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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1930
Page
3
Texas June 30 legislators consider reforms at Moulaville state penitentiary. Proposals include authorizing smoking, reading newspapers for prisoners, and mandatory literacy schooling with sentence credits. Debate also covers female inmates smoking ban and prison access to newspapers.
Mrs Mattie Dean Hutchinson sues Edith P. Taylor for "sirenstinn" of affection seeking $300,000. She alleges her husband Samuel L. Hutchinson carried on an affair for 20 years before she discovered it recently.
In Ran Diegdo California on January 2, Anne Morrow Lindbergh became the first woman in the United States to earn a first class glider pilot license. She flew for about six minutes before a crowd of spectators as Charles A. Lindbergh, aeronautical experts, and others looked on. About a week earlier, Lindbergh himself completed a qualifying flight of roughly 12 minutes in a similar craft.
D Lopez, 19, of 122 Kem Fern Tree, suffered severe burns when gas soaked clothing ignited near a Fuller’s cart on Castro road while he worked for A. H. Beck company excavators removing gasoline from a truck. Two colleagues O L Ellora and Roy Robertson put out flames. Lopez and others treated at Robert B. Green hospital.
Frank J. Skeldon of Fort Crockett remains hospitalized after a crash near New Broufeld Saturday. Reports from Statin hospital Fort Sam Houston indicate a possible fracture or severe head injury and confusion following the wreck that damaged his aircraft and left him incapacitated.
Mrs. Guy Teed of 110 Fourth Street reported a home robbery three days ago in which two suits and other clothing were taken along with $80. On Thursday she notified police that the clothing was returned, but the money remains missing.
Senator Cole Blenne of South Carolina told the Senate he would vote dry despite his personal view. A Washington rumor had labeled him a wet.
Jan 30 report says Mlle Augustine Agogie must walk to the guillotine barefooted wearing a black veil. She has been sentenced under Napoleon era law for a serious incident. Local details follow from the scanned item.
Trial Thursday heard Cecil Haug, 20, and Walton K. AvaM accused after a street car collision in Tolind Street. Blagg and Walton clashed. Blagg admitted driving into Walton, who was fined 85 for negligence and 5 for an alleged offense.
In Los Angeles a Mrs. Hutchinson sues for 000,000 alleging alienation of affections and seeking custody of their daughter. Testimony centers on her husband’s alleged affairs with Mrs. Klitelinsen, a Chicago film distributor, and claims of marital strain since 1927. Witnesses, including family and business associates, dispute or support the years of separation and alleged misconduct.
Ma ria Absacea a 10 year old New York girl reportedly a aspiring university freshman fatally overdosed in a Brooklyn kitchen. Her mother said Maria weighed 235 pounds and was despondent over her obesity and inability to recover.
New York cotton market shows prices slipping to 1.50 a bale amid heavy selling on the New York Cotton Exchange. Traders report the season’s early trading marked by strong selling pressures and volatile movement, with prices rising and falling as the session progresses.
By unanimous consent, the House committee reported the Williamson bill with amendments to transfer the prohibition enforcement bureau from the treasury to the justice department.
Fort Worth, Texas resident Lexar Chaney Allan is charged with murder in a case tied to the death of 25 year old G. Vox of Victoria, who died from a stab wound through the abdomen last night. The report lists Porter Studio of Dancing and local dance instructors, with addresses tied to Fort Worth.
Sir Charles Marion a wealthy London businessman announced free financing for an expedition to Palestine to determine by examination the biblical claim of Joshua tearing down Jericho. Charlm, an archaeologist, quotes Herod as a powerful yet violent ruler while noting the aim to gain more knowledge.
Highway workers use pickaxes and shovels to carve out flooded roads near Vincennes Indiana after a heavy freeze followed Wabash river flooding. The scene shows efforts to restore transport as waters rise and recede.
In Austin on January 30 the House heard from an outsider and former Speaker Len Saller on penitentiary reform and concentration while Lee Simmons of Sherman, a prison board member, testified. The Senate weighed long‑standing prison board members as it neared final hearings on bills including an Austin central site proposal by Rep. John F. Wallace. Governor Moody’s appointee Moore Lynn’s report on departmental mismanagement drew surprise and prompts for action. Former Gov Janes Ferguson, recovering from an injury, declined to testify further. Wergusay suffered a fractured collarbone recently.
Detroit readers report a bank hold up at the Wayne County bank branch on Hamilton and Glendale avenues. A girl was wounded by bandits pursuing the robber who entered the bank, took 700 dollars, and escaped.
The ad notes PEBECO does not taste candy like and offers a minty tang. It claims instant perceived dental help, cleaning with whitening and acid control to slow decay. A stronger taste signals extra benefits not found in other dentifrices.
Kelly Field logged the coldest readings in Texas Friday night and Thursday morning with a minimum near 25.6 degrees, six degrees below San Antonio’s. An icy glaze covered vehicles along roads near the field, as weather officials note the extreme cold.
Evansville Indiana reports vast flood damage with many isolated families and destroyed stock and homes. Aviators deliver food to stricken areas as icebound waters widen and barriers fail. Across the South winter weather brings snow and gale along coasts, with nine inch snow in Bristol Virginia and Florida tornado damage.
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