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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1931
Page
3
Police report a man Ernest Smith killed his wife and then fatally wounded himself with an old gun on their farm near Worllirast Of here yesterday. The incident ends a violent domestic dispute with no surviving suspects.
A man from Los Angeles travels to visit his mother Alvis Whitaker amid a muddled note listing names such as Ties Angeles and San Antonn with M TW BR. Wise and Mes, and William Jnr of Tins Angele. The fragment mentions Conk at 2702 fen with unclear details.
The piece outlines a Supreme Court favorable opinion influencing Democratic executive committees on Negro voting in primaries. John K. Weber, county chairman, cites pending Supreme Court judgment and past injunction refusals. Weber notes the issue before the court and references appeals and local civil appeals rulings on Black enfranchisement in Arkansas primaries. Marie Chowberg supports the legal right of Black voters to abstain in the primary.
The mayor of Lawone, G. M. Guambera, rejects plans to ask Governor Ross Sterling for a report on allowing Negroes to vote in the Democratic primary. He says action will not be pursued, despite interest from lawyers and city officials.
A tentative plan proposes a round trip to Tokyo with a Vancouver start. Details remain sketchy as participants withheld names, and the schedule aims for takeoff within about three weeks with prize money noted in faint figures.
The Rev P W OCallaghan of Ireland, national president of the Catholic Lay Abbatiorace union, was found dead in bed today after arriving to attend the national convention. He was 58 years old.
Leave of absence for ten days is granted to Lieutenant Owens of the Tolfe house veterinary corps Fort Sin Honatan. Upon expiration of his leave he will sail from New York City for Phonma to attend a party in the Canal zone.
A former sheriff denied using third degree methods in a 1926 confession alleged to involve a Mexican named Hernandez. The Wickersham Committee was not questioned about the Tigers or officials connected to the case.
A grand jury investigation opened today into the July 20 air crash near Newviow that killed two Army men. Pilot Lowery and co pilot Stromyder died in the wreck, while engineer Keller and sergeant Prechanic reportedly escaped or parachuted to safety. The probe seeks to determine if a lone civilian aircraft caused the collision that led to the disaster.
A suspect linked to the early morning slaying of a Greenville man was captured near Rockwall, after a manhunt across Hunt County. The accused, identified as West, reportedly worked for the victim until a few months ago, and was arrested after authorities tracked him through wooded areas along the border of Rockwall and neighboring counties.
Durzlate ransacked an apartment on Gray Drive, stealing jewels valued at $50,000. The incident occurred in Chicago as authorities investigated the break in and searched for suspects connected to the Central Kliz pampans organization.
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