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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1930
Page
5
Navy aviator Lieutenant Alfred J. Wilkins unveils a new flight stunt called the inverted sailing spark. Demonstrated days before his resignation, Wilkins executed the maneuver high in the air, tilting toward the cart and hanging inverted, held only by a safety belt.
Henry Preyshaffer is jailed to pay a 825 fine after Mrs. McLaughlin testified. Trene Castle McLaughlin had pursued a man who deserted a vacant flat during subzero weather, with an eight month wait noted.
The United States Marine Corps will supervise the Nicaraguan presidential election next fall, with the State Department announcing the plan to monitor voting and ensure orderly polls amid regional tensions. The move signals Washington oversight of the ballot process in Nicaragua.
A nostalgic ad promotes Hellmanns Mayonnaise with a Double Whipped creaminess. The copy claims each jar is whipped twice for texture and includes a French recipe tip to reduce fat. Readers are urged to try one jar today for better salad dressings and sandwiches.
An informal interview in San Antonio recounts a heated bond campaign with intense nerves and mutual insults. Locals lament the political strife while noting the civic energy and unexpected friendships formed amid the uproar.
A man posing as a police officer robbed J B Parker of 228 early Tuesday morning in the 600 block of North Peeosi Street Somerset Texas. Parker was in a parked car when the men approached and announced themselves. one drew a pistol and struck Parker.
Police investigated two attacks in San Antonio Monday night sending both victims to Hebert B Green Hospital for emergency treatment. One man from Somerset reported being beaten in a Deer joint and left unconscious near Buena Vista and Comal. He alerted police after wandering to a phone. The other victim, Martie, was assaulted and robbed of belongings.
Cardinal Lopicier, Vatican delegate to the international Eucharistic congress in Tunis, left with his retinue aboard the steamship Citta ay Tunisie after a cordial interview with three Jewish rabbis. He thanked them for their cooperation in the congress.
Mrs Fensie Way Towe, candidate for county superintendent of schools, was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Mrs Charlotte May Smith. Commissioners court indicated Mrs Lowe would serve until January 1 1921 when the successor in the duty election will assume charge.
In San Francisco a Mendocino county rancher J Warren Dutton faces a first degree murder charge for shooting and killing Robert Arnolddy, driver of a Texicab. Dutton initially said Arnolde influenced his wife to divorce him, then claimed Arnolde belonged to a drug gang that had his wife under influence. He later said he had never seen Arnolde before and admitted his rifle was loaded with blank cartridges.
Canada proposes a tariff bill predicted to affect American commerce, with totals rising from 173000 to 1071000 dollars. The measure would be provisionally in effect from March 2 before final adoption by Parliament. An unusually broad range of used cars appears in Classification 481, Light Classified.
A Texas Bankers Association initiative to support a bank fund is credited with reducing bank holdups in the state. A.A. Home job Cinlvestin, president, spoke at the convention opening, endorsing the plan as a salutary measure.
Washington May 13 The commerce department estimates funeral expenditures on airways during the year starting July 1 at 7 944 000. Funds will advance air navigation facilities over about nine hundred miles of routes not now open. Beacons will light roughly three thousand miles of girdways, and two thirds of the network will be usable for maintenance of the existing routes.
Mrs. Martin Chatman, 38, told deputies the Lord told me to kill him and was jailed after her husband was slain as he slept at their Natlmabny area home. Coroner probe heard she refused to answer questions while six children testified that mama said papa wouldn’t buy her clothes, then killed him.
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