Repairs Made in Storm Rescue by Revenue Cutter
Wireless operator Scheetz, a 16 year old, kept hope alive as the liner Lexington battled 24 hours of hurricane seas off Hunting Island. The Yamacraw answered his call, saving 44 aboard and 12 passengers. Two firemen died, one scalded. First Officer Chamberlain injured. Lexington bound Savannah to Philadelphia.
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Associated Press
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Philadelphia
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San Antonio Area Tonight and Thursday Fair
A brief notice indicates fair weather relief for San Antonio and vicinity tonight and Thursday with expected mild temperatures and light winds.
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San Antonio
Home Weather For Tourists Observations Across Cities
St Louis reports 62 degrees with an eight mph east wind and clearing, warmer. Chicago 60 degrees with a six mph east wind and fairer conditions. Milwaukee 52 degrees with four mph east wind and increasing clouds. St Paul 62 degrees with sixteen mph southeast wind and possible showers tonight. Kansas City 58 degrees with twelve mph southeast wind and warmer. New York 56 degrees with northeast wind and cooler Thursday. Boston 60 degrees with north wind and cloudy conditions tonight and Thursday. Washington 60 degrees with northeast wind and clear? conditions.
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Milwaukee
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Roin
Armor
Kansas City
Lear
New York
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Boston
Washington
Theortheast
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AP leased wire carried by other papers is unfounded claim
The statement that the Associated Press day wire into San Antonio is carried in whole or in part by newspapers other than the San Antonio Light is without basis in fact. No evidence is cited and the claim is deemed unfounded.
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Associated Press
San Antonio
Man Displays Revolver Over Meal Payment in Police Court
B G White a machinist carried $3000 in pockets and refused a 75 cent meal charge drawing a revolver in a Alton hotel restaurant witness J C Looney testified White said he had paid the bill and then produced the pistol. He was fined 20 dollars on the pistol display and faces unlawful carrying firearms in county court. White claimed lead poisoning from mining and said he would pay any fine to return to Tennessee.
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B. G. White
White
J. C. Looney
Alton Hotel
East Commerce Street
Looney
Guinn
Tennessee
City Hall
Memphis
Tenn
Applications Pour In For New State Inspector Posts
Between sixty and seventy five applications were filed for the new state safety appliance inspector and state factory inspectors positions. Labor Commissioner Starling said he would name the appointees to the two offices this afternoon after the governor approved the appropriation.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
State Safety
Labor Department
Starling
Interesting Flights Expected At Harvard Boston Aero Meet
With rain ending at Squantum the second annual Harvard Boston aero meet resumes. The highlight is the 53 mile light and returning race for 2500 in prizes featuring the Nieuport monoplane with Grahame-White flier, the Headledd Curtiss biplane of Lincoln Beachy, several Bleriots and Wright machines. Beachy aims to surpass his 11 628 foot world altitude record if the sky clears.
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Associated Press
Boston
Mass
Boston Light
Nieuport
Claude Grahame- Whiteflier
Lincoln Beachy
Chicago
Shoaf Held in Mexico Says Father in Telegram
Henry Shoaf who disappeared from a Los Angeles lodging house August 18 is described by his father George C. Shoaf as being held prisoner in Mexico. The family, pursuing claims of kidnapping, says two men were sent to Mexico to locate him. Shoaf reported for the Appeal to Reason in Los Angeles on the McNamara case.
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Henry Shoaf
Los Angeles
Mexico
George C. Shoaf
Henry
Young Shoaf
McNamara
Appeal To Reason
Girard
Kansas
Shoaf
Los Angeles Times
Platform Reform Drive in Mexico City Convention
Delegates at the National Progressive Party convention in Mexico City propose amendments to pledge candidates to the reform laws, stressing church and state separation and anti reelection. The platform calls for tax reform, anti monopoly measures, judicial and educational improvements, and closer ties with Latin America. It also pledges railroad worker training, proper injury indemnities, pensions, and repatriation of Maya and Yaqui deportees with new agricultural colonies on public lands.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
National Progressive Party
Benito Juarez
Francisco I. Madero Jr
Francisco I. Madero
Latin America
Law May Be Broken To Enforce The Law
Judge Buckley ruled the driver was excused under the law when overtaking another car to aid in an arrest for a traffic violation. The case of H. Dobbin and J. H. Nass involved speeding and Nass testified he pursued to identify the offender. A $15 fine was imposed on Dobbin with a warning that higher fines may follow for further reckless driving.
