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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1927
Page
12
A sprawling, fragmentary column riffs on Mithras, Mussolini, and global finance. It notes Latin American rail loans, Turkish railroads for Kemal, and US funding spots, while joking about golf clubs and poverty fighting as wartime economics. The piece blends satire with political and historical allusions, naming nations, leaders, and finance themes.
At Willow Springs golf course the start of Friday morning play was delayed by weather and officials. By noon, the course opened while stars gathered in San Antonio for the Texas Championship. Walter Hagen arrived late, with several players waiting for afternoon practice. Hagen needs rest after recent exhibition duties before the best ball amateur-pro preliminaries start Friday morning.
An airman sought for a liquor theft and robbery at a Piggly Wiggly in Texas was arrested near Eagle Pass after a masked hold up. Officers found greasy overalls and improvised masks at his San Antonio home tied to the Sunday night burglary, with connections to an interior Mexico sighting. Detective Street, Sheriff Veliciano, and others traced the crime to a bold night effort under an arc light.
Mexican workers' committee denounces the execution of six labor leaders after troops intervened in Hidalgo. The leaders were allegedly executed without trial following the strike and owner pressure, while workers claim arrests were made without authority and later releases followed.
The department radiogram to Consul General Alejandro Carrillo on Thursday forecast complete peace in Mexico. It reports negotiations between the Laqni chidttans and the Mexican government for the surrender of the former.
The Texas Open Golf Championship at Willow Springs Golf, St Hedwig, runs Saturday and Sunday with a four 16 hole open format and a Friday preliminary 18 hole amateur pro best ball. Prizes total 1500 for the open winner and include multiple cash awards. medals for low amateurs and a gallery fee of 30 cents daily. Tournament manager Sack Britn.
Judge R B Minor of the Fifly seventh District court recessed at noon Thursday as a token of respect for James E. Smith former superintendent of San Antonio public schools who died recently in Tulsa Oklahoma. Minor also appointed Clinton Brown WC Carter and Henry G King to report resolutions in memory of the former superintendent and to other county courts.
Thirty five Mexican families, residents of the United States for years, passed through San Antonio on Thursday en route to Reynosa, Mexico. They will colonize a large tract of land, Consul General Alejandro P. Carville announced.
A garbled OCR fragment discusses used cars and dealers, mentioning daily listings and early market activity. It references automobiles, second hand goods, and pockets of readers, though the text is incomplete and lacks clear events or entities.
The report notes warmer temperatures and chances of showers for Los Angeles within 24 hours with highs around 50 degrees. Cloudy skies persist with light precipitation and a morning low near 42 degrees. East Texas is forecast to be cloudy and warmer, while West Texas will be partly cloudy and warmer.
San Antonio representatives from Bexar County oppose the Sanders bill that would place a 10 percent luxury tax on cigars and cigarettes in Texas. Spokesmen J. B. Diemann PSL and Ander son report receiving numerous communications from local tobacco dealers urging opposition to the measure in the Texas House.
A severe fire in Buena Vista Sonora nearly wiped out the town. About two hundred houses two theaters the municipal prison and numerous businesses were said destroyed with loss of life reported.
Washington January 27 Treasury Secretary Mellon ordered federal alcohol enforcement chiefs to avoid any unlawful methods as criticism in Congress grows. The move signals tighter oversight of prohibition efforts and aims to quell mounting scrutiny over law enforcement tactics.
James L Kilgallen reports on the Browning separation trial in White Plains where Daddy Browning plans to testify next week. The case draws attention as Peaches faces further scrutiny and potential revelations. A noted witness list and ongoing debates over vice reforms frame the dramatic courtroom atmosphere.
Chicago January 26. Commissioner Landis exonerated Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker in the 1919 Detroit Cleveland alleged thrown game case. Both players had withdrawn from baseball. Landis restored their eligibility and released cancellations, placing their names back on reserve rosters for Detroit and Cleveland.
Governor Moody’s appointee R. H. Baki Austin and Houston businessman join the prison commission to advance relocation of the penal system. He succeeds 8. G. Granberry as a key decision maker on the project.
Liman Tnison Gage, former secretary of the treasury under McKinley and Roosevelt, died at his Point Loma home near San Diego at age 90 after an illness. He fell ill last Sunday and died following pneumonia complications.
Moscow dispatch reports a giant military balloon named Flight Commandery Garakandidze went missing after successful trial flights over Moscow on Sunday. Authorities issued all possible alerts as searchers scan skies for the craft and its crew amid broad airspace mobilization.
New York reports a towering recruit, Frank Brooks, 6 feet 7 inches and 208 pounds, among incoming officers. In Hempstead, Judge A G Lipscomb, former state senator and longtime county official, has died at home and will be buried today.
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