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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1925
Page
1
A 1825 miscellany mixes religious doubt, racial insensitivity, and global quirks. It cites Bryan and Voliva on evolution, mocks annihilation talk, praises a British bookmaker’s calm win in Calcutta, and notes April’s record car count while imagining noblesse oblige for orphans.
Paris May 2 Mrs Clarisse Nast wife of Conde Nast publisher and editor of New York magazines filed a divorce petition in Paris courts. She was formerly Miss Cowdert of New York and they married in 1902.
A Los Angeles mother, Mrs. Jones, jailed in El Paso after shooting her husband in a courthouse dispute over custody of five year old Aileen. He is recovering from a bullet wound. no charges filed yet against her. The tragedy followed months of separation and a quest to locate Aileen.
At Coal Glen in Nil on May 29 twenty eight bodies were recovered from the Corelina Coal Company mine. Officials said four more may soon be brought to the surface as rescuers continued work to reach about twenty other miners believed entombed between the 2300 foot level and the mine end.
A new Texas law effective June 19 ends the motorcycle patrol fee system. Deputies will be salaried up to 150 dollars monthly, equipped by the county, and must wear uniforms with badges. They may patrol highways but not make arrests from traps or off the highway.
First Lieutenant Harold Brand of the Air Service reported for duty at Brooks Field on Friday. He previously served in foreign service in Hawaii.
Perryville Missouri May 29 Associated Press Carey a confessed drug addict told Sheriff Endres late today that he confessed Tuesday to the slaying of Dr William A Dillon near St Louis April 30 because he wished to die and the whole story was framed Carey repudiated his confession when told of variations between it and police facts Endres said Carey would be held pending investigation into whether he was a former soldier and the sheriff will seek placement in a government hospital
Shriners and ladies flood San Antonio with hundreds arriving by rail and Pullman for the Imperial convention in Los Angeles from May 31 to June. Delegations from Ada Temple Duluth Oasis Temple Charlotte join a luncheon at the Scottish Rite Cathedral and city tours. San Antonio plans a special eight foot drum parade and a 204 member local delegation heads out Friday night.
First Lieutenant O A Anderson and Second Lieutenant B F Booth from Kelly Field flew to Bay City on Friday for a photographic and training mission.
The motor car repair department of the G. H. & S. A. will move from Glidden to the G. A. & A. P. roundhouse in San Antonio on June 1. The district will grow to include the Houston Victoria and El Paso divisions of the Southern Pacific and the A. & A. RP from Kerrville to Corpus Christi and San Antonio to Houston. The Glidden shop staff will double to 65 for motor car work on about 400 cars. The A. & A. P. roundhouse will be lightly remodeled to handle repairs, and some workers may transfer to Southern Pacific.
Cheering reports came from the bedside of two little girls who were victims of automobile accidents and are fighting for their lives in local hospitals. Myrtle Howell, 6, was struck in front of her home and resting easily after a long unconscious period. Ascension Garcia, 9, struck in Brackenridge Park, was reported improving at Robert B. Green Hospital, with both children suffering skull fractures.
An open verdict of found drowned was returned today at the inquest into the death of Gwyneth Morgan, only daughter of Lord Tredegar, whose body was found in the Thames River last Monday after six months missing. The coroner said there was no evidence showing how she came to be in the water.
A $1000 bond No. 1 of a 7000 bond series for the city waterworks was sent to John Ebhamson in New York City by W A Trimpe. Mel Trimpe and Assistant City Attorney T D Dobbs Jr. traveled to Austin for transcript approval by Attorney General Dan Moody. The bond was signed by Comptroller H Terreau and insured against loss after a failed attempt to mail by registered mail.
Roy Schultz, son of Mr and Mrs H A Guthrie of 249 Barrett place, was bruised and had a scalp wound when struck by an automobile driven by P A Riches of 129 Gumberland street near his home Friday. He received emergency care at Santa Rosa Infirmary and was sent home. Riches said the child ran in front of his car, he swerved to avoid him, and hit the curb.
Henry Ford and T O Conner chairman of the Shipping Board met in Detroit. They gave no details but the visit is tied to the board’s decision to advertise for bids on 200 government ships to be sold as junk.
Former Vice President Thomas R Marshall is very much better today, according to his attendants. He remains under care for nervous exhaustion and the cold, with improvements noted in his condition amid continued medical supervision in Washington D C.
Heavy rains across Del Rio Eagle Pass and Brackettville pushed the Rio Grande to new highs with two drownings reported on the Mexican side near Eagle Pass. Water breached Piedras Negras and flooded the river valley as authorities warned of further rises and extensive property damage.
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