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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1930
Page
20
A dense display of used autos and autos for sale fills a dealership page. Listings advertise makes like Buick Chevrolet and Packard with prices, features, and mileage notes. Also included are associated goods and services such as related parts, tracts, and repair offerings from local outfits.
Auction-like ad describes a 1925 Hupmobile Sport Sedan with six wire wheels, good condition rubber shock absorbers and bumper details, high mileage mention and pricing hints. Mentions Aubuto Bevan and Ike new conditions, finance plan offered by Winerich Motor Sales Co. Open Beenlass.
Thousands turn daily to the Light Classified Pages for rentals real estate autos furniture and every imaginable item as readers seek what they need from the broad Light audience.
Ground breaking ceremony held at Weslaco for a new citrus packing plant. City officials J B Gibson D V Sampton and others attended as crews began construction on a facility expected to handle around four to eight carloads of citrus per day. Worrell manager and the commission promised progress updates.
In Big Spring Rex Aug 7 reading a clipping notes Sterling boosters plan a strong push for governor candidates. Unclear text mentions organizer and social dance event details with references to local groups and a forecasted meeting Thursday night.
Galveston August 1 The eleventh international pageant selected a winner Miss Lorahs Dell Gulf of New Orleans and Miss Goff the 1 1 year old blonde performed two songs to help close the event. Prizes ranged from 1000 to 100 for various placements. Officials and sponsors included Trovert Colien and VE Lankeeqte with Martin Starr of New York.
Fragmentary note from Texas reporting planned investigations by local business bureau representatives into fertility efforts. Message mentions a deflation arriving Sunday or Monday and references the Valley bureau and national organizers seeking to form a permanent organization merging regional medical group needs.
Brownsville officials seek a shorter open season to conserve raptile and waterfowl in the valley. Charles fh Jenna, former Mis district official and current fish and oyster enforcement officer, warns that white vines and other species are declining with current hunting. A move proposed to shift the hunting season from July toward August to mitigate impact on wildlife.
More than 19 new members joined the First Reprise church at a revival since the year began, with two joining during a meeting led by Dallas pastor Maten Coffman. The revival at Watlaee Cronk was conducted by Reverends Coleman and J Audessna from Kirkland Springs.
Beverly Hills locked mansion scene as wife of director Gladden is found murdered. Major suspects include a recently divorced star, a discharged handyman, and a fiancé under police scrutiny. Interrogations reveal frequent visits by various parties, and a security check suggests robbery was not motive. Authorities say more questioning will follow to fit facts with ongoing investigation.
An 88 year old Port Arthur man, tied to a string of incidents involving assaults on white women, faced imminent execution in Texas. He was identified by a white girl after arrest, amid calls of mob violence and threats. The case has drawn attention as authorities prepare for possible electrocution and heightened security.
Cuero Texas aug 7 Citizens pledge full cooperation as Cuero leaders join San Antonio chamber to back Guad alupe river survey and tonnage study. Fund nearly pledged and contract may be secured, signaling strong local support for the river project despite fragmented text.
Cuera public schools filled teacher positions with Misa Dney Miller of Benton and a listed group of instructors. Names include Tanle Howe, Maraun van Min HB Monthoeer$, Miss Dertua Warris, Kv. 00k, Miss Margaret Smt, Sisas Baet Lienhard, Mrs. F. & Matthews, Earl Pivers, Miss Ora Berguson, Miss Kathlern Burg ihazil, Annie Lee Green, Ada Gracener, Alice Dagothy Nagel, Jel Brothe, O. A. Zimmerman, principal Miss Mary Barthlom, Miss Gussie Burnett, Jee Muller, WC. Fink less, Miss Marcia Wells, Miss J. J. Lierhard, FR. EL Frisbie.
Tezas Aug 7 Cunro gins neared the 800 mark as boll cotton continued to move. A train of 747 bales had been pinned by Monday morning. The Corsac compress reported a total run of 1,536 bales of 1930 cotton received to date. Cotton was bringing 32.26 per barrel at Cuero.
A garbled inquiry requests guidance on decoding clues from a daily tip sheet. It mentions eye care, stee information, and extracting essential data to succeed, but the text is incoherent and lacks clear persons, organizations, places, or dates to anchor a factual summary.
The San Antonio Light invites entries for a prize contest offering 25 dollars for the best solution to a murder mystery. Participants must submit a brief, clear theory linking evidence from earlier chapters to the crime and send answers to The Light offices by the specified deadline.
A fragment from a 1950 King Features Comics page describes a peculiar crime theory, a muralist named Teusa bashten, and a stack of interviews tied to Beverly Wills and Rex Ferselie. It notes Captain Sommers, Mrs Sibley, and Warren Sibley as figures in the investigation with references to Leighton and Worth, with no clear police action taken yet and a “To Be Continued” teaser.
San Angelo exposition officials report trouble with a newly acquired herd of wild horses and steers delivered for the fair. A cowboy attempting to rope a horse caused a collapse of fencing and barbed wire injuries to at least one animal during the rodeo prep. Officials advise handlers to halt herd roundup until the exposition program resumes.
Meror Chambers announced that Corporation Court will lose Loree city employees on August 1. Andy Young city prosecutor, and Mr. Bens Copptell alias clerk, along with Mrs. to 7. Eminth, will be dismissed. The city says dismissals are part of broader cost cuts, reducing the force by about half. Young earned BA a month and the women about 150.
In San Rara on August 7 funeral services were held at Bent for Lewis Moore 55 who died suddenly at home. He was laid to rest in Gibson cemetery north of Bend. Survived by widow and several children, including Mrs Willie Hawser and Rend, plus two stepsons Noble and Acrou Atlen.
Residents of Suny South Will vote Saturday at Warlandale High School on incorporation led by Thurman Warrett and developers. About 3000 residents face the single polling place as ballots are printed amid opposition talk and injunction filings by W. J. Morrison and W. Hy Goodyear.
The first bale of 1939 cotton was weighed at 400 pounds and bought by W. McConnell at 12 cents a pound. A $50 premium was awarded by the local business group for the bale displayed near Ruf Thornton Road by Tonton and Vogel for J. A. Fanderbark.
A Mexican government plan contemplates expropriation of American property in the Baja California peninsula as part of reforms tied to Tia Juana Agua Caliente projects. General Atarazan leads a commission urging broader localization and casino privileges, with U S interests already involved in peninsula development and waterway policy.
Reported in northern Val Veede county a plane crash near a takeoff site left Emery Davis and one other uninjured as spectators and voters cast ballots after the incident. The crash occurred at roughly 250 feet altitude, with no injuries to those aboard.
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