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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 25, 1929

Page

11

Read This First Mary Fatricia Dawn and Guy Walcott Plot Flight

Mary Fatricia Dawn meets aviator Guy Walcott linked with Wil Yam Bryce in a new plane project. A workman Tom Burns tries to rob the company after medical neglect claims. Bryce’s grandson vanishes, money vanishes, and Pat seeks to secure estates by cliff leap with parachutes as suspicions fall on Bryce while Pat and the child face peril aboard a secluded aircraft.

Mary Fatricia Dawn Guy Walcott Yam Bryce Tom Burns Pat Firzee Bren Ineniseney Guy Fonda Que Evening Bryce Day Fat Bryee Bryce Pelnta Towart Gams Poties Meantio Platens Clirt Perachuts

Now go on with the story Chapter XLV

Pat and the child flee toward a widening canyon but face impassable rock walls. Pat frantically shields Billy as armed men close in and the chamber above fills with danger. A grim pursuit unfolds amid rocky ledges and looming bluffs as hope flickers for escape.

Pat Gbq Will Jean Billy Wien

Changes in Han Antonio Over 68 Years Told by Aged Resident

By Wilson Cory, long time resident of San Antonio, recollects life from the mid 1800s to 1930s. He notes 68 years passing since 1 Ye until March 4 and recalls traveling across 42 plates, five Canadian provinces, the Parisian cdsat four times, and trips to the Atlantic, the Gulf, and San Antonio. The speaker recalls the city’s growth from a small town of two to six thousand to a developed center with new buildings near Malaplaca and Mengis hulel, and the plaza era beginning in his youth.

Wilson Cory Agcisiegs Direri Han Aulonio Atlantic Cumal Gulf San Antoni Malaplaca Mengis Hulel

Prisoner Prefers Solitary Cell Over Jail Talk of Robbery

Tomer Edwards of Bexar County Jail declares solitude preferable to talking with others about hijacking. He wrote letters to Judge McGrary and Jailer Donoghua while in solitary confinement during Christmas week. Edwards, previously found guilty of robbery by assault with firearms, was later adjudged insane and confined, then escaped, leading to his return to jail.

Paden Tomer Edwards Bexar County Edwards We W. McGrary Ninety Fourth Diatriee Court Tor Donoghua Edwarda

Vesper Services at Highland Park Church This Week

Vesper prayers and meditation are planned Wednesday at 4 PM at Highland Park Presbyterian Church, announced by Pastor Dr Barter Greer. The Christian Endeavor intermediate department along with The Indies quartet directed by Mrs L W Kennedy will present Christmas numbers with Vesta Howlings Argan at piano and Greer to deliver a brief meditation on The Abiding Presence.

Veeper Highland Park Presbyterian Church Barter Greer Intermediate Department of the Christian Endeavor Indies’ Quartet L. W. Kennedy Misa Vesta Argan Te Greer

Plunges Five Floors Causes Broken Leg in Downtown LA

A seven year old boy, Ernest Hasselmann, jumped from an eighth-story window in a downtown Los Angeles building after crying that Christine had lost its meaning. He fell through a skylight to a lower fire door, breaking his arm and leg. Surgeons expect him to survive.

DY Universes Peeve Los Angeles Ernest Hasselmann Christine Surgeona

Whoopee Party Shooting Untangled in City Park Incident

A chaotic nighttime incident near a city park involved ten men masked as criminals, with guns fired and a speeding vehicle hitting an automobile owned by Steich Jr. Police reported a complainant speaking with officers. wind and rain affected visibility as responders arrived.

Steich Jr Rowth

L A clubs to aid charity in play

Local business and professional women organize a charity event at the Little Auditorium in San Pedro on February 8 featuring talent from various storage organizations. Proceeds go to the San Antonio Child Protective and Humane Society to support care for children and animals. Mayors from New Braunfels and nearby towns will judge.

Bon Antonio Little Auditorium San Pedro Pers San Antonio Seween Mes Pomeroy Vanderilli Alunts Alia Draper Sparila Clobe C. A. Chambers New Theaunfels Ceraain Cluta Genopus Kiwanis Rotars Stems Exchange

Christmas Drunks Fill Jail Again

Police Chief Gwen Kil reports the city jail housed 22 prisoners Wednesday morning after a holiday surge. Most inmates were intoxicated and unable to post bail, reflecting a busy Christmas period and policing challenge.

