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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1929
Page
20
Arthur Brisbane sifts through proposed mass spending on farming reform and social programs. The piece critiques efficiency, distribution, and the use of funds, highlighting fears of reorganization on industrial lines and the lure of rental farming tools. It notes temperance, labor discipline, and moral concerns amid economic questions.
A Southwest Texas political pact links M’Kenzie’s insanity plea hearing in San Antonio with a planned highway from Orange to Paso and a strategy by San Antonio and Houston officials to pool influence. Delegates will confer with Mayor Chambers in Houston on a cross‑state road project and political leverage.
Kansas City report details a man named Culberhouse discovering an intruding spider in his shoe at work. He felt pain and the creature was said to have bitten him, with authorities or witnesses noting the unusual turn of events.
Washington action by Mrs Herbert Cloggar and Merequi DePriest wife of a Chicago congressman provokes Senate upheaval as South Carolina Democrat Senator Meneu sponsors a resolution urging White House occupants to act as parents. Florida House also adopts a resolution criticizing perceived social policing of administration to entertain white guests at the White House.
A Lake Worth casino suffered a large fire destroying the merry go round and the bluebeard’s castle with no fatalities. A gorilla exhibit died during the blaze and a ferris wheel collapsed injuring several people in a single overloaded car. officials say the cause is undetermined.
Tallatoosa Georgia July 17 Prohibition enforcement agents halted a speeding automobile but the driver refused to stop. An officer who inspected the vehicle found no liquor and no criminal motives. the incident escalated with a deadly confrontation as a state officer shot the autoist. The case adds to ongoing enforcement tensions in the region.
In Wartington D.C. on time, the House passed 9 Hill in ape Propriata 1.6 million of the 1606, 00,000 authorized for the federal farm board by the term relisted under president WWoacer.
John J. Chester, county prosecutor, said he would pursue a first degree murder charge against Dy. damon EH. Snook, a university professor, in connection with the slaying. He indicated witnesses would be questioned and that he would control all announcements as the inquiry proceeds.
ALHNICO CITY June 17 More than 100 religious rebels were slain in an uprising clash with federal forces at Vale canon de Colima Colima state according to military dispatches reaching here today General Fatlogio Ortiz said he had wiped out the last considerable element of the rebels active in central Mexico in his report
A new export debenture plan was introduced today as an amendment to the tariff bill in Hiepenotn by Senator Norris of Nebraska. The proposal aims to support and promote United States exports through government debentures.
A devastating earthquake in northern New Zealand causes multiple deaths and missing workers. Four men are reported killed by a collapsed industrial site near the Weathad river, with additional casualties at Fall Mock Cement works and two more missing in the Weat land district.
In Okt, a kerosene stove explosion at a family home killed two children named in the local report. The incident occurred at the Bowie residence and the victims were burned in a fatal blaze that followed the blast.
Dramatic state legal fight surrounds McKenzie, a death row youth, after Governor Moody declines further delay. San Antonio officials set June 24 for a new court hearing. appeals pursue reprieve while authorities prepare for potential execution. McKenzie remains calm amid the crisis as supporters seek clemency via ongoing petitions and court action.
Defense asserts Pete McKenzie suffered a brain-pressing injury after a fall and that this injury supports an insanity defense. Photo attached shows the alleged impact on McKenzie's brain as part of the argument.
Mayor Chambers announces an impending end to remitting traffic fines in a move aimed at fairness, with exceptions for strangers. He will also review remittance for other offenses and says appeals may rise to higher courts. Meanwhile McKenzie death-row appeals loom as Gov Moody declines commutation.
Reported but with garbled OCR details, an Austin court order released John M. McKenzie from imminent execution and sent him to San Antonio for a fresh trial after a bid claiming insanity. The motion, supported by Julie McCrees and attorney affidavits, sought to stay the electric chair.
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