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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1929
Page
10
Col. B. B. Buck prepared Tuesday to head the Armistice Day parade as grand marshal named by the Anzio Post American Legion at a noon St Thelor hotel meeting. A program of music and speeches will accompany the parade marking the eleventh anniversary of the end of World War I.
An article from Midi quotes Maurice de Waoleffe urging Frenchmen over 80 to keep facial whiskers as a symbol of national identity against American fashions. It notes M. de Valelie remains clean-shaven and mocks trend toward hair dye and modern styling.
A nostalgic column recounts Civil War tastes and Texas cattle lore. It mentions the Brownsville battle after Lee's surrender, a Confederate standard bearer, and Sam McKnight buying a 6700 acre Carrizo Springs ranch. The piece also notes Carrizo Springs citrus wins at a Dallas fair and a San Marcos parade linked to the annual fair. Captain J B Gillett and a Mexico cross-border episode are briefly tied to Rangers history.
W. F. Ellison, 24, a lineman for the San Antonio Public Service Co., died Tuesday after contacting a bare high tension wire while transferring a wire on Mapsfield Boulevard. He fell from the pole as a fellow worker broke contact, and the body was lowered to the ground. Survived by his widow Mrs Huda Ellison, a six year old son Werlin Ellison Jr, his parents Mr and Mrs Ellison, three sisters Emily Caroline Evelyn, and two brothers Clarence and N. C. Ellison Jr. of Houston.
Chinese reports claim Soviet forces occupied the Chi nre touwn at Tabsiho opposite Blagoveschensk. The town lies north of lingsien near the Sungari and Amur confluence, an area Russians held briefly days ago after a bombing by Soviet aircraft.
Two collisions between street cars and automobiles Monday night left several injured. Joby R. Armstrong of 3922 Avyoming street and M. Robinson of 1144 Boston street were hospitalized Tuesday at Stebert B. Sireen hospital. A third minor injury involved Gherro of 839 Cevallos street after a car-pedestrian collision at Nogalir tos and Soulblores streets Monday night.
Los Angeles report: William Hobere Gaborza, using aliases Bar on von Krupp Taft Thew Houghton and others, pleaded guilty to a fraud charge. He faced two years in government confinement at McNeil Island after arrest while posing as an assistant to the solicitor general. He claimed to be son of a former ambassador and used multiple identities in Los Angeles.
Two convicts H O Jansen and Jim R Young attempted a bold escape from the state penitentiary at Huntsville Texas. They assaulted guard John Barnett, seized his revolver, and hijacked a car to flee toward Houston. A prison vehicle pursued and overtook them, ending the escape bid.
CHICAGO, Oct. 22. Mrs. Edwin Price confessed the February holdup involving 518,000 in jewels was a sham. The 41-year-old wife of a wealthy manufacturer admitted to state attorneys that she staged the crime to hide a gambling debt from her husband and implicated an accomplice who aided in the deceit.
A young woman mourns unreciprocated dance desires while her grandmother struggles with hearing. The story shifts to a suggestion: adding an extension telephone in the grandma’s room can ease distress and expand family communication, with cost savings over upgrading. An expert telephonist can often double convenience by a second line and rearranging existing equipment.
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