Gwen Kil Tieaday

Wade's Body Sent to Illinois for Funeral Rites

Samuel W. Wade 73 died after a month at his home 307 Melivalue a trees. Funeral services will be Thursday morning under Rev J Leonard Rea of the Los Angeles Knights Methodist church. The body will go to White Hall Lily for burial. Wade, who came to San Antonio 14 years ago from Iowa, is survived by his widow Hursiet L Wade a son William Frances Wade of Alton Ill and a daughter Mea Stella Thdd of San Antonio.

Samuel W. Wade Bin J. Leonard Rea Los Angeles White Hall Lily Wade San Antonio Iowa Mes Hursiet L. Wade William Frances Wale Alton Mea Stella Thdd Han Antonio

Citizen Hurt in Sidewalk Fall Near East White Avenue

A citizen identified as HM Meyer of 901 East White Avenue sustained a minor injury after a sidewalk fall. He received treatment at Robert D. Geern Hospital.

Meyer East White Avenue Robert DB. Geern Hospital

Adventures of Vinocchia Junior Theater Production

The Junior Little Theater announces auditions for The Adventures of Vinocchia at Main Avenue High School auditorium. Singers and dancers are sought to staff the production with music by Mrs. Virginia Lynd Bartlett. The show aims to involve Will be presented in Javaerz AM Bio Antesig schools children may join the organization.

San Antonio Byron Wrnton Hurlley Onf Antonio Subpole Javaerz AM Bio Antesig Gmlic Os

Army Studies New Tactics Test At Fort Tenina Georgia

The army plans a reorganization of infantry battalions to boost striking power. An experimental Twenty-ninth infantry battalion to be formed at Fort Benning will include battalion headquarters, three rifle companies, and two machine gun companies. Additional firepower comes from each squad carrying light machine guns. The unit tests are announced from Fort Sam Houston.

Twenty Fort Tennina Fort Sam -Louston Batton Headquortars

Seven Christmas Divorces Granted by District Court

The Ninety fourth District Court, Judge W. McGeorgx, granted seven divorces as the holiday season began. The article notes a yearly pattern of seeking Christmas divorces and timely marriages with licenses, reflecting local social trends in San Antonio.

Antonia San Antonio Tungo Wi W. McGeorx Ninety-fourth Turing Gulf Coast Bea Cupid Jack R. Burke County Cheek Saul

Jealous Bid Fights Image at Am Satonia Tourists Club

Byron Willian, an agitator and former mipagine editor, spends winter in Am Satonia and tells fellow sojourners about a jealous, self fighting scene in Fifth Street. A mockingbird peers into a car window as a man sees his reflection and contemplates his love interest. The ongoing conflict ends only when weariness or anger forces a retreat, with the rival returning to confrontation in the shed’s hawked fruit trees.

Byron Willian Am Satonia Thin One Conopua Fifth Street Bint Mockingbird Indy Alrays

Anita Loos Advocates Long Skirts In Fashion Talk

New York interview with Anita Loos discusses fashion preferences favoring long skirts over shoestring styles. Loos argues tall lines, tasteful exposure, and figure flatterers suit office and social settings, noting men’s psychology and the appeal of trailing garments.

New York Des Anita Love Anite Jennn Willie Nerinua Anita Alwaya Tillie Tang

iStatuette Given Witte Museum

The Witte Memorial museum receives a statuette titled The Gulf Breeze designed by a Ban Antonis girl Mise Waldine Pouch. An anonymous donor presents the piece, with Miss Pauch in New York City collaborating with the famed sculptor Dempes Copniai.

Witta Memorial Mmiaeim Mise Waldine Miss Pauch New York City Dempes Copniai

Psychologist to Lecture in 8 A

Dr Howard WW Peake, noted psychologist, will begin a series of lectures for the Jefferson Standard Life Assurance Company in San Antonio. The talks start Thursday at 7:45 PM in the companys new office at 114 Traditorium Circle.

Howard WW. Peake San Antonio Jefferson Standard Life Tasiianca Comepany Traditorium Circle

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