Treetop gang members planned a risky aloft scheme
Neighborhood youths in a gang known as the refueling crew had plotted to stay aloft until school opened in September, but Mrs Richards protested the plan.
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Jack
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1930
Page
1
Human nature and world events in a fragmented era
A reflective column contrasts daily good deeds with sensational front pages, examining global conflicts and public sentiment. It critiques media focus on crime, notes India and Britain tensions, recalls diplomatic strains, and briefly touches on human evolution and the drive toward peaceful coexistence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bach
Caillion Industrigua
Laly
Ded
Gerd
Girl Found Safe After International Kidnapping Case
A fourteen year old girl identified as Esther Chiro was located in Mexico City after an international search. Mexican police, with help from American and Mexican federal agents, raided and detained a suspect. she will soon be transported to San Antonio. The case involved a planned elopement and forced custody, with authorities coordinating to return the girl to her mother in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Chiro
AIS Helmna Attert
Selsing Fhe
Secret Service
Bropaliune
Itas
Metead
al Noy
Laredo
Mother
Mexico City
Josephina Perez
Helena Atrect
Eather
San Antonin Howe
Willis Adama
San Antonio
Blexican Federal Police
Aname
Caximiro Talmantez
Misiena M
Adams
Nuevo Jaredo
Bad Antonio
Sinclair Consolidated approves Standard Oil purchase in cash
New York July 17. The directors of the Sinclair Consolidated corporation approved the purchase of Sinclair Pip Tank and Pittsburgh based Sinclair Chile Oil Purchase for 872000090 dollars in cash. The deal involves an interest in Indians of Sinclair and a Standard Oil of Indians stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tay Sinclair
New York
Sinelsl Consolidated
Indians of Sinclaize
Sinelate Pips
Inclair Chile Ol
Rash
Earl Carroll Held for Tidecent Show Action
New York reporters record Earl Carroll producer of the Varier Jimmy Haro Falih Bacon and Kay Carenll held for trial on charges of producing and staging an indecent performance. The case centers on a Tidecent show and alleged improprieties surrounding the show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Earl Carroll
Chicago Bills for Leopold Case Police Boat Use
Chicago hears a bill presented to the city council by Frank Ronit seeking $1200 for police boat equipment and a diver’s use during the 1924 Calumet River search tied to Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold Jr.’s murder case. The two boys remain served sentences for Hgbble Drank's death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Loch Leopold
Frank Ronit
Topke
Caluuiet
Richard Loeb
Nathan Leopold Jr
Indians Receive Kers Unhurt in Western Crash
Phoenix July 17 United States army airplane wrecked after an altitude of 1000 feet near the Alarrapa. The crew Lieut. Dan Medinr and Sergeant Richards reported the accident on Tuesday. All occupants escaped uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
United States Army
Alarrapa
Keryalion
Dan 2. Medinr
Richards
Chicago Seeks Pay for 13000 Teachers in Jeopardy
Chicago's school board raced to raise 120000 by emergency means to cover 13000 teachers unpaid since June. The effort aimed to avert disruptions as teachers faced prolonged delays in pay with barbers and book staff already furloughed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
TNSJ
Board of Education
Barbera
Clerk’s marriage linked to $50,050 shortage found
Norman E. Ternhardt, a former clerk in the bon department of Marine True company in Buffalo, married Saturday and was brought in for questioning over a $50,050 shortage in his department. He faces investigation as details emerge from the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
Norman E. Ternhardt
Bon
Department of Tas
Marine True
Netselives
Tablet Erected to Old Song Writer in Wisconsin
A memorial tablet to Eden Eb Rexford, author of Silverbreads Among the Goll, has been erected on a granite boulder on land owned by the Congregational church he attended in Huiotton Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huiocton
Wis
Eden EB
Rexford
Antter
Leaky Bag Solon Logos in Primary Battle
