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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1927
Page
2
A police report notes two individuals charged after verbal confrontations with an officer. Each defendant faces costs totaling two hundred dollars, reflecting court or processing fees. The incidents occurred in a urban precinct, with no injuries reported.
A touring car overturned at Porter and Walters streets and struck a streetcar on 9 Tobin Hill, causing injuries. Fire units responded as bystanders filled the police captain's office for incidents of misconduct during the night. In a separate matter, Rev Dr J Frank Norris, acquitted last February in a defamation case, is cited in a damages petition by Chipps alleging his father was killed by Norris in a study at First Baptist Church, seeking 100000 in damages for anticipated estate growth.
Two Commander roadsters and a sedan attempt to break stock car speed and endurance records at Atlantic City Speed Way. The cars have been driven nonstop since October, averaging over a mile per minute and pushing engine limits night and day.
A fragment describes Sheriff Walter M. Elison approaching after an interview, as a companion pockets items and mouths good luck. Mil i his cell is mentioned and a steel door clang signals the end of the scene, leaving a sense of abrupt closure.
Kelly field student pilots keep full schedules in the basic course. The entire class is engaged with formation drills as the school prepares to move to Galveston on November 12 for gunnery practice at Fort Crockett.
Funeral services were led by Harold W Bennett at Travis Park Methodist Church for Mrs Hat Pearl Blatthews Matthews 24 who died at her Bowne Up Mar Held housevard in San Antonio She was a Missouri native who had lived in the city 24 years Surviving are her husband D Ry Matthews a daughter Mildred Tear Matthews her father the Rev C M Licklider of Missouri a sister Miss Hazel Licklider and a brother Presley Marshall Licklider of Missouri
As trial neared finish the defense urged the State Supreme Court to grant a new sanity trial in Lockhart alleging improper jury drawing and overruling defense motions by Judge Jeffrey. Supreme Court and Court of Appeals had refused intervention. A single word in Jeffrey's charge sealed Millicking's doom: No the attendant was insane.
News from London reports a grim Galway Mayo coast search for fishermen swept to sea by a violent storm. Tales speak of a phantom ship that trailed a fishing boat from Inishhóin, Galway, offering no aid and signaling disaster. Superstitions rise among locals as many breadwinners perish near home.
Austin. Former division highway engineer M I Nochtrab was sentenced to four years in the penitentiary and his former chief clerk to two years in criminal district court Tuesday. Both pleaded guilty under an agreed statement with District Attorney J D Moore. One co defendant, H Josthke, namesake of three indictments, will be contested. The cases involve irregularities in the state highway department last year and total more than a sizeable amount.
International News Service reports Carnegie Fire Commission honors forty six acts of heroism during a full meeting. Four gold medals and forty two bronze medals awarded to Texas heroes and survivors. Eighteen heroes died. dependents totaling 5400 are recognized with grants and potential additional allocations as approved by the commission.
In Brooklyn a hospital fire destroyed the Methodist Episcopal staff building endangering 325 patients. Porter Ernest Rhodes, 42, claimed he started the blaze to stage a rescue for the woman he loved and is under observation in a ward after being removed from the scene.
A man traveled by boat with Fa Zinsmeyer and Tos Mozzles in the waters west of San Antonio near D'Hanis. The outing involved a tresoto bua and proceeded along the river area under local observation. The incident centers on the company and the location rather than any incident outcome.
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