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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 08, 1926

Page

3

Subway Strike Precautions Meet With Attendees

New York July time measures against sabotage in the subway strike were ordered by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company. Trusted agents were sent to a meeting with strikers to assess if key personnel attending could be kept from returning to work and crippling the system. James L. Quackenbush, the company’s general counsel, stated the aim was to identify key workers who might be influencing the strike.

New York iPi Interborough Rapid Transit Company James L. Quaenbush Inborough Company Subway

Italy Sets New Decree to Punish Exporters of Life

Rome reports a government decree imposing heavy fines and confiscation for exporting life related goods or funds, with strict limits on alien currency movement. Mussolini suspends government decorations and tithes, signaling tightening control as the regime asserts its authority.

Italy Rome Emier Mussolini

Guardsmen Entrain For Palacios Summer Camp

Six units of the 141st Texas National Guard depart from Guir dsm en by special Southern Pacific train at 7 am under Brigadier General Claude Y. Birkhead. Mov ing units include Headquarters Company 141st Infantry led by Captain Henry Lee Taylor and other infantry and artillery detachments with officers Captain Winchester Kelso Captain Muckleroy McDonald Captain T Maxey Hart Captain Raymond L Marshall Major Wayne B Davis and Major Loren W Bentoz among attending officers.

Nd Antonio Texas National Guard Palacios Shurshay Southern Pacific Claude Y. Birkhead Sixty-first Field Artillery Brigade 14Ist Infantry Henry Lee Taylor 141St Infantry Winchester Kelso Muckleroy McDonald 41St Infantry T. Maxey Hart Sixty-first Field Artillery Combyeuliee Raymond L. Marshall Wayne B. Davis Loren W. Bentoz Field Artillery Brigade Doco

Troopers Begin Camp At Palacios Texas National Guard

About 6500 Guardsmen assembled at Camp Palacios for a two week annual summer training starting Friday. Major General John A Hulen commands the 36th Division with Adjutant General Dallas J Matthews present. The Gulf Coast camp sits at Tres Palacios bay on 1200 acres donated by Palacios citizens with 20 000 acres for maneuvering and more than $200 000 spent on facilities. The 26th Division reunites as a single unit for the first time since World War I.

Camp Palacios Texas Nation Guard San John, A. Hulen Dallas J. Matthews Gulf Coast Tres Palacios Bay

Fleeing Motorist Wrecks His Car

A San Antonio man fled after an accident in the West Commerce block and wrecked his car while attempting a sharp turn at Nueva and La redo streets. Patrolman P N. Torres joined the pursuit in a passing vehicle and the driver was jailed for drunken driving and negligent collision.

Commerce Street San Antonio Nueva Laredo PL Martinex West Houston Street P. N. Torres Penned

Executive Mansion Overhaul Planned for Return

The Executive Mansion in Washington is set for a major overhaul including exterior painting and interior reconditioning. President and Mrs. Coolidge, settled at the summer White House in the Adirondacks, will return to a renovated residence.

Executive Mansion D.C

Driver Faces Trial After Boy Injured in Mesquite Incident

A Holland resident faced trial Thursday after a 12-year-old boy sustained a broken leg when struck by a car. Police transported the injured child to Robert B. Green Hospital. The incident occurred in Mesquite and involved negligent conduct.

Holland, Tex Enuncration Cay R. B. Japlesear Robert B. Green Hospital Mesquite

Director Ralph Nice Weds In Cal City Ceremony

A film director Ralph Nice married tonight in California beside a chorus girl Taelle. The ceremony took place before a small gathering as police raided a nearby facility, detaining several individuals. The bridegroom’s reader reported on the event and noted the tension in attendance.

Ralph Nice Cal

Plan to create a million dollar college memorial in Havana

Minister Plang plans a one million dollar endowment for Caudter College in Havana as a memorial to his son Rev W G Fletcher pastor of White Temple Methodist Church. He deposited one thousand dollars with the church board to be held with interest for 100 years, projected to total just over one million dollars for college support.

Presno Cal Caudter College Havana Cuba W. G. Fletcher White Temple Methodist Church South Board of Education Fletcher

South Loop Drink Stand Raid Yields Beer Bottles

Prohibition agents raided a South Loop refreshment emporium finding 150 bottles of beer and six pints of whiskey beyond the legal limit. In Port Alamo, a man and woman were arrested after police seized two hundred pints of beer and a small quantity of whiskey from a street house.

South Loop Port Alamo Street

Wets Have Moody Muzzled in Talk Davidson Declares

Lynch Davidson charged Attorney General Dan Moody never stated his stance on modifying the prohibition act. He argued Moody, a longtime prohibitionist, has allowed anti prohibitionists to muzzle him. Davidson targeted the Hoge brothers of Houston and planned remarks in Ennis Plano and Denton following Ennis addresses.

Kaupman Lynch Davidson Dan Moody Davidson Moody Hoge Brothers Houston Texas Ennis Plano Denton

U.S. Films Illicit Stills From Air

U S officials report success locating illicit film stills by photographing from planes enlarging them and using magnification to identify targets. The brief notes an airborne surveillance method aiding enforcement during the war effort.

Washington Ancle Sam

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