Florida incident last year labeled the “leaky trunk” appears in campaign notes. A. Michaelsop, who ran in the Seventh district, faced renomination bid by J. C. Moreland in Chicago reporting from July seventeenth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Michaelsop
Florida
J. C. Moreland
Ocker Assigned to Post at Kelly Field
Captain Willan's company reports Tea ET Ocker assigned to duty at Kelly Field as post inspector and acting investigator. He has prior duty at Brooks Field and now serves at Kelly during this assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly
Willan
Iit Corps
Kelly Field
Brooks Field
America Takes to Trees in endurance event chaos
A chaotic scene unfolds as dozens of youths and adults endure long tree-climbing stunts under crowded conditions. Fort Worth and El Paso participants report hours long sessions with health concerns as the event stretches into late night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Merle Hatch
Lee Sight Houts
Janie Dovelass
Janie
Fort Worth
Vox
Osene
Fort
Buck Sawyer
Plainview
Pho
Hey Saunders
Broadwood
Tassor Buzgard
Amarilla
Badger
Sonny
Sid Toy
Buck
Kansas City Boy Sits 164 Hours
Billy Kearney a 10 year old of Kansas City Mo spent 164 hours in a van in Sangar Golly. The report notes the unusual confinement with authorities continuing the coverage on page 2 column 6 of the edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Boy
Sangar
Hag of laundry seeks company on Bath Street
Classified note describes a woman in Chicago seeking a lady or couple for companionship. It mentions a man seeking any non-bookkeeping work and references a hamburger stand for over 00 per day at 4125 Hoe. The ad promotes bargain classified ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Mresa Street
Chicago
Algenya
Gold Found in Cow Teeth Stirs Creek Basin Search
In Wenatch er Washington on July 17 a tale of a cow jaw with gold teeth prompted a local dig in the Adler Creek basin within the Gastada range. Victor Kuerner, a Yatttas miner, claimed the tooth gleam proves gold in grazing dust. officials question the claim as the cow’s innocence in alleged irregularities remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenatcher
Seth
Adler Creek
Johnson blocks Senate vote on treaty amid gag rule push
Washington July 17 In a dramatic move Senator Johnson Republican of California blocked an agreement for a speedy vote on the London treaty. He pledged to continue fighting and to ask to quarter from the treaty’s friends. Senate leaders began circulating a petition for cloture to force a vote within four hours of presentation if adopted. Twenty senators signed the motion to date, with President Hoover’s consent secured to impose closure after disagreements over the defense treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
INS
Senate
Hiri
Johnson
Rohnson
Arministration
Inmep B. Weateon
Indhing
Adwinsslration
Solons
Walton
Walsh
Hoover
Siakyspeare
Johnson de
Jobrisom
Tonam
Fiend Does Extensive Search In Robbery Case
Houston police comb the city after a Houston merchant’s wife is robbed at her home. A Black man attacked her with a knife in the dining room while her husband was at work. The woman hid a pistol and fled to the door but the lock kept her inside. A child witnessed the assault and described the suspect. Officers searched the area but found no suspect matching the description.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
Theo
Gun Ends Search of Aged Miners
Eureka California July 17 A gun fight ended the quest of two 70 year old miners who roamed the desert seeking gold. One miner named Apple fled 400 miles to Grant's Pass to surrender to officers after admitting he shot another man dead in a quarrel at the headwaters of the Alehouse Creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Cell
Jobo
Grant's Pass
Ure
New West Coast Air Record Set
A new non stop air record was set between Victoria Canada and Aguascalientes Mexico. The flight completed in 1 hour 15 minutes and 4 12 seconds, surpassing the prior 1 hour 18 minute record. The record surpassed by Yonkin’s earlier time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Coast
Raseag Turret
Victoria
Canada
Aguascalientes
Mexico
Weather Outlook With Unclear Terminology
Forecast notes partly unclear. Reads like Thursday night and Friday with warm to moderate winds. Highs around 88 with potential changes in temperature and wind direction. Further details are unreadable in the fragment, but general pattern suggests mild conditions and variable winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antenis
