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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1924
Page
14
New York December 16 poison killings climb to nine with Abraham Botney dying in a Brooklyn hospital. Bellevue hospital houses sixty seven poison victims with twelve not expected to live. Police and prohibition authorities intensify action as holidays approach.
A San Antonio Light appeal helped locate Georgette Delattre, daughter of Grace Violet Delattre. A small postwar Army allotment to Georgette, left by her late mother, could fund a Christmas gift if legal formalities proceed.
Pensacola December 16 A reindictment on peonage charges of Sheriff Clarke County Judge Chaflin and six other Calhoun county residents was expected today. Eight had been indicted before, but a flaw in the grand jury’s organization caused the bills to be quashed with instructions to be reconsidered by the grand jury.
Sofia reports Bulgaria supports a united Balkan front with Jugo-Slavia and Romania against Bolshevik influence. Foreign Minister Kalloff says Bulgarias hand is ready to cooperate to protect its institutions from foreign subversion and to resist Russian Bolshevik activity planned for spring.
The National Civil Service Reform League announced its 1924 legislative program at its forty fourth annual convention in Washington. The Frazier merit system bill for postmasters leads the roster, followed by the Cramton competitive examinations bill for prohibition agents and Lehrbach’s proposal to abolish personnel classification boards. The council cites investigations by Teague committees backing each measure.
William L Sackett Illinois politician and state superintendent of highways died in St Luke Hospital Chicago from a pulmonary embolus after a hernia operation. He had been in critical condition for nearly two weeks and his long career in state politics spanned more than four decades.
Austin, Dec. 16. The Texas educational survey commission reports that many public school teachers must wait long to cash pay warrants or cash them at a discount. It recommends employing authorities be required to use borrowing power to ensure cash payment when due.
Delegates assembling with Secretary Hoover for the second session of the national conference on street and highway safety seek an effective program to reduce the nation’s mounting motor vehicle casualties.
An old advertisement touts 666 as a speedy medicine for colds grippe dengue headaches constipation and biliousness. It claims rapid relief and widespread usefulness across common ailments.
Spanish author Vicente Blasco Ibanez, recently active from Paris in pamphlets attacking the king and government, is summoned to appear before a Madrid military judge within fifteen days. The edict, issued December 13, concerns a pamphlet titled A Nation Seized the Militaristic Terror in Spain and is part of a seizure investigation led by Captain Joaquin Martinez.
Early Tuesday morning a burglar alarm at A. B. Frank Wholesale on Commerce Street triggered a full police surround after the system flashed a break in. Officer Dickman and the alarm team sealed all exits and moved in. The theft was traced to a timed circuit in the wiring.
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