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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1933
Page
5
A chaotic scene at Navarra and Auguats streets as 26 of 52 original walkers persist through hours of enforced rules. Detectives mingle with attendees while social registeres boast networks, and couples stage informal shows during two 45 minute walking periods drawing thousands to the urban amusement hub.
The Walkathon features 15 minute rest periods with contestants in beach attire as nurses attend. Alice Holmes enjoys the break while Rose Lyman tends participants and crowds observe a lively event with sleep, entertainment, and constant activity among 23 walkers chasing a $1000 prize.
Mexico City reports all federal troops ordered to bar racks and readiness as student disorders at the University of Mexico provoke a third mobilization. Police mass at stations while political tension nears a blow off. Puebla general CALLEG plans to shift HQ to Cuernavaca as crisis follows mass resignations and campus raids.
The fifth Whittera club meeting for boys who attended nature and woodcraft classes at the Witte museum will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. Mrs Eleventh Behalf Quillin, director, announced. Eugenette Anter on, a Canadian woodcrafter, returns from the Canadian wilds to reopen the class. All boys may attend with no admission, materials cost 50 cents. The class uses the last electric street car line in Ganantonio as its HQ. The trolley was a gift to the museum last spring and used for a snake research house. Over-payments made. Washington, Oct 20. The bureau of internal revenue credited $17,637 to Houston Electric and $10,054 to Greston Electric for over-assessments in 1926-28. Open drive-in case ad for $125.
A meeting of Bextr county ex service men will address employment conditions at 8 o clock Friday night in the Ninth District court room. R B Anderson, past Adjutant of the Disabled Veterans of the World War, announced participants include men with varied backgrounds and talismans.
Washington agents consider new laws to cap executive salaries after the Senate Wall Street inquiry cited pay levels. Senators Couzens and Fletcher urge public salary data and indirect limits on corporations doing business with the government to rein in vast compensation during depression.
Kilday family member Tee Praden, a well known Uvalde resident, was fatally injured in a fall from a pecan tree on Thursday near Sabinal. Police Chief Owen W. Kilday’s cousin attended the funeral in Uvalde after the word of the tragedy reached San Antonio Friday.
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