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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1929
Page
4
Unclear OCR reads indicate a roving death tied to arson investigations. authorities pursue leads on a suspect named Pete Howe. Further readable details are fragmentary and verification is needed.
The article recalls Cowboy Mountain Rye and the legend of Joseph Dellan Lexa ranger captured by Indians and rescued by Cle Thagers. It notes a reunion of DLO timers in Texas with tales of the range, a carved hair afghan exhibit, and Cowboy performing home made poetry and an Indian war dance before traveling to meet old friends.
Dr. Fred C. Ayer of the University of Texas will deliver about ten lectures to San Antonio teachers and principals on supervision and teaching techniques. Each Monday at 4 pm at the school board offices, with round table discussions after. Fifty principals teachers and supervisors attended the first session. regular meetings paused during the series.
With an end to rebellion near, troop commanders seek official sanction to labor on the government road network in central Mexico. They argue peace and need to keep troops in training, proposing use in Guanajuato Yucatan and Michoacan pending war department approval.
The interior department ruled that women have no political rights in Mexico and cannot take part in the presidential elections. The decision, reported amid protests, follows petitions by supporters of President Enrico Parte.
A political race in Mexico features candidates from major parties. Rodrigues Trisui Cummanic Ani seeks the presidency with party backing, while rivals Pascual Orriz Hubie and Take Yasten Nie vie for influence and action.
Joseph Bell the old time Ranger and Cowboy Mountain Rye, a veteran of the trails, gathered in San Antonio this week to relive adventures from when the city stood as a frontier outpost of civilization.
The Graz Zeppelened ship named in dispatches sailed at 69 a.m. for a tour over Spain and the Mediterranean. Among the passengers was Fernando Espinosa de Lex Monteros, a notable Spaniard.
A compact notice notes that two seconds of every description and price will be found daily in a classified section. It implies ongoing updated listings across descriptions and prices for readers seeking quick bargains.
Universal Service announces first coast to coast air route with an east bound schedule. Passengers depart New York for Kansas City then fly to Los Angeles via Western airplanes, travel time about 60 hours. Graham W. Grosvenor represents Universal Air Lines and Westum Airpress.
A disordered notice outlines early steps for an Army Y M C A fundraising drive. It mentions a Wednesday start, a goal of 425,000, a first meeting held Tuesday at the Gunter Hotel with captains announced, and calls for 75 workers to participate. Attendees listed include J H Haile, B Tt Mts, L G Williamson, George Varrish, and others.
New York Oct 25 General Motors plans a subsidiary to build flying boats of the Dornier DC-X type and to form a Zeppelin transport company for service between California and Hawaii. Alfred P Sloan presided over a successful test flight of the German Dornier DC-X carrying 19 aboard over Lake Constance.
Robert Davis, 82, died at Kerr Villa Tuesday. Funeral arrangements will be completed after the arrival of his widow Mrs Pearl Davis from Memphis Tennessee. Surviving are his widow a daughter Juanus Davis three sisters Mrs Katherine Thubert Mrs Mattie Blowman and Mrs Helen Lane an uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs C D Burt all of San Antonio.
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