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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1930
Page
2
Chicago July 14 41 Col R R McCornick publisher of the Chicago Tribune and brother in law of Ruth Hanna McCornick aided the senate campaign fund committee tailed by reports noting his influence in fundraising and party backing.
In Syracuse on July 18 149 a longtime leader of the International Typographers union died from blood functions after a brief illness. He served as a labor commissioner under Governor Martinino and was prominent in the union’s national campaign for a four hour work week.
Alfred Carleen, 52, dairy farmer on Calebre road west of the city, was shot by an employee after a quarrel over pay. Serums to prevent tetanus and blood poisoning were given, and he and fellow worker Carmen are reported improving. Deputy sheriffs hunted for Samual Villareal, the dairy hand charged with assault to murder, who fled into brush near Carlson place.
The 1920 census listed Harris County as Texas largest city area with 247,500 people. Dallas County showed 326,029 residents, Tarrant 294,027, and Fort Worth area 107,302. Population growth described as doubling in some counties, with early enumerations indicating 105 percent increases in others.
Washington report cites Senator Keilar attributing tense Franco Italian relations to secrecy and jealousy in negotiations. France and Italy are described as on the verge of war due to opaque talks and personal frictions shaping policy.
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Major General William Gresham Everson, chief of the militia bureau, will inspect the Texas national patrol units at Wolters Mineral Wells on July 16. The two week intensive training closes Saturday with a mounted review and a social dinner dance for officers and invited guests.
Mayor C. M. Chambers discharged the board of directors of the Spanish Governor's Palace after their term and said the city will assume future management. He commended the board for their work and noted a keeper would be selected soon. Aire, Tena Maretick Green served as chairman during the year.
COLUMBUS Ga July 16 Mrs Haverly I Aden was jailed today charged with murder in the death of Anthony B King 40 secretary of the Columbus Elk Club authorities say she admitted a fleeting in his quarters at the club late Sunday night Police found King dying at the club early Monday when she went to check on him after alarm over his failure to come home
The city of San Antonio challenges Judge Dibrell’s findings in the telephone rate dispute. Hearing dates remain unsettled as Deputy Clerk JT Getoline notes no definite schedule. Judge Boynton may preside, with potential venue in Austin or San Antonio, while the case lingers amid logistics and exchange rate issues.
Fragmented OCR text mentions weather conditions and travel references with many garbled names and places. It references clear skies and dates in Germanic and American locations, but details are unreadable. The passage appears to be a garbled mix of meteorological notes, itineraries, and city references with no coherent report.
In Mooresville North Carolina a Warrant Lieutenant Mall’s plane crashed in a corn field after the pilot was removed from the aircraft. The wreckage ignited when a flare used by souvenir hunters exploded, killing Mall instantly and injuring another serviceman. Mall had departed Langley Field Virginia for Kelly Field San Antonio to study attack techniques.
On St Louis July 16 General Cheeley P Stunmecsal, aide to the United States Army, stated infantry will bear the brunt of the next war. General Sucremeral inspected the Citizens Military Training camp and Jefferson Barracks. He noted the firing strength would rise to near peacetime difficulty in 90 days due to machine guns and automatic weapons, not by enlistments. Lieutenant White reported no injuries from the incident at Kelly Field.
London reports a former ambassador to the United States is now Barna Howard of Fenrics. Sir Esme was elevated to barony on the king’s birthday, with the title granted in a ceremony.
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