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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1929
Page
6
Governor expected to call a special session if a majority of the senate agrees to cover their expenses and approve a pay order to revise the Confederate pension law. Senator W W Williamson of San Antonio urged fellow lawmakers to serve for one pay so about 3000 widows of Confederate veterans may receive pensions they were denied by a legislative amendment.
Mexico City report says Francis Mryo placed a bet that he could drink liquor and endure a dare. He consumed the liquid and died after entering a center where alcohol was restricted.
Will Rogers comments from Hills, California, imagining a senate scramble in Massachusetts as Republicans debate Coolidge running or withdrawing and Democrats revive another Coolidge, with potential debates involving Jim Sangle and Pat Harrison. Smoot eyes the ongoing intrigue as coverage hints at a volatile political scene.
In Manchester England unions and workers lean toward arbitration over strikes as industrial tensions ease. A cotton mill dispute in Lancashire prompted a three week stoppage and wage reductions, with employers offering substantial benefits while losses in export trade loom. Both sides soon agreed to arbitrate the remaining differences.
Dilbert S. Johnson, a wealthy Texas oil operator, is free on a $10,000 bond to face charges of promoting 16 fraudulent oil companies via the mails. Indictments were returned in 1925 and Johnson has resisted removal from Texas. his defense plans to move to quash the indictment.
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