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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1924
Page
4
A mother's plea led Texas Rangers to uncover a hidden liquor cache in the 600 block of Austin Street. They arrested two Mexican women who ran the operation and located 40 bottles ready for sale. One man fled as a fugitive.
Two people clad only in animal skins terrify residents of Cortland County. Chickens and other property have been stolen as authorities try to identify the mysterious duo. One guess is they belong to a back to nature class.
Gov. Pat M. Neff travels to Huntsville to review the prison system finances with aim to lift the system from debt before retirement. With a bumper cotton crop and 500 bales picked on state farms, officials expect strong revenue to shift to a cash basis by next year.
Plans for the fall and winter, to be presented to City Union of Christian Endeavors, were made by union council members at a meeting at the Pabst Engraving Company. The 17 local churches will vote Tuesday night at Alamo Heights United Presbyterian church on whether to approve plans for a City Teen Age Union, officer elections, a voting-education committee, and a societies contest to maximize attendance at monthly meetings.
The document details National Defense Day as a test of mobilization plans and patriotic demonstrations. It outlines enrollment for military age men, roles of state and local committees, and emphasizes no obligations beyond the test day to support national defense and peace.
The Republican candidates Geore G. Butte of Austin for governor, Mrs. F. E. His ley of Houston for state superintendent of public instruction, and Frank Ogden of Dallas for land commissioner were certified Saturday to the secretary of state's office by the Republican executive committee chair. They fill vacancies on the original state Republican ticket files.
New York reports say the Firpo Wills fight remains scheduled for next Thursday in Jersey City after a perjury arrest warrant for Firpo. Rickard announced the bout would proceed. Firpo appeared at Ellis Island and posted bail of 1000 dollars for his hearing set September 15.
A verdict of accidental death was returned in Houston on September 20 in connection with Herman Lentschke’s death after his charred body was found in the Texas Barrel Works ruins following the August 26 fire. The warrant for his arrest had been signed after new evidence presented by Canon Chase, Brooklyn preacher. Firpo attended hearings voluntarily. no warrants were served. An insurance filing of 375,000 dollars to insure spectator safety was disclosed following inspector reports.
W. B. Simmons of Orange, Democratic county chairman, was appointed a prisons commissioner by Governor Neff to fill a vacancy from Homer D. Wade’s term expiration. Simmons was asked to meet the governor in Houston to proceed to Huntsville for a prison board conference.
Texarkana wires report James W Stuart 83 former editor of the Texarkana Courier and the Four States Press died in Texarkana today. He was a veteran journalist and long noted for his Texas editor role.
Houston dispatch reports M E Tracy, longtime Heart Chronicle editorial writer for eleven years, resigns to join Rein Printing Company as vice president and editorial director. The move was announced Saturday in Houston.
In Houston on September 6, a hunter named Houston Hunter died after a 48 hour fight following an accidental shotgun discharge. He and his nephew Harry Greer were driving toward Houston on the Hempstead highway when the incident occurred midweek.
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