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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1929
Page
4
Austin reports W. of Manners was appointed auditor of the state penitentiary system for a two year term. The appointment was guided by Attorney General Robert Lee Bok Treasurer W. Gregory Hatenes and Comptroller 8. A. Ter rel.
New Orleans sees a 102 day street car strike remain at stalemate as workers vote to return to work only if the New Orleans Public Service agrees to arbitrate their reemployment provision of the New York Agreement.
San Antonio real estate fronts along East Houston Street show dramatic value gains. Owners, lenders, and appraisers debate frontage prices from $10,000 to $15,000 per front foot, with reported offers of $16,000 per front foot for prime corner property. The City-Central Bank area includes landmarks like the Gunter hotel and Brody building.
Fire crews responded as a storm damaged boats and two men were injured and treated at the station. The article notes firemen spent spare time feeding gulls with fresh fish after refusing canned sardines and salmon.
New York faces potential pay roll oil shortages after a strike by six oil truck drivers. The stoppage began in Brooklyn last Saturday and spread to Manhattan, Queens, Nassau and Long Island areas. Despite emergency efforts by nine companies, many stations reported exhausted supplies and dwindling deliveries.
Mayor C. M Chambers and Fire and Police Commissioner Phil Wright join Ralph H Durkee and N I White for speeches Friday night at the central fire station. The events precede a fire department drill as part of Fire Prevention Week observances.
Mr and Mrs G R McBroon barely escaped with their lives when fire swept their home at 201 Golondrion street in the early hours Friday. McHroon woke to smoke and roused his wife as flames forced them to flee their flats. only a truck and a chair were saved as firefighters were summoned.
Kansas City milk lines eased as more supply was cut from pasteurization plants. Dairymen from Excelsior Springs Missouri, after a conference with officials of the Milk Producers' Association of Greater Kansas City, agreed to withdraw their supply from distributors today.
York banker and Princeton graduate Floyd J. Carlisle critiques college life as a barrier to enter business. He argues universities fail to instill the drive and money habits needed for business success, insisting the easy life in college dulls ambition and practical planning.
BIG SPRING Texas Oct 11 A note found in a freight car hinted at the whereabouts of a prisoner who escaped from Huntsville penitentiary. The message mentioned Robert and the Santa Claus bank robbery and claimed the writer was bound for France. The line "If they want me they will have to come after" appears in the fragmentary note.
The Spanish American club of San Antonio will present a patriotic program with songs in the Main Avenue High School auditorium Saturday night at 8 o clock. Carter A. Whaley, manager of the chamber of commerce, will deliver an address.
Oct 11 141 MCA B Perky wife of a Florida real estate operator was shot and robbed of 40000 in jewelry while returning from Hawthorne to Market with two companions, a man and a woman held for questioning. Husband founded Florida town near Key West. The man held is James La Monte, a known gambler. The woman is Mrs W E Knowles, a recent acquaintance.
Miss Pal McMurray, 17, recovering at Medical and Surgical hospital Friday after a car she rode in overturned near McCullough avenue and Hidgewood street Thursday. Co-passengers Alberti Burk 19, White Jennings 10, and Parker Spence 20 sustained minor injuries and were released. Spence swerved to avoid another car, causing the rollover.
Gustav Rust died Thursday at 942 Main Avenue, Spring Branch, age 71. Funeral plans list burial Friday afternoon at Spring Branch cemetery. Survived by widow Alma Rust. two sons Gustav and Grovée. one daughter Augusta Anim. brother Henry Rust of Burgheim. sister Dora Cruckermeyer of Boernm, all of Spring Branch.
Dr Hugo Eckner and the Graf Zeppelin crew reject next year’s North Pole mission for financial and technical reasons. A crew list circulated among the airship’s personnel shows a denial of participation by most of the crew except Commander Ninest Tohmann.
Stamford on October 11 Mira Oliver Iselin a socially prominent figure wielded an axe at a ceremony marking the installation of underground wires near Conde Nast's publishing plant. He toppled a telephone pole, removing an encumbrance as part of the event. The article notes Iselin's land holdings and hints at a future business course.
New York reports a gale sweeping the coast wrecking several vessels. The RetlAnade and other ships are listed with damage while Florence Crumb Goaliiae and Cosmpolitan figures are mentioned in tentative contexts.
Secretary Lamon puts the annual cost of coffee congestion to the United States at about $2,000,000,000, reflecting expenses for highway construction and maintenance amid rising traffic. The figure underscores the nation’s need to curb congestion through infrastructure planning and policy reforms.
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