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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1932

Page

8

Father Ends Month Long Search for Children in Texas Custody Case

Knox M. Broom, Mississippi state school supervisor, filed for custody of Audra Lee and Peggy Joyce Broom in Seventy third District Court in San Antonio. Judge Frederick Stevens granted temporary custody of Audra Lee to a hospital and Peggy Joyce to a local probation officer, with final hearing postponed to allow Mrs. Broom to present evidence.

San Antonio Knox M. Broom Mississippi Audrey Parkhurst Broom East Orockett Street Frederick Stevens Jackson Miss Stevens Audra Lee Broom Peggy Joyce Broom Edward Ma~brito Bexar County Broom

Methodists Cut Christian Advocate Issues to Four

The general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church voted to reduce the denomination official weekly publication from eight regional issues to four. Editions in Chicago Pittsburgh Portland Athens will end. remaining issues in New York Cincinnati Kansas City and San Francisco will continue. Subscriptions dwindled and the eight issues incurred a total loss of 524000 over four years.

Atlantic City N. J General Conference The Methodist Episcopal Church Chrristian Advocate Chicago Pittsburgh Portland Ore Athens

Several Feared Dead in Wreck Near Trinidad

An unidentified man was killed and several mutilated bodies feared beneath wreckage after a Colorado and Southern freight train derailed 23 miles southeast of Trinidad. Seven cars of a 40-car train left the tracks and were telescoped. Cause unknown.

Trinidad Colo Here Colorado and Southern

Firemen Speed Up Wireless Service in Gothenburg

The Gothenburg fire department is using wireless telephone to speed service. One station is installed at the department headquarters on shore and another on the new fire boat patrolling the harbor and waterfront.

Gothenburg

Music store owner asks robbers to quit visits

Sim Miles, Detroit music store manager, urged burglars who battered his shop Wirelmes in the last year to lay off for a while. The thieves struck last time and in March, taking about 400 pounds worth of radio and golfing equipment.

Merchant Detroit Sim Miles Wirelmes

Graves of German Airmen Renovated at Totter's Bar

May 21 report that the graves of the Kemmsch airmen who died when a zeppelin was brought down here in 1928 have been renovated by the local residents of Totter's Bar Middlesex England.

Totter's Bar Middlesex England Kewmsh Hele Zerpelin Nest Renidentx

Temple Host To TAK Group Temples Host To TAK Group

Approximately 300 delegates from 70 of 86 counties attended the statewide tax payers association meeting in Temple. D. M. Jones president and George Beatham secretary of Dallas and J. T. Newson Fort Worth state organizer reported the organization’s expansion. No candidate endorsements were made, aligning with the policy to back only those who support their platform. The next state meeting is set for Waco on June 10, with a steering committee meeting June 17 in the same location.

Temple State D. M. Jones George Beatham Dallas J. T. Newson Fort Worth Waco

Canadians Set Egg Day Record in Canada Diet

Ottawa reports the poultry division of Canada's agriculture department reveals an average of 361 eggs per person annually. The finding, described as an all time consumption record, highlights widespread daily egg intake among Canadians including women and children.

Ottawa Ontario Ivery Canada Poultry Division Canadian Department of Agriculture Dominion

Benefit game tickets aid Salvation Army relief effort

A gold season ticket drive starts for a June 16 benefit night baseball game at League Park to aid Salvation Army relief. The San Antonio Public Service club and Alamo Micrograph Lettermen’s Club will play. Homer Hammond donates park use. Tickets cost 50 cents as relief needs rise with unemployment figures and meal and bed numbers increasing.

Salvation Army R. T. Pruitt San Antonio Public Service Baseball Club Alamo Multigraph Lettermen's Club Homer Hammond Unemployment Relief Committee Rob Skiles Pruitt Salvation Amny Heve George 5. Cabbell W. C. Tauch J. H. Parker Cy Nelson

Negroes Demand Warden Be Ousted

Columbus May 21. The NAACP adopted a resolution demanding the ouster of Ohio penitentiary Warden Preston E. Thomas, accusing him of treating Black inmates cruelly and stating he is no longer qualified to hold the position.

Columbus Onin INS Preston E. Thomas Ohio Pentitentiary Association For the Advancement of Colored People Thomas

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