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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1928
Page
1
Arthur Brisbane writes that a Houston tuning up by Kahn signals a broader shift in funds and bravery, noting the France money and Swedish flyer as context for an impending change in markets and strategy.
The article discusses stabilizing the franc, warning of continued devaluation of silver coins and the cost of the war era. It cites leaders like Poincaré and Necker as models, notes public concern about monetary disorder, and mentions Italian and Swedish references alongside political debate on prohibition and state police powers. It also briefly alludes to a rescue by an aviator and a stock market lesson.
Byron Price reports on Smith of New York facing Southern opposition at the Democratic National Convention. Delegates clash over a dry plank and strict constitutional enforcement while preconvention rancor lingers. The opening session adjourned after preliminaries with votes to come on platforms and candidates.
The Houston gathering on June 26 faced a hot scene with a humid, muggy air. Forecaster notes show temperatures around 87 degrees by 1 am, slowly rising toward the prior night’s high, with a late cooling but no relief in sight. A convention crowd endured the heat as traders offered a subdued market with little need for trinkets.
Cloudy Wednesday with little change in temperature. Overnight low near 74 Fahrenheit and warm back to mid 80s Wednesday. Northerly winds in the northwest with possible showers in northern portions. southerly winds along the coast. Temperatures rise modestly with warmer, partly cloudy conditions expected.
A garbled Houston dispatch reports presidential candidate activity with Democratic and Republican figures at hotel headquarters. Names include Brownsville, San Antonio, Seguin, and Prattish figures like Nelle and Nolte as factions maneuver for support. Aks about Al Smith and Kansas City weeklies hint at party division.
Freeing of Mrs. Haxel Glob, 20, and Miss Bethyl Kaher, 17, both from Oklahoma City, follows their detention since Wednesday on murder charges after a shooting at a wealthy Chicago druggist. The motion cited insufficient evidence.
Mrs Knapp of New York has filed notice of appeal from a conviction on grand theft charges. The case involves alleged fraud tied to a secretary of state position and references organization names and a prior court outcome.
WASINGTON June 26 Robert W. Stewart, arraigned in the District of Columbia Scheme carried charges of perjury today, pleaded not guilty and his trial was set for Oct. 8.
The Night Publishing payroll cashier Th. W. Farmer was robbed near The Light Office by a masked trio who fled in a blue Chevrolet after taking $6,736.68 in cash and about $2,000 in payroll checks. Farmer resisted, was threatened, and pursued by the bandits through East Travis Street, with bystanders watching as the car sped away toward Broadway.
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