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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1929
Page
1
The article reflects on Count Zeppelin and Dr. Eckener, praising their aviation contributions and imagining rapid long distance travel. It mentions 1920s era commerce, Wall Street chatter about Block and Bache, and tense Palestine events with casualties in Jerusalem and Latrun as seen in British policy and Jewish agency reports.
Three blind children from the state school for the blind have found a friend in Miss Lucy Smithers, secretary of the L A Child Protective society. Miss Smithers and the three children are shown here.
Preparations advance for the German airship Graf Zeppelin to depart Lakehurst at midnight for its homeward leg to Friedrichshafen Germany. Seventeen passengers 3300 pounds of freight and mail will be aboard on the fifth crossing amid navy officers and civilian travelers including Mrs. Chores B Parker of Cleveland.
Three patrolmen were placed off the force last Saturday evening after naps during duty. Captain W. Av Harvey reported Manuel Valdez of sub station No. 2 and Jobo Salidilix of substation No. 3 asleep on the job between 4 and 6 a.m. The incidents bring the month’s total sleep on duty to three.
Austin dispatch reports General Sandafflen awaiting further press from Commissioner J T Robison after a critical condition at Blygon home in New London Conn. No new word since a wire stating death seemed imminent.
A Texas permit was granted to the Ceres Charter to the Gian Palla Indemnity Co of Glen Falls. G C Long of Dallas is named special agent. The company’s capital stock is $1,000,000 with a surplus of $5000.
The San Antonio Child Protective and Humane Society oversees twenty five blind Tesur County children during summer, with guardianship by local volunteers. Secretary Miss Lucy Smithers houses several kids, while others receive aid through the courthouse office. ages range six to twenty one and schooling is within the free public system. Girls study serving arts and sewing while boys learn mattress making and dressmaking as the city provides resources and medical exams annually.
Two men face murder charges after corpus hearings in Ninety Moncth District Court before Special Judge. Anthony Priday, 187 Alla Wile Street, is charged with murder in the death of Tolles after a Friday fight. Tywan remanded without bond. Melanindes Yopex, 615 South Connl Street, jailed without bond for killing Risloha Trevino Thursday night. Both posted bonds of 1000 dollars prior to court.
Titot Thomas Treid, famed for solo endurance flights, crashed after eight hours forty minutes aloft near Cleveland. He slept at the controls after a long period of tiring, fatigue fueled by hours and hours of flying. His body was found near a tree, one fuel tank full, ending a record attempt without refueling.
Detroit August 31 report says a rum pilot, aiming a runemupgling aircraft, mistook United States customs patrolmen for accomplices. The capture involved the plane and 16 crates of uncharted Canadian aqrors.
In Jerusalem a Red Limited Cohen and hlawil family were killed in an assault blamed on Arab Muslims near Safer. Arabs then struck the Tee inb colony with Gedevah, burning a granary in Kéarharnech. Children from Hethulphin were moved to Tel Aviv for safety as tribal movements sparked fear. Air patrols extended over northern Azria.
British forces in Palestine report dispersing infiltrating Arab units from Syria and Transjordan while intercepting their strength. Arabs threaten Jewish communities along the Jordan valley as Haifa Acre Jerusalem and Safed endure renewed clashes. A group of Jewish high school students and 14 Americans faced frontier danger prompting consular protection appeals.
In a satirical note from Beverly Hills, Will Rogers jokes about ethnic and religious tensions, suggesting Jewish recruitment of East Side volunteers to outmaneuver Turks. He mocks mass meetings and resolutions and proposes a dramatic action to counter Mohammedans, ending with a quip about interrupting prayer time.
MINNEAPOLIS August 31 Dedication of Minneapolis tallent building the Forshay tower am 8 Washington memorial today drew a notable gathering of federal and state officials from moat stated of the Union. The towre In 32 stories high and fashioned after the Washington Monument at Washington D C Secretary of War James W Good came here for the principal dedica tary abileess vodha governors of Minnesota South Dakota and Missouri were included in the invited ments.
New York heiress Natalie Guggenheim Gorman, wife of a station agent’s son, has returned from Europe after a three week trip begun following her elopement. She arrived without her husband greeting her at the pier. Frederick Ayres aided. Their pictures were taken together.
TELARKANA Aug 314 Elmee Newberry 18 of Lufkin was injured probably fatally when his car left the road and overturned into a ditch after reportedly falling asleep He was taken to a hospital with a crushed chest and a fractured skull
The Rev. Cornelius F. Donovan 54 longtime editor of the New World Catholic publication died in Chicago after an eight day illness He was born in Hamilton Ontario and served as a leading church journalist in the city
Miami dispatch reports Mr and Mrs J Turney plan to pass the winter in Florida as advised by The Daily News. The item notes the couple will depart for Florida for the season with no further details on dates or arrangements.
San Antonio mayor Robert O Grady and Alamo Heights Mayor Maroc Chambers clash over annexation plans for Blue Bonnet Hills and nearby areas. Chambers vows to pursue legal action to uphold annexation by Alamo Heights while O Grady counters and hints at opposing moves. The dispute includes legal questions, political rhetoric, and a public meeting turnout. The scene reflects ongoing boundary tensions between San Antonio and its northern suburbs.
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