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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1930

Page

6

Ruth Nichols Beats Lindy in Transcontinental Flight

New York December 11. Ruth Nichol e, a New York socialite, established a new women's transcontinental record flying from Los Angeles to New York in 73 hours and 22 minutes. Her total time for the journey was 20 hours 1 minute 43 seconds with a stop in Wichita Kansas. The flight beat Lindbergh's time by about an hour and neared Hawks Mach speed.

New York Huth Nichole Nichola Yeater- Gaz Los Angeles Charles A. Licdbergh Frank M. Hawks Miss Nichols Wichita Kans Lindbergh Hawks

Four Bank Robbers Sought After East Texas Heist

FRANKSTON Texas Dec 11 Four men two possibly wounded fled after robbing the First State Bank of 15236 in a charity afternoon holdup. A mud covered stolen truck used in the escape was found abandoned hours later in Fair Park at Athens and officers patrolled the area after a gun battle with officers twelve miles from town.

Frankston Texas First State Bank Here Eair Park Athens

Rochester fugitive Wal ter Wiley jailed after ball entry

A Rochester man named Walter Wiley, recently escaped from Wyoming state institute, was recognized at the door of the policemen’s annual ball and taken into custody. The incident occurred December 1 as Wiley was intercepted by an officer.

Rochester Walter Wiley Wyoming State Institute Po Mieemam

Marriage Topic Sermon at Temple Deth-Fl Services

Rabbi Ephriam Frisch will deliver a sermon titled Marriage in the Melting Pot at Friday services at Temple Deth-Fl. The talk will address marriage and feature references to Eugene ONeill and Bertrand Russell. Music includes Synagogue songs and the anthem Send Out Thy Might. A second sermon is scheduled for 10:30 am Saturday, titled Behold This Dreamer Cometh.

Ephriam Frisch Temple Deth-Fl Eurgene O'Neill Bertrand Russell Guenoil Josie Touke San Antonio

How to Live Aim of Schools in 2080 Savant Predicts

WASHINGTON DC December 11 Dr William Joby Cooper commissioner of education predicts public school training will embrace a new seal and a 2020 era of automatic machinery removing burdensome toil. He bases his forecast on progress from the just ended century. Unemployed apple sellers in New York on December 11 openly hawk fruit without licenses, paying $1.85 per box of 163 and reselling at a $2.35 profit per box or two for a nickel.

Savant Wastington D. C Willian Joby Cooper Cooper New York

White labor replaces blacks on Jasper mill line

In Jasper Texas on December 11 white laborers were expected to replace about 100 Black workers at the Mood-Seastaves line between Jasper and Shreveport after a night clash in which firearms wounded several Black workers. Officials said the gunfire reflected opposition to imported labor amid mill closures that left many men jobless.

Jasper Texas

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