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H. Dobbin
J. H. Nass
Nass
Garden Street
Dobbin
Lloyd George appeals to churches to aid workers
London, Aug. 30. David Lloyd George, chancellor of the exchequer, laid the Heath chapel cornerstone and urged Christian churches to redress mass suffering. He cited many toil underpayment and hunger among the poor, calling on the able to curb revelry and address unrest to avert a worse conflict.
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Associated Press
London
David Lloyd- George
Heath
Woman Enjoined From Building Fence in Grayson Street Lot
John L. Clem obtained a temporary injunction in Seventy third district court restraining Gertrude Mack from erecting a ten foot wall fence on adjoining Lot 45, Grayson Street. He alleges the fence would block southeast breeze, lower property values, and is intended to inconvenience him. Final hearing set for September 1 before Judge Birkhead.
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John L. Clem
Gertrude Mack
Seventythird District Court
Clem
Grayson Street
Birkhead
Belgium Moves to Preserve Neutrality as War Looms
Belgium’s Military Council met to plan neutrality safeguards in case of war between France and Germany. Large supplies of shells and rifle ammunition have been sent to frontier forts along the boundary with France and Germany to deter violations of Belgian territory.
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Associated Press
Liege
Belgium
France
Germany
Great Britain
Rockefeller Seeks Deeper Seclusion With Tunnel
In Tarrytown New York on August 30 1930 John D Rockefeller plans a 1000 foot tunnel from his Pocantico Hills mansion kitchen to the nearest main road. The tunnel will cost many thousands of dollars and allow one of his delivery wagons to move from the stable to the residence.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
Pocantico Hills
John D. Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefeller
Pearson Interests Sold 10 Texas Co In Mexico Deal
Houston reports state the Pearson oil interests in Mexico were sold to a Texas company, potentially creating a major rival to Standard Oil in power and assets. Treasury official R. E. Brooks could not confirm or deny, but belief favors completion of the sale before John W. Gates' death. The Pearson syndicate is a powerful English concern seeking expanded Mexican holdings.
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Houston
Tex
Houston Cotton Exchange
New York
Texas Company
Pearson Oil
Mexico
John W. Gates
Pearson
Standard Oil Company
R. E. Brooks
Gates
Pearson Syndicate
Storm advisory issued for Gulf coast near New Orleans
The local bureau issued an 8 a.m. advisory warning that a disturbance appears to be developing in the middle gulf. Small craft along the Louisiana and Texas coasts should exercise caution.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Louisiana
Texas
Middle Gulf
Light reaches more homes in San Antonio for want ads
Four days run your want ad for the cost of three with guaranteed results. Local paper claims Light reaches 70 percent more homes daily and on Sunday in San Antonio than any competitor. Want ads accepted over the telephone.
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San Antonio
Tenth Infantry Embarks Quarters Ready for Panama
Colonel Henry A. Greene orders the Tenth Infantry to Panama for service. A detachment of thirty men will pack equipment at Fort Benjamin Harrison and ship to Newport News for transport to the canal zone. Quarters for officers and men should be ready by September 15. Families of officers are not to accompany the regiment, which totals about 950 men and 25 officers, with possible follow-on by Twenty-eighth Infantry.
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Henry A. Greene
Tenth Infantry
War Department
Central Division
Chicago
Canal Zone
Panama
Greene
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indiana
San Antonio
Fort
Newport News
Kilpatrick
Galveston
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Honolulu
Arthur EB
Regade
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