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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1927
Page
1
The San Antonio junior-senior school held a cooking class exhibit on Wednesday in the municipal auditorium. The event runs all day Thursday with displays of student work and a program including demonstrations.
Thick fog delays several liners in New York Harbor causing ships to anchor offshore. The Cunarder Herengaria and two other large vessels reported by receiving stations unable to enter port while visibility remained poor.
Universal Service dispatch from Washington reports a fisherman angler named Louis Brody saved a woman who jumped from a seawall into the Potomac River near the city speedway. Brody cast his line, hooked the dress, reeled her in and assisted to shore where she was taken to Garfield Hospital in shock but recovering.
A dapper young, masked bandit armed with a pistol robbed the Colombia State Bank in Minneapolis this morning. He tied four employees, forced a vault entry, and escaped with 8500 dollars after fleeing the scene. Police conducted a search but no arrest announced.
Fighting raged through the day as Nationalist forces retook Shanghai except for the police headquarters. Soviet consulates to close across China. About four thousand killed in the battle. U S forces evacuated after securing Shameen district. Gunboat support and heavy fire helped break Communist resistance. Russians were inside the police HQ.
A ship described as the most powerful naval vessel, the Lexington, joined the United States Navy in Quincy amid 200 officers and 1,200 sailors ready to operate the $45,000,000 floating fortress. Built at Fore River, it spans 874 feet and can carry 166 airplanes with a top speed of 39 mph. its 900 by 100 foot deck enables takeoffs and landings like a ground airport.
Hartford and surrounding leaders react to Thomas M Hewitt Jr plan to fly east to west around the globe in honor of Angel Eatbery of the Lafayette Escadrille. Hewitt seeks chamber of commerce support and state approval before a May 1928 completion aim.
Proversa France reports Captain Ralvinzar Ad of the Jrenedh yer Hore died of heart failure during a court hearing marking a moment of public tribute. The incident followed an inquest into the Mafalda disaster near Bravil Count, with the captain noted for lifesaving actions.
Smyser is reassigned from Fort Sam Houston to duty at the University of California. Lieutenant Ar E Langsey has been relieved from duty with the Ninth Infantry and is also reassigned.
Chelsea Mass December 14 Miss Ellen M Stone the American missionary who was kidnapped by a Macedonian bandit group in 1902 and whose life was saved by a queen's ransom raised in the United States died last night in Chelsea. Her notoriety stemmed from the dramatic rescue and global publicity that followed.
Seymour Lechman assistant secretary of the treasury said in a long distance call from Buffalo that an international opium smuggling ring used Pullman cars to move drugs. The disclosure came as part of a probe into railcar operations.
London reports the captain of the British steamship Liang An was held by Chinese pirates since the month’s start and has been released, according to admiralty offices.
Washington December 14 4 Block booking of motion pictures would be unlawful under a measure introduced by Senator Brookhart Republican in Iowa The senator said the measure aimed to remedy a situation in the motion picture industry which has drawn complaints from independent exhibitors
Two youths aged nine and eighteen staged a one round bout in a Texas theater lobby Tuesday night to entertain patrons. They were released Wednesday by juvenile authorities, the incident prompting no injuries or further charges.
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