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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1928
Page
1
Disjointed notes report the star Nova Pictoria splitting in two and reflect stock market chatter as Wall Street hits a record for shares traded while GM dips. References to Obregon, pulque, and editors hint at broader political and cultural concerns of the era.
Fragmentary OCR weather notes describe tonight and Thursday with variable winds and temperatures around a degree. Forecast mentions partly cloudy to cloudy conditions, colder in some areas, and stronger winds in western and northern portions. The garbled text implies a regional forecast with typical town names and days.
Sacramento reports say a forest rise swept Knight's Landing levee, flooding 3 percent of Yolo County farmland and displacing numerous homes. Feather River flood caused levee breaks near Marysville, washing away two miles of Nicalaua causeway and inundating 2,000 acres with tens of feet of water.
Cold weather today checked the ice jam on the Pemigewasset river in New Hampshire threatening a repeat of the November flood. Fatalities were reported at Gorham as two men drowned while rigging an ice jam to protect a bridge, a sudden breakout swept them away.
TASH Switzerland March 28. Dr Suhny, president of the International Red Cross, is dead here. During the war he directed arrangements for prisoner exchange and the care of the wounded in various Armies.
Tipton county grand jurors prepare to hear testimony from Hamer, who alleges a Texas Bankers Association reward scheme has spawned a murder ring. He claims the ring lures men to their deaths for reward payouts, and plans to travel to Upton County tonight to provide details.
Dispatch reports two men named Marin Minox and Tose Wehilux Wilehis were executed by a Mexican court martial in a Leon cemetery for aiding insurgents. Thirty-one others, including four women, faced charges related to sending sanctions and weapons.
A garbled early morning note reports a Lindbergh flight toward New York City with timing around ten o clock, mentioning Cal Clarlen Avdiladherale and a route to Gotham.
The first wireless telephone service between Paris and New York, inaugurated today, was praised as a marvelous screen by Minister of Commerce Bak inowski and Gen. John J. Pershing who used it. Pershing said he did not miss a word and likened it to talking with someone in the same room.
Bollywood report notes Alice White film stunt flier and Richard Gence, film actress and stunt flirt, connected with Virki National alutios for years. They met months ago and Miss White now wears an engagement ring. Date of wedding is not yet announced.
Bennett and Balchen fly the large Ford monoplane that Commander Byrd will use on his South Pole expedition from Went Airport toward St Paul with a planned stop at Pas, Manitoba, as part of a training and testing run.
Mexico and the United States reached a settlement over oil laws after a conference attended by Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow President Calles and Morones. The new regulations confirm pre 1917 titles and guarantee perpetual validity, ending a decade of tensions over foreign rights in Mexican oil properties.
In San Angelo, testimony closed in the Byrnes murder trial of Flord Newton Byrnes after the defense rested with a single witness, Curt Bussny, who had testified for the state. Judge Sutton prepared jury instructions as closing arguments were anticipated. The case involves the February 14 deaths of Myrna Juergens and her mother and grandmother, with Byrnes alleged to have confessed to authorities.
Peruvian officials confirm a wreckage with insignia CPR 4 found near Ayacucho may belong to Charles Lia Redfern. Local reports suggest the plane could be tied to an attempted flight from Brunswick, Ga to Rio de Janeiro. Some observers theorize the craft belonged to a Brazilian scientific expedition recently noted in press.
Mrs Bu L Terrell and Hunt Wenl, Wing W Th Thue, appeared Wednesday in a habeas corpus hearing before Judge Wo Anderson in Whirty-seventh District Court. They were bonded $1000 each while the murder inquiry into the death of Mrs Dereerlt mt hia wife on Trackenridge avenue three weeks ago continues.
A fragmentary report from Magyarocating indicates Alexander of Yugoslavia is believed to be ill with insomnia and melancholia, suggesting he may be in a weakened state. The notice is sparse on details and date references March 08-0P.
Police grill a suspect matching a description from Karolkin’s murder as four county officers rush to intercept a freight train believed heading toward Austin. The slain store owner Karolkin was found with a bloody scene, while officers race to track the fleeing assailant through Dekel street and Welmore crossing.
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