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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1924

Page

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Brief program outlined for Congress

Washington dispatch reports a brief program outlined for Congress with the annual budget, President's message, and the supply bill. The appropriation committee plans to present the interior department expenditures bill first and push it through this week as other measures follow. Senate probes include campaign expenditures and oil leases linked to Standard Oil subsidiaries in Wyoming and Montana.

Washington Mbrief Congress House Sedassaec Interior Department S Senate Woodrow Wilson S House Borah Idaho Lodge Johnson California Colt Senate Internal Revenue Inquiry Special Committee Borab Oil Committee Walsh Montana Teapath Dome Honolulu Oil Company Standard Oil Company of Indiana Wyoming

Religious School Parents Meet at Temple Beth El

The Temple Beth El religious school and teachers host a meeting in the vestry to discuss home related issues. Norma Friedlander will present "The Life and Teachings not Elijah" from a recent Dallas Chautauqua. The Bible Study Class and social hour follow the program.

Norma Friedlander Elijah Dallas Joe Frost Council of Jewish Ye

Ambiguous notes on music, meals, and cinema prompt mixed reflections

A fragmentary item mentions a Antonio restaurant slogan about frequent dining, a dubious city cinema note about a neighborhood film election and a disputed scene. The text blends songs, decor, and audience reactions with an odd art title provoking laughter. The readable content is highly incomplete and tangential.

Wes

Weather Carriage and Weathered Wisdom on Beacon Hill

A Beacon Hill street car passenger was seen removing a long pair of scissors from her handbag to clip the weather forecast from a newspaper and slip it into her purse. The item sparks questions about confidence in the weather man and hints at collecting clues.

Beacon Hill

Curious Alphabet Puzzle and Local News Roundup

The item notes playful alphabet hints with the letter G, cites gravity's acceleration as 32 feet per second, and jokes about word behavior in rogue and rougue. It praises Brackenridge Park's river fording, plus a Pershing retirement and recommendation to add seven army stars.

Trely Pershing

Pain Worth Maur To Farmers Of Texas

Reported flood control efforts on Rockwood Creek in Texas show the city spending 10 000 on widening the bed to 30 feet and four feet deep. Engineers expect 70 000 more to install concrete bridges and cement walls at sharp turns, with completion planned soon.

Rockwood Creek Avas

Kaufman Receives Ad Criticism Prize at Club Luncheon

A $10 prize was awarded T. L. Kaufman at the Advertising Club luncheon for the best critique of Porter Loring's advertising methods. Gladys Nobles and Mrs R. G. Coulter tied for second, each earning a cut glass vase. Loring spoke to the club last week outlining his advertising method. A committee including J. Frank Davis Sid Cornelius and HH HL Ochse judged the papers. the essays will be bound and presented to Loring.

T. L. Kaufman Advertising Club Porter Loring Gladys Nobles R. G. Coulter Loring J. Frank Davis Sid Cornelius HL Ochse

Coolidge to Meet Young Stockmen at International Exposition

President Coolidge will meet several young purebred stock producers during his visit to the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago. Notables include Robert D. Armstrong of Monmouth aged eleven and Boyd Taube of Marion Towe, an 18-year-old high school graduate who won the grand championship at the Iowa State Fair in 1923. The event features judging across cattle sheep and hogs with more than 200 awards on opening day.

Associated Press Chicago Coolidge Robert D. Armstrong Monmouth Tayalf Boyd Taube Marion Towe Aberdeen Angos Young Taube Taube Pride Alvin L. Helms Belleville, Til Helms Edith Clarke Janesville Wis E. H. Belm Sugar Creek Farms Belleville Agricultural College University of Tulneis Ching Barrow Duroc-hersey Llass Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College Iowa State College University of Minnesota Berkshire Barrow Michigan Agricultural College

Republicans to Back Democrat in Connecticut Senate Race

Republican leaders in Washington say they will assist in placing Hamilton Dolt on Connecticut senatorial ballots as the Democratic candidate. Senator Moses of New Hampshire, after a talk with President Coolidge, said the spirit of fair play warrants overlooking the filing deadline. Moses will go to New Haven to aid the campaign.

Washington, D. C Hamilton Dolt Connecticut Holt Moses New Hampshire Coolidge New Haven

Presidents breakfast talks with Republican senators

President Coolidge held an informal breakfast conference with a group of Republican senators. The second in a series of planned meetings included Canoe Kansas Phipps Colorado Oddie Nevada Harrold Oklahoma McKinley Illinois McNary Oregon Keyes New Hampshire Edge New Jersey Willis Ohio Ernst Kentucky Elkins West Virginia Ball Delaware and Gooding Idaho. Another group was invited for breakfast tomorrow.

