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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 04, 1926

Page

7

Hall Scene Reveals Gibson in Dramatic Curtain Setting

Fragmentary OCR notes describe a scene titled the Hall featuring Gibson in a dramatic curt setting. Details are sparse but imply a performance or literary tableau.

Prohibition Debate Splits Nation and Politics

Arthur Brisbane surveys 1926 era tensions as stock bonuses loom and end-of-era fear. He cites looming dividends, Wall Street power, and farmers watching markets, while Canadian dry laws shift and U S politics brace for a dry or wet 1926 presidential race with Senator Sunday looming in the White House contest.

Ttch Wall Street Santa Claus

Doctors Withhold Verdict From Pig Woman In Critical Condition

Jersey City dispatch reports Mrs. Jane Gibson, who testified against acquitted Hall defendants, remains ill in Dorset City Hospital. She has not been allowed to read newspapers for over a week as doctors withhold the not guilty verdict news to avoid possible relapse.

Jersey City Jane Gibson Dorset City Hospital Gall Somerset County New Jersey United States Mr. Hall Mills New Brunswick

Lineman Killed in 50 Foot Plunge Near Boerne

Treason a lineman is dead and four others injured when a Southwestern Hell Telephone Company truck plunged fifty feet into Deep Gully seven miles from Boerne on the Bandera road Friday. Charley Truter Fe Brown J H Cottingham and Red Turman were among the victims who were treated at St Marys hospital and later expected to be moved to San Antonio. The truck brakes failed on the truck and caused the accident as the men were returning home to Boerne.

Treason Southwestern Hell Telephone Company Boerne Bandera Road Charley Truter Fe Brown J. H. Cottingham Red” Turman St. Mary's Hos Berne San An

August Ahr Dies in Leming Crash Killing Fireman

August Ahr, a Santa city fireman, died from injuries after a crash near Leming twenty miles south of San Antonio. Two men were killed when a light car was struck by a larger vehicle, with one victim dying at the scene and another succumbing before assistance arrived. Funeral arrangements were under way Saturday for Ahr, of 1205 Monterey Street.

Airtrust Ahr Monterey Street BE. Saucler Seaphivin San Antonio

Vessel Sinks in Tabasco Killing 38 Near River Iriglya

Mexico City dispatch reports 38 people drowned near Pueblo Nuevo in Tabasco when the motor boat President Obregon sank in the River Irhlya. Among the dead are five children and six women. one day later telegrams offer no more details.

Mexico City Pheblo Nurvo Tabasco Obregon Irihlya Migpatehes Villa Teremasa

Chaplin and Chaplin in court fight over estranged marriage

In Beverly Hills Chaplin and his estranged wife Mrs. Chaplin resume a court clash after a family war of words. Each side issued statements denying cruelty and accusing the other of wasteful spending and alienation as attorneys seek a property settlement to keep the case out of court.

Los Angel Chaplin Houing Beverly Hills Chaplin Yate Tress Sn Vehielé Gr Beebe

Marine Faces Court To Save Girl

A Marine, Pfc J G Moore, faces a court martial if he presses to give his blood to Mildred Manning a 18 year old patient in Louisville recovering from tuberculosis. She is in critical condition with constant hemorrhages and may need a transfusion immediately. The Navy says Moore cannot donate without a Washington permit despite family blood tests.

Louisille J. G. Moore United States Mildred Manning Moore E. P. Moses Navy Washington

Twelve Motorists Arrested in Headlight Enforcement Drive

Police, led by Inspector Grimsinger, arrested twelve motorists for headlight violations during a renewed Solar-com war on noncompliant headlights. The campaign targets improper or dim headlights before new license plates are issued and stresses winter safety.

Tayelve Frank Griniger Dhe Mortorcycle Grimsinger Uew

Cloudy Weather Forecast With Possible Showers

J B Arbee of the Weather Bureau for San Antonio and vicinity reports a cloudy weekend with possible showers. Rain was observed in parts of North Texas and the southwestern states, with panhandle areas expected to see cinder weather but no temperature impact in the next 28 hours.

J. Barbee Weather Bureau San Antonio Texas Panhandle Jarboo

Indictments Quashed in Hall Mills Murder Case

Defendants in the Hall Mills murder case were released after Supreme Court Justice Charles W. Parker quashed the indictments upon the Attorney General Katzenbach's motion. Jury members were paid for three days of service. The case remains unresolved with the Hall and Mills slayings still a mystery.

Somerville N. T Supreme Court Charles W. Parker Agtorner Katzenbach Erainees Stevens Hall Willie and Henry Stevens Eleanor Mills

Moody to Attend Court in Capital

Attorney General Dan Moody governor elect left Saturday for a trip to the capital where he will represent Texas in two boundary cases before the United States Supreme Court.

Moody Austin Dan Moody

Pilot Captain Woolsey In Charge Of PansAm Fixes

If any issue arises with Pan Am planes, Captain F. Woolsey will lead and oversee the repairs and engineering of the flight.

F. Woolsey

Veteran Captain Woolsey Leads Pan American Plane Upgrades

Captain Clinton F. E. Woolsey, engineering officer on the Pan American flight, directs strengthening work in the Duncan Field test hangar on the San Antonio, the first ship to be modified for South American travel. Lieuts. Muir Is Fairchid and Ennis C. Whitehead assist as Woolsey’s unit pushes ahead with the redesign and part fabrication.

Clinton FE Woolsey Muir Fairchid Ennis C. Whitehead Woolsey Duncen Field Sam Antonio San Antonio Brooks Wootses Air Corps Dayton Ohio Brooksfield Michigan Detroit Third Indiana Infantry Fort Benjamin Garrison Kelly Kelly Held France Europe Twenty-eighth Squadron Western Front Army of Occupation Germany Mitchell Field Carlstrom Field San Mironio Brooks Field Carlstrom

Betrothed Fails to Return Sparks Theft Case

Amanda Harborth testified in Ninety fourth District Court that Austin Hardy of Floresville promised marriage and took 300 to buy a car for their honeymoon but did not return. Hardy was arrested in Floresville on theft by bailee charges and later bonded out after a habeas corpus hearing.

Amanda Harborth Ninety-fourth District Austin Hardy Fioresville Hardy Floresville San Antonio John Subira

Electricity Rate Cut for Homes by San Antonio Public Service

San Antonio Public Service Company announces new reduced electricity rates for home use. Under the plan led by E. H. Kifer, the rates apply to lighting heating cooking and refrigeration with charges based on tiered kilowatt hour usage. The five room home pays 10 cents for the first 25 kWh, 8 cents for the next 10 kWh, and 4.12 cents for all above 85 kWh, with five additional kWh per extra room at 5 cents per hour.

San Antonio Public Service Company E. H. ‘Kifer Norsepower

Widow Mary De Guise-Hite Noose Ends Wealthy Life

Paris notes the American consulate reports widow Mary De Guise-Hite, once wealthy, killed herself on Thanksgiving Day. Relatives are being sought.

Self Paris Mary de Guise-Hite

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