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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1927
Page
1
Acting Mayor Phi Wright announced new building plans after architects must redraw specs to curb bids. The excess of 48000 over the 250000 budget led to scrapping two extra stories. Contractors will bid on revised plans once redraw is completed.
Federal officials seized a Florida fruit shipment on March 16 under provisions of the pare food and drag act. The move targets an alleged unlawful sale or misbranding, with investors and estate notices referenced in the murky OCR excerpt.
A court finds Tawrenli and three others guilty in the Jose Manuel Pando murder. One will be executed, others receive long prison terms. Leonardo notes the emotion, imagining a dramatic scene of death gambling. The CSSOLINTS cabinet council plans a serial police force to regulate flying and pursue criminals using flight, signaling a future focus on aviation crime.
Closing arguments concluded in the Harry F. Sinclair contempt trial in the District of Columbia Supreme Court. After the recess, Justice William Hils addressed the jurors as deliberations began, with a verdict anticipated today.
Wesley Bradshaw sues in the Nineteenth District Court seeking 515,000 from the city and a railroad over a Baytor area bus crash. He alleges serious and incurable injuries and is represented by Bryan and Maxwell.
A bombing at the Urine home injured Mrs Urine and three children, trapping them under debris. Ygnacio, 8, died four hours later from a fractured skull. Adolfo, 21, is near death from internal injuries. The suspect, arrested within 24 hours, had married the wife of the man suspected in the bombing. Bigamy charges are filed and pending.
The defense in a Ford suit accuses Sapito of leading an international Jewish conspiracy to control agriculture and spread communism. Attorneys say Sapito exploited farmers and acted as a tool for a conspiratorial network, naming figures like Bazach Rosenwald Meyer and others while denying any Jewish-led plot.
Clarence Darrow, noted lawyer, urged replacing jails with hospitals in a speech at the West Side Unitarian church. He argued poverty causes crime and a hospital system overseen by a board would not demonize the accused, focusing on guilt or innocence.
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