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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1929
Page
1
The article notes Rosh Hashanah and a mix of myth and science about the world’s age, then asserts Earth will endure for millennia. It highlights advances like X rays of a mummy, Langmuir’s lab work, and Sears Roebuck data. It reports Uncle Sam prospering with a billion-plus three-month haul and a 31 percent car- production rise, while noting Stresemann’s death.
Fragmented weather notes show forecasted highs around mid eighties in some areas with cooler trends near weekend. Expect windy conditions in parts of Texas and the southwest with scattered showers and partly cloudy skies.
Milo Pringle took the stand briefly as the dance hopeful girl who accuses Alexander Pantages faced further questioning. District Attorney Duron Fitte capped the session moments before adjournment, postponing continued inquiry into the statutory charge amid a tense trial atmosphere.
A brutal prison uprising at Canon City left 12 dead and 15 wounded as 160 convicts fought guards and police. Warden Dr,ngferd and National Guard troops defended cell block No 3, with four guards killed and seven convicts slain. A Catholic private, Father Carrick ONeill, aided a wounded guard and escaped danger. The riot ended at sunrise with convicts surrendering and being moved from the cell house amid gunfire and dynamite attempts.
In Angeles on October 4 Eunice Pringle’s mother, Mrs. Florence Pringle, testified for hours as the defense pressed a thorough cross examination against the state’s claims that Eunice and associates framed Eunice’s story against theater magnate Pantages. The witness recounts Eunice’s life from Marsaville birth to school years, Hollywood connections, and a $300 payment to playwright Dunacy for a playlet linked to Eunice’s career.
In Chicago a story recalls a fifty year old marriage in Holton Wisconsin and a move to Lawrence Kansas by schooner. Mrs. A B dae now travels by airplane to Kansas City aiming to redo a distant journey in under four hours. She recalls once crossing buffalo herds in a voyage long ago.
A fragmentary report from Seattle dated Sept 4 notes British Columbia coast weather hindered search for two Soviet aviators piloting the monoplane Land of the Soviets from Moscow to New York. They departed Alaska in mist and have not been heard from since crossing toward Seattle.
A Borger judge, Walter Green, resigned from the bench after emerging from a court of inquiry session shortly before noon. The announcement was made as the session concluded.
NEW YORK, Oct. 4 The trial of Charles Velor Waggon, president of Telluriite Cola, on an indictment charging mail fraud, was delayed until October 10 by a federal court today.
Col. Charles A. Windsorbergh departed from Guatemala City for Belive aboard 11715 to conduct a survey of Maya Indian tins, according to dispatches received by tropical radio.
ALLENTOWN Pa Oct 4 Roy Van Wagenen was acquitted today of the charge of killing his wife by throwing her from his automobile. The jury deliberated 20 hours.
Athens Ohio April 4 Freervrk W Rush 62 publisher of the Acheony Messenger and a leading Ohio newspaper figure died at his home today.
San Antonio engineers outline $3.1 million flood prevention work on the river channel and dam system. Freese notes completion of the Great Bend cutoff would raise entry capacity from 700 to 10 000 second feet, with 14 000 second feet possible overflow into the business district. He adds old figures and costs, warning more funds are needed to finish the plan.
Ramsay MacDonald England's new labor premier and Ishbel his daughter will be entertained in the United States after arriving in New York on Friday. The visit includes a conference with President Hoover to reduce armaments and advance world peace. His daughter won hearts of fellow passengers across the Atlantic with her kind manner.
Sylvan La San Antonia attorney reports Governor Lith Monty will appoint a judge Friday. Terrell, who resigned as judge, will enter private practice after nine years on the bench. The announcement of Tang’s declined appointment came from San Antonio sources. Governor Moely is expected to name a successor Friday afternoon, with Clifton mentioned as a possible appointee. (Continued on Page 12, Col 3)
A garbled foreign policy summary reports MacVought and officials in Washington seeking Anglo American cooperation. The piece notes discussions on German demilitarization and air power limits, with calls for unity and restraint as leaders prepare to meet. It references Premier MacDonald and others connected to the international deliberations and public sentiment on disarmament.
Weather forecast of partly cloudy skies Friday night with a high near 65 degrees Saturday. Moderate southerly winds to shift to north, little temperature change expected. Showers possible in far northeast Texas Friday night with light rain in Dallas and Longview overnight.
Chicago gangster Al Capone and his bodyguard Franklyn faced rejection as their parole petitions were dismissed by Philadelphia Municipal Court. Both men serve one year for carrying a loaded pistol, and the rulings halt their early release attempts.
A rancher from Crockett County was killed when struck by the propeller of a plane after landing at Marfa. The deceased, associated with local wool growing circles and a ranching community, was headed to a livestock show. Authorities pursued details as the case unfolded.
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