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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1928
Page
2
The vehicle shown in Berlin moves at 17 miles per hour in a test run. A steel cylinder rocket system is mounted at the rear and fired by an electric fuse activated by two pedals. The explosions propel the car forward as the crowd watches this strange invention.
Thousands of club women toured more than a dozen exhibits on opening day at the municipal auditorium. Junior division displays featured crafts by young leaders under 25, while booths covered public welfare, conservation, education, and recreation. A transportation booth aided delegates with return trip details and ticketing.
Edith B Williams of Dallas a former state legislator and 1925 appointee to a constitutionality committee opened her bid for governor at the National Federation of Adornes clubs biennial meet in Dallas. She will tour the state with secretary Ethel Osborn and speak in Plum County on June 19. Her platform includes strict prohibition law enforcement education child labor reform court reform irrigation flood control repeal of automobile tax and changes to the pomery law. Fellow candidates include Judge W E Hawking Louis J Wanslaw and Governor Dan Moody.
Mrs. Walter McNab Miller, national chair of the welfare committee of the Federation of Women’s Clubs, argues modern women seek balanced families and responsible parenthood. She cites rising living costs as a factor, defends birth control as non threatening, and calls for focused welfare work in child health, delinquency, and industry.
Social committee chairs plan seating for delegates and visitors in the auditorium under Mrs. Preston Lal. Public seating to be reversed for general attendees starting Monday morning with floor draws in the afternoon. Redstone seats reserved for delegates until 2 p.m. then opened to the public. No advertising in front of the auditorium to curb commercialization charges against the federation.
A 250 reward was posted by Governor Noodr for the recapture of Will R. Jones a lifer who escaped during a ten day furlough to visit his sick mother. Jones was convicted of murder in Smith County in the killing of his wife. He escaped from his guard Monday after the furlough began.
Washington March 28 Prohibition agents will wear uniforms on highways within weeks. Modernists clash with fundamentalists in Tulsa as the Presbyterian assembly debates a case about a minister’s birth. An oasis killer in Spain is found dead after murdering fifteen people. A train accident injures Mrs Plover in Longview. Farrell nominated to Interstate Commerce Commission by President. Master barbers convene in Fort Worth for Texas convention. Fort Worth celebrates new railroad branches into the plains. Banking costs cited as financial drain on U.S. economy. Public safety efforts highlighted by community groups. Home exhibit showcases domestic life and furniture. Auto crash reported in England during a political demonstration.
Baltimore’s Mrs. John F. Sippel crowns herself a crank for prohibition as she rallies women to engage in politics, science, and economy. The piece portrays women delegates touring three demonstration rooms and a cabinet of duties in San Antonio, highlighting female professionals and homemakers working together in the new woman’s world.
Houston reports that Democrats must file candidate names for state offices within a week. Secretary Wiebord Flemly of the State Democratic Executive Committee says the filing window closes next Monday. Filing fees are $100 and must be submitted to D. Y. W. Wilcox in Georgetown. Governor Dan Moody’s re election status remains unsettled.
Enrollment is underway for two summer sessions at the M. Y. camp twenty miles north of Kerrville. Norman MacLeod, the boys’ director, said 87 boys enrolled for the first session which opens on Lane 12, with enrollment already open for the second session.
The New York Herald Tribune reports that the government controlled United States Shipping Board and Americana Merchant Line will place ships for sale soon. The article notes a planned sale of new vessels, signaling a shift in wartime shipping policy and potential market impact.
The body of Congressman Butler, who arrived here Monday after Washington events, will have funeral services Tuesday afternoon.
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