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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1929
Page
1
Aviation stories unfold across the Atlantic and Pacific with daring flights and crashes. Russia aims to prove transatlantic capability. Italy debates replacing Captain Motta after a sea of risks. Britain and France race to bolster air bases while real estate shifts with aviation ambitions.
Forecasts show mostly cloudy skies with scattered sun in many areas and variable winds. Denver to Milburn reports clarity, while Oklahoma and New Mexico face unsettled conditions with possible precipitation in the south. Ground wind speeds rise from the northeast to the southeast, as terrain conditions remain stable in most regions.
Mrs. J. F. Kerr feared bombing after a loud noise from an old cannon ball. City detectives explained the sound came from a battle near Alazan Creek. Detective Sergeant Fitch held the rusty relic as reassurance.
A Texas legislative committee opened hearings into Vexar County's fee based pay system for county officials including the district attorney. Testimony claimed the D A earned a $10,000 salary only when fees from felonies covered it, with an excess around $500 returned to the county last year.
Seguin residents report four burglaries Friday night tied to visiting outsiders. At the post office about $100 worth of checks and mail were stolen or damaged while four tires and tubes were taken from a garage. Sheriff Moellen reportedly estimates the total mail value as not yet determined.
Chicago aviators G. H. Steele and Iris Sell Moravian attempt an endurance flight from Skylarker airport to surpass the Robin world record held by It Tems. After two refueling contacts yesterday, a third was planned for this morning as the plane Chichgo-We Wil wings through the dawn.
WASHING RUN interstn commerce report to Interstate Commerce Commission by Tincey Cy ames, examiner, states container sets for shipment of freight by rail deemed beneficial and in the public interest. reliance on carloads of containers supports efficient freight handling and public benefit.
Fragmented report recounts a rumored bomb found in a yard near San Antonio, with locals including Mrs J F Kerr and Sgt Binnley Fiteh noting a blast and the discovery of a rusty can cannon ball. Conflicting memories place the event amid colonial era tensions and odd, faded details.
A Louisville man is among three killed in an air crash near PALDA Germany today. The crash killed pilot Bauer and a German passenger named Burckart, with Burckert’s wife and Fraulein New Laure of Hetlin badly injured. The flight from Frankfurt to Berlin collided midair over Tafthansa.
King George and Queen Mary left Buckingham Palace after 12 40 p m for the country palace at Sandringham traveling in a stored motor car to the miley line, where a special train waited to take them north.
FORT WORTH Aug 24. Reduced air passenger rates by the Southern Air Transport have boosted travel by plane to such a degree that traffic has more than doubled, according to Victor F Grima assistant general traffic manager.
Army attack planes and a transport plane take off from Towman Field for maneuvers over Louisville before heading to Dayton, Ohio. The early morning flight marks the start of a training hop as units prepare for operations near Dayton.
In Gallantry Vests a horse named Doo is depicted as craving crushed ice during daily routines. The big delivery wagon animal reportedly consumes up to 20 pounds of ice between writings, with workers at a nearby plant noting his unusual habit as a steady source of refreshment.
The weather bureau forecasts a chance of rain Saturday night or Sunday as the city endures a multiday heat spell with temperatures near 95 degrees Sunday. Saturday morning lows reached 73, a summer low, while Gulf Coast showers were reported. northwest and central Texas saw higher readings up to 104.
Two U S officers, guarding a rum raid suspect after an arrest attempt, faced murder charges in connection with the killing of Charles JaIy. Deputies G Alfred DeMosy and Willy Thomson were arraigned, pleaded not guilty, and held without bail as the case moved to Salt Lake County jail.
In Villa Cecilia Tamaulipas the city council freed all prisoners from the local police station as a last act to embarrass successors ahead of a government investigation into alleged maladministration. The move was reported by EL Universal Tampico correspondent.
Mexico City Aug 2 The new national penal code will abolish the death penalty for common crimes and substitute trial by committees of experts, including alienists, under the reform Gary system. It takes effect January 3. President Partes Gilban ordered the code into force under extraordinary powers granted by Congress.
Heavy fighting between Arabs and Jews in Jerusalem near the Wailing Wall leaves eight Jews and three Arabs dead with dozens wounded. British warships move to evacuate Malta while a curfew is imposed as authorities report continued tensions after the clashes.
Philip Snowden British chancellor of the exchequer appeals to Henri Spaars Belgian premier and warns that British delegation has exhausted patience in negotiating larger Young Plan payments with four wartime allies at The Hague reparations talks.
New Orleans August price report shows January at 18.7 cents, March 19.93 cents, October at 18.48, December at 19.65. Cotton opened steady with futures listed for several months in early trading.
Log from the Zep Round World Flight by the Associated Press notes leg timing from Lakehurst to Friedrichshafen and Kasumigaura toward Tokyo. It records positions, miles covered, and radio bearings with times across August, detailing leg milestones, weather, and navigational updates.
Twenty six crew members from the freighter Quinsistan, which sank off the coast on August 18, were saved after drifting in open boats for more than 60 hours. They arrived aboard the liner President Tar later that day. Captain George Vietsch, a German seaman, said the crew remained calm and comfortable, insisting they were all sailors and never worried while they had a boat and wind to aid them.
Engineers from across the United States travel through Laredo en route to Mexico for the annual convention of the American Society of Engineers. A large delegation includes several prominent European engineers, with the event set to begin next Monday.
Dallas reports the College Station stile experiment expansion aims to research horsemint to determine its value for the recovery of growth and thmol, two important barrier drugs, following a suggestion by the Dallas chamber of commerce.
A Zeppelin airship report from San Francisco details Graf Zeppelin’s BerlinTokio flight toward the United States. The craft covered about 1,660 miles in 26 hours, averaging around 57 mph, with favorable south winds and an expected speed boost from tailwinds as it nears the American coast.
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