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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1928
Page
4
In Budapest Bungars on May 2 an American Negro dancer Josephine Baker faced a disruptive audience as chemical bombs were thrown during her debut. The performer persisted with her program, receiving hearty applause amid the disturbance attended by the French minister and other diplomats.
Mrs Kale Sims hosts over the weekend with Miss Vivian Cur rail of Dilley and many visitors including Mr P A Bless family, Harry Dancey, Hazel Gerdes, and Julius Rogers. Mrs Charles Sunny Blevins returned from New Haven and New York while Herman Fleischer attended a sales convention. Numerous residents from Millette, Beeville, Rocksprings, and surrounding towns visit San Antonio. meetings, hotel guests, and club events highlighted a bustling social week with travels to Eagle Pass and Laredo.
Charles Parker, superintendent of schools at Dilley and citrus expert, spoke on The Citrus Industry in the United States during a Lions club luncheon at the Menger hotel. The Brockenlige senior school quartet performed a cycle of songs after a Belton music meet prize.
Ike Robertson, frightened by a snake at an exhibition, was struck by a car as it rushed from a garage into the street. He was hospitalized with injuries but was reported recovering today.
Mayor C. M. Chambers, facing a city commission clash, arranged a marble desk gavel with a felt base to avoid damage. The invention lets him strike freely without harming the desk or himself, keeping order during meetings.
New York May 2 1922 Margaret Copper smith a 60 year old scrubwoman announced she had saved eleven thousand dollars from twenty dollar and ten dollar bills over 22 years. She carried the bundle to a hospital where she was treated for sciation and found she had the money hidden in the package. She had been indigent before the discovery and now her savings shone as a remarkable contrast to her past poverty.
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