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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1927
Page
6
H A Loeffler SB assistant general freight agent announced November service stability for shipments routed from St Louis to San Antonio and Memphis to San Antonio via the Cat World Belt and Southern Pacific railroads. The month showed a perfect on time performance with no delays reported.
Five alarms, only one causing serious damage, followed the citys first real cold spell. The major blaze hit the Mission Fravision company smokehouse on Blue Star street, threatening Pittsburgh Plate Glass warehouse and endangering over 20000 in meat products. Other calls included a trash fire on West Aushta, a fire at D Carter street address, a hospital alarm, and a burning window shade at 98 South Alamo Street.
Heurquasso was chosen commander of the Eugene J. Hernandez Camp No. 1 United Spanish War Veterans at the Odd Fellows building. For the coming year officers elected include Meyer as senior vice commander Caz as junior vice commander Koll berg as chaplain Emrick as officer of the dart Casey as color bearer Pepper as officer of the Harry Schmidt martermias er Bowman as adjutant and Meteuer as quartermaster. Trustees named were Genzen Chaves and Inssallation of officers took place December 20.
Six tourists were detained by patrolmen near the Pacific Railroad crossing after a Thursday arrest. Four were found near a large fire at the site while two others were prowling in the early hours around 2 a.m. in the vicinity. The group was refused entry to San Antonio pending further action.
About fifty Antonians will leave Thursday and Friday for Houston to attend a Spanish Trail road meeting the following Saturday. County Judge Augustus McCloskey states more than 1000 delegates from various towns will attend to discuss promoting travel on the highway and related improvements.
London report details a 75 year old British peer who, likened to Rudyard Kipling, has never spoken by telephone and does not plan to ever. He has spent about four years in politics and claims he has managed well without Bell’s invention.
Two railroad workers were killed and two seriously injured when a car overturned ten miles from Spur on the Spur Dickens highway. The victims were Hilton Bietnre and Martin Kern with H H Jobson among the injured. John's home was listed as Paris.
Members of the Bexar County School for Boys will attend the annual Christmas party hosted by the Salesmanship Club. Plans were outlined at a noon meeting at the M G A Clubhouse. The Carisiain party is planned for December at the facility.
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