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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1929
Page
1
Arthur Brisbane Cribey reports on a provocative topic as wheat shortages loom and societal temptations rise. The piece critiques public reaction and moral standards amid supply concerns.
The article blends a murder confession with a wide range of topics from a dramatic legal defense to farm policy. It cites alleged actions of Professor Sxook, calls for a global farm marketing cooperative, and sketches political shifts in France and U.S. perspectives on aviation, radios, and gambling. It also mentions journalists and a fire incident with skeptical commentary on racing and public interest.
Siblings marry in a triple ceremony as San Antonio hosts Radio Week starting August 5 at the municipal auditorium. The event, billed as the citys biggest radio show, features D ro Teaters entertainers, radio booths, and prizes including radios for attendees. Mayor M Chambers and G Blanchard will speak to inaugurate a week of nightly broadcasts and musical performances by notable acts from The Grand Majestic Texas Aztec theaters.
July 27. Detectives reported a Detroit man named Tring Shapiro was shot to death by a hostile gang and his body was dumped from a car. Fates were without clues to the case.
Americans crossing the Mexican border for one day will not need passports under the new law now discussed by Mexican officials. W H Furlong reports from Monterrey that the policy aims to ease border tourism and reduce red tape for short visits.
Criglersville Virginia July 27 Ins A severe thunderstorm yesterday forced President Hoover and guests to seek real seclusion at the Shenandoah National Park presidential camp. With him were Secretary of War Henry L Stimson, assistants Patrick Hurles and Trudge Davison, Gen Charles P Summerall chief of staff and Colonel Hodges the residential military aide.
Newton Mass July 27 Mrs Frank Stearns wife of former President Coolidge's mentor Amele friend suffered an acute attack while schooning in Boston and was taken to Newton hospital She will be allowed to return to her summer home at Little's Point Swampscott this afternoon.
In a rare ceremony at Rev. A C Cowan’s residence, six relatives from the Allen and Ayton families married in three simultaneous vows. Minnie and Mittie Allen wed Leonard Ayton’s, Pat Jefferson and Mittie Glazier, and Evan Lee Dean’s, all at 119 Beal Street. The officiant called it his last triple wedding venture.
Mrs Lilyan Bartlett seeks a divorce from Walter Barnett claiming cruelty. She says he left her alone in Chicago, and the court hears the case amid estranged status. The report notes the couple's separation and the woman's allegation of mistreatment.
Hundreds of workers and deputy sheriffs faced a terrorizing detonation in a Miami Dade county court house elevator shaft. The blast disrupted the 27 story building as prisoners were being moved from the nineteenth floor in a tense incident unfolding in Florida.
Chinese and Russian officials agreed to meet in Berlin to discuss reconciling differences that have brought the two nations to the brink of war. Wu, Chinese minister to the United States, notified Secretary Stimson at the State Department of the proposed conference.
Berlin reports a Washington claim that Russia and China are in direct talks. Officials say they know nothing of such negotiations and cast doubt on the report. The Soviet embassy questions the claim while China says planning was noted but location remains unknown.
In a dry raid at 510 Burna Vista Street Detective John Hlingins was struck by shrapnel from a exploding beer bottle. The blast severed a deep neck wound, narrowly missing the jugular. Fellow officers Juan Garza and P.O. Viardcasile sustained injuries from the blast during the raid.
A four year old girl Lois Boltz remained in a coma after a July 9 accident at Brackenridge Park. Doctors at Baylor Hospital performed brain surgery at 2:30 PM Saturday to relieve pressure. Her mother Mrs. G. A. Schmidt and father Fred T. Boltz stayed by her bedside as surgeons J. C. Hull C. M. Cotham and Albert Stieler operated. The child revived warnings but remained unconscious though responsive to stimuli and able to eat. A companion girl Zethel Thompson was injured less severely.
In St Louis, Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine, famed iron men of the air, continued their endurance flight above Tam bert-St. Louis field. Their orange St Louis Rabin monoplane logged 352 hours of continuous flight at 11 17 p m, surpassing the Billion Dollar Citys by four days and maintaining hopes of a 500 hour record. They sent a note to rivals apologizing for delaying the crowd as they chase the record with clouds and a 26 000 mile cruise already completed. The crew plans to stay aloft until 8 17 next Saturday if needed.
Tacoma Washington July 27 weather report brightened plans for Lieut Hezen Bromley to begin a Transpacific flight to Tokyo on Sunday morning. Conditions were described as almost perfect by observers, aiding the long voyage and sparking hopes of a swift departure amid favorable winds and clear skies.
Premier Aristide Dried, long an foreign intriguer, retires from foreign influence and accepts the premiership of France, succeeding Ray Colton Poincare, who is restored.
Aristide Briand, a longtime minister in the French cabinet, pledged to President Doumergue his aim to form a government after Premier Poincare refused to reconsider resignation. Briand was summoned to organize a ministry while Senate President Doumer and Chamber Speaker Boulsson urged the president to act, with Briand expected to be named.
In Samebor the battle ended with three anti government conspirators dead and ten others wounded, including plotters and policemen. The confrontation occurred during a pendarmes skirmish as authorities clamp down on subversive activity in Jugoslavia.
Misa Anna W. Peanypacker, a member of a prominent Peana strani family, contemplates suing the police department for false imprisonment after being arrested with 29 others. She was released in the afternoon following the action.
Georgetown July 27 Jerey J Teohs condemned murderer of Dr Kameey of Mathis Texas must die in the electric chair at Huntsville next Friday unless Governor Dan Moody interferes Leahy was found guilty by a 6 to 1 jury after about an hour and five minutes of deliberation Judge T D Moore ordered him returned to Huntsville from the state death house The court overruled the motion for retrial and Leahy announced plans to appeal The judge directed Sheriff Louis Lowe to return Leahy to the prison and the court adjourned with the battle over execution continuing
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