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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 02, 1924

Page

5

Labor Support Sought In Speeches From Three Candidates

Labor Day remarks from Calvin Coolidge John W Davis and Robert La Follette show labor support plans and railroading policy. Each candidate faces the Howell Barkley bill and Esch Cummins act reform, with Davis surprising as a middle road on labor. Coolidge backs maintenance of the act with a rates inquiry, while La Follette pushes repeal and radical reform. Davis signals rate cuts but avoids a concrete plan.

Washington Coolidge John W. Davis Senator Lafollette Railroad Brotherhoods American Federation of Labor United States Labor Board Congress Howell-Barkley Railroad Labor Board LaFollette Interstate Commerce Commission Ta Follette Rijl Harding Tha Sents Inbor Thench Tabor Labor Agriculture Senator la Follette T la Follette Charles G. Dawes Davie LaFallette Wieronam Canl- Mee Caminns fsBaw Fallatts Arains Davis Wade

Man Arrested on Prohibition Charge in City Jail

Beld on Dry Charge Mike Trevenu 24 years old of 327 Big Foot street was arrested Monday morning and charged with violation of the national prohibition laws. Beis being held in the city jail for federal officers. Numerous auto parts and businesses advertise in local notices including Kirkwood and Wharton AAdt Hoover Vacuum Cleaners and washing machines. Also mention of an Old Time Dance at St Anthony on Thursday September 4 tickets at local music stores. Dog missing report of two white Spitz toys from Mohawk Street. Dancing tonight at Woodlawn Lake by Rainbow Staktee Stre aders.

Beld Mike Trevenu Big Foot Street Beis St. Anthony Walth Te Goggan Bee

School schedules rushed as San Antonio teachers prepare for opening

Plans are underway to assign teachers to schools for Monday’s opening in September. Pupils prepare for class, with Mary and You outfitting for fall. Junior highs open this term amid athletics planning and anticipated rivalry among eight white and two negro schools. Free texts are being distributed under Professor Herman Hirsch with some high school books needing purchases.

San Antonio Teache Mary You Herman Hirsch Crockett School

Flood prevention survey started for Almossin project

A preliminary survey to kick off flood prevention work on the Almossin is slated for early next week. Chae Crecelius, selected by the flood survey board, will oversee the San Antonio program with Paul Stoffier, Styper commissioner, coordinating efforts on site and directing a small corps of assistants. The plan includes data planning and consultation as work begins on the third floor Cres Vail office.

Chaecelius Flood Isury Board San Antonio Uniwork Crecelius Styper Paul Stoffier Cres Vail Creeelius Senguey

Former Erring Girl Thanks McCloskey Judge

Judge Augustus McCloskey often sentences delinquent boys to reform schools. A girl, grateful for his role, sent a note and a teaching position request after completing a course at the home. He notes three others have also graduated to new jobs from the Joske Home.

Tosi Memorial Home Judge McCloskey Rome Joske Ome

Arc lamp to illuminate hold up hotspot in San Antonio

The city council has ordered an arc lamp at the intersection of Bist Mois ton and Rio Grande streets near Teffernon Heights to deter holdups. Residents had urged lighting near the busy Houston street connecting with St Hedwig road where several robberies have occurred.

San Antonio Bist Moiston Rio Grande Teffernon Heights Franklin Houston Street St. Hedwig Road

Medina County Hunts Licenseless Hunters Face Charges

Medina authorities crack down on San Antonio hunters lacking proper credentials. Several men are charged with hunting without a license as officials warn that carrying a gun without cause near the county is prima facie evidence of hunting intent. A man reported being warned to explain himself to a judge.

San Antonio

Fires for thrill lead to arrests

Charles Woods, 16, was sentenced to serve one to five years on the reformatory farm at Tonin after pleading guilty to arson for setting hay and straw stacks to obtain thrill. The case arose in Port Huron, Michigan. Separately, San Francisco reports a revival in lumber activity as seven large schooners sit idle awaiting cargoes, with expectations of mills receiving loads and boats returning by October.

