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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1939
Page
6
In Edinburg on January last year Guadalupe Cantu faces murder charges for slain wife. Ballistics expert Bonraulias of the public safety department was tied to testify as the jury was completed yesterday. Time Light Want Ad costs noted.
Judge E J Miller discharged a jury after 39 hours of deliberation in the Tol G Beckham case of Zephyr charged with killing Raymond Thompson. Beckham had previous Brown County convictions, the case was reversed, and he was brought to McCulloch County on a change of venue.
A fire in early morning hours gutted the Odd Fellows Home at Brownfield destroying the Ode Fellows building. The first floor housed a cafe barber and beauty shop while the second floor held offices of Stanolind Oil and Gas. Cause not immediately established.
A call for a teacher poll on textbook selection emerges from J C Cochran acting superintendent and committee chair. Forms memo asks every senior high school teacher to vote on preferred texts from the state supplied list with a February 16 return deadline. Final adoption planned February 20 and March 15 transition to new superintendent J E Stutsman.
Porter Garner, superintendent of public schools at Victoria, was elected to a third consecutive two year term. Garner, graduate of Texas A and M College and Texas University, previously served as superintendent at Robstown before moving to Victoria.
In a cluttered column, ED KIFER the schools’ business manager and a parade of figures from Northwestern De and Chicago garner attention for quirky nicknames and recent escapades. The piece teases impersonations, budding projects, and social chatter surrounding entertainers, officials, and local personalities amid travel notes and upcoming exhibitions.
Newell Sanders, 48, industrialist and former United States senator, died last night at his Lookout Mountain home after years of declining health. The Chattanooga obituary notes a long career and his residence in Tennessee.
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