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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1929
Page
3
The War Department announces a policy shortening general staff and reserve officer tours to six months with extensions only in special cases. National guard and reserve officers ordered to active duty will follow the new six month limit, reflecting a shift in federal staffing for future operations.
The state militia invaded three gambling resorts near New Orleans in a coordinated sweep. About fifty troops in three squads seized the venues, questioned operators, and confiscated gambling paraphernalia for disposal, as Governor Ugney announced the action.
Wireless advices to agent of Byrd's ship Eleanor Hullin indicate the vessel will reach Newport New Zealand from America soon. Cargo includes a gemstone, two tractors, airplane gasoline, kerosene, and foodstuffs. A batch addressed to the Byrd expedition arrived from San Francisco aboard a steamer.
In the Rio Grande valley crops faced significant damage from a cold spell. Beans damaged up to 40 percent, tomatoes 30 to 85 percent, potatoes 20 to 30 percent, with onions down near Winter Garden due to mist and cloudy weather. Corpus Christi Robstown area losses about 24 percent along with rye and fodder crops delayed. Eurasian estimates suggest harvest delays of one to two weeks and reduced quality. spinach largely unsellable for a week. Overall regional crop movement slowed. earlier harvests affected in Raymondville and surrounding districts.
Paris report says General John J. Pershing continues to stay indoors under his physician’s orders after a bout with grippe. He has bowed to rest at the physician’s residence and is expected to remain in confinement until week’s end, with doctors noting a possible relapse if fatigue continues.
Left to right Brig. Gen. A J Bowley Ed Kifer J L Dexter Porter Whaley and Maj. R C Burleson inspect wells aimed at keeping the proposed Salada creek swimming pool from running dry.
An illustrated overview of the Botwcopitehusen church convention held in Washington includes a talk by Rev. Helfe B. Crinn, rector of 84, with Mark Fseppih olive, in the men’s service league. The event is noted as part of a wider gathering at the assembly hall and auditorium.
Donations of shrubs have been solicited for the Protestant Orphans' Home by Mes. J. A. Tillyer, grounds committee chair, who appeals for hardy plants. The article underscores the home’s need to improve the grounds and encourages local support and contribution from residents.
Captain from the 57th Infantry will be guest of the Harlingen Rotary on an upcoming date. He will visit a nearby school to support trainee volunteers and participate in the War birthday observance.
Tickets priced at 75 cents support a project to raise 12 000 dollars for a new swimming pool at Fort Sam Houston. San Antonio chambers, real estate board and hotel men sponsor a band concert and dance by a 110 piece corps and regimental bands under Otto Majewski. Proceeds fund pool construction and bathing facilities for the post, with plans for a municipal auditorium concert in February.
J M Wiseman a MoresyiNe lawyer was held in county jail after a complaint filed Thursday morning before Justice J I Union charging him with driving while intoxicated. Deputies Dwyers and Domin-Kurz arrested him after a collision between his car and a New Orleans bound auto owned by M B Lee at Converse. Ernst A Huffington andMiss Huffingtons party in the Lee car were not seriously injured.
Kifer, president of the Brownsville chamber of commerce, will attend the formal opening of the Brownsville international airport and the Brownsville Mexico City air line inauguration. Aircraft from the University and Army planes from Kelly and Brooks Field will assist in the dedication.
A garbled report attributes film title writing to Mussolini and others tied to Vatican negotiations. The piece mentions subtitles, an anniversary ceremony at St. Peter's, and alleged involvement by Mirsgotini and others in drafting explanations and scripts.
A. A. Crabb known as Vest, key witness in the Oreille Mathews murder case, was released on bond of 2000. He faces forgery charges linked to an election bet tied to Mathews’s death, while Klansman Ten G. Richards began a three year sentence on a forgery charge connected to the same affair.
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