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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1929
Page
3
Washington announces an elaborate reception program for the Ortiz Rubio party as part of a diplomatic event. Earl Carroll and other theater figures are involved in planning cultural showcases. Miss Knapp is reported to have been dropped from a cast amid ongoing personnel changes.
Governor Moody extends holiday greetings in a typed message to Texans. He hopes for happiness health and prosperity for all men women and children. He notes a year of adversity for some and blessings for many while expressing prayers for peace abundance and achievement in the coming year.
In Chicago Dr. 25-Marrsy Hibbe, a druggist known as bandit killer, fights a divorce suit after his wife tossed diaries at him. Hibbe contests the filing while his wife claims provocation after his alleged abuse and orders her to leave with the children. She wins temporary alimony of 25 a week and seeks a share of the drug store at 1659 North Crawford Avenue, asserting she helped build the business.
A bright decorated Boeing style airplane prepared for a nonstop Christmas Eve flight from MICHEL FIELD to Tampa Florida. The pilot and crew expected a 1200 mile journey requiring about 42 hours. On board were two young girls Suzanne and Mary Francis Williams traveling to spend Christmas with their grandmother Tot Haculd EB McMahon.
San Francisco December 25. After a week's illness Fred Predeaux fifty Luther of Pennici Stetson light eight fighter died here today of pneumonia.
President-elect Pascual Ortiz Rubio of Mexico will visit Washington after Christmas for three days of ceremonies with President Hoover. Secretary Stimson announced plans including a state dinner at the White House and a separate Mexican embassy reception. The visit aims to strengthen Mexico United States relations with full military honors and a formal reception at the Pan American Union.
In Chicago, Joseph Kalaiska, 41, confessed to killing his wife after declaring jealousy over her with another married man. He told Captain Davie Lynch of the Attilin police that he planned to kill himself after the murder but instead fled to the Kostner Avenue engineering works and hid in a manhole until found.
A garbled OCR entry outlines a series of events around the president elect, secretary of state, and vice president including luncheons, calls, and dinners at Woodley, Mexican embassy, and naval academy. It mentions arrival at the Mexican embassy, a state dinner, travel to Angeli to visit the United States naval academy, and departures from Union Station on December 29.
A New York trend shows men taking up housework as a hobby. The Prince of Wales sets a royal precedent, sparking bachelor floor scrubbing studies at Mrs. Isabel Cotton Smith's Domestic Art School with young men as eager students.
A naturalized Italian American, Tony Antens, long nicknamed “Comneactic,” is declared a veteran winner after a record of extreme wartime wounds. He lost significant blood in multiple hemorrhages, endured gas exposure, and survived extensive injuries during World War I with the Twenty-eighth Division. Despite decades bedridden, his resilience included first protecting vision and pursuing a nursing career while plans for a postwar life and an insurance policy are noted.
Bank employee Anthony, manager of a local Tank of Italy branch, confessed to embezzlements totaling 24 dollars after irregularities were found in his accounts. He admitted guilt when confronted and was arrested by federal officers. The bank, insured against loss, has ties to the San Francisco offices and followed stock market downturns.
Viscount Dunedin is described as the official trusted adviser to King George and Queen Mary of England. He also holds the post of Keeper of the Great Sea of Scotland, with his distinguished wife pictured beside him.
In a San Diego court a driver faced a fine after officers deemed his speed excessive. The judge ordered a $15 fine and a further instruction to clean the street with a dust pan in the basement, then go home slowly. The bizarre ruling reflected the unusual nature of the incident involving A Semulin and the Libertyville street maneuver.
A noting of Jerry Mowers and several ladlocks roving toward the Auditorian residence Wednesday evening at 8 15.
The Rt Rev Davis Sessums of Louisiana died on Christmas Eve after planning to celebrate Christmas services. Aged 71, he led Louisiana Episcopalians for 39 years. Funeral arrangements set with viewing at Christ Church Cathedral. Survived by wife Ann Sessums, English professor at Johns Hopkins University.
In Racine a man discovered in a bathtub at an apartment building being demolished suddenly woke as police prepared to take him to the station. A telephone call prompted officers to check the tub. The man said he passed out after a long night party and woke to explain he slept in the tub due to wakefulness while on a wrecking crew.
Galveston December 25 Christmas chimes tolled for three seamen who drowned when a tug and barge were swamped by a two week end storm near Galveston. Bodies were found near an abandoned government lighthouse on nearby Bolivar Island and a search for more victims was conducted. Captain W F Wesport of Texas City will bury his crew in Galveston tomorrow. two other victims May Lark and Roy Kalal lived in Galveston with no known relatives. A salvage crew will be sent to Port Gonfier to recover the tug and barge.
A thousand pound boulder of grit was uncovered in Sowthpote. The geological survey and museum announce the stone was carried by a glacier from the north during the ice age, probably around 100000 years ago.
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