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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1926
Page
1
Charles Chaplin testifies he allowed excessive credit to his wife after their marriage and faced claims of neglect and confiding friends. He says dinners and entertainments were with friends, while Chaplin’s wife counters that money was a console for absence and that she managed her own clothes and finances.
Los Angeles reports Lita Chaplin rejects an offer from her father Robert B. McMurray to help with marital issues involving Charlie Chaplin. She cites lack of paternal support since age two and a half and defends her mother, claiming the world will learn why her mother opposed the marriage. McMurray says he hasn’t seen his daughter since 1922. she will turn 20 next April.
A juror faced an attack during summation by Senator Simpson as Gilbert Van Doren testified to improprieties by jurors. Bystanders stopped a fight. Charlotte Mills calls the verdict a terrible miscarriage of justice and James Mills seeks legal counsel.
Senator Alexander Simpson urged halting further prosecutions in the Hall-Stills murder cases and proposed embalming justice to send to the British Museum. He resigned as assistant attorney general and said he might seek a legislative investigation.
Fred Menn of 224 Malone Avenue was knocked down and run over while stepping in front of his vehicle at Medina and San Fernando streets. He suffers severe bruises and is recovering. A motorist who approached from the rear was arrested after colliding with Menn’s car.
Fort Worth reports on charity fundraising linked to a secret Christmas drive, and Dr. Splawn from Texas University heads to Furman in Greenville for a centennial address. Earthquake felt in Port Angeles, a crash injures two, and river power potential is assessed. Bank runs in Fulton prompt temporary closure as Huntsville barn burn leads to escapes. Jesse Lee Selman funeral after shotgun death. Pharr Mercantile robbery via skylight. Dayton murder conviction. Officials submit Philippine study in Washington. Mob violence in Amoy with arrests and killings. Fort Worth voters approve a large school bond. Four mob defendants acquitted in Lyons.
New York reports Branson C. Stimmel a reformer received a suspended sentence after tearing down an advertising poster on a street car window. A probation officer said Stimmel was a reformer who saw others as wrong, and the judge held the sentence with an if condition.
R I Tuetkin, a farmer four miles from Pharr, Texas, was killed instantly when the tractor he was driving up a steep bank overturned and crushed his body. Coroner and local authorities investigated the accident. The incident occurred on December 4.
Austin December 4 Texans bid opening set for December 20 by the state highway commission. Sixteen projects worth over one million dollars include thirteen federal aid construction jobs and three state maintenance projects.
Bellingham, Washington experienced a tremor at 5 55 a m today lasting three to five seconds. The quake rattled dishes in homes and restaurants and toppled flower pots.
Henry Hess, 58, a Schertz farmer, lay near death in Santa Rosa infirmary after a rifle discharged and struck him in the abdomen Friday. His son Richard, 18, donated blood to aid a transfusion, but tests showed his blood nearly matched his father's with the father still critically weak Saturday.
The text ponders whether giving up society for maternal duties or devotion to motherhood shapes nations. It cites Alexander the Great as one child and contrasts historic leaders and ships with modern industry. It references airship trials and a streak of self-doubt about national resolve.
Four men were arrested by Patrolmen Hobbs and Torres after each bought a pint of whiskey moments before a police search. Four pints and four rides in the patrol were tied to the incidents in the brief city report.
Mary Louise Hampton 68 and wife of Wade M. Hampton of San Antonio died Friday at 607 West Wuclid Avenue. She was daughter of Capt. John Rabb and Martha Rabb of Corpus Christi. Survived by daughter Mrs. Newton C. Bassett, son O. L. Hampton, brother Frank Rabb of Brownsville, sister Mrs. Maggie French of Corpus Christi. Funeral arrangements pending relatives' arrival.
A policeman's badge and a special officer's badge were found on one of three men arrested for being drunk Saturday. The man said he was a lifeguard at bathing beaches during the summer.
Motorcycle Officer A A Edwards avoided a head on collision when a drunken motorist veered into his lane on South Flores near Arsenal Street. The driver was arrested for drunken driving.
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