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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1929
Page
17
A long time resident of 1426 Van Ness Street died Monday afternoon and was buried Tuesday afternoon. Services were conducted by W. T. Capers of St. Pauls Episcop church. He served under Cant Jain Bradford in the 19th Infantry during the Indian war and lived 57 years in America. Survived by his widow Moe Atrelp.
The California Supreme Court granted Gordon Stewart Northcott an extension until January 10 to file additional opening briefs in his appeal for a new trial. This marks the fifth extension granted since his sentence for Riverside county chicken farm murders. Universal Service reports from San Francisco.
The Alabama executive committee barred ante esecutive campaigners who did not back the party’s presidential nominee from the 1930 Democratic primary, including Senator J Thomas Heflin and Birmingham lawyer John A. Tacke. The ruling, 27 to 21, labels a bloc of 21 members as progressive Democrats and calls for a statewide meeting in Birmingham on December 20 to finalize plans. All federal and state candidates who supported the presidential ticket are excluded from the August primary, while county-level qualification falls to local committees. Balloting invites all voters who back Democratic principles to participate in August, contingent on supporting nominees in the general election.
Chicago reports the death by self-inflicted gunshot of Hunt Wentworth, a wealthy bachelor and sportsman, son of socialite Mrs. Moses J. Wentworth. His body was found last night in his mother’s Lake Shore Drive apartment, a revolver in his right hand. The item notes the incident as a notoriety with no other details given.
Radio listings for KGRC KGCI and KTSA WABC WENW WEAF WEAR etc outline programs for December 16 including studio shows, weather, road reports, and musical acts. Notable items include keep fit exercises, farm reporter segments, orchestras, and vaudeville features with multiple named programs and stations in New York San Antonio Cincinnati and Chicago.
A Christmas gift that thrills year round with Ciné-Kodak cameras and Kodascope projection. It highlights ease of recording home movies, sending film to Eastman processing, and viewing in living rooms with Kodacolor film and filters. See a Ciné-Kodak demonstration at the store today.
France reports the death of Baron Flaminius [nlberti], once minister of war in 1920 and minister of marins in 1922. He served forty years in Parliament, with his passing noted in government circles today.
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