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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1925
Page
1
Arthur Brisbane reports Inge’s views after a three week stay. He calls America the happiest country, notes vast automobile wealth, and discusses Ford’s independence from financiers. The piece weaves in labor, price fixing, and a critique of big business, while touching on race, prejudice, and evolving social norms.
The Duke of Rutland, father of Lady Diana Spencer, died in England on May 6 from a heart attack. The death announced by Universal Service notes the former noble’s passing and attributes it to a fatal heart attack.
Sonny Porter, 11, who lives with Mr. and Mrs. A Porter at 211 Paschal Street, frightened off a burglar at his home after the intruder tried a door key. Porter's bold shout drew neighbors who found the thief fled, with a sandwich missing from the scene.
A violent tornado ripped through Stinson Field and the South Loop district on Friday night, uprooting trees and destroying or badly damaging 13 airplanes and several buildings. The storm dumped heavy rainfall across Texas, with San Antonio recording 0.63 inches and scattered outlying areas reporting up to an inch or more. Brownsville saw no rain. The event caused widespread alarm, power outages, and wind damage across the city as crews assess the wreckage and begin rebuilding efforts.
Dr Jeremiah Rhodes school superintendent whose term ends June 1 denies being approached about a mayoral bid and says Mayor Tobin should stay in office for the city building program He previously denied candidacy before the latest school board election and says rumors of secret support are simply unfounded
Police investigate the disappearance of Robert Harris of Dallas who was last seen April 28 at the Arthur Hotel in Los Angeles. Bourland, a hotel official, reports Harris registered April 28 with substantial baggage and was described as quiet and eager to leave by evenings. Harris left behind suitcases and a wardrobe worth several hundred dollars.
Miss Glenn Wilson of 522 Webball Street saved Henry Bowmum a World War veteran from danger Saturday when his bottle of passor prompted him to drink dangerously. He was rushed to Robert Green V Hospital by detectives Bartholomac and Norton, while another veteran Mr Rowmann seeks health at the Veterans Bureau Hospital.
Albert Davis, 40, a Dallas restaurant owner, shot and killed 19 year old Mrs. Virginia Peak and then killed himself in a rooming house. Jealousy was cited as the motive. Peak, from Greenville, was packing to move to a friend's home when shot. Davis, born in Wales, was described by police as the killer.
Several Americans are marooned in Mexico after the footbridge over the Rio Grande at Del Rio collapsed Friday night. Floodwaters from upstream tributaries swept through the partly washed-out structure, leaving the temporary span unusable and trapping travelers in Villa Acuña. no lives were lost.
In Beaumont, about two hundred residents attended a breakfast for Governor Miriam A. Ferguson at Hotel Beaumont. The event kicked off the Neches River bridge opening, with Ferguson quailing a ribbon and releasing banners at the Beaumont end. The governor arrived from Orange.
Francis John Las celles, half brother of the Earl of Harewood, was found dead at his Romsey home in England. The body lay with a pistol beside it. The Earl of Racewood is the father in law of Princess Mary.
In Dallas last night two houses were entered but burglars obtained little value. The neighborhoods saw extensive ransacking from top to bottom, yet the overall loot was small and the risks high for the intruders.
Detectives Ruhnke and Carver say a confessed youth from a trio of Mexican youths links to a citywide theft ring. He admitted participating in the Gerlach men’s store burglary at 112 Travis Street with goods valued at 1300 stolen. Two other youths implicated him and remain jailed on vagrancy and minor charges. Officers pursue a warehouse fence theory, hoping to uncover wholesale loot and actions called Tencos.
Detectives wrested a gun from a former disabled veteran at the Veterans' Bureau office on Saturday amid fears of an assassination plot. The man, seeking to meet Charles I. Gordon, caused a tense confrontation before police arrived. He later claimed a prior hospital release for tuberculosis and hip injury.
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