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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1928
Page
2
An arrest report states Jack Cree faces murder charges in the fatal shooting of Grale J. Gladden, a restaurant cook, during a Sunday night incident in the city. Police say witnesses reported a dispute preceding the violence and investigators are reviewing evidence.
Winn Sutter, a Rout Rock-Telco rodeo performer, died at a San Marcos hospital from injuries after his horse fell on him at Kuykendall ranch in Sundtx.
Dallas dispatch reports a tragic accident as a child fell into a tub of near boiling water called months while playing. The incident resulted in the death of Worl Lamar, a local child.
Dan Cupid claims another daughter of the Mexican president wed in a ceremony. The photo captures the wedding moment, highlighting the social bustle around the union.
San Antonio Mayor C M Chambers said the city would annex suburbs including Los Angeles Heights Lerrell Hills Olmos Park Estate Warlandale Hol Wells San Jor Woodlawn Hills and Alamo Heights if the charter amendment authorizing annexation carries He accused unnamed suburban residents of opposing the amendment though they cannot vote He warned the move could boost population beyond Dallas or Houston but may cost city voters after the suburbs join in.
Readable scraps describe a stock ticker system and public notification, a flood in Ta gions devnagtered by lava, a bereaved father and mother with their dead baby in a strange cemetery, and a critique of graft and public interest in corruption. References to Leviathan and Job hint at biblical imagery.
In New York on November 14, authorities still seek the shooter of Arnold Rothstein. The suspect refuses to surrender, with talks of forced attestation quashed. Editorials discuss President Coolidge's debt and armament speech as readers question Europe’s likely response to a crisis. Will Rogers remarks on Europe’s possible celebration.
Continued from page one. A propositon approves a fund drive with committees named to raise two hundred thousand dollars while another group targets three hundred thousand. Angelo and others report progress with Mason, Tendy, and Feller campaigns and Corpus Christi and San Antonio pledges noted.
Mayor M. Chambers said he knows little of a possible compromise between the city unit and Southwestern Bell Telephone in the ongoing rate increase fight. He remained open to talks and urged any party to meet. Reliable reports say both sides may be inclined toward a settlement as hearings on the permanent injunction moved to December.
The Missouri Pacific railroad will run a special car from San Antonio to Austin for the Thanksgiving season, announced by assistant passenger agent B. A. Farr. The train will depart San Antonio at 1 a m and return from Austin at Appom. Fare will be 82 dollars.
Lieutenant Colonel Ramon Simon heads to San Antonio en route from Mexico City to Mayo Clinic for treatment. The report notes involvement of a misheard name agent and a pending assignment with Colonel Callies’s staff amid a reported duel and a misdirected travel plan through Merchenter.
A four day gathering opens at the Gunter hotel with an invocation by Rt Rev Capers and welcomes by Mayor Chambers and Mrs Violet Trasnes. A magnolia memory tree in Travia park honors men who fell from 1916 to 1917, with a granite marker donated by Charles Lucas Monument. Mrs Thomas Spence, national president, arrives Wednesday night and will be greeted by San Antonio mothers.
A shipwreck survivor recalls a brutal night at sea as rain drenched the crew and passengers. He says none could rest and feared death, but they were rescued at around dawn on Tuesday morning.
Tax Collector's office alarm test Wednesday morning drew Detectives A J Tice Tee Willig and J W Ulerhet to city hall. They found Chief Gwen Killay inspecting the alarm system as the test rang out, with communications misrouted to the detectives.
The Court of Criminal Appeals ruled part of the state optometry license law unconstitutional, striking down the prohibition on unlicensed merchants and customers in eye care matters. Other sections of the statute remained intact, with the court leaving the rest undisturbed.
Dollie Wilkerton IG21 Ne galiton street faced a preliminary hearing on an attack allegation. A $500 bond was posted after waking preliminary, while a separate murder charge against J. HL Meeven was reportedly dropped or dismissed.
Paraguay endorses the Kellogg treaty on renouncing war and expresses a comment on the state department by American Minister Greece at Appnelon. The dialogue signals regional support and diplomatic stance amid rising international tension.
TEN TUNNEY may have put off the gloves for good. He claims Najol aided seven years of training, improved elimination, appetite, and readiness for intensive work. He says Najol never formed a habit, is not medicine, and promotes removal of body poisons.
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