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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1930
Page
5
JAN ANGELO Texas November 24. Inspector for the government will not act after December 1 due to lack of government funds. Former duties in the Bie Bond country for the last three years clarified as ending with the new year plan.
William H. Eichhorn a former city policeman pleaded guilty on a Monday before U S Commissioner Paul A Lockhart to possessing and transporting liquor. He said he took a job delivering liquor for two dollars a day to avoid starvation after being out of work. Prohibition officers testified they found beer hidden under a raised rear seat of a car at a railroad crossing, leading to the charge and bond set at five hundred dollars with a December 15 date set for the case.
For the first time this year more persons were tried in PaRFanty and drunkenness cases in a corporation court. Twenty one men faced drunkenness charges with fines of five dollars each. six vagrancy cases led to suspended fines or dismissals, while Pedro Reyes received a thirty dollar fine on a curfew or vagabond charge as city detective Jor Thinter praised his frequent arrests.
Talwing Ads records a transcontinental flight touching Midland Texas and El Paso Texas. Gerald Nettleton, a junior fast-west record seeker, landed near 3:45 a.m. in Texas and prepared to fly to Tucson Arizona as favorable tailwinds aided the effort.
In Raymondville Texas Mrs Josefa Parke has built a collection of 482 cream pitchers from 20 states and 15 foreign countries. The collection includes a M-Y-A Pusu Indian pitcher and a Japanese cloth moulded pitcher among varied types sizes and materials.
Austin November 24 officials report the state water board will travel to Mathis to probe yesterday’s failure of the Lake Lovenshield artificial reservoir on the Nueces River. The breach caused flooding over a large area downstream and raises questions about dam safety and maintenance.
Torrential rainstorms and furious gales lashed Europe causing at least nine deaths and widespread damage. France Belgium Germany and Austria reported evacuations as rivers overflowed, dikes failed, and ships were sunk or damaged. Hundreds injured or left homeless as the flood spread from Paris to the Rhine Moselle regions and reached Vienna.
The trial of Williams resumes with detectives detailing his alleged sighting of a suspect near the motel prior to the February robbery. Prosecutors say the victim identified Williams as present, while defense argues for a smoother timeline and questions the held up statement. The case, tied to a Wooster hotel theft, includes testimony from a hotel auditor and a suspended cross examination as prosecutors prepare to rest their case.
Nov 24. Reports from the San Angelo area describe a proposed highway extending U S Route 67 from Terrell to Chihuahua City. The aim is to boost trade and social ties by paralleling the Santa Fe line from Alpine to Presidio and on to Chihuahua, with Mexican federal backing and local support from Governor Andres Ortiz and Dallas chamber engineer R A Thompson.
Rowena Texas November 24.4 Despite lower com yields than prior years Runnels County reports a 45 000 bale cotton harvest. Local bankers and progressive farmers discuss stabilizing county conditions amid mixed prospects and drought concerns.
Haymondville, Testa, Pan Perilia in Wile yo County, 16 miles east of Tay mondville, 18 months old, with King Ranch influence and rapid rural development. County sees thousands of acres cleared for vegetables and beets, spinach, and turnips to feed northern markets. Farmers flood in over three years, carloads of vegetables shipped via rail, with a daily fish haul at Ban Perdita station and rising agricultural activity.
The opening of the turkey season brought employment to Coleman with more than one hundred people previously out of work finding work. City plans to improve the economy may help provide winter employment, barring an influx of indigents.
The University of Texas official publication The Texan offers free classified ads to businesses with petitions available, as part of a campaign to reduce student unemployment. The effort invites use of the paper’s classified ad space to connect students seeking work.
An advertisement extols Carter's Little Liver Pills as the genuine remedy for digestion and bowel relief. It discourages substitutes and urges readers to ask for Carter's Red bottles by name, claiming distinct bile flow benefits.
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