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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1935
Page
5
Funeral rites for Ray Long, 89, former Nant magazine editor and newspaperman, will be held today in Beverly Hills. Rupert Hughes, noted novelist and Lang’s close associate, will officiate. Cremation to follow for Lang who died at his home Tuesday night.
Population on Krakatno island warned to be ready for any eventuality as the volcano continued to erupt. Vessels at sea report dust showers and the situation follows a previous eruption in 1683 that caused 86,000 deaths.
Kodak Six 20, America's popular camera, features etched side panels and enamelled parts. It offers 11400 second shutter, eyelevel and reflecting finders, and 244 by 34 inch pictures. Prices start from 15 up.
In Mexico City president Lazaro Cardenas launches a broad program to aid peasants, directing the National Revolutionary Party to form a federation of 200,000 land recipients. The plan includes life and accident insurance, protection from harassment by usurers, and a national convention to shape a formal program, signaling a shift from Calles era policies toward farming class improvements.
Summer drive by S A Junior Birdmen urges America youth to form Flight Squadrons. Members pay 25 cents to become squadron commanders and send five names with ages and addresses to headquarters. Plus 10 cents per extra member, ages 10 to 21, to receive charter, rules, and insignia and join planned summer activities.
A Broadway dancer Beebe de Iz Fontainee volunteers for a dangerous stunt to prove a theory that vegetarian diet grants immunity to snakes. A six-foot rattlesnake is to bite her arm while observers monitor the procedure. Medical experts caution that vegetarians can still die from snake bites.
Sam Huddleston pleaded guilty to the murder of his wife on June 28 and was ordered transported to the state penitentiary in Oklahoma. The crime, witnessed by the couple’s 11-year-old daughter, followed an accusation of infidelity and occurred after the husband struck the wife with a fiat.
Ray Martines, age 23 of 818 Austin Street, died Wednesday night at Robert B. Green Hospital after a July automobile crash on Milam Street. The car struck an electric light pole. Martinez and a companion were riders.
James Mohan, 63, of 204 Daniels Street, was found ill at his home Tuesday night and died Wednesday afternoon at Tederick B. Green Hospital. The notice appears in The Light's lost and found column. Dial F1231 to place your message.
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