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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1929
Page
24
B Forbes reports widespread caution as Federal Reserve policy and high rediscount rates dampen speculative appetite. Techs note rise in money costs from 1 2 to 9 percent, with Wall Street brokers loans swelling and nonbank entities increasingly funding lending.
A 1873 Forbes article decries stock speculation and rising losses amid a new financial era while Chicago detectives mourn Detective Joseph Sullivan, killed in a dive tied to the Valentine’s Day gang massacre. Deputy Commissioner Stege doubts public response, linking Sullivan’s death to ongoing gang investigations.
Brief readable fragment references a figure beneath hems of short skirts, described in a pose. Context is unclear. No further names, places, or dates are readable to identify persons or events.
Lt Taylor, instructor at the Advanced Flying school of Telly field, flew 2087 miles in one day in a Curtiss pursuit plane, setting a new record. He journeyed from San Antonio to El Paso, Fort Sill, Galveston, and back, covering multiple legs with measured times, amid ads urging delivery vehicle offers for family independence.
Eleanor Boardman and King Vidor, a director, were named in a government tax evasion probe. A federal grand jury handed down an indictment charging Boardman with evading 1927 taxes, and Vidor faced similar charges for 1925 and 1926 in separate filings.
Louis Pruitt a 10 year old youth faced a two year sentence in the Texas penitentiary after conviction by a jury in the Thirty seventh district court on a charge of felonious driving after striking and injuring a passerby near West Commerce and Thirty fourth Street in Dallas. The injured man 69 years old was taken to a hospital and died hours later. Pruitt allegedly fled but was found by officers at a house on the Calibric fork awaiting trial while in custody.
A ceremony to unveil a granite marker on the Jefferson Davis highway at Garrity Road and North New Braunfels Avenue is scheduled for Sunday at 2 PM. The event, directed by Robert E.B. Lee Chapter No 1853 of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, honors Jefferson Davis and notes the marker will span the highway route with Mrs Forrest Parley of Atlanta as market program chair. The article also notes the death of Toe Lae Fluth, Jefferson Davis' niece, in her 102nd year.
HLIGABRTHTON Tenn May 2 Officials awaited action of 5000 textile strikers amid lingering tension and contempt of court charges tied to alleged violations of an injunction against American Bemberg and Clanzatoft operations. Strikes continued after an April 16 walkout as leaders and workers weighed their next moves.
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