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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1928
Page
1
A long excerpt discusses wartime resolve, unemployment, and the call to abolish involuntary idleness. It surveys reactions to Senator Wagner’s stance, notes political rhetoric in economic policy, and hints at a broader memorials theme with fragmented epitaphs and figures across nations, ending with a continuation note.
Indiana Harbor March 7 attorneys plan to appeal to the British consul in Chicago for George Allen Chisholm, who confessed to killing his two sons and sinking them in an industrial canal. They seek alienist examination arguing shell wartime injuries affected his mind. Lake County grand jury was to meet to consider murder indictments.
P. J. Vernon, 35, a special agent for the Southern Pacific railway, was shot in the neck while attempting to capture three African Americans in Yoakum early Wednesday. He fired five times as the assailants fled, carrying a 300 pound corn sack. Police found corn and sacks of Hur near a bar ear in the railway yards. Vernon had moved to Yoakum with his wife from this city last September. no arrests have been made.
Jesse Jones applies for a permit to erect a 38 story history office building on a Main street site between two hotels in Houston. The project price is listed at 1,000,000 dollars and the structure is planned to be completed by a target date in 1920.
A visiting evangelist from Aniania unveils a patent for a motor claimed to generate energy many times the input from an electric battery. The inventor, identified as a Jesuit missionary, asserts the device taps universal energy and could transform power generation in future applications.
A Houston project to grade and finalize the auditorium will be completed tonight. The work supports a Democratic national convention event in the city, with crews finalizing the hall and related facilities ahead of scheduled activities.
A report from Douglas Taidhor of 100 Waterlow Avenue Welty claims money was lost downtown on Tuesday night. Police notes indicate a theft or misplacement of cash with no further details available.
Chicago on March 7. The Girls' Club proposes a 53 million clubhouse and hotel for working women with privacy nooks on every floor to entertain boyfriends. Miss Julia Deal, club president, says soundproof rooms and study spaces are part of the plan, building set to begin in May.
Judging concluded on 2000 head of championship stock at the first International Exposition and Tire Stock Show in San Antonio and South Gexag day. Hundreds of prizes were awarded for cattle goats sheep and horses. Notable figures P. Tawni Jr John C. Bur Southwestern manager Hugh Van Delt A I Ward Jorisdate P O Lanicom and other livestock experts attended as judges. TEPPERT AUCTIONEER featured an American Hereford association sale of breeding Herefords and calves. A review of the horse show highlighted entries from Ve Swift de and others as well as the turnout for King Mo the famed stallion.
An ordinance calling on election no vote m new bond issue up to 400000 will be acted upon by the city commission a week from next Monday Mayor Chambers announced. The election follows a report by the committee of twenty headed by Sam C Bell on bond funds and needs. The committee should be ready next Wednesday after hearings at the municipal auditorium. Thirty days must elapse after the call before the election under the city charter.
In Lemborg today, anti Semitic clashes erupted as riot police struggled to quell unrest. Reports describe serious injuries and 100 supporters reportedly set afire. Soviet and international observers monitor the turmoil from nearby capitals.
The Supreme Court's ruling Wednesday affirmed gasoline taxed at 3 cents for fuel bought by flying fields and army camps in Boa Antonio. The government’s attempt to exempt itself from the tax failed, as noted in an Associated Press dispatch.
Tulsa Oklahoma In clear report Harry Stogers of San Antonio Texas banker and oil man and former president of Rotary International was elected president of the Tulsa National Bank to succeed James J McGraw who died in Hot Springs Arkansas Saturday.
In a bold air move, French aviators Dieudenay Coatea and Tatu took off from Abe Hook Springs Mirbord toward Ban Feanelece on a nonstop leg. ROUK SPRINGH reports from ROUK SPRINGH, Wyoming, as the crew aims for Frisco with Captain score and crew details unavailable.
City officials face overcrowding in the jail after a drive to clean up crime as Gire and Police Commissioner Phil Wright announce work programs for arrestees in street and park departments. New chain gangs to perform street and park duties under guard, with curfew enforcement boosting arrests. Probing prowlers, a Mexican suspect nabbed and two more men spotted. one jailed after patrols intercepted criminals amid heightened public-safety measures.
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