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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1929
Page
1
A mosaic of garbled 1920s clippings mentions Bepater Borah battling tariff schemes affecting hundreds of millions, stowaway plots, a New Zealand earthquake near New Zealand, Japan volcano activity, and various U S figures. Reports of a Tony Parrett hit, Billy Sunday, Grady Phillips, and professors urging aristocratic values appear amid chaotic notes on aviation and advertising.
Fragmented OCR text describes a weather forecast for Texas with mention of Maalanin temperature near 04 and winds from the south. It also references cloudy conditions in the northwest and partly cloudy to clear skies in the west and north portions tonight.
The Texas A and M legislature rebukes President Hoover over a controversial dinner with a Negro congressman and his wife, amid party fealty disputes and Civil War sentiment. Rep Reno Liskenrodt, Seguin, is noted as the only Republican in the Texas House. The debate centers on condemnation of Northern and Southern Democratic alignments and the lasting stain of Civil War loyalties.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy in charge of aviation B L Kabacke visited Kelly Field for about an hour Tuesday while en route from Washington to the West Coast for an inspection. He was accompanied by other naval officers. The secretary traveled in a trimotored Ford transport plane, landed at Kelly Field at 11 oclock, refueled, then departed for El Paso.
Fraidrichsian Germany reports that the Virigible is scheduled to start for America with 18-UI-Passengers aboard for the trans Atlantic voyage aboard the Crue 4eppela. Takehurst Ford notes July 1 as the planned departure, seven days after landing in the United States. The projected global course will head east from Mrnchsichyhafen to Tokio then San Francisco.
President Hoover signed the census and reapportionment bill to provide for a regular biennial population count and a plan for reapportionment of the house of representatives. It marks the first reapportionment since 1910.
President Hoover stated today that the United States will not sign the reparations plan recently agreed by the experts conference at Daria. He urged careful study and declined immediate acceptance, signaling ongoing debate over postwar financial settlements and foreign policy.
Jamin Wythe of Blymiry Ohio dies aboard the United States warship Pittsburgh from a sudden illness while on duty. The casualty is noted as a seaman aboard the vessel with officers reporting the fatal event occurred during active service.
A fragmentary report narrates Lt Griffith pursuing a Kelly Field trainer flight to Seattle and Tucson. The significant cross country training flight began Tuesday at 2 40 am with five refueling stops and no federal permit required.
The White House issued a formal statement by President Hoover deploring the wave of prohibition killings. He urged border state citizens to assist law officers in the crackdown on bootleggers and rum runners.
Snow blanketed parts of California including Truckee and Lake Tahoe area on Sunday, reaching four inches in places. Weather map shows a sharp contrast with sweltering Midwestern heat as a cold front drives snow and rough conditions across the region.
In Galveston on June 32 CA Robert J Crowe of LaGrange Kentucky representing the Great Council of the United States and R B Thompkins of Hempstead representing the state order spoke at the annual convention of the Red Men of Texas.
Fort Worth, June 18 WP A Walker Construction employee Olnn Perkins 24 was killed yesterday afternoon at the Southeast Riverside sewage disposal plant. He was inside a large covered tank when he became entangled in live wires and reportedly electrocuted. Attempts to extricate him led to a fall to the tank bottom, fracturing his skull.
Houston city and Harris county officials joined San Antonio leaders in Galveston to discuss a plan linking Alpine City and Tascu City to secure greater South Texas improvements. The Non political conference, led by Phil Wright, focused on scenic beautification of the Old Parish Trail and a major road project, with no definitive pledge on gubernatorial support.
A tentative accord between the City administration led by Mayor Chambers and the Seutia Antonia board of education emerged as a compromise is sought on a 4.25 million dollar school bond. Chambers said 3.0 million may suffice, but he remains open to a middle ground and to inviting the board to meet this afternoon to finalize a plan.
A report details the death of six, including Sr. Janes H. Snook of the faculty, discovered at a rifle range. Authorities conduct a quiet death probe as investigators seek motive and suspects.
Federal officials opened an investigation into the Theora Bix slaying in Columbus as Assistant U S Attorney Bartels announced a probe into whether narcotics involvement formed a backdrop. Reports linked Miss Lis to a traffic accident with Dr. James I Snook, a former university professor, while Lt. Walter Grahame of the detective bureau said such drug links were not confirmed.
Dramatic scenes build as John B. McKenzie known as Pets Villman awaits transfer to San Antonio for a forthcoming Ninety fourth District court sanity hearing. District Attorney Lemar Liggison, away at a Lions club event, relies on First Assistant Walter Tyner to push the case with alienists and pardons board help.
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