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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1929
Page
1
Washington leaders predicted a five day week as the future for American labor linking improved social intellect and industrial progress. The forecast credits advances in machinery and better labor relations as the main drivers of this coming reform, described as a new era.
Gloria Ray, nine percent, finds an odd egg weighing twelve ounces and a second nest contains a quarter-ounce egg. The piece then shifts to a speculative future where industrial leaders forecast a five day week, greater worker leisure, and a partnership between labor and capital driven by new technology and broader social change.
Gloria Ray of Nacogdoches Street gathered eggs daily with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Chris Ray. The nine year old found a surprising nest containing a large egg weighing three and a half ounces and measuring seven and three quarter inches around. The smaller egg weighed one quarter ounce and two and a half inches long. The family reported no keys or birds seen near the hen house.
In Jowet Wisconsin authorities investigate the fatal shooting of Esther Groth a 10 year old girl killed at her parents home on Saturday. Will County officials marked time while funeral plans were made as the child died from a close range shotgun blast that nearly tore her left arm away and left multiple wounds. No identification or motive is provided in the report.
The Mexican government approves an international air circus to move from Mexico City to Kansas City for the event opening September 21. Officials informed by the American embassy. A representative from Kansas City planned to travel to deal.
A fragmentary reminiscence describes the Nat Lewis estate at 172 Lexington Avenue with a grand old Southern mansion. It mentions slave gifts at a 19th century wedding, the 1950 era Don Pelone merchant lore, vast river views and a wine cellar. Leroy Denman is noted as the current occupant.
PORTLAND OR Sept 2 Jefferson Myers Oregon member of the United States shipping board here today after a tour of Alaska. He urged the northern territory join a restricted shipping service from this country to avoid four or five months of isolation and said it would require government aid to achieve that goal.
A reader describes the Nat Lewis estate in the fifties with ebony servants in spacious rooms. Marge Lewis hosted events of significance and Nat Lewis Sr the generous donor figure known as Don Pelone, linking past and present generations of the Lewis family.
Dr J instave Guerrero of Salvador elected as representative to the League of Nations as a Latin American stateman. The assembly opened with fifty three of its members represented and Argentina absent. Seven women delegates testified to growing female influence in international politics amid discussions on international cooperation.
Reports from Mexico City say that the Pranoisen I. Madero party of Vera Cruz affiliated with the national sevasionary party protested alleged support by Governor Adalerto Tejeda and the state legislature of the candidacy of Gon. Pedro Rodriguez Triana. Governor Tejeda remained loyal as rebels broke out in Inez Mareh, and Verus was held by the rebels.
In Monterrey Mexico on September 3 the first civil aviation school here will be celebrated with an automobile race and other festivities marking its opening.
A Rawlins era tale places a man in Lawrence faced with a knife attack after a crash in Santa Monica. The injured man, Benwin Saint, 24, was rushed to a hospital where he resisted surgery but later consented to an operation, seeking relief from appendicitis and injury.
The sister of President Paul von Hindenburg, TELLIN or Tellin Tin Von Berxendorfé, died today in Potsdam after an operation at a Potsdam hospital.
The 800 musicians in Chicago film and vaudeville theaters backed off a strike amid a peace pact. Union leaders failed to secure $10 weekly raises but theater owners agreed to boost salaries by $4 across all classes, averting a walkout.
Moving day for many will be Tuesday as renters rush to secure properties. The message urges planning an immediate move and to use the big rental directory for service courtesies and options.
Fort Worth Sept 2 6 Tawsan, a Fort Worth and North Texas newspaper man and former publisher of the Daily Livestock Record of Buffalo, drowned Saturday night at age aging noted by his wife Shige Ame Samet of Fort Worth. Intrigues follow Wednesday.
Chicago September report confirms the death of a 84 year old official at Marshall Field and Company. The notice lists Keiser Coates as secretary and a director, with details of his long service and identity.
In Texas on a September day, deputies recovered a firearm from known individual Whitey Walker during an extended trial. Walker allegedly planned to use the weapon if extradited to Oklahoma. Authorities pursued the matter after an all night session, linking a Colorado Springs resident to the case.
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