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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1928
Page
8
Week ending Dec 15 reports 278 injured and 44 killed from accidents. Autos caused more injuries than all others combined, with 26 of 44 deaths. Railways second with 21 injured and 3 killed. 14 victims from firearms and 18 injured in other categories. From start of year to Dec 15, 1,859 killed and 9,093 injured, up 69 and 1,528 respectively over 1925 totals.
The army issued orders listing personnel assignments including Colonel Henry B. Farrar, Major Everett S. Ximghen, Captain Wilkie G. Burt, and First Lieutenant Thomas H. Nixon across posts from Fort Sam to Aberdeen proving ground. Resignations and training relocations are noted along with a request for a board to meet in Washington to review second lieutenant candidates. Christmas trees and related advertisements accompany the notices.
Great Falls reporter recounts AY Clary, a Seaboard Air Line engineer with forty-one years on the run, discovering a twenty inch eel in the tender at Fort Lawn water tank. He theorizes a relay passed through two valves despite the tender's filtration, suggesting the creature lived in the tender for two or three years.
A discharge was granted Saturday morning in Thirty-seventh District Court for Herman Bohrer, a wealthy Beaumont real estate figure, held for contempt over a late report on his estate while his divorce case was pending. Judge W. S. Anderson ruled the Beaumont court should not hold him in contempt, saying the filing deadline was a legal question.
Francisco Salazar and Margarita Salazar clashed in Besar county. Francisco jailed on a mounting charge. Margarita hospitalized in Santa Rosa infirmary minus two fingers, allegedly bitten off by Francisco. Deputy Sheriff Angel Borloco arrested him. hearing waived by Justice L. F. Bulls. They lived at 1015 South Flores Street.
Winter Garden district crops show heavy rains in Catarina and surrounding counties delaying post holidays shipments of beets carrots and spinach. Livestock remains in good condition across counties with cool rain improving winter crops though some areas report slight freezes and steady prices nationwide.
The Wimberly advisory of Brackenriste Senior School elected officers for the last quarter of the term. Jessie Jewel Wink was named president, Bert and Harry as vice presidents, and Mie Bessie Loss as secretary. The piece also mentions starting to focus on rental ads in the Light Classifieds column.
A City Attorney cites need to search Spanish archives to complete the abstract for the Governor's Palace on Main Plaza. The present owner FT Walsh submitted the abstract. Cobbs Jr. says Walsh's abstention, dating to 4804, makes the record complete while awaiting archival confirmation.
In San Francisco Bay a pod of ten or more young whales came into the harbor and chased ferries, splashing water and scattering watercraft while marine experts speculated the animals were a kindergarten class from a nearby school enjoying an outing.
The abstract records a May 17 1804 sale of property from Yosef Manchaca to Ignacio Perez for $500. The current price remains unsettled as the deal awaits an abstract extending back to 1730. Mayor M. Chambers commented after receiving Cobbs report.
International News reports Commander Evangeline Booth of the Salvation Army left New York secretly for London aboard the Olympic to attend the high council meeting. The reform movement seeks to change the Army constitution to remove brotherly succession provisions and to name a successor, while Bramwell Booth remains ill in London.
Afghan tribes on the warpath face winter woes as storms hinder movements. Government troops gain an advantage by improved weather readiness, aiding King Amanuilah amid revolt reports.
Los Angeles report states Tarian fads Flow, known as the millionaire kaha, attended Alipocion court as the mate of Robo wins divorce after a contested marriage. The proceedings clarified that the parties remain separated with no change in their separate living arrangements or use of former residences.
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