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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 02, 1929

Page

9

School Board Plans Additions and Contracts

The San Antonio Board of Education discussed contractor preferences for a 3.7 million dollar school program. Plans approved include eighteen classrooms and a cafeteria at Smith School, six classrooms and two washrooms at Jose Navarra, and thirteen classrooms plus an assembly room at J.I. Bracken Virgo.

J. G. Hornberger Board of Education Smith School Gevers Iowa Atreets Alamo National Ci Antral Frost National National Bank of Commerce

Nadir Khan Threat to Afghan Throne Escalates

London dispatch reports Nadir Khan, once Afghan envoy to France and rival of Amir Habibullah, leading GOH tribesmen toward Kabul after capturing Fareesa. Additional forces are said to advance from the east amid reports of a planned clash in Afghanistan.

Nadir Khan Afghanistan London France Habibullah Ameoullah Feshaway Goh Nair Khan Kabul Agbanistan Fareesa

Pageant of Seasons Presented by Smith School Pupils

A Pageant of the Seasons will be presented by Smith School pupils Friday afternoon under Mrs Genie. The show features 199 children dressed as wild flowers depicting spring summer autumn and winter. Mrs Mary Cochrane is the school principal.

Smith Almira Orndorti Blue Bonnets Grover Ridgeway Smith School Smorth Elementary Mra. Bf. L

Rage Tickets Sold Suburbs for Show

The ticket committee for the International Bx position and Fall Race Meet in Sac Aptonians began canvassing suburban and rural districts by letter. Nearly 300 tickets had been sold by noon Wednesday, the first day of the venture. The group includes Theo Friedrich, Ralph Durkee and Youngs Crook with a meeting set at the Grunter hotel and marker HQ at 410 Gunter hotel.

Theo Fredrich Ralph Durkee Youngs Crook Friedrich Grunter Wight Markern Gunter Hotel

Britishline test Monday Britishline test Monday Candington England

In Candington England on October 2 British officials announced the experimental airship RAC may attempt its first flight next Monday or Tuesday with a public weather briefing and a high altitude mooring test planned for Saturday. The craft will carry 100 passengers and crew of 40 on initial flight. no passenger car is suspended beneath the ship and sleeping quarters are inside the envelope while engineers occupy the gondola to monitor the engines.

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Flag Champs Start Home After London Visit

Four youthful winners in America's Hag contest return home from London after a whirlwind tour. They are greeted warmly on English soil and board the George Washington to sail back across the Atlantic toward the Statue of Liberty. An evening at the theater to see George Bernard Shaw's The Apple Cart was a highlight of their stay.

Universal London America Southampton George Washington Meresa Wnn George Bernard Shaw

Von Hindenburg Observes His 82nd Birthday at Lodge

German president Paul Von Hindenburg spent his eighty second birthday quietly with family at Sehorlheide Danting lodge on Werbellin Lake about fifty five miles north of Berlin. His health remained good and the death of his sister added a family tone to the observance with daughter Trmengard and son scary present.

Berdin Germanis Paul von Iindenburg Sehorlheide Danting Lodge Werbellin Inke Nortth Berlin Trmengard Scary Indze

Morgans Selling Exchange Rights

Morgans and son reportedly selling their rights to new seals on the stock exchange. The article hints at John D. Rockefeller also selling his eight, amid a tense market scene in New York.

Morgans Exchange New York The Stock Exchange PC Macgon Pry John D. Rockefeller Alen Ig

Guatemala suspends constitutions amid subversive activity

In Guatemala, a temporary suspension of constitutional guarantees was deemed necessary due to subversive activity by a minor political group. Julio Gomez Rodes, a Guatemalan charged with aiding the affair, stated in local press the group sought to inflame opinion against the government but the country remains at peace. The government issued an order suspending constitutional guarantees nationwide for two weeks.

Mexico City UFI Guatemala Julio Gomez Rodes Aftairer Gomez

Mexico to switch to dial telegraphs nationwide

In a phased plan within a month, Mexico City will adopt automatic telegraphs exclusively. Only two sections of the general network will be equipped with the new device, according to the telephone company.

City Mexico

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