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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1927
Page
2
Jam M. McIntosh publisher of The Light spoke at the Rotary Club luncheon in the St. Anthony hotel. His subject was Why a Newspaper, with Sidney Cornelius as chairman and a birthday tribute to members whose births fall in August.
Glendale Cal August 26 Georgia Woodthurpe Wallace a veteran stage performer known as Georgia Woodthurpe, died here yesterday. She starred opposite Edwin McGillough in the production of Finmafet, a leading role she had long made hers.
A fragmentary wire report from Houston dated August 26 states that inmate Dack Clem and companion G. W. Pierce, serving sentences for murder in Jefferson County and burglary in Harris County respectively, remain at large after escaping from a prison. Guard B. W. Baker reported the incident.
Rudolf Gote, 32, an Austrian member of the communist party and former butler to Washington society figures, is arrested in Washington as immigration officials seek to deport him. He allegedly sent threatening telegrams and letters to Massachusetts Governor Fuller over the Sncro-Vangetti case and contributed to radical magazines and foreign language newspapers.
Two Nebraska airplane crashes injured five people and delayed presidential mail to the summer capital at Rapid City. A commercial plane went into a tailspin over Hoy Springs injuring the pilot and two passengers. A second crash near Bridgeport involved J. L. Daniels and mail clerk Robert Baslow, with Daniels suffering leg fractures and Baslow injured in the fog.
BUENOS AIRES reports Argentina returns to the gold standard with the government confirming the reestablishment of convertibility for the paper peso into 44 centavos of gold. The move ends wartime restrictions and signals stabilization.
A heavy explosion believed to be from a bomb lightly damaged the pumping station at Baltimore's sewage disposal plant and alarmed hundreds of residents across distant city areas late last night, according to police reports.
In Rochester Minnesota on August 20, it was disclosed that Paul Redfern, once set to be a musician, could not secure an orchestra post. He then turned to aviation, undertaking a notable solo trip from Georgia to Brazil, as his mother revealed after he began his career.
An escaped convict from Huntsville penitentiary was arrested by San Antonio police at his home. He had been convicted in Galveston for robbery by assault. The arrest occurred on Thursday.
Adam Howard 71 who died at Inez West Ashby Place was buried in Devine where he taught at a local school for many years He came to Texas 30 years ago from Alabama He is survived by a sister in Austin and several nephews and nieces from San Antonio
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