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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1929
Page
21
A fragmented classified style ad lists numerous vintage cars and parts with prices and contact notes. Brands such as Chrysler Studebaker Hudson Ford and Dodge appear alongside model descriptions and open hours. The reader is urged to visit and compare offerings at 606 Broadway and other listed locations.
Car listing from Handley Motor Co at Beedvar Mback FLL City area. 1929 Chevrolet Coupe in good shape with tent like body style. Price 400 dollars, phone 4302 3 for open house on Wednesday and Saturday.
Classified listing shows a range of trucks and motor cars from BE 4 at ee New Chav to 1 2 ton Graham offerings. Highlights include 1927 Graham 1 1 2 ton at 846 dollars, 1923 DB Bereen and a 1924 Ford Panel with prices, plus Model A Ford 4 1 2 ton.
Sealed bids are invited by Kendall County Auditor for county road improvements and equipment. Bids close at 11 o clock a m December 31 1929 with certified checks of five percent accompanying each bid. The county reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to select the best bid for furnishing one seven hundred horsepower grader and related items. County offices note bidding details and required bid security.
Major Tadeo Larre-Itoracs and Lieut. Geon Challer, attempting a non stop flight from Seville to Montevideo, were forced to land near Maracuja in Rio Grande do Norte after flying about 3600 miles from Seville. One flyer seriously injured, other crew unconfirmed, plane crashed in a remote wilderness. early reports say medical aid dispatched from Natal.
Orville W Lovery shot himself in a Reynosa barroom across the border from McAllen after his brother Colonel B C Lowry died in an airplane crash weeks earlier in Mexico. He died instantly. Despondency over the family tragedy was cited as the motive.
New York officials say 1929 saw the fewest executions in 88 years while murders reached a peak, marking a sharp rise in homicides as capital punishment declined. The report notes 1920 as a previous low in executions amid a grim crime trend.
Louella reports rapid progress in talking pictures as stars like Goldwyn Mayer and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer plan new talkie projects. She notes shifts from stage to screen for Lenore Cirle and AL Green, mentions John Drew and Lewis Stone in casting chatter, and chronicles assorted Hollywood hot gossip about managers, directors, and Christmas promotions.
A dubious diet pitch claims Kruschen Salts melt fat and boost energy. It promises a 20 pound fat loss impression, urges daily morning doses, and asserts quick health gains with a money back guarantee. It warns readers to buy from local drug stores and promises dramatic, irresistible results.
Minstrel program for Y M G A members and parents set for December 28 features about 20 boys in the cast. Event notes indicate rehearsal and performance details within the organization.
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