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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1928
Page
2
A dramatic photo captures a car carrying Miss May Cun liffe overturning during a race near London, freezing the moment of impending doom and highlighting a perilous incident on the track.
A report describes a clandestine Los Angeles gambling den with craps and card games. The narrator enters, observes a banker, croupier, and players using cheques, and learns betting rules such as come bets and point makes. The scene shifts to other rooms, revealing a lively but discreet gambling operation.
An inmate, Schuchardt, 19, suffered a concussion after an altercation with fellow prisoner Englehardt in a Vance City jail cell. He was taken to Robert B. Green hospital. Officials concluded the jailer was not at fault after an internal inquiry.
City and county authorities announced the detention of five suspects tied to a string of recent robberies. Deputies reported arrests in connection with ice cream stand holdups and a payroll cash theft at a local business, though full details were withheld pending further investigation. One suspect remained unidentified, and another arrest was made by Deputy Sheriff John Garon with information from a suspect’s spouse. Authorities continue to pursue connections to the Sherry ice cream stand robbery at 3600 Bronway and other thefts.
An old classified style notice promotes a cheaper laundry service with a per weight price, quoting PURITAN PAUL and contact details. It mentions economy and a phone number for inquiries, listing Flores and other names in a garbled OCR fragment.
Dr. Lemuel Holden of Peaumont spoke to employees of the San Antonis Machine and Supply company last Tuesday, according to J. K. Beery, religious director of the Mf. C. A. HE. Mr Morris nang.
The article outlines strict state gambling laws, penalties for offenses, duties of officers to report, and destruction of property tied to court orders. It notes fines for officials who fail to act and for individuals who knowingly enter or remain in gambling houses.
A chaotic mix of violent crime and political mentions dominates the page. A husband admits strangling a woman after forcing her to a pleasure park. Mentions of dynamite, railway protection by Mexico, and a Hungarian death are interwoven with oblique notes on a famed gorilla and a king of cypher.
Mite Belle Kearnes vice president of the Democrat Defense League will address the Kan Antonia Shoren Christina Temperance union at 4 oclock Thursday at the To GA building. Kearney, a 24 year lecturer and delegate from Southern California, plans to discuss the Democratic convention and current political situation. Members urged to attend. Thomas is president.
Continued from page one a list of new police hires with ages and street addresses. Names include Pestam, Leichiman, Mitchell, Lawes, Amaher, Black, Ludertu, Movivans, Homer Allen, George Hammed, Alfred Streat, and Martin Brandt with varied ages and home streets in the city.
Dave Watson addresses Denver Heights Tuesday at Denver Hiikale Park corner Vorter and Bt Anthony, with Tate Watton headlining a Peak-Ha ata meeting. Other candidates Ilobert Uhr Rex Stone and W A THack will speak. George Conger presides. Over 1000 attended Harlandale gathering Monday, Louis Beblesinger reports.
In Haim Heights a dispute over streetcar service was settled with a promised ballot at the next city meeting. Palm residents split over discontinuing service versus keeping the streetcar line and track intact as officials pledge clear inked directives.
J M Ward reports three youths aged around 14 to 16 tied to a theft in downtown. He spotted them driving a stolen machine near Commerce and Alamo, they fled after Ward hopped the running board, the car was recovered at police HQ with $300 worth of clothing still inside.
For June 1 to June 30, police arrested 284 individuals for failing to heed amber and red signals. A total of 43 fines were issued, with 224 prisoners noted for this offense and several dismissals recorded. no further details or hospital actions appear in the docket.
Colombian aviator Cantito Fan, known as Yopr Br, launches a flight from Lansley Field Virginia to Washington DC with multiple city stops, starting at 10 24 a m. The voyage proceeds toward Tiogota with numerous intermediate stops along the route.
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