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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1926
Page
13
Arthur Brisbane notes college professors warn Coolidge on war debts and Europe’s hostility. He cites Napoleonic troops with scientists, explains why ten new cruisers cost $105 million, and argues spending on defenses may ensure peace while countering antiairship fears.
Paris reports to the chamber of deputies during budget talks that France’s total debt totals nearly 500 billion francs, valuing at about 100 billion dollars at par exchange.
Aimee Semple McPherson, the famed evangelist, nears the end of a long legal ordeal as the probability grows that charges against her will be dismissed. The piece reviews a study by Nofziger created during the investigation into her kidnapping and imprisonment claim.
District Attorney G M Chambers orders the closure of all roadhouses on the outskirts, directing downtown celebrations only. Hotels and theaters pledge vigilance, waiters report imbibers, and federal agents plan to curb bootlegging as police form a sponge squad. Roadhouse owners vow to fight the ruling while DA warns of a permanent injunction if disobeyed.
Secretary Mellon announced a plan to stop using poisons in denatured alcohol to enforce prohibition. He argues government chemists will create denaturants that make alcohol undrinkable rather than poisonous. The Jan 1 formula will drop many poisons though 4 percent wood alcohol remains.
Former Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall, resting at his El Paso home with pneumonia, worsened overnight prompting early morning medical attention from Dr. H. T. Saffold. He was previously reported nearly out of danger.
Los Angeles December 30 The fate of the Aimee Semple McPherson kidnapping case hung on the Los Angeles county grand jury. Conspiracy charges against McPherson, her mother Minnie Kennedy, and Kenneth G. Ormiston could be dismissed before nightfall as the district attorney prepared arguments.
Tam pico timing reports the American fliers hopped off from Tam pico at 11 a m for Vera Cruz. In Austin two nil pardons were granted Thursday by Governor Miriam A Ferguson.
Albany reports Governor Al Smith is confined to the executive mansion with a cold and sore throat on his fifty fourth birthday. He is to be inaugurated Saturday for his fourth term.
New York City faces a liquor death toll likely to top 800 for the year with 724 alcohol related deaths in the first 51 weeks. Health Commissioner Harris notes the figure exceeds any year since 1910 and surpasses totals in other cities and states. Outside New York state unofficial counts run near 98 deaths.
Charles Birger, a swarthy gang leader, defies peace authorities as he vows to kill arch foe Shelton before midnight December 31. Sheriff Lige Turner waits, hoping for surrender while Birger brags of a $500 bet he will eliminate Shelton before New Year.
Fair weather continues with a slight rise in temperatures for Thursday night and Friday in San Antonio. The minimum forecast is 28 degrees Thursday night, with 34 degrees at the weather bureau Thursday. Freezing temperatures were reported across residential areas and a killing frost extended along the Gulf coast to the lower Rio Grande valley. The state's lowest reading was 22 degrees at Amarillo while El Paso recorded 24 and Corpus Christi 40 degrees.
Dan Sullivan, a San Antonio millionaire banker, was linked to a $100,000 ransom kidnap plot. Three men faced conspiracy charges, $8000 bonds challenged, hearings set for Friday, while a fourth man was released on recognizance. Two earlier kidnap attempts included at Sullivan’s post office and his Broadway garage.
Fort Worth city manager GO B Carr, who fought Marvin Simpson after a deposition in the Norris damage suit over pastor J. Frank Norris, calls for a gloves and overcoat bout. He proposes the charity fight as part of the next Elks benefit program.
Benjamin Purnell leader of the House of David colony was bound over for circuit court trial on criminal assault charges filed by former member Mrs. Bessie Woodworth of Benton Harbor. A separate brief item notes a heist where burglars carried a 1000 pound safe with $200 and later abandoned it in a ravine.
Harry Cohn aged 75 president of the American Savings Bank and Trust Company, which had recently closed, collapsed and died in Memphis. The bank had shut its doors two weeks after the death by suicide of Clarence Henochsberg, an assistant cashier, who shot himself after admitting a $300,000 short on accounts.
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