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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1929
Page
3
In Rochester New York on June 13 a remarkable sight is noted as a cherry tree grows on and within an elm tree. A cherry pit dropped long ago has root grew through the elm, producing a budding cherry plant that shares the same trunk and branches as the old tree, with growth nourished by the elm’s bark and earth.
David Lloyd George was unanimously elected chairman and leader of the parliamentary Liberal Party at the first meeting of Liberal members in the new Parliament. The group convened at the National Liberal Club to discuss the parliamentary situation and the party’s stance toward the new Labor government. A lively discussion followed on the party’s future strategy.
William Doyle, a fisherman in Boston, was pushed from a wharf by a police dog as he watched harbor heats. He suffered a broken leg and a wrenched back and sues the wharf owner for 16000 in damages.
A 30-year-old mother who pleaded guilty to a prohibition law violation faces 18 months in a federal industrial prison in Alderson, West Virginia. The case arose as her husband might be freed to care for their 12 children.
Sheriff Hugh Reidy opened a probe into the slaying of Henry Virkkula a confectioner at Big Falls. The investigation seeks evidence for a congressional inquiry requested by Rep Willi Pittenger Duluth. Oscar Daly completed his independent report and said Treasury might dispatch investigators. Border patrolman EB White is jailed on second degree manslaughter and cannot post bond.
In Madison a state senate resolution praised prohibition agents for their failure to shoot anyone during a raid at the Republican diamond jubilee in Ripon Wisconsin last Saturday. The measure, introduced by Senators James A Barker and Hen Gettelman, was killed 20 to 7, noting the agents' actions as unusual.
The Pioneer Freighters plan a Saturday gathering at San Pedro Park with a barbecue prepared by expert cooks William B. Krempkau and D. A. Meadan M. Funderdunk. Judges and members, including Judge J. O. Luby and John Kennedy, arrived to oversee and join the festivities as Bandera Mountain Tidddlers play for an old-time dance.
The Philippines Governor General Davis selects Tre G. Heins of Alma Missouri as confidential secretary, promoting him from a state department clerk at 1500 to 3000 dollars yearly. Heins previously delayed moving to the post to tend in Iowa crops after notice of the appointment.
President Hoover weighs three invitations for Independence Day addresses in Philadelphia at Independence Hall, New York for a naturalization ceremony, and Asheville North Carolina for a meeting of the Southern Newspaper Publishers association. Sponsors remain hopeful as June 14 context notes.
Junior Captain EH A Kriseh of Station No 7 at South Alamo and Lsyren streets LA serves 11 years in the fire department. He is linked to jewelry real estate furniture and a quick loan ad appears in the classified section.
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