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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1928
Page
8
Children from Weacon Hill and Colquité avenue are invited to a special entertainment at 2 30 p m Saturday by the Mesean Will Var Jent Peneher association Abts CGI Sollgwick will tell children stories for an hour followed by supervised play Mrs A Ht Alling is president and Ms I T Miller is reporter
Noel Morris 24, grandson of Commodore William H. Vanderhill, killed himself in East Sorentick after a night at the Wagner opera Tannhauser. A typewritten note found on the door blamed the opera for his act. Morris was son of Dave Dennen Morris, a lawyer, and Alice Van derbilt Shepard Morris. He attended the opera Wednesday night. motive remains a mystery.
The film Beau Geste will be shown at the Princess theater on the morning of November 10 under the auspices of Brackenridge Senior High School's BES Job Bureau. Proceeds go to the bureau general fund aiding student job placement, sponsored by Mrs Hl Buller.
Warsaw reports 15 injured in Polish outbreak linked to a defense celebration ten years ago. Disturbances erupted during a Polish event, prompting warnings and a call to consult rental columns in light classified ads for guidance.
Shanghai Daily Mail correspondent views Madame Chiang Kai-shek as evidence of women gaining influence in politics. The piece discusses her roles as wife of the president and member of the Legislative Yuan committee, framing it as part of a broader push for gender equality and social change.
A film of Jupiter showing its ten hour rotation cycles was presented in America during the Optical Society of America meeting. Professor W. H. Weight directed the film at Lick Observatory with D. C. Mok Mees of Hastings lab assisting. Exposures used staged successive frames to create a speeded up view, aiding comprehension of the planet's motion.
Four wounded as about 2000 trade unionists moved toward volunteer dock workers. Police fired initially over heads as stones flew, then fired into the crowd and used batons to clear the piers. One eyewitness said the confrontation escalated quickly amid rising tensions at the port.
Lennie Bateman released from the Nines fourth district court and returned to Wallan Eri ny by Deputy Sheriff W. C. Speer to answer a charge of robbery by assault with firearms in Dallas county district court. Bateman was brought to San Antonio last week and held for identification in a payroll holdup on June 26. Neither the cashier nor the bookkeeper could identify him. He is held on bond and has been jailed in default of bond.
Chicago report says Patrick McIntyre, a dismissed officer, attempted a cigar store robbery and fired on officers. He fled, was shot by police after a volley of gunfire, and died from wounds. The incident followed gunfight with officers responding to the scene.
Production of crude petroleum worldwide totalled 1,261,053,088 barrels in 1987. Russia displaced Mexico as the second most prolific producer during the year. The United States remained the top producer, accounting for about ten percent of the total.
A 250 member vigilante force, including women, will operate under Police Commissioner Clarence K. Parker to monitor and report traffic violations in residential areas where regular police rarely reach. The unit aims to enforce laws and deter violations in the suburbs.
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