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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1929
Page
1
Street Commissioner Paul E Steffler urged the council to widen Euclid Street from 24 to 36 feet between Main and domes avenues and to close the bearing at adjacent property. Opponents led by Mrs Wil Me Jobnann protested citing city costs. Steffler argued the project long overdue and a storm sewer could be added as needed.
A closeup shows King George V and Queen Mary at Buckingham Palace after arriving from Windsor Castle. The king, now at his official residence, appears to improve but later suffered a relapse renewing medical anxiety and prompting another operation on Monday.
The bulletin notes a major operation intended to drain an abscess in the right chest and cure the local illness. Officials expect a rapid recovery and plan a future statement tonight while warning no bulletin will be issued today.
A garbled report cites WWI era rhetoric blaming Russia and the czarist regime, mentions a violent priest and Russian aristocracy, and describes a corrupt racket extorting 2 percent of contractors gross receipts. It notes contractors fleeing, fires striking construction, and warnings to abandon contracts in a chaotic trustless market.
The city council approved expenditures from the park improvement fund and the public improvements fund to pay thirteen thousand plus dollars for the Witte Memorial Museum project. A one story addition with basement will include a storeroom and house a small exhibit area.
Dallas July 16. A man and a woman were held to answer in default of bond in connection with the theft of merchandise from the Led Clothing company at San Angelo. Police recovered about $2500 of the goods. The pair were believed tied to the burglary.
Seized at prison doors in Slaying Detarion July 16 Stooley Hart fer aline Sodachi are wanted by Detroit police in a hold up from more than seven years ago. Hart fer was brought to Detroit for questioning while partner Det Harvillaw left Joliet State Prison and was arrested. He had been sentenced to 2 to 6 years in Joliet in 1922. police say both suspects are sought for the killing of Soleslaw Stutkowski during the same holdup.
A fight broke out on Soledad Street after a man struck another at a dance. William Lire reportedly fled. Castillo pursued and accused of involvement. Police described the incident as fertilizé Monday in Corporation epiet with unclear details.
Topeka reports the Rangax State Board of Steview has no power to censor spoken words in talkies. An Attorney General opinion assigns censorship authority to the attorney general, not the board. The film sounds may be censored if the sounds are explicit, but jurisdiction over speech remains unsettled and disputed.
Atlanta hosts the Southern surgical association convention with dates set for December 16 to 12 and an Atlanta venue announcement.
Atlanta police chief Polly Chirt Reavers warns officers to use pistols only in self defense or defense of citizens and never in self interest or personal gain. The notice emphasizes restraint and lawful uses of force.
Reported escape of Karl Stocker and Carl Collins from the San Antonio State Hospital prompts Judge Robertson to urge a new prison ward or separate facilities for criminally insane. Officials note inadequate facilities at state hospitals and discuss policies, while other inmates remain confined and awaiting court action.
In Cambridge Massachusetts Ming Tvesie Baker and Mrs Celia Miern sue the city council after being struck by fresh tar on an under construction street. They lost their shoes and stock Inga while crossing and had to abandon their footwear to reach the safe sidewalk.
Paris dispatch reports Poincaré could become France’s next president should he desire it. The piece notes lingering doubt, political dynamics, and comparisons to Washington, Coolidge, and Briand while outlining health considerations and potential candidates around the 14 month timeline.
Philadelphia July 16 a blind musician George W Roders serves on a criminal court jury panel. He says the work suits him and he enjoys serving as a juror despite his blindness.
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