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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1929
Page
4
A fragment from Tate University reports the final debate at an international congress on psychology. The discussion centered on self control as the deciding factor in character, contrasting willpower with susceptibility to rumor, bigotry, and suspicion.
Mary Ege, 78, of 2411 Berg Avenue, died ten minutes after a fall on stairs at her residence. The skull fracture was cited as the cause. The report notes remarks by Dr Dwight Dunlap of Johns Hopkins about human restraint and conduct, amid mixed context of a city congress on personal conduct.
In Jerusalem the Moslem Sabbath passed with minimal disturbance as British machine gun posts at Jaffa and Damascus gates kept worshippers from villages away. Despite low turnout, the day was largely peaceful though skirmishes with Bedouin at Klar near Mount Thor produced casualties on both sides. Rail and telephone links are being restored as British forces continue rounds to calm unrest.
Charles Ray, the bashful screen star, performs at the Greater Majestic theater this week mixing satire and song. He explains vaudeville as a school, learns from audiences, and trains his voice for possible future talkies and opera, while maintaining his screen persona off stage.
An 18 year old Seattle woman Norma Bruce warns young girls against marriage as a path to happiness after her second divorce. She held her second decree of divorce in court with Superior Judge James Kinne present. She says liquor and dancing halls shaped her marriages and she would never marry again after being stranded far from home without clothes.
A vast Arctic front stretched from Montana to northern New Mexico bringing 1 to 14 inches of snow and subfreezing temperatures. A Wyoming storm near Casper neared blizzard levels with five inches of snow. air service halted in Cheyenne and Laramie as 14 inches fell in the Fort park district.
Comparative calm settled in the Doukkobor colony near nel today following a clash with provincial police over a government order to send children to school. Russian religious adherents staged a nude parade. police whipped leaders with willow switches and jailed them.
Eight year old Carl Gobelein Jr. of Strathmore Road drowned stepping into a deep hole while bathing at Mill Pond in Methuen. Henry Murray and Leuia Green, fishing nearby, dived but could only recover the body. Dr. Donohue of Lawrence and Dr. Wheaties of Lowell treated the boy for hours.
Berickler Strickler of Larbi Pa, 16, recently graduated from Parus Air College. He is said to be the youngest licensed pilot in the United States. He trained under Parke Sie instructors and plans to buy an airplane to teach his younger brother, who is eleven.
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