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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1937
Page
8
Four investigative groups probed why the giant airliner, seconds from its destination, plunged to death Tuesday night in San Francisco Bay. Searchers dragged bodies from 25 feet of water three miles offshore as wreckage and torn remains were examined.
Early reports describe a United Airlines Douglas passenger plane that plunged into the bay after banking sharply and hitting water. Pilot A R Thompson, from Los Angeles, is linked to theories of a possible wing failure or misjudged altitude in darkness. Autopsy confirmed drowning as the pilot’s cause of death. Survivors include Frank Gilmore, John Grennan Sr, and Ruth Kimmel among others aboard.
San Antonio prepares for National Defense Week February 12 to 22 after a Texas proclamation by Governor Allred. Maj. C. Ray Davis chairs. events include an Army transport flyover at 8 30 a m, national defense radio broadcasts, and a 4 15 p m Reserve Officers' training corps review at Fort Sam Houston. A military ball is set for February 20 at the Municipal Auditorium.
Customs officials met in San Antonio at the federal building Thursday to discuss creating a new customs office on the East Texas coast and stronger narcotic smuggling enforcement. Attending were Dan P. Bailey Grover G. Webb J. S. Morgan El Paso Gapt Fred Edwards Richard Sanree Laredo H. S. Creighton Harry Hornby Ed Cotulla J. R. Bruoniewlt A. P. Cunning San Antonio.
A jury in Criminal District Court heard the case of Glenn Thomason, 24, charged with robbery and assault at a Henry Perry filling station on December 1. Thomason says he confessed only after hours of beating by Detective Homer Allen, who denied coercion. Perry testified he was forced into a washroom, struck with a pistol, and robbed of money.
The San Antonio water board reported thefts of several water meters on Bonnet boulevard on Thursday. Police were notified by Mrs. Don Koppell of 424 West Magnolia Avenue and Bob Roberts of 1944 West Mistletoe Avenue about a theft of a purse.
Albert Flores, 42, of 1612 Tl Paso Street, was treated at Robert B. Green hospital Thursday for facial burns after his wife’s clothing caught fire. Mrs. Flores received minor injuries. Also noted, A. L. McCormack was elected president of Central States Life Insurance Company in St. Louis on February 11.
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