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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1931
Page
5
The article invites entrants to a weekly Old Glory picture contest with a $100 prize for first place and a total of $1000 in prizes across 20 weekly contests. It lists complete rules on Content No 2 and notes entries have drawn strong interest. The first close is Monday night and correct answers will be published the following Sunday.
Members of the Caballeros club will stage two mock trials at the Y following a dinner Monday night. Norman McLeod is the defense secretary and will be defendant. Daniel Goldstein will act as judge with Tahor Stone and Willem Ginken as defense attorneys and Gus Deve and Jae Haxt as prosecutors.
South Side Civic League met at the Thornton Page primary school Friday night and adopted a resolution favoring passage of a bill by Senator W. A. Wilkorason and Representative R. L. Beater to raise the San Antonio school tax limit to 1 25. A committee will send the resolution to representatives and the senator.
CROATOR Texas Jan 31 INS four men and a woman were held on robbery with firecrackers charges linked to lootings of two Wise County banks in the past ten days. They were arrested at a construction camp near the Bodgport site after a search for a lone bandit who robbed the Chiago State bank of 1500 on Thursday. The Continental State bank at Boyd area was robbed of 2500 on January 20. The five suspects are Mrs Tlonnie Tart Bill Easley Walter Hudson Randall Ross and Andrew Kilgore. Ensley has been identified by a catcher as participating in the Dosd bank robbery.
After a week’s lay off due to court in Avelin, the federal court will resume Monday morning with the retrial of Domingo Acosta charged with perjury. Acosta’s prior trial on the perjury count ended in a deadlocked jury after over 19 hours of deliberation over ownership sworn while making a bond. The late United States Commissioner B M Siddal, Judge Das West, District Att y John D Tartman and several court attaches returned from Russia Saturday night after a week’s session there.
Corpus Christi Texas Miss Thelma Thurston a local senior high school teacher has earned $13,000 in cash and $23.4 in oil from oil royalties in the Clovierville field near Overton. she says she will continue teaching and plans to attend a Texas college summer session while keeping her teaching job.
Alabama lawmakers adopted a resolution condemning Senator Heflin for contesting the November general election in which he lost to John Bankhead. The measure labeled Heflin's actions as unfounded and accused him of bigotry and lack of religious tolerance, calling him a foreportant and the state’s reputation at risk.
President Hoover seeks harmony with Canadian Prime Minister as informal talks address the Armenia problem. Officials state differences on policy may be bridged through mutual satisfaction, with assurances from the Presidential Secretary of State. Cleanliness ratings and listings follow in subsequent notices.
Commissioner Wright announced that a police school will be established in the space formerly used as the old detective headquarters at the central station. The new facility will train new officers in geography law city ordinances and street maps under veteran instructors. The department already has three pistol practice targets and is among the top teams in the south. the pistol team won the style championship cup this year.
Washington March 31 Democrat Mack Black of Alabama challenged former President Coolidge's claim that the United States has sufficient nitrates without Muscle Shoals. Black said the U.S. imported 8 percent of its nitrates last year at high prices. He asserted nitrates are mainly for fertilizer and expressed confidence that facts will compel correction of the statement.
Maj Frederick L Martin, commanding officer at Kelly Field, will speak on KTSA at 6 15 p m Sunday for the National Aeronautic association weekly program. He will recount Alaska flying experiences and a fog crash, illustrating the curve of blind flying. Also on the program are Miss Huth Witmer and Jack Crain who is in charge.
Washington January 31 The US Coast Guard ten who shelled and captured the Canadian rum schooner Josephine K Taubweek were exonerated in an official board of inquiry report sent to the State Department and the Canadian legation. William F. Cluett of Nova Scotia, captain of the schooner, was fatally injured by shell fire.
Funeral services for David Shelby will be held at 10 am Sunday at the Wilbert-Hanavan chapel with Rev. 2, 8. Bill officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn. Survived by widow and two daughters Mrs Frederick G Mars of Cincinnati and Miss Martha Shelby of San Antonio, and a son, Edmund Shelby, at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, and sister Stre, Preston C, Want of Tulsa, Okla.
Mrs Adelaide Spencer Cleaver, noted British aviator, traveled by air to Bombay then resumed her flight plans. The account notes her baggage was loaded aboard the liner Tatruia MM as she prepared for new aerial endeavors.
The notice lists numerous individuals and entities including Calveran, Mehra Walker, Helen, and Alfred, with scattered references to places and actions such as orders, assignments, and recognitions. The garbled text references pens, cabhtatrn, Mok, Havant, Watter Shiehine, and other unclear items, implying a broad official order or roster.
The San Antonio circuit conference of Lutheran churches, affiliated with the Missouri Synod, met at St. Pauls Lutheran in San Antonio for its annual gathering. Pastors from La Pryor Edna Palacios Three Rivers Kingsburg New Braunfels Vanderbilt and San Antonio attended. Rev B G Envernsehlid of Mount Calvary San Antonio served as chairman. Rev A Bruns Edna opened with a sermon Monday night and Rev E Wolf Three Rivers gave the confessional address. Rev O Winterstein Colacios was guest preacher at Mount Calvary Sunday morning.
Postoffice Band to broadcast on radio station KONO Sunday afternoon from ZF to 180 o'clock in support of the annual funds drive. Postmaster F. G. Lucas announced Saturday that the band will play on air to aid the Army fund.
An ad touts Oyster Compound as a kidney support to improve urinary function and energy. It claims a two-part formula tone bladder and aid kidneys, with a money back guarantee for unsatisfied users.
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