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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1931
Page
5
A vintage Vapex advertisement touts deep breaths of vapor to clear the nose and throat. It claims fast recovery, inexpensive pricing with a dollar bottle containing fifty applications, and approval by Good Housekeeping for all ages including children.
A four month report from the Southwest poultry contest shows Australorps leading in average eggs per bird with 1.57. White Leghorns and Barred Plymouth Rocks follow in points and egg counts, with top pens entered by Glenoaks farm Beerie and Mrs Mathisen Fredericksburg. The piece also notes a War on Illiteracy campaign led by government experts targeting Indians in 1931.
Universal Service in Washington D C reports traffic on the Washington New York airway has grown so heavy that the keen to the right rule must be strictly enforced. To mark the right and left portions of the air the beacon lights will serve as the center today.
Detroit February 19 Major Frank Toohey Honolulu army officer and gun importing head wins first skirmish with police over possession of guns seized during a raid on his company office. He seeks to drop indictments against his wife and business manager Louis Silver, who were arrested in the raid. Prosecutor Toy had called the seizure the biggest gangland arsenal seizure in Detroit history.
Capone declares in Miami that Major Butler's deportation threat is ill informed and cites alleged criminal charges only for vagrancy. He says he has fed between 2 500 and 3 000 people daily in Chicago over six months, and invites the American people to judge him against Butler.
San Diego reports sheriffs pursuing a lead in the disappearance of Virgina Brooke, 30, who vanished February 11 while en route to school. An automobile described as driven by a man about 60 years old was seen near Escondido and near San Marcos, containing a photo likeness of the missing girl.
In Philadelphia on February 19 the Franklin Medal, among the nation's most distinguished honors for scientists, will be awarded to nine prominent figures including London based theorist and Dr Willis R Whitmore of Schenectady for notable contributions to physics and allied fields.
Genoa welcomes Italo Balbo and 47 aviators returning from Rio de Janeiro aboard Conte Rosso after flying across the Atlantic. Fifty six left Orbetello last December. involvement included four deaths and four forced landings before 48 reached Genoa.
Alexander H. Legge, chairman of the Federal Farm Board, is expected to resign around March 1. White House officials say no notice has been received, but Legge is keen to return to a $100,000 a year role as head of International Harvester.
Emery Davis Jr president of Emery Davis Aircraft company was killed in an experimental glider crash near Roosevelt. Carl Nelson of Roosevelt was injured though not seriously. The incident occurred during an early morning flight testing experimental aeronautics work.
City health officers report two new paralysis cases blamed on Jamaica ginger extract. The official tally reaches thirty three months into the crisis as authorities warn residents about contaminated tonic drinks and urge caution.
Mrs Verda Walker 28 walked barefoot a mile to confess to killing her husband Leness Walker with an ax in the homestead ten miles from the county seat. She told a coroner's jury she murdered him after threats to her and their three children.
Wires were patched after a bandit raid in Cedarvale on February dates. The Citizens Blaze bank was robbed of unspecified funds in the nighttime incursion. A Uytaide world communication was re-established following the wire cuts. A Pacific agent and a Santa Fe night watchman were reportedly kidnapped.
Reports say Louis Wolheim renowned actor's funeral plans are held up as authorities consider private services on Saturday. In Washington D C midshipmen from the Naval Academy at Annapolis are set to visit Best head Denmark and nearby areas during this year’s autumn cruise.
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