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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1936
Page
1
Woody Hockaday a pacifist known as Chief Wow Wow bombarded Wall Street with feathers yesterday and ended up in Bellevue Hospital psych ward. He opened two pillow cases and showered feathers on the crowd as doctors examined his aliases.
New York reports the German flying boat Zephir, engaged in a transatlantic survey, departed Fort Washington at 1 30 a m bound for Bermuda. Capt Joachim Blankenburg, commanding, said he hoped to reach Bermuda about 1 p m after covering roughly 770 miles at sea.
Lieut Col William A Turnbull Friday reported aboard Fort Sam Houston as judge advocate general of the Eighth Corps area He recently completed a four year tour in Washington DC He is Cornell graduate and New York bar member who entered the regular army from the New York National Guard Turnbull had previously served in the Rio Grande valley in 1916 Colonel Cresson transfers to Washington Capt Guy M Kinman also named corps judge advocate general.
War report from Alcazar in Spain details Loyalist troops breaking into the fortress. They reach the kitchen and dining hall after blasting through with grenades. Charred remains and a mass of putrefying bodies in a trapped basement underscore the nine week siege's horror. In Los Angeles, actress Katherine MacDonald’s mother Lilian A. MacDonald dies at 40.
A weather bulletin lists wind shifts from the southeast at 8 miles per hour with a 95 percent humidity at one location and 81 percent at another, plus precipitation totals for the 24 hours ending Friday. It notes sunrises and sunsets, moon phases, and temperatures across multiple cities including Abilene, Amarillo, Houston, and El Paso, with cloudy and clear conditions and a plea for a Broadway classified ad placement.
Flood waters from the Rio Conchos and swollen Cibola creek pushed the Rio Grande higher, flooding the border at Presidio. An international bridge was submerged, traffic halted, and officials prepared evacuations. Puerto Rico isolated by levee breaks, Ojinaga link severed, communications disrupted.
H Buchanan of 1418 North Pite Street was treated Friday at Medical and Surgical Hospital for injuries from a collision at Pleasanton Road and May Geld Boulevard Thursday. Lowland farms faced rising flood risk as waters from the Conchos and Rio Grande threatened, with officials unsure about broader danger. Presidio valley farmers hoped levees would hold as rain-clouds lingered on watershed steams.
Five San Antonio men will be elevated to knight commanders of the court of honor at the Scottish Rite temple Friday night following a 7 p.m. dinner at the Gunter Hotel. The investiture ceremonies will be attended by all thirty third degree Masons in San Antonio.
The supreme council at Its lash meeting in Washington D C elevated five to the court of honor. New members named are W D Jack Hall Edwin H Woeltz Willard Simpson Charles E Weinberger and Guy Dude. Dallas Masons attend ceremonies led by Walter C Temple deputy for Texas and J G Jones secretary. Breakfast for Dallas visitors at the Ganter hotel Friday morning precedes an afternoon city tour.
Valencia Spain Sept 25 INS Twenty of the rebels highest officers were condemned to death after a long trial before the people's tribunal for leading the Regiment Nr 10 revolt last August. The list includes Lieut Col Luiz Fernandez Commander Francisco Palacios and Captains Palacios Tarte Perrater and Pons among 14 others.
William Horlick, 90, founder and longtime president of the Horlick Malted Milk Company, died at his Racine home today. The pioneer food executive shaped a century of nutrition products and built a lasting brand legacy.
Berkeley murder case over 1933 crash moves to third jury. Jurors previously failed to decide if Busby Berkeley, the screen dance director, is guilty of second degree murder in the fatal collision that killed three people. Trial expected to reach a verdict before night.
William P. Freeman of San Antonio was elected president of the Texas Graphic Arts Zone federation at the convention in Fort Worth. Ben Behwengmann of San Antonio will remain on the board of directors.
Betty Schultz, a 15 year old sophomore at a new school, joins the city opera company under contract today. General Manager Paul Longone calls her a rare genius and says he has never seen such talent in his years in opera.
GLRANLAR, wept. More than 200 prosperous persons were executed by Spanish government supporters at Ronda, in the two weeks before the city fell to the Fascists. George Peterson, an Englishman who arrived from that area, said today many children died of exposure and hunger.
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