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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1930
Page
1
The fragment discusses climate and science claims, mentioning temperatures and absolute zero. It shifts to economic concerns about the U S economy and currency honesty, then veers into political critique of oil companies and government figures, condemning monopoly and corruption. The piece references Hoover Coolidge and public health warnings about heat and tainted food, ending with a scattered critique of capitalism.
Three men entered the operating room at St Robert D. Green hospital and beat patient T. A. Randolph 97 with a feather blackjack during knee surgery. Randolph, who denounced the incident as accidental, remains in treatment for knee wound and possible skull fracture while suspects J Gonzales and others face aggravated assault charges.
July 22 1930 Detroit reports a $100 reward for arrest and conviction of the slayers of Kerry Buckley a popular radio announcer and scion of a millionaire family. Governor Fred W Green orders state troopers to assist Detroit police in the largest manhunt in the citys history as investigators probe the LaSalle hotel killing.
In Chicago Mrs. Emily Young, a 40 year old Black woman, began an endurance protest on a sidewalk at East Thirty fourth Street and South Park Way planning to stay 00 days. She stacked corned beef, canned goods, a coat, a frying pan, and an alcohol lamp, using a large basket as cover. Police halted the blockading stunt late last night due to traffic obstruction.
Eight men were jailed in Oklahoma County awaiting arraignment on federal conspiracy charges. They were arrested Monday at Frick by U.S. Marshals and federal officials. Acting U.S. Commissioner Fed W Green and Deputy U.S. Marshal George F. Lang lead the operation.
A weather brief notes a cool night around 15 degrees with clouds and possible scattered showers near the coast. Thursday looks warmer with increasing cloudiness and wind, while more details and temperatures appear on Page 2.
The nation mourns aviation pioneer Glenn H. Curtiss who died after a long career marked by early achievements. A top photograph shows a box-kite takeoff and recalls his epoch making Hudson River flight from Albany on Decoration Day twenty years ago.
Aviation pioneer Glenn Hammond Curtiss dies in Buffalo General Hospital after an abdominal operation. He had been brought from Hammondstown, New York, for surgery days earlier and was reported improving before his death likely from a pulmonary embolus caused by a clot. Curtiss, born May 21, 1878, was hailed as a founder of early aviation and raised in upstate New York’s "Cradle of Aviation."
A posse and officers hunted two negroes after they shot and killed 49 year old CL Mason, a Greenwood merchant west of Shreveport, during a holdup at Marin's store and fled with a robbery.
Raw Vorb reports two shipments to France totaling 56 million each, announced today, pushing the current export total to 822 million. Exactly how the totals are calculated remains unclear due to fragmented figures.
A father killed two children and wounded another in an explosion of dynamite during a family dispute. The event occurred while the children were near the home, with authorities stating the blast was intentional in response to marital conflicts.
In the Northside section readers find rentals and items for sale. Lewy Schreck advertises a modern one bedroom apartment for 95 dollars a month. A wood card is offered for seven fifty, while other listings cover various winter needs.
The forecast predicts cloudy skies and warm conditions in San Antonio for Thursday with light to moderate easterly winds. Temperatures may reach around 93 degrees on Thursday, while Tuesday and Wednesday highs were reported at 40 and 50 degrees respectively and a low around 40s expected Wednesday night.
ST LOUIS July 23 The projected record attempt continued for a third day as Dale Jackson and Forest O Dunne endurance flyers navigated over Lambert St Louis field. At 6 11 a m they remained aloft cruising at about sixty miles per hour with the craft maintaining a steady altitude near fifteen hundred feet.
Seguin July 21 or 22 A lineman from San Marcos age 31 was badly burned and in serious condition after about 900 volts of electricity passed through him while stringing a high power line from San Antonio to Seguin. Firemen rescued him from a pole as the hoist gear failed.
Rebecca Swope, 87, widow of businessman Charles Swope, died Sunday in Quogue Long Island. Her brick mansion at Thirty ninth Street and Fifth Avenue in New York was a landmark among business buildings, noted in the city.
Iwan Jobo HW of Northwestern University has been submitted to the permanent court of International Justice by the Dominican Republic for nomina to the League of Nations.
Robertson declares mandamus possible to force a run off if no candidate wins a majority in the July primary. He argues Texan law requires a majority to nominate for county offices, asserting the race in Besar County is a county issue, not district. The county committee on runoffs and the attorney general's opinion shape the next steps.
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