Canoe Kansas Phipps Colorado Oddie Nevada Harrold Oklahoma McKinley Illinois McNary Oregon Keyes New Hampshire Edge New Jersey Willis Ohio Ernst Kentucky Elkins West Virginia Ball Delaware Gooding Idaho

Plane noise curbed by new patents in London

London reports a new device that lets exhaust gases escape noiselessly without reducing speed or lift, plus a gear arrangement to drive a silent propeller. Increased internal bracing also cuts wind noise from wires and spars, according to the Daily Express.

London Daily Express

Koretz to plead guilty in fake oil scheme case

Chicago news reports Leo Koretz, promoter of long running fake oil schemes, plans to plead guilty and take his medicine after confessing to 18 years of defalcations totaling millions. He faces four indictments charging defalcations from 4000 to 38000 dollars each and possible prison terms, while federal authorities seek a capias on a related mail fraud indictment. Detectives guarded Koretz after questioning. state prosecutors and receivers prepare further inquiries.

Chicago Leo Koretz Halifax N. J Balonce Koretz Capias Tela Crowe Panama Soretz Chicago Title and Trust Company Sane Teal

San Antonio Listens to First Intercontinental Radio Test

San Antonio residents plus three others reported hearing European broadcasts during the first organized inter Atlantic radio test. Paul Kahn heard an Italian station around 10 57 pm with language and a brief song, noted as Italy 4 4Q. Other locals mentioned London and French stations and overall signals crossed between continents.

Italy Anid Sea San Antonio Cara Mexico Havana Kahn Previn London

Mexican Governors to Issue Agrarian Debt Bonds

Mexican governors meeting for President Cales inauguration agree to issue agrarian debt bonds by state. Fourteen governors vow to seek support for a measure under Congress within a year, with bonds guaranteed by 25 percent local revenue and federal profits from funded works, details to be set by a commission.

Mexico City Calles Congress

Motlow to Enter Self Defense Plea in Slaying Case

Lem Motlow, a Tennessee financier, plans to plead self defense in the March train shooting of conductor Clarence Pullis on a Louisville and Nashville train near St. Louis. Motlow, intoxicated at the time, was released on $25,000 bond. attorneys and witnesses gathered from Lynchburg and nearby areas for the trial.

ST. Louis Attoriters Lem Motlow Clarence T. Pullis Motlow Pullis Louisville and Nashville Eads Bridge Mississippi River Cullen Lynchburg Tenn East St. Louis Til

Self belief fuels Tucson teacher to successful cafeteria venture

Miss Wiley left the Tucson school system to face business uncertainty in San Antonio. With $30 extra, she opened a cafeteria, faced stumbling blocks, stayed honest with the public, and now thrives as a independent, happy entrepreneur. She credits practical education, hard work, and fair dealing for success.

Tucson Atiz San Antonio

Third Attack Group to Remain at Kelly Field

The Third Attack Group will stay at Kelly Field rather than move to Galveston for embarkation aboard the Chateau Thierry. A radiogram from the Quartermaster General’s office ordered Fort Sam Houston transportation to ready for Galveston transit, but confirmation wire says the group will not be taken to Galveston. No final order from the Air Service chief has arrived at Kelly Field yet.

Kelly Wield Fort Sam Houstay Galveston Chauteau Viners Washington Quartermaster General’s Office Transportation Department Fort Sam Houston Chanteau Thierry The Air Service Kelly Field

High Court Upholds Extra Seat Bus Tax Ruling

The State Highway Department says motor bus and livery owners owe a four dollar per seat county tax due by January 1, in addition to regular license fees. The tax, in force last year, was upheld after injunctions were lifted, with 1924 back tax also collectible.

State Highway Department John A. Bitter Attorney General Highway Department Bitter

Army YMCA Scene of Wedding at Callahan Avenue

Elmer Nichols of the Second Engineers and Miss Emily Dress of 105 Callahan Avenue were married Tuesday at the Army YMCA. Chaplain Henry R. Westcott performed the ceremony. L. G. Williamson, executive secretary, said the YMCA has many purposes including weddings.

Army Y. W. C. A Elmer Nichols Second Engineers

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