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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1928
Page
1
A Brisbane era column urges readers to analyze themselves and their business, warning that clinging to old methods will ruin progress. The piece casts farmers as among those failing to adapt, stressing practical reforms and forward thinking.
A discussion on adopting new manufacturing techniques across industries from autos to textiles. It notes that old machinery hinders progress while modern practices slash costs, speed up production, and boost efficiency. Examples include wiring, painting, and power use, with references to power plants and agricultural modernization.
San Antonio voters approved a $4,775,000 bond issue by a wide margin to fund a major city expansion program. The tally showed strong support across 78 precincts, with largest backing in East Commerce district. Planned spending covers street projects, river works, bridges, parks, library upgrades, and the governor’s palace restoration, among others, signaling a robust urban development push.
In a newspaper excerpt John D. Rockefeller Jr contemplates replacement of leadership at Standard Oil of Indiana. He notes the Rockefeller family holds 1,300,000 shares, while Powers submits a contrasting view. The piece uses car imagery to discuss control and succession in a dominant oil company and hints at potential Wall Street bets on leadership changes.
In Washington May 14 an effort to break the filibuster against the tax bill kept the Senate in session past midnight. Swing Johnson Boulder Daw bill supporters and Senator Johnson of California stood firm, with Johnson pledging no adjournment until a vote on the measure.
Spain's government approved a concllasion treaty with Sweden and a navigation treaty with Germany, announced from Madrid. The May 34 date reflects OCR errors but indicates a formal international accord moving forward.
A United States citizen and Union Oil terminal superintendent Harry Wilson was killed by Mexican bandits near the Cucharns river while carrying company funds. His body was found by Otto Stein, manager of the Union Oil terminal, and $1000 loot was reported.
Sy International News Service reports Oklahoma City May 19 that Bryant 20 fled after fatally stabbing John E. Clayton 30 who had abed to the planned marriage of his stepdaughter Hazel Couldon 18 to the youth.
At Superior Wisconsin on May 10 a traveling unloading crane collided with another crane on the track killing three men and injuring four others at the Pittendale and Realing boat dock.
Mia Lorenz Word 22 and Doug Las Ford 25 face first degree murder charges after Word confessed Ford killed their two year old daughter Betty Jean and dumped the body in the North Canadian river near Shawnee Oklahoma on May 1 The pair had claimed kidnapping by four men and one threw Betty from a bridge before Word altered her story after a three hour interrogation by County Attorney Randall Pittman and Sheriff Frank Fox Ford denied paternity of Betty Jean per Word's statement
J W Donn a 40 year old mill owner of Romner Dalias Texas died from burns after gasoline tainted his clothing ignited by an explosion. He died today and is survived by his wife and five children.
Rescue crews led by J H Evans recovered twenty bodies near the wrecked Mather colliery in Green County. About 186 to 200 miners were trapped by a late day explosion. communication remained limited as teams battled debris and deadly methane gas.
The report describes a tense holdup at the Axton theatre where cashier H. A. Rutile collapsed after the armed bandit demanded money. Witness Mia Suttle recalled the robber shouting orders and threatening violence.
In Kansas City Missouri on May 19 the defence of Walter Cravens and Miss Allee B Todd began after Judge Merrill J Otis overruled motions to dismiss and a demurrer to the indictments Detenga attorney opened evidence with character witnesses testifying Cravens and Todd of good moral standing
The Austin special election yielded ten municipal bonds totaling 4,230,000 dollars approved by about a four to one margin after a complete ballot count. The results, released today, confirm strong support for the city's forward program.
Kansas City gang members struck early today injuring one man and leaving Taverne Sweeney aged 19 or 28? in a doorway after nine gunshots. He was dumped in front of a house and rushed to a hospital at 4 am by Tor Scntt, with police informed of the assault.
Mrs. H A Suttle, cashier at the Aztec theater on West Commerce Street, was forced to hand over $1000 in cash by a young unmasked bandit early Saturday night. The bandit fled toward Rockett Street after threatening to kill her. The box office staff and onlookers reported the incident, and a passerby alerted others before police arrived.
Gen Archibelg A Pearson, 60, commander of the Confederate Veterans of Missouri, died at his home in Nerrian Kansas after a two month illness.
Doris Nilen, an American dancer, performed at a royal reception in Madrid held for the former king of Greece on May 19 at a U S base. The event featured an international audience and signaled cultural exchange in postwar Spain.
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