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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1928
Page
2
Los Angeles reports Cecil B DeMille, famed producer director, has signed to join Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a director for M G M films. The announcement references Aug 1 through Aug 6 as the key period for the contract news.
Reporters covering the Memphis election were beaten and jailed while seven others were raided. Police claimed attackers were shoemuters at polling places. Reporters with cameras were sent by the Burning Appeal and Commercial Appeal. cameras were smashed in the melee.
The heat in Rome has forced Pope Pius to stop his daily garden walks as temperatures rose near 100 degrees. He has also had to endure travel discomfort, with his foot injuring him during a drive.
George F Brennan Democratic national leader was resting comfortably this morning after nearly a week of septic poisoning. Dr C K Forrester performed an incision to drain a swelling below Brennan’s left ear. he then improved steadily, following a relapse on Wednesday.
Aug 3 report from Mexico City outlines charges against Maria Concepcion Acebela fo ta Liota and others for complicity in the assassination of G. Alvaro Obregon. Toral awaits trial. prosecutors seek death for Toral and maximum for the mother superior. branding iron found at the convent compounds the case.
A yacht named Azore, missing since leaving New York on July, drifted toward Santander near the royal palace in Spain. Report says the vessel was part of the king’s cup race and had been unable to communicate due to a failure in its wireless system while search efforts continued.
A car driver slammed into a fireplug then fought a 41 year old man who objected to the incident. The driver was taken into custody after an alleged struggle. charged with negligent collision and drunkenness. The name of the offender and other details are unclear in the report.
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