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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1930
Page
12
Harrigan challenges city officials over river channel encroachments and dirt dumping. He accuses Commissioner Wright of neglecting duties while arguing for permits to widen the river, noting city and private land actions and the effect on the channel and slopes.
A citizen accuses Mayor Wright of approving riverfront encroachments, including a wall near St. Marys and Market, a tower near the police station, and a building in the Navarro river channel. He demands removal of the wall and tower and criticizes Wright for obstructing proper work and misusing office.
Seattle Sept 8 Nash Jans, a night man at the Hver Ready lunch room, faced a masked thief who demanded access and used a sleigh hammer and chisel during an attempted safe break. Jans yielded to the intruder then escaped after the thug departed as the tool mishap left the safe intact. Police were notified.
On the eve of criminal trials in Borz Romania, court judges were warned by anonymous threats from priests and agitators to quit the proceedings or face death. The attackers demanded acquittals for all accused, as officials prepared for the start of hearings in Dugharest.
In a tense round at the course, Bobby Four built a late lead with a niblick from off the pin to the eighth hole and holed the putt for three. A partial stymie and weak tee shots at the short seventeenth and the home hole helped Sweetie rally, but Four ultimately secured the win by two.
A Texas university in Austin has been revealed in a constitutional checkup, with the institution formerly known as The University of Trans settling its disputed status for all time. The discovery centers on Austin’s higher education later labeled Lexis University and the historic name shift.
In Toronto on September 26 Edgar Jacobs, facing a case involving the file or the owner role, asked for a jail sentence as a lesson. He had already spent a week in remand and said jail was “all right” with him.
In Prowers county two Lamar area ranchers report theft of eighty two turkeys from their flocks as they prep for Thanksgiving. A male suspect is described as involved in the early planning, with details limited but indicating a coordinated theft. Local authorities investigate, urging residents to report suspicious activity.
Connecticut to appoint a commission to fit out a new route for the Daniel Webster highway in Peebrake Hooksett and Adenstown, removing the current path through Seacook. The commissioner says the proposed route would eliminate several danger spots.
In Merced California on September 20 a young woman fined 400 dollars for liquor violations became enraged. She opened her purse and hurled a roll of bills at the judge on the bench, striking him with the money before the altercation was restrained.
Five women, passengers on a Juposlavic schooner, drowned when a Adriatic storm overwhelmed the vessel. It is believed the schooner was carrying a cargo of wine. The incident occurred during September 26 in the Adriatic Sea.
New York reports Col Joan OConnor appointed aviation chief for Peru sails aboard the Grace Line to assume duties in Santa Barbara. In Kansas City two youths plead guilty to multiple armed robberies after confessing to entries in a police file, with statements about using such crimes to avoid harsher interrogation.
The Medina Ansena Water Users association ordered the lower valves 23 feet under the upper to open to replenish the diversion lake and irrigate hundreds of farms in Medina valley. About 1000 acres of newly planted crops depend on irrigation as fall rains are hoped to restore level. The lake is fed by a watershed 40 miles northwest and currently relies on spring flow with runoff contributing to a prolonged period of low water.
Mrs WL MadMillan of Tuena Vista reports a blaze on Corpus Christi road that killed 450 chickens and damaged a vacant house owned by A Reyes at 3421 Porter Street. She suspects incendiary origin and asks local officials to investigate.
The fragmentary OCR mentions Mrs. Spencer Cleaver and Northern Finland context with a note about New York. It hints at an incomplete transcontinentalflight attempt starting October 12 but lacks coherent details or dates to form a clear event.
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