30 Aug 1930
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1930
Page
1
The piece surveys a world tense with economic strain and political unrest. It notes skittish markets, fears of revolutions in Argentina and Brazil, and concern over British and American leadership. It argues for domestic action to support cotton and industry, citing Mussolini and urging efficient production and marketing of cotton clothing.
Reports from DIMA dated August 30 describe former Peruvian President Leguia and his son John Tegnin detained after a military coup. Leguia, hospitalized, is held in San Lorenzo prison under tight guard as the new regime seeks trials for alleged dictatorship crimes and misuse of finances. An American officer, Grow, faces prosecution for support of Leguia, and charges include intent to bomb Arequipa.
Classified notice lists a spacious furnished house with a piano for $70 per month, including corner Magnolia and Agnnier near Kents. Also mentions classified numbers and further items to be found in the Cheaified Section of The Sunday Light. Call Crackest 2400 to place an ad.
In BUANGHAL a district court judge fined a barber for cutting a man’s wife’s hair without consent. The barker was accused of causing a quarrel by trimming the woman’s tresses, an offense deemed improper in the ruling.
Gretelithe Tarz Sothern, missing since a August 21 dance in Tivoli Texas, was found in a San Antonio area hotel. Three men were detained in Refugio County on suspicion of abducting her and transporting her to the city. Her brother Glenn Southern and her father Toft Seadrift were notified, and authorities planned to return her to Refugio County for prosecution.
Vernon Robson 28 and brother George 30 confessed involvement in a gunfight near Vernon Texas that killed Sheriff Elmer Carter and wounded Police Chief Jon Whitt. Carter died at a farmyard after crawling to seek help. Vernon was sent to Granite reformatory. George lay critically wounded. Investigators traced a liquor truck and a convoy attempt, with two officers later injured.
Bev county reports Sitoms Oil Company No 1 Flat mark shows seven feet of heavy saturated oil at 145 to 150 feet in a new pool six miles west of the Nichols pool eight miles south and east of the Sraybare area. Drill stem test failed on descent. another test pending. Core resembles Pettus field with production at a lower level due to depth differences. Location details place the well near the intersection of a road and the southeast corner of the diamonds York survey.
TOKIO Ava. 30-4 Japanese fliers praised by countrymen for achievements in transcontinental aviation. Renraku Amon departed Tas Angeles June 22 for an eastward route, reached Seoul en route Tokyo, then flew across the United States and crossed the Atlantic by steamship from Croydon airfield August 1. Helji Yoshihara landed in Tokyo after a flight ending in Berlin August 20.
A steam shovel forty feet long with external brick run from a sewer job vanished from the site. The thiefs identity remains unknown but the loss is reported to the police. The incident is described with a tongue in cheek comparison to Humpty Dumpty.
San Francisco report states rumors that tennis star Helen Wills Moody planned motherhood are totally unfounded. The chatter began in the East after she declined to enter a national event to defend her previous teen title.
Lindy and Anne travel to Detroit for a three day visit with Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh’s mother Mrs. Charlie A. Lindbergh. They fly from Chicago in about an hour and a half, amid coverage of the National Air Show.
Chicago Aug reports Peabody, famed sports writer, underwent operation for enlarged thyroid gland after a medical condition prompted treatment. Medical team details not disclosed.
With school time near, parents advise children on safe street crossing. Mrs C G Snyder guides her daughter Hetty as Betty starts this term at school.
Vernon Husell thirteen of 309 Ainley Avenue constructed a toy cannon from an iron pipe to celebrate a holiday. While test firing with two companions near West Craig Place and West King’s Highway, the device exploded tearing flesh and sending him to Green Hospital in serious condition.
King George and Queen Mary visited Glamis Castle to view their new granddaughter born to the Duchess of York on August 21. The royal party arrived for the first sighting, with press present to report the historic occasion.
A garbled weather note predicts a cloudy weekend for Los Angeles with little temperature change. A maximum near 96 degrees is forecast for Sunday, plus light to moderate southeasterly winds near the coast.
Police raided the Congress headquarters and arrested Mehta, president of the provincial committee of the All-India National Congress, amid political tensions in Bombay.
In Baston Maryland on August 80 4 vntorg reports Senator Millard K Fydings has purchased Poplar Island a 220 acre tract in Chesapeake Bay for use related to renewal and defense of local resources.
In Texas at Potter County Jail, Payne killed his wife with a explosive device in a family car and wounded his son. He then killed himself with a blast after directing inmates to flee. The diary project and letters he wrote from confinement are cited as context for his mental state before the explosion.
Variable midweek conditions with light to moderate showers possible Saturday and cooler temperatures Sunday. Temperatures hover around seasonal norms with winds from the north. Extended forecast hints at unsettled conditions across western counties and partial clearing later in the weekend.
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