Yelday
U S Returns as World Leading Hop Producer Prewar
In a Washington report dated July 17 the American hop industry shows total output of 33,220,000 pounds for 182% growth, with 7,900 export, marking the United States reclaiming its preprohibition position as the top global hop producer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Conmitttee Tenartmenk Agurea
United States
Weather forecast for San Antonio shows heat and clouds
The forecast predicts hot and partly cloudy weather in San Antonio with light to moderate southeast winds. Temperatures Wednesday and Thursday reach highs near 80s, with a low around 73 Wednesday night and a cooling trend Thursday night. Met meteorologist predicts continued warm, humid conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sim Antonio
Thursias
Fridos
Jarhoe
Charge negligence to Fairfax Captain
Federal inspectors filed charges of reckless navigation negligence and excessive speed in fog against Captain Archie L U Brooks master of the steamer Faring after a collision with the tanker Pinthis off the Massachusetts coast on June 10 resulting in four deaths including Hiren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ghington, LL
Thyston
Archie LU. Brooks
Faring
Pinthis
Massachusetts
Alienist Declares Boy Slayer Insane in NL Case
In Mortistown Newfoundland on July 17 the alienist Thomas Christian conducting the examination of Heroy Woolfes, charged with killing his mother’s maid, testified that the boy shows dementia praecox in an incipient stage and recommended confinement in an institution for the insane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mortistown
Thomas Christian
Woolfes
Nicaraguan Crash Claims Two Marines
In Managua on July 17 two U.S. Marines died in a aerologist flight crash ten miles south of Managuas. Walter Lee Pounders a gunner and pilot and Chasoners Lewis Martin are named among the deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Managua
Nicaragua
T Walter Lee Pounders
U.S
Chasoners Lewis Martin
U. S. Marina
Managus
Captain Blood Posted to Dallas Camp for Reserve Officers
Captain C J Blood and Diet K F Gebheimer of San Antonio named as members of the 3 class of 21 air corps reserve officers to report at Hensley Field Dallas on July 20 for a 14 day active duty training camp for air corps reserve officers to be conducted there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blood
Dallas
C. J. Blood
Diet K. F. Gebneider
San Antonio
Air Corns
Hensiey Field
Lamar Bandits Await Execution in Solemn Canon Night
In Volo on July 17 CPI Howard J Rogaton and George J Abebier face execution after a trial. Both prisoners are confined in cells five feet apart awaiting the verdict and the expected tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamar Bandits
Canon Pity
Volo
CPI
Howard J. Rogaton
George J. Abebier
Tarn Banks Bariils
Tunnel blast wipes out shift at Camp Mitchell Calif
A gas explosion in a tunnel of the Letch-Hetchehy project near Camp Mitchell California killed 12 men working in the coal drift. Rescue teams with masks recovered two bodies as others were shaken but unharmed on the surface. The disaster occurred as engineers prepare to move more dynamite in a separate incident where a skip cable failed, killing George C Nolan, 46, during lowering of dynamite cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp LO Vcheds
Calif
Tels L
San Francisco
Ueterpal Walter
Surmer
Engs
High Sierras
San Frantizco
Anuuety
Camp Mitchell
Usr
Alameda County
Oakland
Mitchell
Jon
George C. Nolan
Nolan
Kelly Pilot Unhurt as Ship Overturns
Cadet George C. Baker piloted a Kelly field pursuit craft that overturned after an attempted forced landing near the Cu lebra road north of the doping field Thursday morning. Baker escaped unharmed with no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelly
Kelly Fiel
George C. Baker
Culebra Road
Baker
Father Son Face Charge for Slaying A Mill Employee
A father and son, Bell and Fred Flulucy, were sentenced after a murder case involving a mill employee named CHItJopee. The court deliberations revealed the duo planned the crime at a poker gate and received electric chair sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Face Chaiy
Bell
Fred Flulucy
Doiny
Chitjopee
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