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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1927
Page
12
Arthur Brisbane notes warnings of overbuilding in apartments and offices while markets absorb. He compares excess to an elephant with appetite, urging restraint but cautions against worrying stock in building material firms as demand remains strong. mentions Chaplin and British studio moves.
The piece surveys Democratic prospects with Governor Smith, William G. McAdoo, and Milton weighing possibilities while Milton discusses Mellon debt reduction, Rockefeller fortune, and stock exchange values. It notes dry policy limits, tax burdens, and the labor movement’s stock exchange stakes amid wartime finance.
Washington January 26 1926 administration officials held silent on plans as a senate resolution urging arbitration of Mexican oil and land disputes prepared for transmission to President Coolidge. The resolution by Senator Robinson Arkansas and revised by the foreign relations committee won unanimous support from the seventy nine senators present with one farmer labor vote in favor.
Smanghal reports heavy concentration of Cantonese Nationalist troops on the Chekiang front. Observers fear a plan to seize Shanghai before the British expeditionary force of about 20,000 troops and sailors arrives by late February.
Governor Dan Moody is expected to announce the appointment of a new chairman for the state highway commission on Wednesday and send the nomination to the Senate with two other nominations for confirmation. No opposition appears likely.
Weather halted the first round of a two day Texas Open and amateur pro event with about 200 players at the Springs course. The executive committee moved the Thursday amateur pro tourney to Friday and the Texas Open to Saturday and Sunday to allow one day of practice for players. If rain persists the start may shift again. Harry Cooper, a former pro, arrived and teamed with Walter Hagen in a Tuesday Houston foursome.
International News Service reports visitors to the governor's office upset by the governor Dan Moody not having red hair as rumored. A columnist claimed Moody once had red hair, but the governor has always been cotton-headed, a fact he and his supporters joke about in light of past speculation.
Senator Wheeler of Montana assailed Coolidge and Kellogg, urging the SenateForeign Relations Committee to hold a public hearing on Nicaragua. He accused the executive of misleading Congress and labeled Dr Juan B Sacasa as constitutional president while describing Adolfo Diaz as a state department yes man and widely despised in Latin America.
Mrs Henry Liehtig of Chicago says women learn to defend themselves with age. She fought off a young kidnapper who demanded her purse on a downtown street last night in Springfield.
Ms Heenan and Mrs. Cath efF testified about a year long marriage to Edward W Browning, a wealthy New York Realtor. They described fights and a drunken incident in which Browning threatened self harm and others. Additional witnesses discussed press clippings and honeymoon tensions as the Supreme Court hearing opened on a cold January day.
Prince Gabriel D'Annunzio, retired Italian poet, relaxes by piling stones and enjoying speed hobbies. His son Captain A. D'Annunzio reports the elder statesman owns water planes, a motor boat, and an automobile driven at high speeds in Gardone on Lake Garda, prompting concern from family.
Unsettled conditions continue in San Antonio with rain for the next 24 hours. The forecast calls for a drop of eight degrees tonight bringing the low to 42. North Texas should see colder weather with freezing temperatures. The U S center reports the cold area centered over St Paul with 16 degrees. Over the past 24 hours, precipitation totals .10 inch, and since Sunday morning rainfall reaches 19 inches.
New York January 26 novelist Sinclair Lewis is in a sanitarium in this city suffering from a nervous collapse. He was stricken last night at a dinner with friends in the Hotel Algonquin. Publishers said the collapse was brought on by overwork on a new novel.
The Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday overruled the state's motion in the Ratcliff case, reaffirming that the open port law is unconstitutional and invalid. Ratcliff was convicted of assaulting an airways guard in Potter County.
Representative Celler of New York demanded impeachment of Federal Judge Frank Cooper of the Northern District in a resolution. The motion marks a bold congressional challenge amid ongoing tensions over judicial conduct and federal oversight.
International News Service report from Austin notes Dr J Frank Norris, a leading fundamentalist, was acquitted of murder in the killing of Sunny Chipps in his Fort Worth study last July. A large jubilee arose as Norris prepared to leave for Dallas after the verdict was read on the first ballot, with crowds and his guards present. He claimed the verdict as a moral victory and returned to his hotel before planning travel home.
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