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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1929
Page
3
Fires in the Canadian Northwest, which for weeks damaged timber land, were largely under control as Manitoba district volunteers returned home from fire zones. Skeleton forces remained in place at several development sites as crews wind down operations.
More than 100 Texas prosecutors will gather in Waco for the third annual convention of the County and District Attorney association. District Attorney William McGraw of Dallas, president, has completed preparations for the event. Fires in several districts were still burning but under control, and aerial patrols were continued to prevent recurrence.
Baylor hospital physicians report Lois Boltz a 14 year old coma patient walked four to five steps in her room on Wednesday and had regained conscious communication after a month unconscious following a fall from a moving car in Brackenridge. The doctor group expressed optimism about her full recovery of faculties including speech while noting earlier missteps in eye movement and a later request for water. London obit notes Sir Edwin Ray Leicester dies at age unclear, but adds no further medical detail.
Santa Monica report notes the Zeppelin begins its round-the-world trip while the Dranen steamship set a new Atlantic crossing record. The piece cites global commerce and war memories, with a Will Rogers sign-off urging restraint and perspective on competition and retaliation.
Washington August 15 Opening senate session may lack a quorum as members retreat coast to coast. Leaders hope to use a gentlemen's agreement to resume business in September with many senators delaying returns. The tariff bill and business order remain uncertain and the house tariff move accelerates plans. The constitution limits both chambers from a three day recess without consent. The senate intends to meet August 19 and every three days after.
Two deserters Gordon Frost and Warne Aldrich confessed to robbing and beating two women motorists near Home Kansas Sunday night. Arrested in Denver and returned after detectives learned they were in Kansas, the pair admitted the crime and directed officers to the stolen car. Three accomplices belonging to Beatrice Walsh were found in the vehicle.
TEXARKANA Aug 15 Mrs Johnnie Cre testified for her husband at his trial and was arrested for perjury after he was convicted. Orr's wife accused him of assault with a shotgun and swore testimony to prove injuries, but witnesses said he fired. he was sentenced to six months in jail and she is held on a $250 bond.
CHICAGO August 15 Mrs Mary McCormick of Huntington West Virginia may die of injuries after a wheel slid from a passing automobile as she walked on South Canal Street. The wheel struck her on the head and was later placed back on the car which transported her to a hospital.
In Greenville Texas four year old Tom Malcom Merrell son of Mr and Mrs Hart Merrell was fatally injured when struck by a large automobile after the family stopped for a car repair. He died shortly after reaching the hospital. Funeral services are planned for tomorrow.
Dispatch reports Col. Annu Ho Baollesteron inspector general of police killed in a saloon in San Fedro Coahuila. Expolis says former police commander Toso Sanchez arrested as the alleged assailant. A bartender was wounded by a stray bullet.
Thomas J. Reynolds, 81, believed last surviving Pony Express rider, died in Bacranento California. Reynolds helped carry news of Abraham Lincoln's election to the Pacific coast. The line ran sixty five years ago between Benicia and Boight's Landing, California, at the frontier's edge.
A lone armed man forced W. L. Willamed of Houston to drive a truck to a lonely area off the Humble road last night and steal the vehicle along with $3.60. The incident occurred as pollen today were eeeblog, with police investigating the armed robbery and seeking the suspect.
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