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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1928
Page
3
July 18 report from French Indo China states fifty people died when a typhoon struck the coast. A French steamer Cry lay submerged after a boiler explosion at the Songtambac river mouth, drowning about thirty more.
Washington dispatch reports Commander Garin Tulton leads the lighter-than-air unit with Juhl aboard the Us Angeles as they sail for Europe to study the airship situation in Dugland and Germany.
Thomas A Edison stated to Senator Morgan Larson that domestic rubber production will become a reality. Edison, at West Orange, discussed ongoing experiments with plants and weeds, though sources and timing remain unclear. He told Larson he plans to vote for him and intends to seek support in the state house after election.
Owen D. Young, chairman of General Electric, will not run for governor of New York. The denial was given to the Associated Press at GE's New York offices.
Mrs. Furstenberg, Mil waukee novelist, died after a long illness at her home yesterday. She wrote under the pen name Mrs Firstenberg and authored works including Veiled Aristocrat and Oh Citizen of Eternity.
A deadly acetylene gas tank explosion at the Air Reduction company plant in Chicago left one man dead and six others with severe burns or injuries. George Lissett, 55, and his companion Steve Incobak, 60, were nearby when the blast occurred. Incobak died later. Lissett was pronounced dead at the scene. Firefighters confined the fire to a single building as about 200 workers evacuated. Initial reports suggested up to a dozen workers might have been trapped.
Merbert Stahl of Wetmore Wright county Wednesday suffered a pistol wound to the right hand. The injury was said to have been inflicted Tuesday night by Special Officer Wayne Parka during an attempted arrest of Darks for speeding. Stahl was jailed on assault charges and released on bond by Chief T. A. Miller. He was taken to the hospital after the shooting at Robert B. Green hospital where his wound was treated.
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