Girl Kills Cop in Battle With 60 Men at Los Angeles Home
Mad with anger after a lawn dispute a 26 year old woman fired on officers guarding her home. Police, tear gas, and shotguns surrounded her as 59 officers responded. She ran out firing and was fatally shot. the incident left Patrolman Paul Donath dead and others wounded. The woman carried a photo of J W Baldwin, linked to a prior civil case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Fila May Thompson
Manital
Paul Donath
J. W. Baldwin
Luther Alger
Miss Thompson
Baldwin
Donath
Percy D. Gunby
Pauline Pohl
Gundy
Dougth
Mise Thompson
Donalh
Polite
Falmer A. Pilcner
Lincoln Heights
Automatic fire alarm tests probe smoke initiated system
In Boston on May 8 officials study an automatic fire alarm that triggers when smoke begins. An electrical apparatus projects a light beam across the room and sounds a horn if the beam is interrupted. The system can operate at night and may include electric signs and an auxiliary sprinkler option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
IISI
Ire Departmente
Widow proportion cited in Waynesville census
A town survey in Waynesville shows 699 residents with 59 widows among them. The report lists 50 widows in the town description and notes May 2 as the date of the figures.
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Waynesville, II
Golden Wedding Anniversary of Anderson and Gilliland
Kenneth Louis Anderson aged 9 and Mrs Katlée Gilliland Anderson aged 65 celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. Married in 1882 at the Lutheran church in Castroville they have lived in San Antonio since then. Mrs Anderson is daughter of William Galeland, a Texas poet, and Anderson is the son of the late Col Malcolm G Anderson, a criminal lawyer. They have two daughters and two granddaughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Louis Anderson
Katlée Gilliland Anderson
Castroville
San Antonio
Hunt Broadcast From Japan to Be Made June 1
Frasier Hunt Universal Service correspondent will report from Tokyo on June 1 at 6:45 p.m. Eastern daylight time. The coast to coast NBC network WEAF will carry the eyewitness account titled Japan in Transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunt
Japan
New York
Frasier Hunt
Universal Service
Tokio
Eastern Star to Install Harlandale Chapter Officers
The Harlandale chapter No 740 of the Order of the Eastern Star will install officers at 8 p m Tuesday in the Masonic hall at South Flores street and Hull avenue. Eltina Warmaca is to be worthy matron with Marshall J L Sheppard as patron, Mary C Evans as associate matron, Sam Evans as associate patron, Lorena Grimsinger as secretary, Velma Williams as treasurer, Annie Cargon as conductress, and Mau Maher as associate conductress.
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Offerts of
Harlandale
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Hall
South Flores Street
Hull Avenue
Eltina Warmaca
Marshall JL. Sheppard
Mary C. Evans
Sam Evans
Lorena Grimsinger
Velma Willams
Annie Cargon
Mau Maher
Scouts Ready to Go to Camp
Boy Scouts of Alamo area council prepare for Camp Comal with four encampment periods from June 18 to 25 led by Carl A. Bryan. Fourteen troops will attend, while R. T. Wilkinson oversees sanitation and health instruction. Stuart Painter trains in Indian crafts and campfire rites. J. R. Crowther serves as camp clerk.
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Boy Scouts of
Alamo Area
Camp Comal
Carl A. Bryan
Jnstruck
Stuart Painter
J. R. Crowther
St. Mary's University
Fifty Five Aliens Granted U S Citizenship in Federal Court
Fifty five natives of foreign lands took the oath of allegiance and were admitted to U S citizenship in a Federal District Court session Saturday morning. Judge R J McMillan administered the oath as F Tucker district director of naturalization praised the group as outstanding. The group included 16 from Great Britain 14 Germans 12 Mexicans three from France two from Denmark Russia and Poland and one from Spain Greece Turkey and Romania.
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United States
R. J. McMillan
F. Tucker
Naturalization
Fort Worth
Great Britain
Thhree
France
Denmark
Russia
Poland
Spain
Greece
Turkey
Rumania
Reorganization of Insurance Co Approved in Kentucky
In Franklin circuit court Judge H Church Ford approved the reorganization of Inter Southern Life Insurance of Louisville. The plan creates Kentucky Home Life Insurance to take over Inter Southern affairs, with 148 050 shares held by Inter Southern and capital set at 1 000 000 dollars. State auditor J Dan Talbott said the move would likely stabilize Missouri State Life Insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankfort, Y
INS
Inter- Southern Life Insurance Company of
Louisville
Kentucky Home Life Insurance Company
H. Church Ford
Franklin
J. Dan Talbott
Missouri State Life Insurance Company
Whos
Inter- Southern
Cofcern
Victoria Auto Salesman Given Term for Murder
Victorino Canchola, a Victoria automobile salesman, was sentenced to 50 years in the state penitentiary for the murder of Mrs. Demetria Torres. The verdict followed a trial that lasted since Wednesday with defense counsel Barney Daniel and Edward L. Thomas and state attorney Heard Green presenting arguments.
