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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1931
Page
27
Tuma and Jose Tyoreas, men involved in a fatal stabbing during a diet game, were headed toward Nueva Laredo when captured near Hebbronville by highway patrol. The case ties to Alberto Sanchez, wanted for the murder of Edna Merle Springer near Leming as officers pursue cross border leads.
Sunday night program at Tabernacle Baptist Church features Louis Entzminger Postar discussing why some religious leaders resist modernism and fundamentalist strands. Sunday morning sermon on modernism and the Birmingham convention is reviewed with Radio Bible Class KUSA airing Saturday morning at 6:30.
A tangled report describes Burgas arrest by two state highway troopers after an aerial search for a missing youth. It recounts prior thwarted kidnapping attempts involving C C Julian and C C Boren, and details a man’s escape from Corpus Christi, a stabbing, and a pursuit toward the Mexican border.
The biggest invitation ever carried stands 15 feet high and travels through the city to The Light inviting staff to attend The Prout Piece at the Agroe theater. A giant reproduction of The Light front page accompanies the invite and Aztec front page this week adds to the Fourth Estate mood surrounding the Mayan House production. The Front Page TM frames the stage play by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur as a film adaptation featuring Addy Messon in the Walter Boris role, earning praise from press circles.
Majestic theater offers Tey Ayres in Iron Row for a midnight Saturday showing. The tale centers on rival managers and stars, with Ayres pitted against Jean Harlow in a drama of power and betrayal amid boxing style action.
Scattered reports from Hankow indicate continued bandit outrages in central China. Nationalist government forces sent to quell the brigands have been active, with authorities reporting attempts to suppress the outlaw bands.
Pola Negri signs a five year contract after a successful screen test. Charles Rogers aims for a lead role with an American cast, while Technicolor and Multicolor tout color as advances. The piece notes color hopes, cast interests, and a bustling Hollywood scene with many stars and events.
Tobert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island is adapted into a three act play by Alires Kirkland. Taylor Little Theatre presents two performances at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday featuring Ben Bow Inn deck Hispanola and pirate treasure scenes with a large ensemble cast.
Edward Morgan, 25 year old business man and social leader of Beckenham, was acquitted today of murder in the killing of his friend George Bee Rite at a party where two quarts of gin were consumed. The jury accepted Morgan's testimony that the shooting was an accidental discharge of his old army pistol while he was showing it.
President Hoover announced the estimated cost of new hospital construction approved by the Federal Board of Hospitalization would total $17,757,000. The already approved and under contract projects include Waco Texas.
A string of upcoming social events is listed with dances and music in Castroville Martinex and nearby towns. Performers include Maennerchor Vos Tomblera and The Colombians with venues at Marys Street and Security Hall. May 23 24 events feature Oldtime dances and new management at several halls.
Regimental commander Tol. BH. T. Moore announces a Boy Scout junior Yankas camping trip at Cam Comal New Braunfels July 7 to 17. Between 200 and 400 members may attend with departure July 19 for parent visiting day and a $10 daily rate for the 10 day stay.
City officials report 3102440 paid to 630 clerks and judges who served at polling places for the May 12 election. Average staff at each site was two clerks and four judges, with one judge per polling location. The Citizens' League did not receive payment for supervisors.
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