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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1929
Page
1
A brief item notes Arthur Brisbane and a reference to Klee in a compact column style. It hints at art and photography topics, presenting a concise news-like update without detailed context.
The piece riffs on shipwreck stories and civilization as Chicago greets art from Monet and Renoir, notes in Illinois and Nebraska political figures like Borah and Capper, remarks on farm wealth and bank foreclosures, and contemplates Chicago’s city government shift toward a manager system amid a gaze at Midwestern prosperity.
Japanese government concentrates troops at Changchun Manchuria the rail head of the South Manchurian railway marking the first reported troop movement in the Sino Russian crisis. Chinese and Russian forces clash along the border with casualties and fears of wider occupation of the Chinese Eastern railway zone.
Los Angeles Aug 17. Fran S Howard millionaire automobile dealer was shot to death by his 18 year old son Richard late today. Richard fired a gun he did not know was loaded to right the father as the man drank and beat his wife Mrs Trene Hog ard. The shooting followed a day of domestic strife with the wife describing a loud quarrel and the father’s outbursts.
New York Aug 17 The St Lowis Robin, the Curtiss plane used by Jackon and Forrest O Hyne to set the world's endurance refueling record, crashed on landing here today. O Lynne, at the controls, escaped injury though the aircraft was badly damaged with the right wing and landing gear smashed. Toutaon was aloft in another plane when the crash occurred.
Pleads Wares EE Rogers, a prominent banker in and around Washington circles, has appealed to President Hoover to secure the release of Harry Sinclair from insult.
A flood in Japan's Aichi region caused severe damage with about 2000 houses submerged in a district near the northeast coast. The rising waves wrecked homes and disrupted communities. casualties were reported and residents faced extensive losses.
The Lindberch park in Cudahy, a suburb of this city, will be rededicated September 3 and renamed Pulaski to honor Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and his ties to the revolutionary war era.
Washington August 17 Hoovers asked to commute the jail term of Harry Sinclair the multi million aire oilman known as a pillroller who says confinement is breaking him Physically and mentally An application for clemency was filed at the justice department Thursday It is noted that Harry Rogers a Tulsa banker and Republican figure filed the petition Major William Peak jail superintendent favors Sinclair saying he is in better health than at trial Meantime H Mason Day Sinclair confidant serving contempt time also seeks executive clemency asserting jail life is undermining his health Peak's observations counter the claim
Austin reports the state automatic tax board fixed the ad valorem tax rate at 30 cents per $100 valuation and a 1 cent rate for Confederate pensions while failing to establish a state school tax rate. Net revenue from the 30 cent rate is about 12.4 million dollars after deductions, with Moody criticizing previous vetoes and shifting responsibility to the legislature for the higher rate.
Louis Garcia reported being severely beaten and robbed of 17.50 dollars at a house on West Commerce Street Saturday night. He received treatment at Robert B. Green hospital.
Chicago news reports a rash of chatter leads to arrest of Joe Curtis, 41, of Nashville, Tennessee, in a robbery case. Finley Hutton, a railroad ticket seller, was found slain and robbed. Curtis confessed repeatedly that punishment could not be too severe for the assailant, as investigators tied him to the crime.
The world champion rocking chair operator Mrs Althea Schmidt twenty keeps the old chair rocking after fifteen days with sixteen still ongoing. The event began as a joke during a sundaes gathering and seven entrants started the endurance contest before most dropped out leaving Mrs Schmidt to continue alone.
Aboard the Graf Zeppelin on its Pacific leg, the crew reports reaching Nemuro Hokkaido and rapid radio links to San Francisco and New York. The airship, flying at over 70 miles per hour, meets and conquers its first storm of the journey, with 6000 kilometers covered since takeoff.
Aug 17, 1941. Philip Snowden, British chancellor of the exchequer, agreed to a four power sub committee to seek a basis for agreement among Britain and other powers at the international economic conference. The move followed Snowden's rejection of compromise proposals tied to higher German reparations under the Young Plan.
United States Ambassador Wight W. Morrow, reporting on Mexican affairs, left by train for vacation with 50 soldiers and detectives guarding the line due to bandit reports between San Luis Potosi and Saltillo. He will first go to Englewood New Jersey then to Washington to brief President Hoover and Secretary Stimson.
Moscow reports Commander Eckener expects Graf Zeppelin to dock at Kesumiya Tra landing field near Tokio, ending the second leg of the world flight. Wireless updates say airship travels toward Yakutsk at 102 mph and may reach Sakhalin vicinity by early Sunday. Weather forecasts warn of a typhoon sweeping toward Japan, potentially affecting arrival timing.
Netty Beall, claimed by Grace Mead filer to be the wife of Normal Bills, Los Angeles real estate operator, faced a suit for alleged alienation of affections. The case, filed in AMGELAS, dates from August seventeenth and cites damages of one thousand dollars.
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