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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1929
Page
1
Local publishers prepare a community orientated feature titled Paria a Suburb. The notice credits Arthur Brisbané 1928 and King Veaturer rn. with the writing and technical details for the edition.
The passage recounts Niagara Falls roaring while a president's era debates farm relief and transport progress. It notes a radio event honoring Edison era invention and mentions public figures like Boone of General Electric and Willebrandt. It covers aviation milestones, Transcontinental plans, and a wave of economic concerns for farmers and newspaper magnates.
Paris braces for a huge homecoming as the Yellow Bird crew are delayed and a massive parade is planned at Le Bourget to honor Jean Assolant Rene La Frere Armena Lotti and Arthur Schreiber with crowds eager to greet the aviators. Spanish aid shipments arrive to repair the Yellow Bird as the city awaits the dawn salute.
A Chicago beer magnate, captured and jailed at Holmesburg, reportedly offered 950 000 or more to win his release. Major TB and city safety director Reholeld Aiseloned note ongoing efforts to secure the man’s freedom amid a stalled appeal and public outcry.
Cuero June 15 with a gain of 43 pounds in 24 days the pig owned by Wandenw Coppedge leads the Sela In tha pig clubs recently organized by County Agent J. A. Giyalt over the county. Members of the Maye 4-H clubs report gains of 3.74 pounds daily for 27 days and Alvin inde reports 4.57 pounds daily for his pig. Seventy five boys are engaged in the work and are enthusiastic.
Verne Miller deputy administrator of prohibition says complaints charging nuisances were issued against Shallowland and Chicken Plantation. Prosecution will go to US Attorney John Hyzsman and then Judge Duval Went if justified. Earlier raids found small liquor traces but no sales. Shadowland and Chicken Plantation had been padlocked previously and reopened.
Alfred Lanne, 22, surrendered to police in Pont Huron Michigan and confessed choking his 17 year old sweetheart Deatrice Free with a lump cord last Wednesday. He said he strangled her after she broke their engagement and told him she intended to marry someone else.
Foreign governments paid the United States 80,109,385 dollars today through the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, with slightly over one million in cash and the rest in 9-1/2 percent Treasury notes.
Carewa obtained a wedding license to remarry his divorced wife Miss Mary Aiken Carawe. The ceremony would be at Miss Aiken's home in Highland Park with Mrs WW Gibeon as host. Miss Aiken is expected to arrive tomorrow from Kansas, but the exact date was not released.
President Hoorer signed the farm relief bill creating a revolving fund of 1.5 billion dollars to stabilize agriculture and requested immediate availability of 150 million to launch the plan. The signing followed a protracted clash with Congress during a spring session. Julius Barnes is named as a leading candidate for the commission chairman with others from Congress and the agriculture agencies.
Mrs Myrtle Wood of Long Beach California was found dead by choking with a bullet wound in the head near Dagunn beach. John McClure, a Long Beach real estate dealer and her former companion, later shot and wounded, was detained for questioning. A second man search near Emerald day Laguna Beach is noted. a housekeeper card tied McClure to Dr O H Dalmon.
Five year old Ernest Centeno, son of Mrs. BR C Centeno, was killed Saturday night after running into the street and being crushed between two automobiles on West Commerce Street near the 2800 block. Police report he ran in front of a car and was caught between bumpers, dying almost instantly.
In New York City, three bank officials face charges after a documented inquiry into a City Trust campaign looting of about $7 million. Anthony di Pacis, cashier. Louis Thrormina. and George Zaniti, Atlantic Avenue branch vice presidents, were jailed. defense attorney James Cropser stated they will respond to the indictment filed by Commissioner Robert Morea.
McKenzie faces execution in the electric chair at the state penitentiary in Huntsville for the murder of Chief of Detectives Burn Street in San Antonio two years ago. Governor Moody, who has granted three reprieves since March 23, weighs whether to commute to life imprisonment as Major Chambers says a decision by Monday is likely.
Kansas City, Mo June 18 In a domestic quarrel over a Shetland pony at their Anglowe home near here Evelyn Helms 29 shot and killed her husband Frank J Helms 45 as they retired after an argument about the pony. The couple had been engaged in a feud over the pony for some time.
A woman outside the country clerk's office complains the new marriage license costs are exorbitant. She appeals to Mayor Chambers, insisting on relief from the high fee as Dan Cupid’s business draws scrutiny.
Bexar voters will be called on July 25 to decide a property tax increase of 10 cents per $100 for a Robert T. Green hospital maintenance fund. County commissioners approved the measure Saturday. If approved, $100,000 to $170,000 will be secured. The bill, signed by Dan Moody, requires a special act and governor approval, with notices posted in 123 precincts for 30 days.
Weather report by Jarboe from the U S weather bureau forecasts high temperatures reaching about 95 degrees in San Antonio this weekend. Saturday night and Sunday look partly cloudy with a 95 degree Sunday afternoon peak. Winds expected southerly. East Texas fair with West Texas possible showers.
War department officials concluded after an investigation into Tennnessen national guardsmen on strike duty around Elizabethen mills that issues regarding feroral uniforms and enlistment were addressed. Governor of Tennessee received notice of the findings as labor leaders had complained about the matter.
Hollywood report states Beth Slip Fairbanks former wife of Douglas Fairbanks Sr and Jack Whiting a 26 year old New York stage juvenile plan to wed in New York within weeks. It notes Fairbanks Te recently married Joan Crawford in New York two weeks ago.
Police in Columbus continued efforts to identify the assassin of Alisa Theora This a 28 year old OSU medical student whose body was found near a roadside. Professors Snook and Myers, linked to the case, faced charges and police seized gloves, a hammer, pins and a knife from their homes as bloodstain tests were ordered. Snook and Myers admitted past acquaintance with Miss This and about dating her, while denying involvement in her murder.
Private Charles A. Gray of Eleventh School group Brooksfield was shot in the abdomen on North Flores Street Friday night and is in critical condition at the Brooksfield hospital after initial treatment at Robert B. Green. Police are pursuing a suspect living nearby. Gray was later moved to the military hospital where officials report a through the abdomen wound from a 22 caliber bullet.
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