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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 03, 1924

Page

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Brackenridge Teachers Institute Draws One Thousand and More

Nearly 2000 people attend Brackenridge High School event as veteran instructors and new teachers from San Antonio and Beeville gather to discuss reading writing and arithmetic training in Texas. The piece contrasts horn rimmed and gold rimmed professors and notes rising male participation and lasting dedication among educators.

Bess Carroll Brackenridge High School Texas Blank Institute C. A. Arnold M. M. Johnson San Antonio W. EB. Madderra Beeville Main Avenue San Antonio High School Arnold Tnstitute

Teasa Towns Trade Trippers Trade Tour Continues

A Texas travel party from the Ah Ha Club of San Antonio toured multiple towns including Luling Gonzales Converse Schertz Cibolo Marion Kingsbury Sullivan and Harwood on a trade trip to promote business. Entrants greeted them warmly at each stop as box lunches were distributed and new members were to be inducted aboard the train.

Guadalupe County Aha Club San Antonio Luling Luline I. Greenwood Ah Hallub Donovan Chamber of Commerce Gonzales Converse Schertz Cibolo Marion Kingsbury Sullivan Harwood Hallettsville Sunner Ah Hah Club

Winant Secures Republican Nomination in New Hampshire

Capt. John G. Winant of Concord clinches the Republican nomination in New Hampshire with 18 080 votes to Knox 16 612 as returns from 247 districts give him a 2004 lead. Fletcher Hare leads the first district in congressional race, Edward H. Wason tops the second, and Henry W. Keyes is renominated without opposition. Governor Fred Brown seeks a second term for the Democrats.

Manchester N. H John G. Winant Concord Frank Knox The Manchester Union Winant Bnox Fletcher Hare Laconia Edward H. Wason Nashua Henry W. Keyes Haverhill Knox Major Knox Co. Cons Calvin Coolidge Fred . Brown Somersworth Captain Winant

Mindanao Earthquake Shocks East Coast

Sept 2 reports from Masi la indicate strong quake shocks damaged areas along Mindanao's eastern coast. No loss of life reported as weather bureau notes the event.

Masila Mindanao Weather Bureau

Mail Robbery Foiled by Notetp in Meade Train Battle

A gun battle during an attempted mail car robbery on the Golden State Limited near Meade leaves two deputies wounded. A suspect, Alonzo Pizneo, is arrested while another bandit escapes. The Rock Island train carried about $250,000 in mail, with officials in Topeka and Pratt involved in the investigation. The Meade sheriff and deputies pursued two gunmen who fled after the clash.

Rossville Lop Moti Topeka Golder State Creek - Bridge Hugginsville - Re Black Bart Hugginsville Kansas Meade Earl Lepper Meade County L. V. Keeney Roy Lenwis Alonzo Pizneo Ralph Judkins Rock Island Pratt Here Ili

Slemp Denies Chief Is Member of Klan

President Coolidge is not a Ku Klux Klan member or in sympathy with the organization. Secretary G Bascom Slemp confirmed in a letter to Soup Rannin, newspaper syndicate editor, that the president has repeatedly stated he is not a member and not aligned with its aims or purposes.

New York Coolidge Ku Klux Klan G. Bascom’ Slemp Soup Rannin Rannin Slemp Wu Klux Klan

Dario Resta Killed Trying for World Record

England records a fatal racing accident as Dario Resta, famed auto racing driver, dies during a attempt to set a new world record. His Sunbeam racer plunged through the fence on the straightway beside the railway track during the second lap, wreckage engulfing the car and leading to instant death.

Brooklands Eng Dario Resta Wis Fens James Sunbeam America

Mystery Envelopes: Carl Disappearance Continues

Continued from Page One, authorities search for Judge Carl who vanished after leaving San Antonio on Monday afternoon. Clothing found near the river bank, valuables missing, and barbed wire hinder the river drag. Mrs Carl and relatives join the Austin search while habeas corpus action is planned in New Braunfels this week. Judge Cart, native Texan born Caldwell County, 52, UT Law graduate, former district attorney and judge, now in private practice.

Anthony Aera Colorado San Antonio Austin Carl Grady Gildemeister P. H. Swearingen Caldwell County Law School University of Texas Keres Colquitt Fourth Court of Civil Appeals Cr’uitt Tallinterro Cari

Leopold bequeaths rare birds to museum in Chicago

The will of Nathan Leopold reveals plans to donate rare bird specimens to a museum. A cousin may select items, with Field Museum content noted, and the possibility Leopold faces a death sentence is discussed in a seven page letter to Clarence S Darton.

Leopold Bequeaths Museum Chicago Nathan Fv Leopold Jolie Richard Loeb Robnie Franks Caverly A. Had Amaitea Clarence Darton Leopold Defense Pold’s

Crystal City Dam Project Details Mentioned Amid Reports

Fragmentary notes describe a large dam project with a 6200 acre feet capacity and old-proj gravity dam elements. Transit links report 8.4 lines to San Antonio and Crystal City, with mentions of spinach shipments and a daily motor car service between Crystal City and San Antonio.

Dastatta City San Antonio Alamo City Crystal City

Sixty Aliens Await U S Citizens Naturalization Hearings

About 60 aliens await naturalization in the Western District of Texas during September per naturalization examiner Charles F. Tucker. Hearings before a federal court are scheduled in Gatesville New Braunfels and Dalhart, paused during a 30 day pre election blackout, with resumption aimed for October 3 prior to the November election.

Texas Charles F. Tucker Abo Atlariilo Waloabachie Gatesville New Braunferg Dalbart

Drought relief and crop progress across regions

In Washington reports, conditions in the belt show fewer complaints as showers come late in the week but more rain is needed in the south central and southern portions. Overall progress ranges from fair to poor with drought relief partial and irregular showers aiding crops in Georgia and the Middle Atlantic. rice and potatoes improve in Louisiana and the Mid Atlantic respectively while harvesting advances in Texas and deterioration persists in parts of Kentucky and the Carolinas.

Washington,d. C South Central Soutern South Tennessee Georgia South Carolina North Carolina Kentucky Middle Atlantic Louisiana Arkansas Texas

Manual Training For Edgar Allan Poa School

The Board of Education approved manual training for Edgar Allan Poa Junior School. A brick addition will house the new unit matching the main building’s style, providing previously unavailable manual training facilities to students.

Edgar Allan, Poa Janior School Board of Education Holgar Allan Poetschools

Skunk Found Responsible for Odor at Caldwell Street

Residents at 196 Caldwell Street woke to a choking odor at 3 am and feared gas bombs. Police arrived to find the source a skunk under the house, the scent mistaken for an attack by robbers.

Caldwell Street

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