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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1929
Page
1
Arthur Brisbane analyzes the debate over the farm relief debenture plan and U.S. finance strategy amid Hoover era rhetoric. He questions exporting middlemen profits, farmer bonuses, and national borrowing, arguing the program shifts wealth and risks toward government bonds while preserving existing resources. The piece critiques banker reactions and calls for broader national development.
In May New York and Mexico a group tied to former Mexican rebel paymaster Ateca and associates was arrested in a hotel in a border town with $370,000 in cash. They faced charges of conspiracy to finance arms smuggling into Mexico to arm rebels and looting Mexican banks. The four men include Ateca, Jonrez, Antopio Comex Magiery, and W I Preyer, a former U S attorney, all wanted in Kansas City for export violations. A separate raid on a police tomb squad netted $77,000 in cash and a leather bag of weeklies and clothes, tied to a plot.
Lieut TS G We Seble, nephew of Mes Solin FF domes oil Mrs He fe Larkin of San Antonio, and Mrs Jougph Settle, formerly of the city, were among four officers elected to represent the United States Navy in the national elimination finale in Pittsburgh for hot air ballooning. He belongs to the 1027 racing team and holds over 2200 hours in lighter-than-air craft. A veteran balloon racer.
Suffragist leader Allan Pilaaheth Murrop faces federal charges of defrauding a port authority. The case arose after a recent protest in Ana Francieco and involves allegations of malvolent payments and improper accounting.
A former U S president discusses why he blocked a proposed nomination in 1928. He cites the heavy burden of office, health concerns, and the long held custom against a third term. He asserts the presidency should avoid self interest and urges retirement to serve the country through other dignified roles.
Fragmentary text shows a speaker affirming hard work and desire to serve the country again as a citizen. The note hints at a continuation on page 2 column dt, with damaged lines about belief, idleness, and public statements.
An officer named Arthur Sinclair faced a squirrel incident at the police station on Saturday night. Responding to a resident’s call, Sinclair was bitten four times during the encounter near 1618 West Agazines street, according to the unclear report from Mrs. M Kahin.
Marion Ohio May 4 Mia Stella Mae Jolizon a county jail prisoner who shot and killed her husband while he slept April 2 hanged herself in her cell today She was awaiting grand jury action on a murder charge Using a blanket she hanged herself in her cell
May 4 report says Graf Zeppelin will launch from the Statue of Liberty on an around the world flight. The voyage aims to set speed records, cover about 25 000 miles with stops at Friedrichshafen Tokio and Los Angeles, and return to New York. Key figures include Eckener Lehmann and Rosendahl aboard with Hearst reporters aboard.
William Randolph Hearst fires back after the Kansas City Star protested an apparent reprint of his Hoover speech editorial. Hearst asserts he provided a copy to the Star and that his papers withheld publication to let the Star have first publication. He accuses the Star of lacking credit and notes the Star’s editorials are its own.
Nationwide reaction to a temperance plan is shown in a Windsor McCay cartoon for a Hearst prize contest. Entries totaled about 70,002 with a Durant 25,000 contest drawing 24,240 submissions. The aim was to study enforceable temperance conditions for state and federal authorities, reducing crime and vice while avoiding constitutional objections. Continued on Page 11.
A man, 28, identified as Dotn I Harper was killed Saturday night near his estranged wife Mrs. Yinn Harper's home at 115 Belmont Street. The shooter, Miss Du Menil’s brother, was held on a city charge. Harper had threatened the wife and entered the yard firing five shots through a screen door. Police report buckshot hit Harper in the chest and legs.
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