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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 25, 1931

Page

9

San Antonio Cheapest Police Dept in Texas for Eight Years

San Antonio has topped Texas cities for the lowest per capita police costs for eight years, Fire and Police Commissioner Phil Wright announced. The report compares annual budgets from 1923 to 1930 and shows San Antonio consistently cheaper than Houston Dallas and Fort Worth.

San Antonio Texas Phil Wright Fort Worth Houston Dallas Tounton Tronston Dallar Forth San Antonin Dallag Dalex Enet Worth Dalla Aaid Wright Anta San Ansonio Fire Department

Man Held on Charges of Dope Peddling in the A

George Garst was arraigned before United States Commissioner Fault A. Lockhart on charges of possession sale and distribution of narcotics. He was held on a $1600 bond after failing to meet it. Witnesses testified Garst offered to sell cocaine and that the wholesale price would be about $13 465. Garst was said to be selling narcotics while a friend serves an 18 month term at Leavenworth for Harrison narcotic act violations.

George Garst United States Fault A. Lockhart Ting Meening Paul ‘Let Garst Wisher Friend Leavenworth Penitentiary

Wright Exhibits Clipping Praising 8.4 Auto Pound

Commissioner Phil Wright circulates a Houston clipping praising the San Antonio auto pound system for enforcing parking rules. Ralph Fowler the Houston corporation judge calls the San Antonio pound the only successful approach, noting 25 000 traffic cases deemed dead in the 1990 docket. The clip credits the pound established a decade ago by Wright and says it has kept many cases off the local court docket.

Phil Wright Houston Corporation Ralph Fowler Fowler Ban Antonia San Antonia Wright Corporation Court

Congressmen Seek Russian Inquiry On Convict Labor Exports

More than fifty members of Congress urged the State and Treasury Departments to dispatch an American commission to Russia to probe alleged use of convict labor in exported goods. The inquiry would cover lumber oil wheat cotton and manganese among others.

Washington, D. C UINS Congress Jnecaneuea State Treasury Departments Commalsaton

Soft Drink Stand Padlocked After Whiskey Found in Memphis

In Memphis on January 24 Walter Rogers opened a soft drink stand but it was padlocked within four hours. Carlags officers investigating the bar found nine quarts and three pints of whiskey on the premises, and Walter was jailed.

Memphis Tenn Walter Rogers Nenro Walter Jall Carlags

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