griffth Kelly Vield Marfa T. M. Conroy M. Hopkins Mayes Kenedy BE. B. Baucom Mack Houston C. B. B. Bubb Aransas Vass R. B. Williams Albany Texas Henley Hutchins Ardmore W. V. Andrews Harbeck

Student Flier Starts Cross Country Flight From Kelly Field

Major John W. Jowett the last student at the Advanced Flying School at Kelly Field begins cross country practice. He left Saturday for Hart Clark and Laredo and will fly to Houston Sunday. All other students have completed the course and Jowett will finish next week.

John WH. Jowett Kelly Field Hart Clark Laredo Houston Dlass Jourtt

Reserve Officers to Fall in Monday Training Note

Memories of WWI days return as 237 reserve officers of the Ninetieth Division and non divisional group report at Fort Sam Houston for five weeks of training in the Camp Travis area. Officers undergo rigid physicals and are assigned to Second Division units for training, with certain artillery brigades moved to the Fifteenth Field Artillery.

Ninetieth Division Fort Sam Houston Camp Travis Ninetieth 165Th Field Artillery Fifteenth Field Artillery

Italy Returns to Normalcy Amid Fascist Reforms

In an interview with Unita Cattolica Florence, Sig. Ferderoni reports rapid return to law and order under Mussolini. Prefects' authority restored, local fascist violence declining, and a priest restored after a clash in Pierse Brescia. Similar restorations occur nationwide, signaling legality reestablished.

Rome Italy Sig. Ferderoni Mussolini Finzi Rossi I Jani Unita Cattolica Florence

Farm hand with grass blade growing in eye found

London Aug 2 A laborer received eye surgery at Gloucester Royal Infirmary after a tiny seed sprouted in his eye socket. Surgeons cut above the eye and removed a blade of grass with the hayseed. The eye recovered fully.

London Grees Gloucester Royal Infirmary

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