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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1930
Page
5
Los Angeles January 21. A suit by George Mokun comedian seeks resolution of a contract with Charles El Mack the other member of The Two Black Crows team. Mokun says he did not know the contract terms when he signed and had trusted Mack's judgment.
A brief note records a person struggling to learn, with reference to a pet cat and ongoing effort. The item hints at personal challenges and a domestic detail without further context or names.
The Country club elected Ochse as president for 1980 with H M Reynolds as vice president and J K Wolfe as secretary. I D Gilmore was treasurer, and three year directors include Harry Marta and Will P Shepherd among others. Committees formed to guide finance membership greens and golf. Major activities focus on a better golf course and expanded golf activity and club improvements.
Bexar County brings a $20,000 damages suit and possession case for a 14 acre tract between Pleasanton road and Moureand avenue near Ashley avenue extension. O Neal claims land since December 10 and two deeds exist. A G Trawalter cites a county park plan and a deed dispute. O Neal operates a store on the southeast corner of the tract.
Police report ongoing banditry by the cruising bandits who struck Sacramento streets again Tuesday. Affected victim Mrs A CG Newell, 1214 Sacramento, was knocked down by a tall white man described as linked to recent hikes in crime over six weeks. A Ford touring car halted nearby as the suspect leaped out, stole a purse, then disappeared. police seek that vehicle and suspect.
N. V. VWotehen, assistant manager of Walk-Over Boot shop, has a peculiar name that reads the same forward and backward. The Woleben family story includes a cat that cannot purr and children who call a cot with a broken mirror Muggine ap, with various oddities surrounding their names and birth origins.
The San Antonio board of education plans a Tuesday afternoon meeting to handle routine items. The board remains without an attorney after the resignation of Hence Teagarden. A. G. Hornberger and Leo Brewer on a special committee have been unable to act due to Brewer’s illness. The Spanish Acres issue remains pending and likely will not be discussed.
Hilmer Smith a youth of 206 Chester Street was fined five dollars in Corporation court for causing a disturbance at the Antec theater. Witness R P Allison testified that Smith and a group of boys were jumping in balcony aisles. the judge ruled the theater a public place and Smith was fined for disturbing the peace.
An 11 year old boy was caught stealing chickens from Mrs. Talley’s yard on Harriman Pinco. A boy older than him escaped as officer Feat, patrolling on Monday evening, spotted ten shadows crossing the yard.
An entry shows a thief entered a Laurel Teighta grocery store on Main Avenue before the tres day, taking varied contraband including cans of pears, $4.75 in change, and pennies. Witnesses noted missing items like liver, bacon, and chicken.
Cigars consumed in San Antonio during 1920 totaled 12 490 516 with 96 percent produced in the United States and 4 percent from Porto Rico Cuba the Philippine Islands and elsewhere. Experts note rising U S consumption driven by lower priced products and sanitary mechanized manufacture reducing hand aging risks.
Lieut. Col. Hesalve BP. Palmer, adjutant general’s department, has been assigned to duty as adjutant of the Second division at Fort Sam Hoveton, per a war department announcement. Palmer, who recently completed a tour of duty in the Philippine Islands, will relieve Maj. Thrueton Hughes.
General John L. DeWitt, newly appointed quartermaster of the army, has long served in supply roles. He previously commanded the First Infantry at Fort Sam Houston before moves to Fort Francis E. Warren and later to Washington, with stints at the Army War College and the G-4 supply staff during World War I.
A special noon meeting of the St Anthony hotel board of directors will hear a report on wine sport pledges. Chamber of Commerce members pledged financial support for a winter sports campaign to promote events in San Antonio.
The University of Texas Board of Regents planned a hearing with representatives from Texas A and M to discuss a dispute over part of the university royalty fund. Attorney General Robb Babbitt was to present arguments regarding about six hundred acres of land in Westexn slated as public school land but allegedly diverted.
Georgetown Texas March 10 1928 the jury for the trial of Mrs Rysa Waybourn charged with murdering her husband W W Waybourn at Bastrop was to be completed The earlier Bastrop trial ended in a ten year sentence but was reversed by the Court of Criminal Appeals and the matter was moved on for venue change.
Delegates of the National Association of Veer and Cleaners gathered in Lilley today for the annual convention. The Dallas event drew representatives as union discussions dominated the schedule across the January sessions.
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