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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1930
Page
9
Mexico City on September 17 reports three deaths and about fifty injuries during Menlec Independence Day celebrations. Police summaries note most injuries were knife wounds from private quarrels among townspeople and elites. Overall festivities were orderly despite some violence.
Secretary of agriculture Arthur M. Hyde telegraphed Senator Tom Connally that 43 Texas counties were certified for reduced freight rates as drought relief. Connally said 83 counties recommended by Governor Dan A. Moody's relief committee were under consideration with an early decision expected.
At a Tampa Texas gathering, Init 3. Cranfill of the Independent Petroleum Association of Texas said independent oil operators in Texas and the nation are unhappy with the cream they receive from major concerns and are fighting for their existence. The session drew oil men and landowners from the region and contrasted with broader Southwest tensions.
The murder trial of Rond T. Smith a year old Baptist minister continues in Mount Vernon Texas with prosecution rebuttal testimony to be presented as Smith claims self defense after he shot W C Tammons last May Tammons died two hours later The case arises after the fatal shooting in a dispute over a lost item in the community
Columnist recapitulates a visit from a spam-like Google bird and mocks the incident. The piece blends rural life, drought era farming shifts, tractor adoption, and notes on cotton, rice, and spud crops under central supervision. It also recalls a Cajun style tale of a watch-for-horse swap and reports on Poison weed affecting Rock Springs region cattle.
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Si Ingram 67 died Tuesday at her son A Ingram residence were held Wednesday afternoon. A native of Tennessee she had lived in San Antonio 12 years. She is survived by five daughters several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Oregon shows a 10.1 percent rise in farm numbers, reaching 2 130 to 1n3 thousand, trailing only South Dakota which grew 11.4 percent in the farm census reported so far. The census tallies reflect growing agricultural activity and state rankings.
Lorenzo Aguilar, 85, of Weslaco, was killed instantly in a collision between an automobile and a truck on the Mercedes Welan highway near here. Guadalupe Martines of Weslaco suffered a minor injury.
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