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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1930
Page
8
Police Commissioner Mulrooner recommends the United States district attorney round up and deport all Chinese found in the city legally. The proposal follows reports of a violent dispute with a suggested effort to curb tension and enforce removal of Chinese residents.
Irene Schraeder and Glenn Vague seek new trials in state supreme court. They await review of capital murder case tied to the December gun battle that left patrolman Teady Paul Inste dead near Butler.
Gorman Rooze, 36, surrendered to Dorchester county officials and confessed to murdering his wife Nellie Booze, 20, and wounding neighbor Nancy Wilcor, 40, during a shooting at a window. The attack occurred as Mrs Booze sought refuge with their one month old baby Booze.
Clarence Darrow, Chicago attorney, denied today that he would debate Dr. Walter A Maier of St Louis on atheism as proposed in New York by the American Lutheran Publicity board.
Hollywood gossip notes Lily Damita hesitates on her role in Sons of Guns as Jolson plans to film abroad with wife Truby. Douglas Fairbanks associates discuss future projects while stars like Mary Pickford and Katherine Menjou appear in snapshots. See you tomorrow.
Funeral services for Mrs Thebel Amelia Flieb, 50, who died Monday at a local hospital, will be held at the residence, 220 Callahan avenue, with Rev J C Robinson of Riverside Baptist Church officiating. Interment will be in a nearby cemetery. Surviving are her husband Stantry W Pitch, a son, three daughters, and six grandchildren. She was a long-time resident of Texas and member of several fraternal orders.
A national derby flier reported crossing Arizona while en route from Los Angeles to Chicago. The pilot was five miles north of Seligman, Ariz, at 8 95 P M. Transcontinental organizers reported the progress from the airport at Los Angeles. Hungarian aviators Alexander Magyar and George Kanevera left Metropolitan Airport for a nonstop flight toward Chicago and then toward Michigan.
The city accepted bids from Weber Baking Co for stale bread at 9 cents per loaf for five months and from Wish Co for fish at 12 1/4 cents per pound for a nest month. Southern Canning Co won 7 3/4 cents per pound for best forequarten for three months and Guaranty Packers offered monthly deaf animal care at $1 for twelve months.
European jurists from England France Belgium and Ireland are feted in Washington with a packed program of entertainments arranged by top American officials and diplomats.
A banking representative from drought relief committees and members of the national committee were to confer with President Hoover this afternoon in Washington. Attending were Arkansan J. I. Statler Tosuin Jana Dr WD Haas Alexandria Missouri Arnau G. Slieiel St. Louis Krakers exoy F WT Fuqua.
The aged woman Guilhermina Rosa Maficu, aged 115, died after a long life marked by endurance. The cause of death was not disclosed, but the report notes she was among Portugal's oldest residents. Police or local authorities did not release further details.
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