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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1925
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR recounts a religious scene naming St Theresa of Normandy and a throne at a great altar framed by twisted columns, with references to papal presence and ecclesiastical imagery. The readable bits evoke a ceremonial setting around a revered saint.
The article recalls the St Peter's Basilica procession of cardinals archbishops and bishops up the central aisle lasting over an hour. The pope spoke from the throne with a modern amplifier as royalty sat in special seats. Gifts to St Theresa included a silver wine cask and doves. In contrast a Pennsylvania murderer, William Cavalier, 15, was sentenced to die by electric chair, a grim echo of justice amid ceremony.
The forty fifth annual convention at the Gunter Hotel opened with 300 delegates. President Neal urged broader attendance and discussed dental exams, state university departments, and board plans. After opening remarks and an open discussion led by Dr. Bush Jones, the secretary treasurer delivered a report and five dentists received the Order of Good Fellow. Special clinics, including one by Dr. A C Sloan, followed.
San Antonio born Broadway singer Jane Alden Alden, Irene Castle’s double, and her husband Hudson Sampson arrived in New York after a honeymoon voyage aboard the St Manchuria. Their liner drifted four days following an explosion that killed an engineer and wounded others, during a birthday party at sea. The couple, married in San Antonio, plan to settle in Pittsburgh.
President Coolidge attended the White House News Photographers Association banquet as guest of honor. There were no speeches and the cameramen left their equipment at home while the President appeared to enjoy himself.
Lieutenants R. C. Zeitel and A. B. Vandenberg of the Third Attack Group at Kelly Field started machine gun tests at Kilington Field near Houston on Tuesday morning, after departing Kelly Field on Monday.
Police arrested two young men aged 19 and 20 after a San Antonio girl, 19, was coerced into a speeding car and a second girl, also 19, was held unconscious. Detectives Fox and MacDonald recovered the boss’ ear fragment at Euclid and Trenton. The attackers, last seen leaving town, failed to appear at their homes as investigators pursued leads from Hackberry and Indiana streets to nearby routes.
San Antonio's Boy Scout band placed third in the West Texas Chamber of Commerce Convention at Mineral Wells. The band, entry added just days before, scored 73.8 points while Avison's won first with 80 and Comanche second with 74. The group had limited rehearsal time before the contest.
Governor Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming told a Cheyenne frontier day celebration on a radio address that the last frontier is gone. She said the modern West must relive frontier days for thrills rather than actual pioneer experiences. Radio officials noted a flood of nongratulatory telegrams after the speech.
A bungalow burglar stole three geese from A. P. Heinen of 1037 South Alamo Street. Detectives report the raid aimed to entertain his two fostered children who enjoy the goose honks, police said. The geese were described as good honkers.
A panic on a crowded east side subtrain near Grand Central terminal injures at least 73 people with two feared dead. Officials cite a blown fuse and a sequence of electric bulb explosions as the cause of the incident.
Gaston B. Means, a key figure in the Daugherty investigation, surrendered to the District of Columbia Supreme Court and asked to begin a two year prison sentence immediately.
Adjutant Foray and mechanic Jean Foucher were killed near Tours when their airplane crashed shortly after starting in a military cup competition race. The incident occurred during the two aircraft event drawing spectators and national press coverage.
Washington May 19. A program to sell 200 government vessels for scrapping has been tentatively agreed upon by a subcommittee of the Shipping Board. The move aims to reduce fleet size and adjust maritime assets.
The United States marshal's headquarters will not move from San Antonio to El Paso. Washington issued final instructions designating San Antonio as the logical center for the Western District of Texas. Scott White, the new U S marshal, had proposed El Paso’s relocation but was denied. He left for El Paso then planned to return later in the month.
Andy Young, local attorney, filed a motion Tuesday in Fifty-seventh district court seeking contempt charges against Jack Lyons, a police officer, and Sarakh Okerland, a policewoman. The action accuses the pair of rearresting a female client who had been released on habeas corpus under Judge R. B. Minor. A contempt hearing is set for next Saturday.
Chicago police arrested Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Naher after neighbors heard a child crying from the Nahers' home. Authorities found 6 year old Marjorie Elizabeth bound with rope and wooden restraints, bruised on the face, lying on the floor.
Count Laszlo Szechenyi Hungarian minister to the United States halted in San Antonio en route to Mexico City for an anticipated three to four weeks. He refused to disclose the mission’s object declaring it of great importance. The party included a legation attache and colleagues. rumors tie the trip to a claims commission.
A one year old gang leader in a car theft ring was shot during a running battle with deputy sheriffs three weeks ago and later identified by detectives Grasshoff and Gartholoma. He resisted arrest, overpowering Station Officer Will Portas, and technical investigations led police to three men at Cassiano Park. The youth, shadowed since treatment for his wound, faces charges likely limited to auto theft rather than murder.
A crosscountry tour ends abruptly Monday as local immigration officers detain two Italian travelers heading west. The officers blame travel eastward restrictions for the abrupt halt and separation of the party.
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