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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1929
Page
7
Marion N Aug 21 Union workers of the United Textile Workers of America clash with management amid special guards. The Clinchfield mill resumes after three weeks of shutdown with non-union staff allowed in and no new labor brought in, under an agreement to maintain order.
In Mexico City on April 21 a large workers convention debated the new labor code and protested North Carolina policy and court actions against a cotton workers strike. Delegates, numbering around 1,500,000 workers, planned to urge President Sleaver to intervene and seek release of workers charged with crimes, and to condemn alleged assassination plans against labor members.
An old advertisement touts Zemo antiseptic from 20 years of use for soothing itching and drawing out infection. It claims aid for pimples rashes and various skin irritations with cooling relief and restoration of normal skin. Available in 0c and 1.00 price points.
Hay fever sufferers are urged to try Vapex at the first nasal trickle. A tree test treatment from a sanitary envelope provides instant relief for snuffling and sneezing for many, though not all forms. A $1 bottle of fifty treatments available. orders and free samples offered by BE. Fou wora & Co. in New York City.
Local notes recount a flood of names from the oil country and ranches. Press Tom, Phil Press, and old timers like Butch Wilson and Owen Olive mingle with plans for a coast highway and new roads. A blown well column of 1460 feet fascinates and coyote tales mark a hardy frontier week in town. Francis Manafield prepares to move into Mexico, while the Winter Garden Fair promises October events.
A national ad touts Nadine face powder as richer and smoother with a featherlike cling and lasting softness. It claims Gower-like freshness, delicate fragrance, and non cakey formula in four shades. Sold by National Toilet Co. in Paris, Tennessee with a money back guarantee.
Miss Gertrude Sanford of New York says she was given a small menagerie by an Abyssinian chief after a hunting expedition for museum specimens. A bottle of cognac is valued at four baboons and three mountain monkeys to the chieftain, who received the liquor as a gift from her.
A warship from Vera Cruz has sailed to Quintana Roo with troops to quell Maya uprisings in the Yucatan Peninsula. Reports note intermittent unrest in the region, a center for chicle production.
A woman walked along a 60 foot high ledge above Sheridan road near Lakeside Theater last night. Firemen raised ladders as hundreds watched in fear. She smoked and wandered, finally agreeing to be rescued with help from a motion picture operator who said she had gone to the projection room despite rules. The operator described her as a “nice kid.”
Detroit August 31 Albert J T Ladner Jr of Philadelphia was elected supreme dictator of the Moose at the fifty first annual convention last night. Other officers chosen include Frederick Zihlman of Cumberland Md supreme vice dictator Henry W BrusDet supreme prelate Malcolm St Giles Moosebart Til secretary Harry W Mace of Pennsylvania treasurer and George Neward-Mocanohart general dictator.
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