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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1930
Page
6
Police report a man named Nernerd Smith, described as well dressed, asked a detective the price of a cup of coffee then found carrying 3000 in certificates of deposit. The incident occurred on a Sunday as authorities investigate a possible money loan scheme.
Washington reports Secretary to President Hoover George Akerson set out for a extended ten day vacation at Holling Mock Country Club in Pennsylvania. He will be the guest of Secretary Mellon.
A body washed ashore at Lansalles bay in Fowet England after the yacht Islander wreck. Names linked to the vessel include Commodore Henry C Hing and Commander Searle, with several officers missing and reports of women aboard disputed. The gale's force caused damage across Britain and the coast, with no confirmed fatalities in northern Ireland.
Athletes of the town graded the bottom of the dry creek bed where a local baseball game was played yesterday. The drought left a smooth stone sod and diamond, with banks forming ideal bleachers for several hundred spectators.
A cluttered OCR of a radio listings page outlines Tonight's programs across multiple stations WOAI KTAP WOAT and more with dance numbers Mexican programs weather forecasts poultry talks and studio shows. It highlights various musical acts Amos n Andy orchestras Quaker Man and a mix of talk weather and home pages in a dense schedule fragment.
KTSA KISA official station of The Light lists tonight events at Plaza hotel studio includes Hilda Bione organ concert Don Albert orchestra Newsoctlar rehestra and political talks with Cecil and Sally. Saturday morning musical weather lecture by Sildred Kit ch en light food editor and women’s hour plus noon orchestra and popular music airplay.
A rambling listings style feature outlines a Friday radio lineup with soprano Sessica Tivaganetti and the Cities Service concert orchestra under Nathaniel Shilaret at 8 p m on the National network and WOAL. Other acts include tenor O Rourke and the Cava iere male quartet, Louis Conrad singing, Will Perry conducting, the Made Dogs piano duo, and a string arrangement by Josef Kuestner.
Mrs C C Moore wife of Sheriff Moore acted as heroine when 13 prisoners at the new courthouse jail attempted an escape. Deputy W Y Kelly was attacked while escorting the inmates. Mrs Moore seized a gun and halted a fleeing prisoner forcing him back to the cell block. The sight of the weapon calmed the prisoners.
Lee Shauna, manager of the Texas prison system, led an ongoing inquiry into heat related deaths totaling three inmates and serious illnesses in three others. The deceased were Jimmie Arnold, Herbert Davis, and Zeb Daniels, reported from Clemens state prison and Momney farm, amid a broader investigation into conditions and safety.
Services were held Friday afternoon for 72 year old resident Beall Lowe of 1836 East Houeston Street. The obituary notes 3 daughters and 2 sons surviving, including Mrs J W Crate of Mags ila P Aira, Walter Toore, and Guy and Roy Lowe, with ties to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D. C. The notice mentions readers seeking work and the classifieds section.
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