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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1924
Page
17
A reflective travel column by Arthur Brisbane traverses the American mountains near Elko and Humbold River. It contrasts emigrant hardship with modern aviation, notes the Maiden's Grave marker, the Beowawe power plant, and a Buckhorn mine boom as it envisions future U.S. mountain health, industry, and national vigor.
William Green of Ohio was elected president of the American Federation of Labor. James P. Noonan was chosen eighth vice president to fill a vacancy on the executive council. The GOP praised Green as pursuing constructive progressivism. In Panama and Mexico, workers honored Samuel Gompers with short strikes and half mast flags.
Chinese tong violence erupts in Philadelphia after a dormancy since October 10. One man is dead and another injured in last night’s outbreak. Two suspects are arrested on murder charges connected to the killing of Mar Hae.
Saimin asks San Antonio fire department to help collect and repair discarded toys for poorer children. Fire Chief Sarran partners to deliver repaired toys on Christmas Eve and Christmas morning in a red car to homes arranged by United Charities. Citizens urged to donate unwanted toys at local fire stations to aid the redistribution. Merced Del Rio Campos receives three months in Bexar County Jail for theft from a downtown department store.
San Antonio post office records show 1924 receipts through Thursday total $1 001 290.28, with 1923 at $959 947.42 and 1922 at $858 203.68. Assistant Postmaster J W Fuller notes expected year end rise, anticipates further 90 000 increase by Jan 1, boosting salaries and signaling steady city growth. The staff plans for a late Christmas rush.
A pair of arson linked bank robberies at Valley View gutted the First National and Guaranty Bank buildings, with both safes stolen and a fire destroying the block. No precise loss figures yet. officials fear total damage near 100000 dollars as winds drive flames and the town buscas outside aid.
Vera Cruz residents report the city government was deposed by order of the local legislature and a new municipal administration installed. Police moved to expel officials who offered no resistance, while the former officials protested to President Calles. Three of the old regidores remained in the new council.
Frightful cold wave sweeps Texas with San Antonio registering near freezing temperatures and a sharp fall from Thursday night. Forecasts predict 14 degrees for Saturday as citrus areas face subfreezing winds and strong gales along the coast.
Amarillo on December 19 marked the coldest December day in 33 years as the weather bureau recorded a 6 degree below zero temperature at 7 am. The sky was clear as the day opened.
In Pawhuska Osage Nation Pec. two records fell at the annual oil lease sale. Colonel Ed Walters as government auctioneer disposed of JSS tracts of land in two hours. The total proceeds go to the Osage tribe for the Jousti is with Philips Petroleum paying $335,000 each for two 160 acre leases. Skelly Oil bid but did not win.
President Ebert and Chancellor Marx agree to discontinue efforts until shortly before the Reichstag recess, with the Marx–Stresemann cabinet continuing to function. The crisis solution is seen as the cabinet facing the Reichstag, risking defeat by opposition. The article notes the lack of a Reichstag majority and the eventual January 3 session.
Wintry blasts struck San Antonio at midnight Thursday causing price rises and alcohol flow. Five men were jailed on the West Side between 31:20 and 1:40 for drunkenness after they drank heavily to lift spirits. Police reported no arrests after 2 a.m. until dawn.
The Associated Press reports Father Selga the assistant director of the weather bureau in Manila says a landslide caused 24 deaths on Hikdop Island near Sorigan. No earthquake has been recorded this week by the seismograph network or observers at Surigao.
Edward P. Kearney, a 26 year civil servant in the state comptroller’s office, was arrested in Albany on a warrant sworn by Deputy Comptroller Thomas Fitzgerald on charges of bond hypothecation totaling 63 000 dollars.
Witnesses describe a deadly confrontaion at the Mahaffey Abstract Company offices on July 27. Mrs Levi Old testified amid tears that her husband, an attorney and ranger, left home to visit the offices where he was shot. Friends and associates recount quarrels over McKenzie, with Old warning of possible revenge.
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