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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 16, 1929

Page

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What Is Happiness Clinic Aims At Marital Health Work

A Methodist leader, Reverend C Everett Wagner, announces a happiness clinic to lecture on happiness definitions and how to reach it. The program will focus on marriage health work and related well being, drawing on philosophical views from Voltaire Socrates and Schopenhauer.

C_ Everett Wagner Metihodist Episcopal Volterre Sheridan Socrates Schonenh Rousnesu Schiller

Labor and money clash over unions in New York

A fragmented report contrasts striken gasoline truck drivers and major firms in New York resisting union recognition with labor’s tough stance. It notes potential public sympathy shifts after elections, hints at a priceless pearl prize, and mentions seven New York colleges pushing birth control information changes to Penn code, with debates about historical figures' births and legacies.

New York Caruso

City officials face flood channel widening protest

A business committee led by CG. Bowler and HK. J. Altgelt protested city plans to widen the channel between Nunya and Martinez atrevis arguing the river will be too narrow by 120 feet and land takings will hinder a parallel road. Mayor Chambers said commissioners will meet flood prevention engineers to consider buying land on both sides for widening and to balance city needs with river protection.

Kowler HK. J. Altgelt Nunya Martinez Atrevis Enat Hank Fowler Frome Marcy Comenissonera Hood Hawley Freese Iixcuas

Indictment Against Borglum Deemed Farcical by Sculptor

Georgia grand jury charges Gutzon Borglum with malicious mischief and larceny over the Stone Mountain memorial model. Borglum calls the indictment irregular and politically biased, saying the case was pressed despite past failures and court test challenges.

Gutzon Borglum Georgia Stour Mountain DeKalb County Norgludt No Murde Stone Mountain Memorial Project Torglum North Carolina

Jury Uses Plane to View Damaged Land in Action

A Wisconsin Rapids jury viewed farmland damaged by backwater from the Nekora dam aboard a large aircraft. The plane ride, arranged by the defendant Nekosea Edwards Paper Co., aimed to inspect parcels owned by William J Weber and Tillie Weber after water damage.

Wisconsin Rapids Wis William J. B Tillie Weber Nekoran Nekoséa- Edwards Paper Company

Jones Act Used First Time When Minor Before Bar

The Jones Law, enacted to amend the Valstead act, was invoked in U S district court for the first time in the Pete Claunch case. Claunch, a minor, pled guilty to prohibition infraction and was sentenced by Judge William B. Sheppard to ten months at the national reform school in Chillicothe.

Service Schools to Play This Year

Chairman Britten of the naval committee said after a White House call that West Point and Annapolis should resume football relations this year.

Washington, TC Britten Hong Naval Committee White House West Point Annapolis

Mexican Bandit Slain by Woodmen

Mexican bandit slain by woodmen near Jalapa Veracruz region after ambush by local outpost forces. Bandit leader fell and remaining attackers fled into the hills as dawn broke over the Cordillera. News notes limited details from shattered OCR text.

TWO CALLED WOMAN USES IN DEATH AYTON PROBE

A chaotic report details two callers questioned by a grand jury in a probe of Captain Charles Stevens’s death and a highway shooting during a still raid in Atascosa county. Prohibition agents faced murder and conspiracy charges as eight suspects remain pursued. the case links to a rum ring and past ambush.

Charles Stevens Te & Grand Jury Wis Wick Roure Wellens Pat Murphy R. H. Elisarl Stvens Grand Stevens Prohibition San Antonio Atascosa County Reshida

Hollywood Bans More Pawnshops in Hollywood

Los Angeles officials refuse pawnshop permits and deny applicants who hang out the gift emblems of the crattom on Hollywood Boulevard. The police commission acts to restrict pawnshops in the area citing concerns over local order and aesthetics.

Ey Mrern Steen Los Angeles

AFL Opposes War Conscription Bill

The American Federation of Labor convention today expressed opposition to a universal conscription bill pending before Congress during wartime. The vote reflected AFL’s stance against conscription while the nation faces war needs.

AFL Uitally Ct 16 American Federation of Labor Congress

Generally Fair Weather Forecast for San Antonio

J H Jarboe, forecaster, reports generally fair weather with Wednesday night partly cloudy skies and a warming trend. Overnight low 62 degrees, warmest week. Wednesday expected 73 degrees with a slight rise in temperature. Winds light to moderate, turning brisk Thursday with a high near 84 degrees.

San Antonio J. H. Jarboe

Ferguson weighs run for Congress in Texas district Ten

Dallas Times-Flemand reports Jim Ferguson is circulating consideration of entering the Democratic primary for Congress next year. He would challenge incumbent J. P. Duchanan of Brenham in the Tenth district, a serious bid near certainty among local circles A tremor of activity noted.

Dallas VPI Dallas Times-Flemand Today Wors Friesda Tames 13 Ferguson Congress J. P. Duchanan Brenbawo Incumbeat

Woman to Speak on Toltecs Life at Witte Museum

Mrs Anna Thompton former of Merion Cite will deliver an illustrated lecture on the Toltec civilization in Mexico Sunday afternoon in the assembly room at Witte Museum Brackenridge Park. The talk is the third in a fall series of scientific lectures arranged by Col T Crimmins who invites teachers and students to attend.

Anna Thompton Merion Cite Mexico Wittelmuseum Brackenridge Park T. Crimmins

Court Upholds Bail Refusal in Fort Worth Murder Case

In Austin the court of criminal appeals affirmed the denial of bail for Tracta Moore alias Alex accused of killing a Fort Worth police officer. The ruling keeps Moore jailed as the case proceeds.

Austin Vexas Fig Tracta Moore Nemeo Alex

Pachy Dean Parades to Lead Elephant Tragedy Parade

Oct 16 Black Tismond the elephant king led a circus parade through a city street when bullets from a machine gun felled him. The massive pachyderm collapsed near a meadow grave as mourners watched. Funeral elephants Jewel Habe and two others followed to the burial grounds. Commemorations and a large crowd marked the somber event.

Kenedy Tere Black Tismond Lephant Lord Giams Julie Carrie Svill Peraininri Black Diamond Jewel Cawuriun

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