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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1928
Page
5
After three days of jury selection the court prepared to try Ray Adams, a Dartlete farm resident, for the Sept. 1 slaying at Orville U. Machews, a bank employee. The state faced a difficult path to prove motive and intent as testimony unfolds.
Norma Dan Mauermann recalls the camel led to packed supply runs from Los Angeles as her family donates the bell to the Witte Memorial Museum The item is linked to the lead camel and accompanies city official Paul Steffler expected to return Thursday night from Kansas City after attending a National Eagles lottery board meeting
The museum displays a rare bell once worn by a camel leader during the San Antonio camel import era. Belonged to Hiram Mitchell, it caller for laborers at Garcia's Crossing and later moved to the Witte Memorial Museum as a relic. The history ties to the army camel experiments and limited surviving artifacts.
December dispatch quotes Wilt Rogers summarizing the November message on the state of the nation. It notes a harsh winter threat, lingering world peace, Wall Street concerns, and farmers facing winter with decent but strained stock. The writer refrains from pessimism and signals optimism about Mr. Coolidge's March 4 inauguration.
President Coolidge sent to the Senate for confirmation Clyde M. Porter of Iowa Clyde D. Mitchison of Oregon Patrick J. Warrell of the District of Columbia for the Interstate Commerce Commission Pat Morcis Neff of Wests to the board of mediation Col Harry Burgess engineer corps as governor of the Panama Canal Zone Elgar Vaught of Oklahoma as U.S. district judge of the western district of Ostahonn.
A redact of a Forbes column excerpt critiques billionaire philanthropy and tax avoidance. The writer, J. N. Burnette, argues against Rockefeller and Standard Oil profits funding broad causes, accusing large fortunes of transferring wealth from workers to elites. The piece laments poverty, criticizes Wall Street, and urges direct aid to European and American poor before grand monuments.
Postponement of steel rate changes is reported as terms and officials from the mill and bureau discuss timelines. Names of parties include A. Tawkett and J. D. Wowitt, with details unclear due to garbled text. The notice references shipments and a requested postponement of regulation adoption.
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