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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1929
Page
7
Moscow reports that after the decision to admit 10 more women to regular service, summer training camps for girls will continue. The workers defend khaki attire and rugged drills as equal to male military arts, with young Communist girls favoring khaki jackets and brown belts while shunning feminine clubs.
Captain Charles Kingsford Smith and the Southern Cross landed at Derby after a nonstop flight from Sydney. They reported perfect flying weather despite extreme cold and planned an England flight that previously ended with a forced landing near Port George.
London reports Ambassador Dawes will forgo knee breeches and patent leather shoes with silver buckles for a Queen Mary audience. Former ambassadors Harvey and Houghton wore them, drawing comment. Dawes adheres to modern formal attire despite prior court traditions. Dawes to receive Doctor of Coven Laws from All Souls College Oxford in a noon investiture at the Sheldonian Theatre.
In New Orleans on June 2 the Gan alitational Teague of Tamisiana led by John MM Parker urged men and women to back the league declaration of principles to combat alleged bankruptcy of the treasury and public morals. The statement condemns Governor Huey and claims demoralization in administrative departments and vows to restore order and justice.
Universal Service Gary Indiana June 26 Fost Th Jones Dallas Texas aviator faced a 10 to 26 year prison sentence after conviction in Lake Criminal court today on a charge of holding up Glen Park State Bank March 20. Jones will be sentenced July 2 by Judge Smith under Indiana robbery law. His attorneys said they would likely appeal. The holdup netted 7100 with which Jones and two confederates escaped. He was shot by a teller and later captured by police.
Allegheny county voters rejected the metropolitan charter proposal in a special election. The plan would have joined the county with Pittsburgh city and expanded city boundaries, but fell short of the constitutionally required two thirds majority across about 1426 precincts.
The Albertina Rasch ballet company performs this week at the Texas theater with Misa Gertrude Gilpin, niece of Capt. Charles G. Dobbins, linked to the local finance department, in the corps area program.
London June 20 Queen Mary car broke down near Oxford Street. C A Harrison offered his car to the queen and her aide. Harrison drove Her Majesty to Buckingham Palace as a crowd gathered. The queen thanked him for the unexpected assistance.
A writ of error petition was filed in the state court today seeking release for Scarface Al Capone the Chicago gangster held in Holmesburg County Jail serving a one year term for carrying a loaded pistol.
AUSTIN June 20 Meyers convicted in Dallas county for robbery of N I Howard manager of a chain store and appears near 09 years in the penitentiary was granted a new trial by the Court of Criminal Appeals today.
June 20 report notes Major J. Waddy Tate asking why the city will cast ballots for policemen in blue shirts and black ties as other entrants appear in uniform. The item reflects the local election mood and the city’s policing image.
A sentence from Houston reports that a Negro man about thirty attacked an 18 year old married woman in her car last night but she escaped. Separate item notes Mineral Wells hotel construction with cost over 1.5 million dollars, to open in September, announced by T B Baker of Baker Hotel Corporation.
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