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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1928
Page
1
A faltering view of industry and labor politics unfolds as figures like Geneen and Woolworth influence U.S. business abroad. The AFL executive committee weighs campaign stances while interest grows in a Newport fight. Public figures and economic themes dominate as workers, bosses, and politicians navigate prosperity.
Forecast shows a warm night with temperatures near 75 degrees and a high around 97 degrees. Partly cloudy conditions with possible thunderstorms near the coast. Winds from the west with increasing moisture and potential late-night adjustments to the forecast.
San Antonio police conducted a series of gambling raids in the last twenty four hours seizing two slot machines. Inter Acting Chief Owen W. Kilday ordered a crackdown on gaming in the city. Dave Tolland and Gaz Woo Leong, charged with exhibiting gambling devices, faced hearings with bond set around $600. Several other establishments were raided. over a dozen arrests reported as officers continued the war on gambling.
A preliminary hearing in a fire homicide case reveals the landlord’s alleged role in burning a rooming house to collect insurance. Victims Miss Vegay McMilan, age 1, and Miss Evelyn Webb, 28, both of Angelor, died in the blaze. Local officials report the defense demurrer was overruled.
Lilian Dritzel the trapeze queen and Alfredo Cordona the gymnast wed last Saturday. the marriage, long rumored, was learned today as their romance began in childhood. The couple, famed atop the big top, shared a lifelong bond.
The San Antonio Light fight extra will carry a blow by blow account of the Penney-Heckey World championship bout in New York. Leased wires will send ringside details to The Light and its editions, with a delayed complete report and vivid descriptions for readers.
Owen Kilday, acting chief of police, announced Milstead will head the San Antonio identification bureau. Milstead moves into acting superintendent role while Kilday remains detective captain. Milstead has worked in the bureau with Kilday for several years.
Vernon Roolits, 52, a farmer from Manville district, confessed to provincial police that he killed his mother, his older brother, and two hired men on his father’s farm in July. The police said they allowed a 24 hour period for him to reconsider before admitting the crime.
Beginning next Monday, O O. McTutyre’s famous column New York Day by Day will appear in The Light. The Sunday Light will publish exclusively McTutyre’s Sunday article.
Commissioner Phil Wright said changes in the police department would be made by him, with Acting Chief Owen Kilday backing the effort. He noted no radical overhaul, explained past missteps in assignments, and said remaining adjustments would be handled by Wright while stressing enforcement and accountability.
The Mexican consulate in Texas deliberates closing Tafores or relocating Tatreda after a clerk named Mancha Marcias was arrested at a public gathering of refugees. Consul general Santibanez says the arrest was ordered by the Webb County district attorney and that treatment was discourteous. The consulate remains open while awaiting word on a report to Mexico and possible representations to the U.S. State Department.
A preliminary hearing is set for Mar garette Tull WW C Tultos Ophelia Wheeler and Bob Gillis on a joint charge of conspiring to violate the national prohibition act. They will appear before United States Commissioner G DO Teo at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon. All defendants are held under temporary bond pending the hearing.
Chicago report details Walter Rodgers 26 and Sammy Piaria 19 who were shot during a failed attempt to steal a spotlight from a roadster. Rodgers survived. Piaria died from his wounds as assailants fled the scene from a building where Rodgers was employed.
One of the first photos to arrive in the country shows Jose de Lena Toral, an art student charged with the assassination of Mexico’s President-elect Alvaro Obregon. He awaits trial.
Miss Henrice Duke alleges H J Fletcher, 64, threw her from a vehicle on Brossway and stole 21 from her before attempting to drive her to a hotel. Duke says Fletcher posed as The Strotter and claimed he could warn of raids. they visited bootlegging joints with others on Tuesday night.
In Mexico City on July 25 1920 reports say a youth named Toral may have died near Obregon, with Obragonista factions claiming Toral was a tool of the Taborite minority party. Gov Saenz arrived from So Dora to lead Obregonist forces and indicated a provisional president will be chosen by a new congress meeting in September.
BASTROP Texas July 234 Gov Dan Mandy and State Chemist B W Ward were subpoenaed to testify for Mrs Wow Waybourne charged with murdering her husband. Trial details include exhumation debate over Z J Middleton poisoning and defense claims the widow faced pressure from her blacksmith suitor Hugo Middleton. Ward and Mandy testified amid nervous proceedings while Waybourne’s alleged accomplices and insurance links are explored by defense and prosecutors.
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