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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1931
Page
2
Fragmented OCR style text recounts fumbled remarks attributed to Will Rogers and others during a San Antonio stay. It includes stray lines about a wife, jokes on stage, and mock political talk, with garbled names and places such as Lake Tahoe and California. The passage lacks coherent events or verifiable facts.
A garbled reminiscence captures a speaker lampooning Coolidge and Hoover era politics. The narrator recalls travels with officials and soldiers in Mexico, jokes about drinking and courage, and comments on Democrats versus Republicans, voting machines, and entertainment news. The piece blends personal anecdotes with sharp political satire.
Aniline Tesom reports from Abilene that Will Rogers unemployment benefit event is postponed to 4:30 PM tomorrow due to weather. Rogers planned a driving trip from San Antonio toward Angelo with pilot Roy Cantwell. he promises a matinee and evening show, apologizing for rain. Five thousand pounds of food were collected by Hutchinson County American Legion for the unemployed through the benefit event.
The Jusing Tar association de baters will hold a meeting in County Court at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Debaters plan a session on accounting laws and local rules.
Will Rogers lands in San Antonio amid rain and cheering crowds. Mayor Chambers welcomes him, presents a city key, and Rogers jokes about rain and politics. He tours with Texas Cavaliers, receives an honorary plaque, and heads to Austin before a busy tour across Abilene and San Angelo with plans for further shows.
Will Rogers drew a crowd of about five thousand at the Municipal Auditorium in San Antonio to benefit relief for the unemployed. He joked about politics and the legislature, praised Governor Rose Sterling, and arrived with his son Will Rogers Jr. The event included a musical program and a short radio appeal for aid to the unemployed as Texas faced hard times.
The report lists scattered conditions across regions with unsettled thermals and winds, noting precipitation forecasts for Tuesday and references to normal monthly figures. It mentions Jimmie Stodgers of Kerrville and a brief nod to Tris Speaker, a famed baseball figure, among varied weather observations.
Captain Hawke and his wife depart from Curtisa airport at 418 for Fort Worth then Abilene Texas. The party will be joined by Rogers in Abilene to continue a southern tour supporting the Crana relief drive for drug sufferers. Flight follows a Sunday departure from Terae.
Testimony before the Senate campaign funds committee revealed that 100000 copies of a special Kentucky edition of the Ku Klux Klan newspaper the Forum were circulated. Former Republican Senator Robison was named in the testimony as connected to the edition distribution during the Kentucky election.
Austin Jan 27 Senator Williamson of San Antonio urged a bill for stricter headlight regulations in Texas. The proposal would place enforcement under the highway department with penalties for testers who fail to adjust lights and for operators who violate the new beacon rules.
Italian Consul-General Bianchi was shot and seriously wounded in Zurich today by a man who claimed the name Lino Cats In refused to meet his money demands. The attacker fired when the diplomat asked for funds, and the assailant fled.
The Phantom Runner nicknamed Overload was captured today at Seaconnett Point dock by a count guard picket boat while unloading a cargo of nearly 500 cases of allogen Naor. The incident occurred within REWPONT, R. 1, Inm 27.
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