Port Huron Midh Charles Woods Reformatory Tonin Woods San Francisco

Atlantic Cable Redrawn Links Supple Atlantic Route to Rome

Telegraph Company announces a new cable network from New York to Horta in the Azores and then to Rome via Malaga and Spain, totaling about 5422 miles. A second line will connect the Azores to Emden, Germany, restoring communications long interrupted. The line uses a nickel iron alloy signal conductor with high magnetic permeability to improve signaling over old lines. The Atlantic cable project, laid in 1860, is being tested aboard the cable ship and aims to revive transatlantic communication.

United States Europe New York Horta Azores Rome Malaga Spa Dardani Emden Geriny Atlantic

Wolfe of Trade Bureau Sues for Divorce in San Antonio

C Wolfe head of the Trade Bureau of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce files for divorce alleging his wife Clara Wolfe is highly nervous and jealous and subjected him to cruel treatment since shortly after their 1917 marriage on December 24. They lived together until February 1, 1924. He claims she nagged him in private and public and that he was continually raised in fear.

Clara Wolfe C. Wolfe Trade Extension Bureau San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Olfe Nagad

Friend With Bond Is Jailed Himself in Prohibition Era

Mon Yay-ilien A Blondy Newcombe 24 of 824 South Alamo called police to rescue a distressed friend but was held on a federal prohibition charge. State Ranger W T Miles arrested him at Vite Street Alley and detained him alongside E H Guinek 24 of 220 Re Street for misdeed amid a city jail episode.

Blondy” Newcombe South Alamo Street Posice W. T. Miles I E. H. Guinek Restecet Miles Mll National Prohibition

Wild turkey caught by former Giant in Allenwood

In Yisburg Pennsylvania on September 2 a former Giant catcher and local merchant William Fewisburg caught a wild turkey in a landing net near Allenwood. The bird was kept by Miles Reeder, a game protector, amid reports of its odd behavior and potential future liberation.

Turkey Yisburg Jerk Giants William

Anita Damrosch to Marry Gotham Editor

Anita Blaine Damrosch daughter of Walter Damrosch founder of the New York Symphony and conductor of the New York Symphony Orchestra, will wed Robert Littell editor of the New Republic. Littell is Harvard educated and a grandson of Littel's Living Age founder. he is son of Philip Littell of Bar Harbor.

Bar Harbor Anita Blaine Damrosch Walter Damrosch New York Symphony Orchestra Robert Littell The New Republic Miss Damrosch James G. Blaine Leopold Damrosch New York Mr. Littell Phillip Littell Littel Harvard

Revenue figures show big losses in July tax receipts

Washington, D. C., Sept. 2 Internal revenue collections for July, the first month of the new tax reductions, totaled 110,514,885 dollars, down 24,585,605 from July receipts. Regular quarterly income and profits taxes are included in payments, making year-to-year comparison difficult. Competitive income payments were 300,624 for July, and 38,107,030 for July 1. Miscellaneous payments fell from 97,508,419 in July 1923 to 80,791,261. A major factor was a drop in automobile industry payments.

Washington, D. C Eee

Weeks approves plan to award medals for non military WWI service

Washington announces War Department approval of a bill to award medals to governors adjutant generals local and district boards legal advisers and government appeal agents who served in the selective service system during World War I. The bill authorizes Congress to grant medals and dedicates 25 000 to fund production and distribution.

Washington, D. C War Department Congress Wai Department War Secretary

Also Mentioned on This Page

By David Lawrence Marion Davies Vignola Yolanda Robert Vignoli Vignoli Select Auto Parta Co Amr Kirkwood and Wharton Crockett Hoover Vacuum Ciemners Kirkwood & Wharton A. A. Brown Alamo Jewelry Co Alamo Plaza Ed Ross Mohawk Street Woodlawn Lake Irs Eristhl Rainbow Staktee Streaders Aviv Augustus McCloskey Nomeerke Juuge McCloskey Gunter Nimrods New Marine Line OF Trade Bureau Bond Anita Damrosch Gotham Wedal Plan Gottus Gradwell Sumouter Senator Sorg FLOOR
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