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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1929

Page

4

Pledge Club Welcomes Young Safety Advocates

The article notes Eugene Butts in San Antonio pledging to avoid accidents after losing an arm in an earlier incident, joining a safety club aimed at children. His father approves, and Officer Branner welcomes him. others like Donald Teeters from Toledo express interest in joining.

Eugene Butts Eugene Buathing San Antonio Mis Teilier J. F. Butts Bruni George Hopper Thomas Schoo Wernerday Litte Bors F Fene Aarhow Branner Donald Teeters Voledo Ohio Gutaltown Danny Bill O'Connell Gonzales

New Club Members Include Alfred Francis and Many Others

A local club adds new members including Alfred Francis and a long list of names such as Beatrice Giraud, Jinmie Keulrich, Pathy Fur Neal Kenneth Linda Gente, Florene Kornegay, Esperanza Valon, Dee Hampton, J Robert Bord Jr, Bertha Donne, Henry Vazquez, Frank Cooley, Edelia Saen, Josephine Laytay, Chermie Taylor, Rosemary Taylor, Oscar Castillon, Toland Michel, Eugene Sanchez, Muriel Glenn. Members must mail second envelopes and sign a pledge. employment ads appear in classified columns.

George Hoppie Wilnit Barth Josephine Laytay Chermie Taylor Rosemary Taylor Oscar Castillon Msucia Aid Anires Salazar Goriley George Toland Michel Eugene Sanchez Cheso Sanchez Muriel Glenn

Portes Gilays Dry Crusade Plans for Mexico

May 15 Portes Gil launches a broad temperance drive aiming to curb alcohol and move toward prohibition over 3 to 10 years. A national committee on temperance will be formed to guide government-backed activities and regulate sales, with beer and wine largely restricted and hard liquor sold only in sealers for private consumption. Big houses or little houses, you'll find choice vacancies in every kind of homes in the rental columns of eight classified ads.

Menico City Emilio Portes Gil Temperance

New Cotton Picking Machine Promises Change in Fields

Picturesque cotton field scenes may fade as a new harvesting device, seven years in development with two years in actual field use, advances toward replacing hand picking and altering farming routines and labor needs.

New cotton picker to be distributed in Dixie season

A machine picker intended to harvest cotton after seven years of testing is to be introduced in Dixie this season by the American Cottonpicking Corporation. Capitalized at 440000, the device measures about two feet wide and two feet high, weighs around 800 pounds, and uses a condenser motor to avoid injuring stalks or growing bolls.

Colton Colton Fields Dixie American Cottonpicking Corporation Celui

May McAvoy to Wed Los Angeles Broker in Filmdom Capital

May McAvoy, noted screen star, and Meurive Cleary, a Los Angeles broker, will marry in Hollywood California, announced by Mrs Julia A Medsey. The couple plan a moonlit ceremony followed by a private celebration at Unwin house.

May M’avoy Holly Woon Calif INS May McAvoy Meurive Cleary Los Angeles Molles Julia A. Medsey

Woman Dies After 12 Foot Porch Fall in Alliance

Mrs. George Donley, 75, died in Alliance Ohio city hospital after a 12 foot porch fall at her home. She sustained a broken back when the porch railing gave way under her weight.

Porsuagenarisn Wart Alliance Ohio George Donley Roux Che Gailing

Detroit Police Log Notes Beer Dispute Scene

Fragmentary police report from Detroit dated May 15 describes an officer patrolling a basement dispute over beer costs and a person named William Ay. The account is garbled but indicates a health concern and an alleged discharge or action related to the scene.

Detroit William Ay

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