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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1930
Page
12
A blast at the Right Welding and Boiler Reir ing company plant on Elston avenue Chicago caused about 20000 dollars in damage to the plant and nearby structures. The blast was the fourteenth of the year. The incident occurred early today.
A deadly blast at the Rostov on the Don state grain mill killed 28 people and wounded 16, with officials reporting eight dead and ten injured in the explosion. Casualties were announced by authorities today amid ongoing investigations into the incident.
A damaged ad copy for a topical salve from F. W. Grav Co Nashville Tennessee advertises an anti inflammatory cream. It claims to clear up inflammation and relieve pain for many kinds of wounds and ulcers. The text mentions usage for ulcers infection and abrasion with unclear product details.
Fragmented recollections describe Ran Kendall dragging a whip and killing a mouse as a bird fled, while other locals like Weymin Ellis and Sheriff Chub Poole appear briefly. The Gonzales Inquirer notes Doctor Jamin from San Antonio and a political scene with Henry Baylor, voter coercion, and a jail plot tied to an election.
The Stribling ranch in Ligou County plans a February sale of registered stock, including Heroforts, with a large free feed and auction to follow. Local figures like D C Striling and Sams are cited amid anecdotes, while the piece weaves community lore and race jokes around the sale event.
Capt. Sir Hubert Wilkins and his crew are reported to be due at Deception Island on Friday aboard the William Snoresdr. The radio station Teeceing Island base flashed the message. the Wilkins Heart Antarctic expedition has been out of contact for weeks in the icy polar region near the Keath area near the Ben Francisco Exami.
Two men were hospitalized after separate knife fights in the city. Alvan Vidtes reported the first incident on East Commerce Street near Rasert Ho Gieen hospital. A second fight near 230 Shem Street left Stanley Levi injured and treated at a local hospital.
In Santa Darkara, two robbers were caught in the act of digging, with a pouch containing F 9ekull and a cack holding Jaman Lines. Local police report the incident as a failed theft with the suspects detained for questioning.
Everett officers said Deputy Sheriff J. W. Tromas was fatally wounded and rancher Al Kineman killed in a gun battle at Kinsman ranch nine miles north of Arlington while attempting to search for liquor on the premises.
In Cambridge Massachusetts two hundred Harvard students celebrated a hockey victory on a subway run from Boston by tearing signs breaking windows and light bulbs and pulling down bell cards. Police detained names. one student was arrested.
The Paper Hangers and Paper Clothing Makers union, claimed as the world’s oldest, celebrates 225 years amid a report on ongoing tax records and related trades. The article notes historical roles in making items such as wagons and funeral processions, with references to the era’s labor and industries.
Universal Service Washington Feb 12 Postmaster General Brown opposed Kendall bill to switch postal workers to a 44 hour week from 48. He warned the plan would hurt the department with a deep operating deficit and affect about 200000 workers nationwide.
Paris dispatch notes Andreaie ditu, hailed as a knife and fork expert, says he must train his son for the prime ministership and never misses his dinner rendezvous around 9 p.m.
In Moscow on February 13 the Soviet press blasted Pope Pius XI and Archbishop of Canterbury for anti religious campaigns. Frarada official line denounced interference in USSR internal affairs and criticized external religious criticism as inappropriate.
Public health officials stated canaries appear partly cleared of parrots fever scares. Birds may escape quarantine during wartime disease control efforts. Officials noted no evidence that inlay originates in canaries and suggested infection, if any, comes from contact with parrots.
Mrs. Frank Smith of 1808 South 1 redo Street was held on a $500 bond after a Wednesday afternoon visit by Prohibition agents. One gallon of whiskey was seized at her home. Mike J. Sambol was arrested at the same time on a prohibition charge and placed under a $400 bond.
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