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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1924

Page

2

Burglar Suspect Detained as Driver Rescued at Gunpoint

Curtis White, a daily driver, was stopped at 4 am by David Gottlich near San Pedro and Evergreen. Gottlich, searching for a burglar who had entered his garage, held the scene with a pistol but White was freed after officers arrived. No items were taken from Gottlich's garage during the incident. More burglar and prowler reports were filed overnight.

Curtis White Corporation David Gottlich San Pedro Evergreen White Gottlich Afr Gottlieb Bourglars

Where to Go Motion Pictures and Local Crime Report

Evening listings show Palace Leatrice Joy in The Mar nage Chest and Gloria Swanson in Man handled amid a program of musical comedy with Gran Ted Howland’s Winter Garden Girls. A burglar alarm at 115 Wickes Street led to gunfire and a prowler fled. shots fired at Morrison and at 322 Peck Avenue with another report at 27 Stratford Avenue.

Motion Pictures PalaceLeatrice Joy Empire Gloria Swanson Jackie Coogan Flanders Rinlto Colleen Moore BR. R. McKnight Wickes Street Melkknight Morrison Peck Avenue Statford Avenue

Bexar County Fair Representatives Plan Fall Programs

Representatives from six Bexar County fairs will map fall programs at a general meeting on August 19. Planned activities include horse racing goat roping steer riding bronco busting foot racing ball games dancing and barbecues in Sehertz Southton Oak Island Culbra Coker and Adkins.

Bexar County Sehertz Southton Oak Island Culebra Coker and Adkins Soc

False Passports Found on Italians in Paris

Paris police arrested twelve Italians carrying false passports at the request of the American consul general. The prisoners said they obtained the papers from an association in Naples for 1250 lire each and believed the documents would allow them to cross to the United States without trouble.

Paris Naples United States

Pan American Rail Link Nears Completion

New York August meeting of the Pan American railway committee elected Charles I Popper of New York as chairman and Tobias Moscose of Brazil as vice chairman. Only 400 miles of track remain to complete the through route from New York to the Canal Zone.

New York Pan-American Railway Committee Buenos Aires Charles I. Popper Chammain Tobias Moscose Brazil Canal Zone

Officers Capture Tequila Smuggling Ring Near Falfurrias

Mounted Customs Inspectors Malone and Blackwell with immigration officers seized three Ford touring cars carrying 100 bottles of tequila and six Mexicans. The haul was stopped near Falfurrias in a raid that tied back to customs headquarters.

Malone Blackwell Falfurrias

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