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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1926
Page
4
Claude the discoverer of synthetic ammonia is mocked for an invention he says would yield perpetual power from the sea using heat. The claim faces skepticism from peers who doubt the feasibility of such energy from seawater.
Clarence Foote, owner of a filling station in Kansas City, was robbed by two men early in May. The assailants overpowered him at his home and fled with cash and valuables totaling about 1810 dollars. Police investigating the crime report the incident as a bold daytime robbery by two unidentified suspects.
Sacramento December 23 efforts by Isbor groups and individuals to win a pardon for Thomas J Mooney, jailed for life in San Quentin over the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing in San Francisco that killed and injured. Governor Friend W Richardson says he will neither deny nor grant a pardon as he nears retirement to thoroughly review a 342 page Mooney petition accompanying the filing weeks ago.
Former Senator J Hamilton Lewis urged the Woodrow Wilson Memorial society in Danville to buildup heavy armaments of land and air as the only safe means to secure America’s liberty, stressing preparedness as essential.
Memphis reports a dry day as floodwaters ease in some areas but rivers Tennessee Cumberland and Ohio keep thousands displaced. Death toll sits at thirteen with risks of rise once communications restore. Rail traffic remains disrupted with some regions lacking service.
Los Angeles December 99 The elopement of Ena Gregory and Al Rogell was disclosed today. The actress and Hollywood director were married by a justice of the peace in Santa Barbara on December 25. The Lone Star Poultry Asian fair dates were announced for January 4-9.
Mayor Walker presses for self restraint in theater amid curfew, urging producers to drop salacious plays or face legal censorship. John Barrymore leaves Los Angeles aboard the yacht Mariner for a Pacific cruise seeking story material for a new film.
Paris dispatch reports Arturo Toscanini the renowned Italian conductor departing Paris by train to Cherbourg to board the liner Berengaria bound for New York. Malay states face record floods after days of heavy rains with rivers overflowing their banks.
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