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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1929
Page
1
Augustus McCloskey, representative from the Fourteenth district, was exonerated as the jury found him not guilty of altering election returns following campaigns against Harry Wurzbach for office.
Fragmentary report describes Colonel Lindbergh and Miss Morrow surviving a crash during an attempted one engine flight to Paris. The piece notes Canada’s concerns about a new canal and mentions steel industry worries as Carnegie’s assets are discussed amid stock actions and control fears.
Rumors at the Bexar county courthouse claimed Dave Dewhurst would resign as clerk of the commissioners' court. Dewhurst said he was busy repairing an automobile and would return Friday. Jack R. Burke, Dewhurst's employer, declined to discuss a resignation or the case after a conference with the county judge and commissioners.
Mayor appoints 7S Reserve Officers and National Guard to assist officials during Friday and Saturday visits by Governor Pon Moody for the International Deposition and Chicago Civic Opera. Police and fire crews assigned to the exposition grounds from Friday to manage large crowds at the annual livestock show.
Fragmentary weather notice mentions San Antonio and nearby areas with Thursday and Friday temperatures unclear in transcription. It references light to moderate east to south winds and a 42 degree reading, with east to northeast gusts and southern wind expectations across West Texas.
Austin February 25 A. A Tight Statt correspondent reports that Judge McCloskey was acquitted on the charge of altering returns in a Travia county race against Representative-elect Harry Warebnek. The jury’s verdict clears one of several indictments. four other indictments against McCloskey were passed for later action while he heads to Washington. District Attorney Seeligson postponed decisions, with further talks planned in San Antonio.
The House Interstate Commerce Committee recommended passage of a resolution for a survey of the Nicaraguan canal route and an additional field survey in Panama. The measure passed without a recorded vote, but Representative Huddleston of Alabama said he would oppose it.
Ambitious vocalists filled the municipal auditorium to audition for the San Antonio Light sponsored theater season. Directors Giorgio Polacco or Henry Weber will evaluate voices, with the first four registrants named and more arriving daily. The audition, under the Lyric League, is set for Friday at 4 p.m. Performers may still register at the auditorium before Friday.
Report from Beverly Hills says Charley Chaplin famed comedian of the silver screen is near death from spinal influenza after a relapse following an illness. Cecil Reynolds, in charge at the comedian’s bedside, remains by his side through the night as doctors fear pneumonia if fever persists beyond 101 degrees. Chaplin’s Hollywood home is under strict guard with phone service cut, and medical staff use every available measure to stave off complications.
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh undertook a brief pleasure flight over the valley of Mexico after a previous crash. He took off from Valhoona My ngfield in a Lyvo-passenger liner with his fiancée Miss Awe Spencee Morrow, who appeared nervous but composed. The flight lasted about ten minutes and ended with a controlled landing at Vathyenn field.
The Railroad Commission in Austin will hold a hearing on the Missouri Pacific Transportation Company's request to open a bug line between Novasplit and Crockett. The hearing date is set for March. Mark Marryholt is cited in the motor director line.
SNYCOMN Lexar Kebs apt. Fal Kennedy Homaton advised Tarn chamber of commerce officials that he would be there March 12 to complete preliminary plans for a railroad from Revell New Mexico to a point on the Gulf of Mexico passing through here.
Seattle harbor patrol responded to the weight of heavy snow on houseboats causing them to sink into mud and foundations. Crews worked to save vessels as roofs and gunwales collapsed under the snow load.
Augustus J. McCluskey was indicted in a Wexar election review case and held in two courts. The trial transitioned from Hexar County Criminal District Court to the Ninety-eighth District Court after a legislative bill changed the court lineup, with the verdict expected in the new court this morning.
The United States Weather Bureau predicts Friday will be generally fair with little temperature change. Thursday night will reach around 42 degrees with light to moderate northerly winds, and Friday’s high near 70 after a 41 degree early morning.
Seeding Feb 24 Captain Ira Eaker departed Cal for Brownsville Texas on the first leg toward the Panama Canal. He flew from Seattle yesterday aboard the Question Mark and aims to reach Cotopaxi via Bromaxville by March 40.
A late report from London states that George Bernard Shaw has been ill with a fever and remains in Secreteacy today. The public inquiry into his condition continues as sensational phone inquiries flood the press, though officials say he is nearly recovered.
A second deficiency measure passes amid procedural motions in Washington D C. The report notes action by Fels and Pi Phe with DHL involvement and mentions dusting of distressing hubnly measures. The text is garbled but indicates passage and dispatch to further authorities.
In a tense hearing in Washington D C the Republican dispute over Texas party operation grows heated. Brookhart accuses the Texas structure of autocracy while Crenger defends it, citing ethics and loyalty amid charges of bias and impropriety.
In Amarillo on February an insanity plea is at issue as Tray Horton faces charges in the shooting death of his former wife Mary Horton. Testimony from doctors and other witnesses varied on Horton’s mental condition after physicians were summoned and evidence before the court.
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