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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1929
Page
1
A long column reviews bootleg financing, Capone, banks, and a new criminal class forming a professional network. It notes government hopes that prohibition would cut crime but warns of vast illicit sums shaping banks, courts, and society, with side remarks on pensions, sugar tariffs, and Canada’s legal stance on women.
Weekend flood controversy in San Astonia centers on suspending the food prevention program to deepen and clean the river channel between Nueva and Martinez streets. Mayor C. M. Chambers vows to oppose the lined channel, while bids for the channel are set for Monday morning. City officials and flood engineer S. WW. Freese clash over the plan as civic leaders predict long term river restoration.
Mayor vows to oppose a concrete lined channel between Nueva and Martinez amid hopes from Mood prevention engineers Hawley and Freese and Swiss Plaza Hotel corporation to link Fifth and Seventh streets. Fire and Police Commissioner Phil Wright leads the debate as Froese weighs advisability of the project.
In Washington on October 19 Senator U G Dit urged broadcasting senate and house debates. He argued lawmakers speak for the people and their actions are public business. He added a wish that farmers listen to tariff debates to better understand tariff effects.
Dr T G Bassett, a dentist with offices on Houston Street, was badly injured Saturday when his car collided with a streetcar on Broadway. He was taken to Santa Rosa infirmary with a skull fracture. doctors said he had a slight chance of recovery. He was alone in the car and the circumstances remain unclear.
An earthquake was detected by the University of California seismographs at 2 26 p m today. The quake, reported as southeast of a presumed African west coast location, caused minor tremors noted as tensilers today before fading from the charts.
Universal City scene director fell forty feet from a scaffold while directing a metacon. He sustained serious injuries and was hospitalized. The incident occurred today on the set, with witnesses describing a hazardous moment during production.
Doctors warn of dangerous dieting trends in Britain as English girls starve themselves to slim down. The piece notes rising cases of extreme dieting, malnutrition, and health risks amid popular yet unhealthy weight loss practices.
Alexander Pantages declares he will quit show business after 30 years as he faces criminal charges for allegedly attacking Eunice Pringle. He plans to wind down his vaudeville theaters while preparing to testify in his own defense next week, aiming to prove he is innocent of a blackmail frame.
Twenty students and professors at the Mexico City College of Thieves were jailed after police shut down the coop operated school that tutored hijacking banditry and related crimes. Authorities seized ledgers and accounts documenting the operation and graduates were reportedly issued diplomas.
Government probes deposits traced to 81,000 900-a-week Atlantic coast rum syndicate. Two New York banks and two New Jersey banks subpoenaed as federal grand jury in Trenton seeks names of syndicate members and involved officials. Prohibition chief Calhoun says bankers innocent of the liquor scheme though deposits linked to illicit business. Investigators push to identify ringleaders Morphy, Al Lillian, William Illian and others who allegedly ran a coastwide bootlegging operation via a fortified New York City base and a Canada exit.
A Senate probe exposes Senator Bingham of Connecticut for using a Connecticut Manufacturers' association paid adviser as a secretary in secret finance committee sessions. The adviser, paid $10,000 annually, was uncovered by Hearst papers and acknowledged by Bingham. The piece urges Senate action to defend integrity and standards for its members.
Salvor Service, Los Angeles, Oct 19 reports Stank Oil Co of California cut crude oil prices by seven cents per barrel with a price drop effective next Monday. The move is noted as one of the sharpest declines in California oil prices in years.
In Concord a jury acquitted four entry workers in a case stemming from a September strike reign of terror. The defendants faced charges related to violence during the industrial action, with the verdict delivered after days of testimony and scrutiny.
In a 42 to 84 vote the Democratic-Insurgent coalition in the Senate passed the export farm relief plan, overriding Hoover’s opposition and signaling doubt about further tariff legislation. The measure includes a debenture with annual bounty payments from tariff receipts and optional federal farm board deployment to carry out farm relief, with prices tied to certain export levels.
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