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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1927
Page
3
Four women linked to a prowling theft ring are held in Sacramento custody after police identified jewelry thefts involving diamonds and collars. California authorities say the suspects near Sea An97 Wanda and others, with one woman reportedly seen in Iowa. investigators assign Chief Strevr to lead the case while still in the city.
New York reporters say film star Lili Gish arrived and announced plans for a three month vacation to care for her seriously ill mother. She will leave immediately and return when possible.
An explosion attributed to a leaking pipe caused the destruction of three stores in a one-story building in Chicago early today. Fire followed, causing further damage and potential injuries as crews battled the blaze.
Dispatch notes a fatal crash near Ruck Del Rio Texas when a loaded truck overturned on gravel injuring two people, both described as Negroes. Secretaries resignations and a judge’s impeachment investigation are reported from Huntsville and Wadewoo. English writer and editors meeting in Florence are also mentioned in a disjointed telegraph brief.
A fragmented clipping discusses tropical fruit varieties and home garden planting. It mentions a Mesive of chade and a Ms. L. at 1501 Lamang etree with shelter offered at home. Bailey notes a plant with one yielded seed for propagation.
A fragmented line notes a return to New York after a fast err event. The readable portion mentions a hap or hapless figure and a quick return, but details are sparse. The item reads like a brief update on movement or travel, with limited names or places present.
Leon Trotzky, talking to an American labor economics delegation in Moscow, lauds the Soviet government as the first workable World Bolshevist system. He denies plans for war against capitalist states, says opposition waits for the worst revelations of a coming world war, and predicts freedom of speech will endure as enemies push attempts to overthrow the regime.
Maj. Gen. Ernest Binds, commander of the Eighth Corps area, was en route by rail Wednesday to Fort Sill to inspect the Forty-fifth division of the Oklahoma National Guard. He will return Saturday.
Hugh R. Wilson United States minister to Switzerland and head of the American delegation to the international conference on communications and transit was appointed chairman of a committee of the conference handling the collection and dissemination of information.
Controversy over widening Dolorosa and Buera Vista streets prompts a meeting of property owners with Street Commissioner Pau Be Steffer in the council chamber at the temporary city hall at 3:30 Thursday afternoon. Objections have been raised to the high assessments needed for the project involving Delwees Ban Saba street and Banta Rosa avenue.
King Michael, the infant ruler of Romania, was kept under tight guard in the royal capital to shield him from infantile paralysis during a deadly outbreak. Reports say twenty children in Bucharest have died and seventy more are stricken as the epidemic ravages the capital.
DETROW, Aug. 24. George Haldeman and Mise Ruth Elders were expected here today to test a Stinson Detroit monoplane and attempt to beat the Atlantic record in a dash to Paris. They are backed in Wheeling, West Virginia.
International News Service reports in Vera Cruz near Nante a volunteer force dispersed a rebel detachment. Three rebels were seriously harmed in the clash, with details pieced from Vera Cruz dispatches.
The Baldwin family returned from a Canada trip and spoke warmly of their reception by FLW members. They praised the welcoming atmosphere and noted the cordial introduction they received aboard the steamship journey back.
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