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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1928
Page
2
Amateurs vie for first prize as entries near close on Monday. Subjects span Dabies dogs russic scenes and San Antonio landmarks like the Sunken Gardens. A $1000 prize pool is offered for the best photo capturing local scenes with Kodak or spoof cameras allowed.
Henry Phelps pilots a quirky decorated aircraft as a skull and cross bones emblem decorates the craft. The piece humorously notes luck and security amid the odd display.
The text explains the prize scale starting at 526 and decreasing to 24 for a $1 prize. It notes that primacy goes to one factor while other elements such as subject matter and effort influence the outcome.
In Chicago, Stanley Gates, a driver for an undertaker supply company, was killed when his truck collided with another vehicle. A cement coffin box, detached from his truck, rolled and crushed him, ending the fatal incident.
A South American flier believes luck shapes aviation, displaying a skull, bones, coffin and candles painted on the fuselage of Henry Phelps’s lone World War era plane. The puranit ship, capable of 139 mph, holds a talismanic aura as Army training planes at Kelly Field were replaced by newer ships.
The Albert Pike chapter of the DeMolay will host a farewell dance at the St Anthony Hotel to honor 150 members departing for Pebeaut. Eli Jay Reich chairs the social committee and oversees the program.
State rail commission amends previous designation, creating differential freight territory. Rates from common points to points within the new territory rise under the orders issued, affecting shipping terms for routes north of Amu and related divisions.
Army air corps officers, several graduates from Brooks Field and Kelly Field, are ordered to Brooksfield for duty Beloetructora. Officers from Dodd Field Fort Sam Houston Lieut F L Neville and L TH Louthit are included. Other officers listed include Second Lieut EB A Darsen M R Nelson G C Rareus RB BM Hover Ir and T by Baker Selfridge Field. Also Second Lieut J L dicWaniel dr Marshall Field and Lieut H W Bougiars France field Canal one First Lieut AfeDonali Second Lieut S P Turner Met all Field Als Lieut D F Fritch of Brooks relieved and transferred to Panama Lieut J Kennedy transferred to Manila Lieut J A Healy transferred from Kelly to Panama.
The Dallas publishing house will place pencil vending machines in San Antonio schools. All proceeds from sales go to the Council of the Parent Teacher Association for school work. The board of education overruled objections from the Retail Merchant Association about unfairness to local merchants and signed a contract with Callax to install the machines. The firm will also handle advertising to fund the pencils.
Milwaukee dispatch reports Pussyfoot Johnson, famed reform crusader, predicts New York will be carried by a Wet Democratic ticket led by Hoover. He says past governors never carried New York, though they carried nearby states, and asserts the urban vote will determine the state's result.
A Stanton spiritualist hall opened last night with a banquet attended by about 200 people. Dry J. A. Maxwell of San Antonio spoke as principal speaker as Taylor and San Antonio, through their chambers of commerce, requested the 1099 convention.
Texas railroads have applied to the state railroad commission for authority to wash crushed or ground asphalt rock and coal for use in freight operations. The petition, filed under an overcast posting, is set for consideration at the commission's October term beginning later this year.
The German captain Wraus Nomer, arriving from Las Values via Teisbon, Portugal, plans to move with a 21 foot boat to the United States. He recently installed a Liehn motor and is assured a reception similar to Col. Lindbergh’s last February. A golf medal was struck for him by St Thomas officials in his honor. He expects a visit to New York around September 23 or 24.
The Neverend and Mrs. Wraueh, once of Talfalo, will be honored guests at a congregation event at St. Luke's Talbetan church. The Reverend Mr. Kanee is pastor. Reverend M A Tulzen of Waynedl will deliver the welfare address.
72 year old Waco resident Michelle Marter dies from injuries after a Wednesday fall. Funeral services plan is set for tomorrow at the local venue with plans by Baylor University archives noting Marter as the first student enrolled after the Independence move.
Washington September 7 Forceful bid by the Republican National Committee to mobilize American business backing for Herbert Hoover and the party tariff policy. The drive seeks to secure continued business support in the Midwest and beyond as Hoover campaigns on tariff lines.
Houghton Mich Sept 7 two pilots died in an airplane crash near Keweenaw Bay. Commercial pilot Valtrel Petain and Rudolph Martin of Dover Bay Mich were listed among the victims. The accident occurred yesterday according to late reports.
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