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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1929
Page
12
The American steamship Mauritania, still yearns to regain the speed record it held when built 22 years ago, steamed from Cherbourg to New York at 27.48 knots in a bold bid to recover the record, which was broken by Bremen a fortnight earlier. Financial column ads promote easy money by listing firms offering assistance.
AUSTIN Aug 6 OP P W V Howard, sentenced to death in El Paso for the 1920 murder of L Nixon, is set for execution at the Texas penitentiary early Friday. He has faced two trials, first earning life imprisonment before reversal and remand, then a second trial ending in death sentence. Footnote mentions Cisco bank robbery context with two killed and a death sentence slated for September 6.
Master painters and decorators from across the United States head to San Antonio for a two day convention August 11 with a 1200 attendance forecast. Notable guests include B B Cannon of Detroit Graphite Co and W L Craig presiding, with a Gunter roof dinner dance on August 13 and prizes for paint and varnish contests.
TORIO Aug 6 GP Chang Tsung Chang former Shantuuz China war lord and his secretary stand accused by the procurator and preliminar judge in Beppy Kinshin district over the fatal shooting Friday of Prince Hsien on the former border area. The case ties to Chinese high law and extradition pacts with Mina.
Statesmen from 12 nations including Great Britain France Germany and Japan convened in The Hague to discuss implementing the Young plan and resolving postwar issues. The opening session included formal introductions and perfunctory remarks by leaders such as Belgium’s Van Glokland France’s Briand Germany Stresemann and Britain’s Snowden. A full session was planned for this afternoon to begin substantive work.
Universal Service in San Diego reports Ace. 8 Martin Colson confesses as a slain robber pleading for life for himself and life for accomplice Tee Cochran. Colson denies border resort Aguacaliente murder involved officials and calls the crime a double cross. He describes a crowded cane room planning to ambush Mexican guards and a raid that burned Aguacaliente and Viana.
The Perseid meteor showers, known as the Years of St. Turence, are due for their annual visit Sunday night August 11. Best viewing is midnight to dawn toward the constellation Perseus with radiant near the north east, rising shortly after midnight and near overhead at dawn.
Bad weather and low visibility delayed the departure of Colonel Migne Garcia Granados and Lieutenant Cartos Messen, Guatemalan goodwill fliers, from Beck Field to San Antonio Texas. They took off at 8 45 p m but were forced to return to the field about 30 minutes later and hoped to try again later today.
Former defendant in a $20000 jewelry theft case abandons the court fight to pursue acting in a film. Details suggest a dramatic shift as the woman and her husband face new developments after a hotel clerk incident, with authorities noting uncertainty about her return to testify.
A garbled report describes a Texas event with a band from Shamons university and mentions the Texas State Fair and an exposition in Dallas, noting band sergions during a noreten period.
Nine Martin bombers traveled six feet from Langley field and landed at Amarillo’s municipal port early today. Reports on the remaining planes’ progress were not obtained.
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