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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1927
Page
4
In promotional language the ad touts Hoover cleaners as reducing effort and saving time and strength by deeper rug cleaning. It offers Christmas sale terms with down payments of 6.25 and 2.25 for delivery, plus monthly plans and old-cleaner allowances.
The Dallas area high school scene was rocked by alleged drink related misconduct by students from Crestline Avenue High School. The principal and Maj. R L Cole led a meeting with two students who fled as officers arrived. An investigation was ordered to identify the person who supplied liquor to students.
The U S general board seeks appropriations totaling millions to build a balanced fleet. Plans call for two 10 000 ton modern cruisers, several destroyer leaders, and additional aircraft carriers and ships, with emphasis on modernization and submarine protection. The program aims for a strong posture without a shipbuilding race, under consideration by President Coolidge and the budget office.
Two planes from the Second Division Air Service are ordered to proceed to the border to cooperate with ground troops in tactical maneuvers. Capt. C. H. Reynolds and Sgt. G. A. Wigge will pilot the aircraft, while Lieuts. Beats Prate and S. G. Rone serve as observers. Flights will use radio links to relay messages between air observers and ground units. They will operate at Fort Rin gold from Tec 8 to 10, Fort Brown from Tec 12 to 14, and Port Mela from Feb 18 to 14, with a follow up trip to Arizona on March 1.
Washington records show Representative Blanton of Texas wrote the longest biography in the Seventieth Congress, taking a full page. La Guardia of New York held the shortest entry, while Caraway Jonesboro and Heflin of Alabama received briefer mentions and Taylor of Colorado fell short of two-thirds of a page.
A Geneva dispatch to the Paris edition of the Chicago Tribune denied a Paris report that Foreign Minister Briand and Italian Premier Mussolini would meet tomorrow at Dome D'Ossols in a private railway car to discuss current Franco Italian relations. The French delegation to the League of Nations dismissed the claim as unfounded.
In SVEN Germany a jewel studded crown believed tied to Poland by Augustny the Strong, elector of Saxony, was recovered amid a trash pile. The artifact, linked to royal regalia, was found during planning operations at Dresden Historical Museum.
Lewiston, Maine, reports a six months water supply stored at Androscoggin river headquarters due to heavy rains weeks earlier. The ample supply guarantees power for winter and into the spring and summer for the mills and other industries.
Police reported that a Black man identified as Fisher Hain of 1214 Hass Street detained a 22 year old Black individual found prowling in his yard Tuesday night until detectives arrived Wednesday.
The Catholic Daughters of America extended invitations to orphans of San Antonio to attend a minstrel show benefiting the organization’s building fund. The event, to be presented by women, will be directed by Charles A. Blevins on Saturday December 10, with afternoon and night performances.
In Laredo on a Sunday, the memory of W. De Wolf vice president and general manager of the Tejas-Lexican railroad was observed. All trains on the roof halted for one minute at 10 o clock Wednesday morning in his memory following his sudden death at home.
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