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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1924
Page
14
Aldrich of Rockport Missouri, time keeper for Condon Ward Construction, found slain near a burned car south of Platte River bridge. A coroner's jury ruled death by foul means with riot-like circumstances. Car stripped of valuables, shotgun shell and oil can located nearby. investigators say perpetrators attempted to destroy remains and evidence.
Police nabbed two soldiers Tuesday night as they attempted to start a car on Losoya Street. They were booked on auto tampering charges after admitting the vehicle did not belong to them. An officer described one man stepping on the starter but not trying to drive away.
In Amarillo on December 24 the jury in State of Texas v E T Miller and Mrs Ruth Hobart was discharged due to illness of two jurors. The poll stood nine to three. guilt or acquittal not indicated. Defendants released on bonds of 5000 and 4000 respectively.
Cupid delays the New York to New Orleans Limited as officers hold the two Dallas brides to be on the Southern Railway train. Miss Ruby Smith and Miss May Weir, both of Dallas, are en route to New Orleans for the wedding of Ruby to attorney Charles McCombs. A special coach was added in Charlotte to reunite them with the train in Atlanta.
Christmas gifts decoration toys perfume sets candy baby sets pipes cigars cards tobaccos station ery ivory dolls art candles military sets bob hair combs and comb and brush sets offered by George Keene Druggist Military Plaza in an advertisement.
Allied council delegates delay the fifteenth meeting to finish a draft note on Cologne evacuation. M. Laroche and M. Fromageer worked with General Desticker and Premier Herriot. armaments control commission shifts final disarmament report past January 10. French circles indicate provisional findings show Germany not meeting disarmament terms, supporting continuing Rhineland occupation.
Etampes France December 24 Aviator Doret set a world record with a 9300 kilometer flight carrying 250 kilograms. He averaged 228 kilometers per hour, surpassing the previous mark held by Meister in the United States.
Police seek a young white man after Claude Hibbetts was stabbed in a dispute sparked at a downtown dance hall and cafe. Hibbetts, hospitalized with a serious wound to the right side, and his mother had confronted the suspect on the sidewalk. Officers checked the suspect’s home, but he did not appear.
Fred Velma of 1127 North Taredo Street is accused of brandishing a pistol in the 200 block of South Santa Rosa Avenue Tuesday night. Special Officer A. Remeriz confronted him as Velma allegedly stood with a pistol raised as if to shoot. Velma was booked on unlawful carrying a pistol and displaying firearms charges.
Joe G. Haby 60 pioneer resident of Cliff community died in Savannah Missouri. Body to be sent to San Antonio for burial. Haby an early Medina settler northwest of San Antonio spent most of life in and around the Cliff community. He leaves a widow three sons Nadolph Robert and Raymond of San Antonio and a daughter Mrs Stien. He was nephew of H P B Ankerson of San Antonio.
Advertisement for George Keene druggist announcing the citys biggest fireworks dealer offering novelties noise makers and exhibition rockets for the season.
President Coolidge sent greetings to disabled veterans via the Disabled American Veterans, praising their wartime valor and ongoing recovery efforts. The capitol observed a Christmas holiday with an all day celebration at the War and Navy Departments, including a Christmas tree in the central telephone exchange and visits by top officials.
Ludwig Endres Armour Tech student at Chicago and son of Sheriff Mike Endres broadcast a Christmas check appeal from the college radio station. The message drew calls from eastern Nebraska listeners who heard the plea, though the check was already in the mails to cover his car fare home.
James Buchanan president of the University of Oklahoma at Norman and Katherine Osterhaus an instructor in education at the university were married in Oklahoma City. Bishop Francis C. Kelley performed the ceremony. The couple left for Dallas and Fort Worth on their Christmas honeymoon.
San Antonio's ordinance banning butcher shops within six blocks of the municipal market house was upheld by the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals on Wednesday. William Tomassi, a local butcher, sought an injunction in the Forty-Fifth District Court to block enforcement, but that injunction was denied. The appellate court affirmed the lower court's ruling.
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