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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 30, 1928

Page

4

Join The Light's Just Kids Club For Safety

The Light's Just Kids Editor invites readers to join the Light's Just Kids Club by filling an application in The Light and sending it with four stamped self-addressed envelopes. Members receive a safety button and include a long list of named youths and their ages who are already enrolled.

Just Kids Just Kids “Club E Schmelder W ‘Bushee Robert Johnson der Sapp Esrs Han Albert Silva Hortencia Clovhie Silva Johnny Silva Lola Silva Otto Becker An ‘Ton Pogorzelski Gertrude Davis Neilson Taylor Francis Davis Alfred Bracht Sammy Tosenstein William Prumbo Margaret Pedrotti Antonio Pedrotti Charles Pedrotti Joe Padrotti Victoria Pedrotti Amy Pedrotti John Pefrotti Mary Pedroth Jearet Hoffmen Liliiaa Hoffman Harold Woffman W. K. Hoffman Catherine Herrera Dom Herrera Adelph Sereno Frank Mackennon Harold Woolers Junior Woolers Mildred “Masters Florence Caltins Hel Landrum Clifford Weldes Huth Shawper Helen. Shawger Emilio Jack Lokey Dellen Carer Just Kids Safety Club

New Gliding Record Set At Proving Ground Cape Cod

Peter Hesselbach, German flyer, breaks Wright world record with a 4 hour minutes ascent in a motorless glider over Cape Cod between Corn Hill and North Truro. He lands at Wellfleet after a long endurance flight aided by a westerly breeze.

Wwase Orville Wright Peter Hesselbach Hesselbach Corn Hill North Traro Wellfleet

China executes 17 in Communist plot shocks Canton

Seventeen persons were executed in Canton as the government described the incident as a new extensive Communist plot for an uprising. Authorities fear riots may follow, recalling December 1927 and early 1928 turmoil. Government troops in Bowangtung province were said to be in a tense mood as tanks moved against potential Communist involvement.

Canton China Bowangtung

Polar Flight Planned by Wilkins in North Pole Region

In Los Angeles on June 20 a monoplane once flown by Capt Sir George H Wilkins to cross the North Pole last April is chosen for a new flight. The mission aims to explore the region around the South Pole with the famed pilot at the controls.

Wilkins George H. Wilkins North Pole

Army Orders WASHIN fowlig Redays Dis. Hf. Idayenwort po Ante 8

Army orders list promotions transfers and appointments across Fort Huachuca Fort Bliss and other stations. Names include First Lieutenants G L Packer J B Winslow and F C Wells plus Maj Tot Promoter Age and several captains with dates and postings. The jumble shows routine staff moves and duty assignments for midterm periods.

Conner Mel G. Forti Huachuca Sors Howe Elchmood Rational Park Moultrie Port W. EL J.B. Marrinetan Wrebinglor Murras Piowalurg Larracke G.L Packer Grech Corde Ace Steun F.C. Wels AG T Ely Coby Are F. Brkt Hartel Mage Varamat Iwo Mont Teteton A. Ge Ren i Davia ‘Cay Ator Daye Mes M. Antes Trentietiee Brepnens Snt A. Ws Giitor

Unordained preacher among jailers in slime murder case

In Georgia two men are jailed after a coroner's jury decides a murder charge should be preferred in the skeleton discovery of 8 year old Joe Wolilen. Abs Smith, farm owner, and Henry Turner, a preacher, faced the murder charge after a prior fist fight with the boy weeks earlier.

Joe Wolilen Abs Smith Smill Henry ‘Tirner Turner

Hoover Awarded Safety Medal For Public Service

NEW YORK July 30 UP Herbert Hoover received the Major Surgeon Louis Livingster Seaman mogul award from the American Museum of Safety for great public service and conspicuous work in the Mississippi flood relief in 1927.

New York Missisippi Herbert Weever Louis Livingster Seaman American Museum of Safety

Social notes and visits from Seguin to San Antonio

Local residents and families are listed visiting relatives and vacationing in Seguin, Houston, Dallas, and Rockport. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Love, Mr. and Mrs. Edmunds, Gene Tobinson, the Easman family, the Mebuies, and the Browns. A Hexor County Republican club gathering is announced, and officials from Seguin, San Antonio, and Fort Sheridan are noted in various social and civic mentions.

BR. P. Wilson Ml Seguin Lave J.ay Biry Groge Ja W. Davidson Rockport Barbara Byron Dallas

Flood Displaces Families In Kansas Town

In Thats Kan on July 30 heavy rains swelled Big and Cronk rivers forcing many families to flee their homes. One third of the town was inundated while floodwaters rose to three stories in places, with only upper floors remaining above water at Kansas State Torchers College buildings.

Thats Kan Hood Big, Cronk Kansas State Torchers College

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