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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1929

Page

2

Southern Pacific Trains Swap Schedules In San Antonio

Train times across Southern Pacific routes through San Antonio are altered. Key changes include the Houston bound No. 12 arriving 7 4 a.m., Sunset Limited No. 101 at 5 18 p.m., and eastbound No. 102 at 1 45 a.m. Arrival and departure times for the Argonauts Nos. 103 and 104, Victoria Nos. 317 and 418, and Corpus Christi Nos. 311 and 312 adjust by minutes or hours as announced by assistant general passenger agent Tom Hod.

San Antonio Tom Hod Gener Houston Minstead Jloustom Istead Tho A.m Sunset Limited Resty Wa Oh Mod West Ill Dbay Ai Ine Stead Argonaut Cornus Christi Corus Christi Victoria

Chinese Bandits Free Missionary Held for Six Days

Officials in Tsinan report Henry Wesebe of the National Holiness Mission was released by bandits who captured him at Tungchang Shanlung on August 9. The bandits claimed they would hold Wescoe until authorities agreed to recruit their full force into government armies.

Peiping China Tsinan Henry Wesebe National Holiness Mission Tungchang Shanlung Wescoe

Paris Divorce Suit Filed By New York Couple

Pauline Parker files for divorce in Paris from husband Paul Assailant a French pilot known for the Yellow Bird Atlantic flight. Both speakers fail to communicate in French or English as described in the suit.

Pauline Parker New York Paul Assailant Atlantic Pauline Paris

Fire ravages Moorish Manor stores and officers

A fire destroyed most of the Moorish Manor premises, taking with it officers and storerooms. All establishments housed there suffered losses, with extensive damage reported across the first Moorish block.

Four Die As Lightning Strikes Philadelphia Area

A severe electrical storm killed four people and left three others drowned in the Philadelphia region. The first bolt struck a peach-packing plant owned by Salvatore Merlino in Hammonton New Jersey, paralyzing a young woman and burning her mother while two other workers were knocked down but survived.

Philadelphia Salvatore Merlino Hammonton, &. J

British War Lord Drops Dead While Shooting Grouse

TANDON August 15 KP General Lord Horna of Furtcke, famed first army commander in the great War, died yesterday while shooting grouse in northern Scotland. He was 95. He retired from the army as a general in 1993 after 46 years as an artillery officer. At war’s end, Lord Horne received 885 from Parliament and was created Baron Werne on October 8, 1919.

Tandon Lord Horna of Furtcke Scotland Lord

Fire Damages in Waxahachie Square Estimates Near 50,000

A Waxahachie blaze damaged three storefronts on the north side of the square, with losses estimated at about 50,000 dollars. Fire authorities investigated the incident as the cause appears linked to an unnamed source on August 15. Local businesses faced significant smoke and heat damage, disrupting commerce while the fire was contained.

Jones Named Bureau Head for Oil Industry Drive

Howell W. Jones, manager of the trade extension department at the chamber of commerce, is named head of the oil industry promotion for the organization. Porter Whales announces the appointment as LB. H. Kifer forms a petroleum committee to position San Antonio as the Southwest Texas oil hub. A committee meeting will set plans to attract major oil companies to establish headquarters here. Phone your want ad to Crockett 2400.

Howell W. Jones Chamber of Commerce Porter Whales Jones LB. H. Kifer Tre Chamber San Antonio Texas Ylang

Portes Gil Backs Vera Cruz Chief Against Plot

President Portes Gil told Tehuacan a plot to depose Governor Adalberto Tejeda and his administration would not be tolerated. He promised support to the Verding state government and sovereignty, speaking to a committee of Vera Cruz congressmen who conferred with him at Tehuacan Puebla.

Mexico City Portes Gil Tehuacan Puebla Tehusenn Reporta Adalberto Tejeda

Woman Held for Selling Dog Meat in Illegal Slaughterhouse

Mrs. Carmen Vapin de Garcia was arrested in MBRICO on August 15 for operating an illegal slaughterhouse where horses burros cats and dogs were killed and their meat sold to butchers in public markets.

Mbrico Civy Carmen ‘Vapin de Garcia

Nine party leaders expelled by Workers Party in New York

Nine leaders accused of aiding Lovestone are expelled by the Workers Party. Lovestone was expelled earlier by orders from Moscow. Expelled names include Gitlow Wolfe White Wolfe and others. charges say they left Moscow without permission while summoned there to explain alleged right wing activities.

New York Upport Jay Lovestone Workers (Communist) Party Lovestone Communist Internationale Moscow Tont Gitlow William Miller Tom Myerscough Edward Welsh William J. White Bertram D. Wolfe Herbert Zom D. Benjamin Morrie Gitlow Wolfe

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