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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1926
Page
9
A 1926 Randolph-Brisbane era column discusses free expression limits, cautions that suppressing talk spurs action, notes Cuba’s fertility and welfare, and warns against noise harming health and efficiency. Ends with calls for policy shifts on prohibition and urban noise.
Rain is forecast for Monday night with clearing skies on Tuesday for San Antonio. Colder weather is expected with a low around 38 degrees early Tuesday morning. Rain total for the month stands at 2.22 inches and the past 24 hours brought 0.43 inches.
D B Chipps Jr sues Rev. Dyank Norris pastor of First Baptist in Fort Worth for 150 000 claiming loss of support after his father's death. Norris faces murder trial January 10 in Austin over the July 17 shooting in the pastor's study. Mrs Chipps testifies of divorce for mental cruelty and denies abuse or a son by a former wife.
Southern Pacific engineer Hi Moors of 515 Adams Street Fond du Lac escaped serious injury when switch engine No 151 exploded at the roundhouse. His fireman L F Moore was unhurt after inspecting engine No 886. Damage put at 8000 dollars with window lights shattered and an official investigation underway.
The Rev. Dr. J. Frank Norris charged four attempts to break into his attorney’s safe and steal defense papers over the past two weeks. He also references the state’s charge that Norris shot and killed D. J. Chipps, a wealthy broker, last summer. The accusations were voiced from the pulpit of First Baptist Church in Fort Worth during a Texas trial context.
Universal Services reports twenty four crew members missing from the Trench bark Fugene Achneider after a collision with the vessel Brutu from Liverpool. The ship sank following the crash.
Berlin dispatch reports German doll makers may receive three protests from Santa Claus as children complain dolls have bobbed hair instead of long braids. An inquiry into the doll trade notes bobbed hair was adopted this year to satisfy American demand for millions of German dolls.
Friends of Charles Chaplin and his 18 year old wife Tita Grey Chaplin hope for a reconciliation amid tensions in the Chaplin dispute. Relatives are pushing for understanding and neither side is pursuing immediate divorce, with the Chaplin family at the Beverley Hills home of her grandparents.
Soldiers guard all passenger trains entering Nuevo Laredo from interior points to prevent disorders as a railroad strike threatens Mexico. Shopmen in several cities already threaten, with reports indicating a general strike in northern Mexico possible. Railroad workers demand higher pay.
Louis J. Niff an aged college professor with no living relatives and a narrow circle of friends in music and mathematics died by his own hand in a despondent Christmas at Indianapolis.
Abert Coan, 40, of Pentz, confessed to killing his wife Lena by breaking her neck. Authorities say the incident occurred near Chico and he was jailed in Oroville.
Kenneth G. Ormiston, former Angelus Temple radio operator, asked Superior Judge Elliot Craig for a further continuance in his arraignment on a conspiracy to desert and obstruct justice charge connected to the McPherson case. The defense cites inability to obtain legal aid. the state indicated it may oppose further delay.
A group of five men swam for an hour in the East River with water at 26 degrees, proving endurance and grit in freezing conditions. The stunt, noted in New York on December 27, showcases the athletes braving extreme cold as a display of stamina.
In the Vosges mountains the extreme cold drives wild boars into neighboring villages seeking food. Local villagers have shot many of the intruders during the festive season, as reported by Universal Service from Paris on December 27.
New York music circles urged a merger of the New York Symphony Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic Society into one large musical organization, as reports of a pan union circulated in late December.
Miss Henrietta Billa consents to pose with two champion lemons grown here to avert a sour picture. She holds an ordinary lemon for comparison while the large fruits weigh two pounds each.
Farwell December 27 authorities awaited a promised statement from George J Hassell. His wife and eight children were found dead in a dug out on his farm Friday. Hassell was hospitalized with knife wounds from police questioning. He planned to speak today as hospital staff reported his condition improving. The nine victims were buried Saturday in one grave.
Viola Dirk 75 and William Cartwright 32 died when their sled struck an automobile. The vehicle fled the scene and did not stop.
Moscow dispatch reports Eastern Siberia struck by the harshest snowstorm in seven decades. Many casualties and extensive damage cited as residents brace for continued bad weather and challenges to relief efforts.
In San Antonio, a six year old lemon tree in Koy Curnesi’s garden at 2206 Flores Street produced forty eight full grown lemons this year. Some fruits weighed as much as two pounds signaling a balloon type beyond typical varieties and promising many pies from a single fruit.
Alexander Dockery former governor of Missouri died at his home after several months illness in GALI. Ma. on December 1. He served as governor and had a lasting impact on state affairs. The death ends a long public career and is mourned by colleagues and family.
Six people were killed and another hospitalized after two separate automobile train collisions near Detroit on December 27. The incidents involved live autos crossing tracks with trains, causing fatal injuries.
Former Wichita Falls mayor Frank Collier will receive a gubernatorial pardon in Austin as part of a broad clemency action. The official proclamation is being prepared while details and the governor’s explicit reasons remain undisclosed.
Mrs. Nizabeth Wilder, widow of Daniel Wilder a noted abolitionist active during Bleeding Kansas and surveyor general of Kansas and Nebraska, dies in Illinois today per International News Service Rockyord AI dispatch.
A quake at 1 20 this morning rattled Fresno Turlock Hanford Porterville and other San Joaquin valley towns. Operators reported its arrival and some dishes rattled but no damage was recorded.
Peter W. Schneider, 79, longtime brick manufacturer and one of the oldest in the South, died in New Orleans. The death sets a mark for the regional brick industry and closes a long career in construction materials.
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