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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1929
Page
11
In Genoa Italy Oct 28 two bodies the pilot and eight passengers from the Gite of Rome imperial flyer were recovered from the wreckage of a plane that disappeared near Visreggio during a storm. The steamer Famiglia sought to tow the craft to safety but contact was lost and authorities began rescue efforts near La Spezia.
Mr and Mrs Calvin Coolidge return to their Northampton home after attending the funeral of Mrs Coolidge’s mother Mrs Goodhue in Burlington. The couple traveled from Burlington where they had gone for the rites and family matters.
Evidence shows Hardin Runnels built a fine Bowie County home for a bride he never married. The house stood until a later fire, and Runnels later died in Bowie in 1874. His political rise, rivalries with Sam Houston, and later life are sketched against Texas history, with notes on his whittling and the move to honor his grave in Austin.
2030 OF ARMY Y THREATENED Z. A. Rymer, material secretary of the Army Navy department, spoke to New York business leaders Monday noon. Plans were made for the Army X campaign in November. Rymer warned that Arms Y would be withdrawn from San Antonio if businessmen did not support the funds drive. Youngs Crook chaired the meeting with many attendees listed.
Six Boy Scouts Sunday were awarded eagle badges at the court of honor led by Carl Bryan. Promoted to first class were 27 scouts, eleven advanced to Life scout, four to second class, and two to star rank. Recipients of the Eagle badge include Jack McMillian of troop 19, Tom Hayes, Ted Hayes, Walter May, Allen Newman of troop 23, James LaPrade of troop 30.
In New York on October 28 Mary Curie, radium co discoverer, rested before a trip to Washington tomorrow where President Hoover will host her. Hoover dined Wednesday at the Academy of Science. He will present a $50,000 draft to purchase a gram of radium for the Curie Molish cancer hospital and laboratory in Warsaw.
Navy airships were kept in hangars at Lakehurst as high winds prompted the commanding officer to advise cancellation of the planned lighter than air parade during the celebrations in Washington.
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