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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1929
Page
1
A garbled report recounts bitter clashes in high finance, citing Standard Oil of Indiana profits over 83 million dollars in 1923 and Eaton decline in others. It notes President Usovec summoning Congress, Henry Ford farming plans, and President Coolidge amid public interest in Cosmopolitan magazine.
Texas Republican Congressman RN. B. Creager says his party will defy Senator Brookhart, vows continued campaign funding and political cooperation with Southern Republicans and Democrats. He met with President Hoover, expressing confidence in favorable appointments for Texas and asserting no dishonest conduct.
El Paso dispatches recount a chaotic scene with reporter Lester B Sutcliffe broadcasting from a Juarez adobe during shelling as milk delivery disrupts coffee. Washington officials warn Mexico border actions threaten life and property, with talks among Hoover advisers, Kellogg, and others, as bridges and rail lines falter and rebel movements near Mazatlan unfold.
S. A. Leader Henesnd Viktareal faces controversy as a statement about mace and pants appears in Parvoon. Public reaction follows reports of concerns over vehicle care and medical services at Hels py the vetel Carers.
Developments in the Wourteenth congressional district race indicate plans to arrest indicted figures in Texas. Congressman Twecy My Ware biel and Auguelia J. McCloskey are central as the district adjusts representation. A federal grand jury at Waco targets Lim with charges tied to the corrupt penelleny act. Washington discussions hint at forceful actions in San Antonio Friday or Saturday.
Juarez mayor Gallated through the streets with bullets flying as federal General Hamos arrived to depose and arrest him for alleged rebellion. He was released from prison amid street fighting and crossed the international border to a distant city.
San Antonio and Bexar county will spend 100000 to overhaul Hobert Green hospital, jointly run by the city and county. Plans call for interior and exterior repairs, upgrading elevators and sections of equipment, with no new additions to the building. The work will be shared evenly by the city and county, and funded from existing loans. The hospital board and officials said the project aims to put the hospice in first class condition without expanding the facility.
Democrats and party leaders attended a private funeral service for Senator Whonan Wiggert in Indianapolis after his death on Wednesday. The procession and guests included notable figures and maps of the nation were present at the private services, with tributes reported by local outlets.
Washington, D.C. March 5. Judge Wendell Tiolmas is honored by associates of the Supreme Court and friends on his 88th birthday.
A government statement says Gen Antonio Villareal named chief of the garrison at Torreon after entering Mexico from the United States months ago to aid the rebellion. Also cited are Raoul Alavera and Manuel Anansi as former officials who aligned with the rebels during February's Monterey occupation.
The article forecasts improving conditions with fair weather over the weekend after a period of unsettled and windy skies. It notes a temporary gale and highs around the 80s, with caution for tomorrow’s cooler turn and a possible late-week change, citing local meteorologists.
Teased OCR report states Matias Tamas Ceneri, commander of federal troops in the United States, was denied permission to meet Brig. Gen. Moseley to discuss a warning about a rebel figure. The article implies Moseley sought access to the rebel chief but was not allowed.
A Negro woman allegedly held up a man on Mauch Pecas street and robbed him of $43 Thursday night. Police said the victim reported the attack occurred near Cunningham Garden hotel area.
Mexican rebels assault Juarez and clash with federal troops near the border. U.S. troops across the Rio Grande monitor the fight as gunfire wounds an American boy in El Paso. Seven American cars struck by bullets. initial assault fails, rebels push toward border then retake positions.
Rebel forces seized the Rio Brav hotel after heavy fighting south of the Rio Grande. Both sides suffered many wounded as the forted building served as a Federal stronghold with Blue Cross nurses tending the injured. Rebel cavalry pressed through Principal streets while Federal machine guns answered. About 2000 rebels engaged with heavy losses feared.
Rebels pressure the border as federal snipers hold positions at a mission church and near the bridge. Brigadier General Moseley and General Ramos confer after stray bullets cross into the United States while Juarez endures heavy machine gun fire and chaotic street fighting.
Heavy gunfire fills Juarez as rebel sections clash with federal units. Snipers and machine guns fire on Commercial Street and Sixteenth of September as federal forces retreat under intense assault. Casualties mount among the combatants in the pivotal port entry breach.
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