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Victoria
Tex
Victorino Canchola
Canchola
Demetria Torres
Barney Daniel
Edward L. Thomas
Green
Obituaries for Mary Donecker and others in Texas notices
Obituary notices record Mary Donecker 72 born in Germany with services at Mary’s Church and burial at San Fernando cemetery No. 2. survivors include daughters Misery Fran k and Della, sons William and Herbert, and two grandchildren Frederick and Leo, all of University City. Also listed are Mattan William 50 of Leming with services in Leming and survivors including two sisters. Fleming Bertices 70 of Tremlett avenue with Catholic rites at St Cerclin’s, interment at Mission Burial Park. survivors include four sons Tom Guy Fleming and Ben Alva Fleming, daughter Mrs A E Joseph, brother Robert Knowles and sister Mrs Killy Holley of Oakwood. Mckenzie Benjamin 24 of New Waverly to be buried in New Waverly. surviving father J A Muktinde and others.
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Mary Donecker
Germany
SL. Mary's Church
Tam Kennedy
San Fernando Cemetery No. 2
Misery Frank
Della Donecker
William
Herbert Donecker
Frederick
Leo Donecker
Unis City
Mattan
Leming
Texas
W. L. King
Louisa Mattan
Julia Knowles Fleming
Bertices
Tremlett Avenue
Bt. Cerclin
Father Blaff
Mission Burial Park
The
Riche Undertaking Company
Mississippi
San Antonio
Tom and
Guy Fleming
Los Angeles
Ben
J Alva Fleming
Mra
A. E. Joseph
Robert Knowles
Killy Holley
Oakwand
Benjamin ¥. Mckenze
New Wavely
Mekenzle
New Waverly
Anstanto
J. A. Muktinde
Open Forum letter urges Texas rangers to crack down
A San Antonio reader laments dozens of gambling houses and local lax officials. The writer urges the governor to deploy Texas Rangers, cites taxpaying residents and ex servicemen, and warns of forthcoming visitors and crooks.
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San Antonio
Boxer County
Bexar County
Texas Rangers
Laredo
United States
Criticism of Prohibition and War Policy Sparks Debate
A reader asks Major Curtis to explain when opposing national laws becomes Bolshevism. He notes many papers turn red, cites the Eighteenth Amendment, and recalls Civil War ancestors. The letter contrasts civilian dissent with military pay and pensions, urging honest, sincere critique within a wartime context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. B. Curtis
U.S
France
Plea for Sun Bathers at Brackenridge Park
A reader argues Brackenridge Park in San Antonio deserves a grassy riverside sunbathing area after its improvements including a swimming pool. The writer says parks should grant open grass spaces to citizens and objects to officials ejecting sun bathers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brackenridge Park
San Antonis
Law
Jimmy Carow
Spain to Observe U S Memorial Day
Madrid on May 28 reports Spain will celebrate the American Memorial Day on Monday for the first time. The gesture marks renewed friendship between Spain and the United States after past tensions from the Spanish American War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
U.S. Memorial
Madrid
Blowout Wrecks Car Killing Driver in Victoria
E. 3. Ruiz, 28, a Stockdale resident operating a business in New Gulf, was killed instantly when a tire blew out on his car and the vehicle overturned 12 miles east of Victoria on the Houston highway Saturday afternoon. Contractors and materials offered through Light Classified Ads.
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Victoria
Ruiz
Stockdale
New Gulf
Houston Highway
New Used Car Lot Opens in San Antonio
Muller Nevill opens 815 Broadway used car lot with Miller and Nevill, known in Southwest Texas auto circles. They promise reasonable prices and a special bargain every three days, with customer praise from a local advertiser in San Antonio Light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muller-Nevill
Broadway
Miller
Mr. Nevill
Texas
Hungary Moves to Pay War Debt Installment Plan
Hungary agreed with Secretary Mills to amortize 69 000 dollars over 11 years under the moratorium act, becoming the fourth nation to take definite steps toward paying the interest portion of its war debt suspended by the moratorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Hungary
Secretary of the ‘Treasury
Mille
Millionaire to Confer on Proposed Fight Plans
Oklahoma City May 28. John Maber billionaire to confer with Bennett Griffin and Samuels Mattern about details of a proposed assault on the Post-Globe rolling record. Griffin and Mattern plan to travel to New York Monday to finalize preparations for a bout scheduled between June 10 and 20.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
John Maber
Oklahoma
Misanaire
Bennett Griffin
Slmorls Mattern
Mears
Griffin
Mattem
New York
Mons
Judge Denies Plea on Insull Stock Seizure
In Chicago on May 28 Judge Walter Lindley denied four New York banks their request to reveal an injunction restraining the sale of securities tied to loans for Insull Investment trusts now under receivership. The banks aimed to auction the collateral for at least 10.26 million on May 31.
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Shicago
INS
Federer
Walter
Lindley Toda
New York
Insull Investment Trust
Insull
Utity,Investments, Inc
Corporation Securities
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K. L. Anderson
Eastern Star
Cully
Gourdax
Irgeant
Seo
Polk Millar
Richmond
Vitemia
Eee
Reorganization of Insurance Co
Judge's
U.K
Open Forum
MR. Miller
San Antonio Light
Monticello Salesco
H. T. Miller
American School of Beauty Culture
East
Houston Street
Lily Mageran
NEW Training School
Wiever’ Kids Kish
San Antonin
Ales
Leon Jenny
Berkshire Avenue
F. H. Pare
Tivoli Cafe
Tivaii Cafe
Uno
Cash and Carry Printing Company
Ives
Chan L Wohlforth
Wehr
Bern
Avillahie Cheah Ang
Clann
Ted
Wolff & Marx Co
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