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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1925
Page
5
A fragment describes missing men in a San Antonio port area where many enter but few leave. It portrays inmates behind bars awaiting investigation, with vivid scenes of a crowded dockside, cigarette scarcity, and tales of youths, vagrancy, and crime amid a harsh jail environment.
New York Feb 13 A society woman once a wage earner since twelve years ago, Mrs William Laimbeer, has advanced to charge of the bank’s business with women at National City Bank of New York. Her rise from clerkship to executive ends a century old conservative bank tradition.
The article surveys a mixed group of detainees including about nineteen men aged roughly 22 to 28, with five Mexicans, six Americans, one Russian and one Portuguese. It notes most are "vags" by calling, with drunkenness and vagrancy cited as common charges and a tendency toward leisure rather than hard labor.
Sam PB Lemly, linked to compulsory vaccination ordinances, faces a fifth count in municipal court filed by city health officer Dr. W A Bias. Angela Porter, Peggy Mowers, Lorraine Krempkan, and others are named in related charges. Lemly plans to plead guilty to the remaining cases as trials proceed.
Galveston Feb 13. The Baptist State Secretaries Association meeting discussed practical issues and outlined a goal to raise $15,000,000 for missionary benevolent and educational work in 1925 across 17 Southern states and the District of Columbia.
Ambassador Manuel S. Tellez leaves for Washington after a private dinner at the St. Anthony Hotel with Consul General As and Consul Servando Barrera Guerra. He is accompanied by Mrs. Tellez and their two children.
The navy dirigible Los Anzéres cruise to Bermuda from Los Angeles has been postponed to February 19 or later. Officials announced the trip, expected to take about ten hours if it proceeds.
About 1000 Bochy School students at the corner of Arbor Place and South Colorado write to Streets Commissioner Paul Steffler demanding street repairs. Steffler visited the site Friday and initiated repairs after receiving the letters from the pupils.
Grover Burris was tried in county criminal court on charges of carrying a pistol and assault on E A Petry. Burris claimed the tiny pistol was a toy found in a pocket during a fight at Temple Hill. Mrs Petry intervened as Burris said he only had a cap pistol.
A truck seized in a raid on 121 Wermonuth Street for 386 quarts of bonded whiskey is questioned in federal court. The possessor was arrested and indicted under the Heuer laws, while Equitable Finance Corp claims ownership for unpaid interest on the vehicle.
Ford, 38, despondent after failed world end prophecies, killed himself in the basement of his Garfield Heights home. Police say followers from the Rowmite sect gathered at Dolice sar last Friday night to await the predicted end.
An investigative committee continues questioning Prisons Head Herring amid claims of threats and near-attack warnings. Representative T K Irwin demands Herring step down as testimony by witnesses and Walker Sayle of the prison commission highlight safety concerns and past charges surrounding the chairman.
A memorial film about Woodrow Wilson screened at the Main Avenue High School Auditorium on Thursday night. It included scenes from the White House both inaugurations events before the war and his trip to the Versailles peace conference along with his decline and death. A repeat showing is scheduled for Friday night at the same venue.
A $2 060 000 hotel for bachelors will be built in Branstom Illinois on land leased for 99 years at a total rental of 3 125 000. The syndicate in charge has annewness. The first two units with 250 rooms will be started soon if paid.
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