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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1925
Page
7
Al Henley and Jimmy Conrad, longtime aviators famed for daring exhibitions, have launched a new firm with a global trade reach. Henley, a veteran Army aviator and instructor, and Conrad, a battle hardened flyer honored by the Russian czar, outline a venture built on expert aerial feats and international scope.
Time passed, the war ended and he was sent to Kelly Field. Since being stationed there he became known in the Southwest as the most daring and successful parachute jumper. He holds the altitude record for a parachute leap from an airplane. Recently, Benley and Conrad received their discharge and decided to enter the aging business for themselves.
In Westminster Maryland on May 12 the Carroll county circuit court sustained an editor’s right to refuse disclosing the true name of the anonymous letter writer published in the Baltimore Evening Sun. Editor Hamilton Owens was summoned to the grand jury to reveal the writer, but cited the 1896 act shielding editors and reporters from sources. The court ruled the letter was not news.
Two members of the United States Chamber of Commerce will lead the fall trade session program from August 3 to 14. R M Hudson and Alvin E Dodd will each deliver two or more addresses during the season under the San Antonio chamber of commerce trade extension department.
In Lockhart Texas on May 12 several notable oil well completions and acreage deals were announced. Grayburg No 2 produced 400 barrels. Humble No 1 produced 500 barrels at shallow depth. Beaty Beaty Beaty well flowed 100 barrels. Riddle No 1 casing underway. Brownlee company hit a 300 barrel producer in Beaty lease. Kirby Petroleum sold a 140 acre Pablo Martinez lease for 48000 to Eighteen Petroleum. Mid Kansas bought 200 acre James George lease for 10000. KK Hughes acquired 60 acre Gideon Pace lease for 9000. Royalty on 200 acres Pablo Martinez sold to C Upchurch.
At a National Association Against the Prohibition Amendment meeting in Washington on May 12 Representative Hill of Marsland and Captain W H Star ton attacked the Volstead Act. They claimed ministers influence rural voters to support prohibition and accused the Anti-Saloon League of betraying the people. Mrs George Barnett argued the act increased drinking and crime among youth and urged repeal while opposing a return to saloons.
Lieutenant Welter J. Wood of the United States Air Service Reserve Corps was instantly killed when the Army plane he piloted fell 100 feet near Send Point aviation field on Lake Washington north of Seattle. Boyd W. Roberts was badly injured and both men lived in Seattle.
Maurice Macternicks famous play The Gluebird was staged by fifth grade pupils of Hot Wells School under Velma Whitacre. A large audience of parents and friends attended the performance.
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