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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1930
Page
1
Arthur Brisbane reports a corrupt political system where judges and high officials allegedly sell justice to wealthy criminals, including bootleggers, racketeers, and other lawbreakers. The piece critiques the Baumet law immunity loophole and notes broader economic fears and technological advances influencing society and industry.
Daring airmen spend a night over the Atlantic without lights and off course as a storm challenges the flight. The voyage tests endurance and navigational skill amid turbulent seas and limited visibility.
Lieut Barey Connor and Cap t Errol Boyd describe a near disaster in a Moporlane Columbia flight. They skimmed Tresco in the Scilly Islands after fuel loss and a damaged engine, dumping 100 gallons of fuel to prevent fire. Connor sighted land first and the plane landed on a narrow beach with little leeway, a perilous but successful contingency. Continued on Page 1D Col 5.
Cloudy with scattered showers and patchy sun. Highs around 60 degrees, light to moderate southerly winds increasing late Sunday. Warmer conditions with possible late showers, then cooler night. Additional weather details on page 2.
Chauncer G. Parker, a banker, faced police court in Washington Delaware on a speeding charge. Officer EF Moore testified Parker drove 45 miles per hour on Sixteenth Street and asked if Parker called him a swear word. The court fined Parker one dollar for the incident.
In Gardington England on October 11 mourners laid to rest the 48 victims of the R101 disaster a year after the dirigible crashed near Beauvais France. Coffins were carried to the graveside in London as dignitaries and mourners attended the solemn procession including former air minister Lota Thomson and other officials.
Markets and most banks and business houses will be closed Monday in observance of Columbus Day. The New York stock exchange New York curb market Chicago board of trade New York cotton exchange and New Orleans cotton exchange among others will suspend trading.
Washington October 11 The navy department awarded contracts for about 1 893 000 gallons of aviation gasoline at a cost of 236 085 50 to supply the navy s requirements from December 1 1930 to April 30 1991.
Newark police disclosed nine men died in the city within the past forty hours from wood alcohol liquor. Authorities could not determine where the victims purchased the tainted liquor.
London dispatch reports Captain Fy Tl Matthews aiming for a record flight from England to Australia landed in Singapore after earlier messages said he crashed between Bangkok and Singapore. The incident marks a dramatic leg in a long-haul journey involving a noted pilot.
Chicago police raided a tobacco cache linked to the Baltix gang, capturing Edward Herbert a lieutenant of Big Too. Authorities seized cash and confiscated cigarettes as part of the operation expanding a crackdown on bootlegging.
After 15 witnesses described phases of a machine for the alleged illegal issuance of poll tax receipts in Borar county, two contest suits were recessed until Monday morning. Attorneys for George Huntress and Leslie Moore presented nine witnesses Friday and six on Saturday detailing poll tax receipt graft with names, blanks, and cash-like exchanges. The testimony included claims that poll tax slips were filled for friends, sometimes for money, and that deputies and the sheriff’s office were connected to the scheme.
Gary Foe in Chicago faces unfitness notes as Judge John Lyte and four other municipal judges are branded unfit by a Chicago Tear association committee. The report cites harsh bonds set on “public terits” arrested on agency warrants, with amounts ranging from 10,000 to 350,000.
In Oklahoma City on October 1 Victor I Smith a Tulee oil man and refinery operator testified before the corporation commission that lifting proration would demoralize industry and possibly other fields He said the heating would be resumed Monday and urged continuation of the promotion schedule by Wirt Franklin and others involved in the oil industry
Fifteen members of a Pathé motion picture troupe were injured today when dynamite used in a scene exploded prematurely. The blast occurred near Cameron, Arizona, along the Colorado River, deep in the Hopi Native Reservation.
A Brooklyn gang warfare incident ends with two men dead and a total of sixteen machine gun rounds found near Pasquale Daurin and Patsy Tange. Police say one victim bore the name Frank and the other was an unidentified man born to a partner.
A severe highway crash on the Lincoln highway near Laranie left one man dead and eight Leo family members injured when two cars collided head on. Officials labeled the incident a weekend tragedy and began disaster response procedures.
New York Ort WW NS reports the state attorney general will probe the failure of Prince and Whitish brokers. An inquiry by the attorney general’s office is planned to determine causes and responsibility in the recent brokerage collapse.
Distraught beauty contestants from around the world, including Miss United States, face danger as Brazil suspends port access and shipping links. Rio de Janeiro hosts the group as officials arrange evacuation by outbound ship or train to Buenos Aires and onward homeward, with chaperones in tow.
A U S department monograph condemns enforcement methods and links anti prohibition with organized vice while urging education and “the wiping out” of illegal traffic. It proposes a broad policy of education and compares opposition to vaccination amid disease control. The piece cites gambling, prostitution and personal liberty debates and criticizes legislative bodies for reacting to public opinion.
A U S customs bureau seeks the return of a set of controversial books seized last spring during a debate over admission of obscene material. The voluminous works were challenged as obscene and barred by law, with several authors or holders reportedly unable to reclaim them.
Washington Oct 11 The Marine Corps will be trimmed as part of economy measures. Recruitment to the crack corps has been suspended and recruiting offices especially in the West have been shut. At least 1000 men are to be removed from the present enrollment of 16,090 as the plan unfolds.
Miller, a passenger, was killed and Johnson, the pilot, was severely injured when their angle rock biplane crossed near a ranch. Johnson attempted a landing when the craft nosedived. Both men are from Thelen, Now.
Ruth Hanna McCormick expected to be elected to the senate from Illinois as the state ticket also leans Republican. CLI Vazle, national committeeman from Illinois, assured President Roosevelt today.
A commerce department report states Bombay recorded 15 inches of rain in 24 hours, setting a new record surpassing the previous 15 inch total from 1886. The data comes from Universal Session in Washington.
Census data show the United States had 17 702 hotels with 29 or more rooms each. The report notes an average of 44 hotels per 100 000 people, indicating a sizable hotel presence nationwide.
Wanted ads note a licensed chauffeur vacancy and an office detail role in an old established office with small investment. A six room rental with three bedrooms and tile bath is listed at 443 Chicago, $45 monthly, near Navarro Street. Additional notices reference opportunities and a light clock section with directions to Classifaction 113.
Reports from Buenos Aires describe a widening Brazilian conflict with rebels seizing Rio de Janeiro rail links and pressing toward Sao Paulo while government forces defend Minas Geraes and Espirito Santo. Both sides claim progress as clashes continue across Parana Santa Catarina and Rio de Janeiro states.
Rio de Janeiro reports say rebel forces were repulsed along border regions of Espírito Santo and Goiás with heavy casualties, while government troops gain ground in Minas Gerais. Detachments along the Central Brazilian railroad claim advances toward Tarafiatte as U.S. Steel interests depend on the region. The Pensacola cruiser sails to Cuba for protection of Americans amid the fighting.
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