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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1926
Page
13
Arthur Brisbane critiques professional sports fueling gambling and public harm, noting horse racing, boxing, and baseball in a sweeping take on ethics and health. The piece links gambling with corruption while touching on Mussolini era church-state tensions and a Congo gorilla encounter involving R Edmund Heller.
One thousand volunteers including students churches and clubs will sing carols across San Antonio on Christmas Eve from dusk until every lit home hears the traditional songs. Led by Dorothy Morris the effort raises funds for Community Chest to meet its 227 budget with donations from participants.
Dallas report: Following a verdict of sanity, Vestal allegedly killed tourist Rogece Morrell near Taster in 1947 and was sentenced to die in the electric chair on February 11 by Judge G. C. A. Pippen. Immediately after the sentence, jurors and District Attorney Shelby Cox signed a petition asking Gov. Miriam A. Ferguson to commute the sentence to life imprisonment.
Weather forecast from J H Jarboe of the weather bureau predicts Friday night temperatures dropping from 62 to 32 degrees with a low near 32. A white Christmas is forecast as light snow reported in North Texas. The region sees 19 of 24 cloudy days in December, with 2.08 inches of rain this month, and the year ending well above normal.
Philadelphia December 24 Discouraging word from the Naval hospital says Frank Tinney popular blackface comedian is badly ill with a nervous breakdown. Doctors fear his stage career may be over and hold little hope for full recovery.
Three inches of snow cover the Mojave desert oasis at Barstow breaking a long drought since February 1924. The cold weather brings a unusual quiet as noon arrives with light activity and no signs of immediate danger or plans.
The new South Wales assembly has levied a tax of one cent on each copy of newspapers above a circulation of £ 15,000. The move, reported from Melbourne on December 24, comes as the Universal Service notes the tax applies to all copies beyond the threshold, affecting publishers and readers alike.
Crown Prince Leopold of Belgium and Princess Astrid depart Paris for Brussels after completing their honeymoon in France. The couple, who wed recently, left Paris today heading home with diplomatic attention lingering over their union.
Washington December 24 weather bureau predicts a wet Christmas for much of the country with snow in the Rocky mountains and upper Mississippi. Other areas may have cloudy skies while the capital sees increasing clouds as hundreds of officials plan holiday gatherings away from Washington.
Police Commissioner Piji Wright escorted more than a dozen inmates from the city jail on a Friday before releasing them for good behavior. Prisoners in minor offenses were freed upon the recommendation of Jailer Rudolph Engelhardt and White Chief TI. O. Miller, with two men fined for negligent collision cases still serving portions of their sentences.
Washington reports that Augustus Jay the American ambassador to the Argentine Republic has resigned and will return to the United States. In Oakland a divorce was granted to William S Ballard after a complaint that his wife fed him meals from corner delis and refused to cook.
A motor and spare parts were sent from Duncanfield to Tampico by express Friday morning in response to a request from Maj. J. H. Pirie. Maj. Herbert Gue, high command, and Major Dargue plan rail travel from Tampico to Mexico City. The St Louis had a motor burn out during a rough takeoff, leaving four ships at Tampico for repairs. San Francisco remains at Vera Cruz.
A 25 year old man died at Santa Rosa infirmary from complications after drinking Christmas whiskey days earlier. Doctors initially suspected diphtheria but a later diagnosis linked the infection to irritation caused by the liquor. Police report the death marks the holiday season's first fatality from bootleg alcohol.
Bs International News Service reports in Austin that Governor Miriam A. Ferguson issued 150 acts of clemency as part of her Christmas gesture. This brings her total to 2947 pardons paroles and other leniencies, reflecting her two year tenure as Texas governor.
Tokyo reports Emperor Yoshihito died of pneumonia at 1:25 a.m. Hirohito, regent since 1921, ascends to the throne as Japan’s 17th emperor. The emperor’s illness worsened from December 9 with bronchitis, prompting nationwide mourning and a halt to normal life.
Springfield dispatch reports John Seplisi and Albert Anselmi, labeled beer gangsters, were granted a new trial by the supreme court for the murder of Policeman Harry Olson.
Medford Ore December 24 veteran aviator T Be Pat Parkerson was killed when his mail plane crashed into a mountainside near Ashland a few weeks ago. The crash, attributed to injuries suffered, ends the career of the longtime air mail pilot.
Paris reports the Doin government decided to take control of the exchange situation and to maintain the French franc at a fixed price between 4 and 3.23 to the pound sterling. The policy aims to stabilize the currency amid ongoing financial pressures.
Explosion Thursday night at 228 Trains Street wrecked the San Antonio Tire Rebuilding company. Owner A. Landrum died Friday morning at Robert B. Green hospital. Firemen Captain Fore and firefighters J L Jackson and C J Pore were injured by electrical shock and gas ignition during rescue attempts. Witnesses saw Landrum escape the burning building, clothes afire, before bystanders assisted. The blast shattered the block, injuring crew and halting traffic.
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