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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1928
Page
7
Scouting campaign workers boosted efforts after surpassing half the target 27500 dollars with 90 Kicitora pledged. A reorganized team structure moved to the Boy Scout home at 251 Grandway while noon meetings continue and daily reports are streamlined for quicker closure.
A surge of selling orders followed a rise in the New York Federal Reserve rediscount rate and a large broker activity increase. Opening prices fell across many shares such as Curtiss, American, Bethlehem Steel, General Electric, Texaco, and Exxon, with some gains only in Wright Aeronautical and Western Union around the session start.
Sherman Rand, a farmer from the White Rock community, was found dead today from a bullet wound. His body was discovered by family members who heard a shot after returning home. He is survived by a daughter, three sisters, and a brother. Also note French road funding plans announced May 18 for rebuilding main highways in five years.
Students of the Bonn Avon school present Shikhspeace a Midsummer Night's Dream on the school lawn at 8 o clock Saturday evening under Miss Mary I Johnston with a cast including Villusia Oberon Titania and several fairy attendants and townsfolk role players.
Unopposed for the Republican presidential endorsement, Marie Hoover was poised to attract at least twelve Oregon Republican delegates to the national convention. Most other Republican delegates supported Secretary Hoover, with one exception pledged to Princ U Lawden of Illinois. In the Democratic race, Governor Alfred H. Smith led against weak opposition. James A. Seed campaigned little in Oregon, while Senior Walsh of Montana, after entering, withdrew after California defeat but remained on the ballot.
Moody confident Harmony will control the Beau Mont state convention as delegates cast votes on a dry plank. Governor Dan Meaty favors a one delegate per 300 votes rule and supports Myron Blaylock or W A Toller as temporary chairman and keynoter amid factional strength estimates and proxy claims.
Report from Bedwater Monday night shows constitutional Democrats from North and East meeting to ensure delegates reflect the true will of the Desas at the national convention. Organizers pledge faithful representation and urge turnout before the Tuesday convention.
May 18 report notes Yale senior election turmoil as eight miners of the lunar chase refuse Skull and Tones posts. Millow broken by incest obvtious to Yale's traditions. Tang regarded as the premier honor in Yale's governance. Sixty men in all were taken by four govitties during the elections.
Florida officials deny a patreon charge amid a wary crowd in Jacksonville. The report mentions a matron and a guard named Gary Ane, with initials garbled, as the denial is issued amid questions about the case and the location.
US forces struck Honolulu area targets in a dawn air attack. Reports say Pearl Harbor defenses were damaged while enemy ships and fortifications faced disabling blows. No immediate casualties details released.
Ray Myers, 31, was found guilty of murdering his wife after a drunken party at Weir. He claimed the revolver discharged accidentally. He was sentenced to 15 years in a Missouri penitentiary.
Linda Andersin received a five year sentence for the robbery of the Le County National Bank in Marietta Oklahoma. The May 18 verdict by Judge Vy, and accomplice state Yateley, established the terms and the sentence reflects the court's handling of the case.
A Junkers airplane bringing Bremen firestro to the United States was badly damaged on landing at Word airport in Detroit. The crew will proceed to Mtoson by train, as announced by four managers.
Peking May 18. Walter Granger, leader of the expedition, was accidentally shot during a hunting trip when a fellow hunter discharged a pistol. The incident occurred as he pursued an antelope and he was struck by the weapon’s recoil.
News from BYDABY on May 18 reports a gale wrecked steamer search efforts fail to find wreckage. Aboard, Captain George Duble and two companions survived a capsizing, clinging to debris as heavy seas engulfed the craft and disappeared in darkness.
Two Spanish anarchists Asenso and Durutti were sentenced to six months in prison for returning to France after expulsion. Mike Virginia Harris of Kansas City was crowned queen of the May in the University of Missouri women’s spring pageant in Columbia Missouri.
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