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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1936
Page
1
Hollywood report says Roger Pryor and Anz Sotherti wed just after midnight. Pryor heads to Chicago with his bride to join an engagement at the College Inn on October 9, amid film notables.
Reports from Bilbao describe brutal vengeance by militiamen and rebels against hostages aboard prison ships and in the city. Aristocratic captives on ships Arunva-Mendi and Gadd Quilates were killed, while women in a Bilbao convent suffered seizure. Rebel forces shelled the port as ships Libertad and Miguel de Cervantes provided firing support.
Lisbon dispatch reports insurgents expect the date for celebrating the capture of Madrid to be October 32. The high authority statement adds anticipation of a significant breakthrough in the Spanish conflict.
A Seville radio report says rescued Alcazar survivors will join insurgent troops aiding the Madrid offensive immediately. Clashes persisted through the night between insurgents and government rear guards. government losses reported at 160 dead and five planes.
Madrid dispatch reports the Spanish government admitting Toledo's fall and ordering militiamen to barracks while suspending rights of public officials. Communiqués say defenders retreated to city outskirts but bombarded Fascists led by Trop Torrijos and Madueda. uprising fear grows.
A fragmentary article notes a ship with figures from science and industry aboard, including Doctor Alexis Carrel and Putnam and Lippincott overseeing business. It mentions Thomas Wanamaker, several Cohns, and a descendant of Laval seeking information at Rockefeller ties. The voyage is described as shaping an “Important humanity” on a long voyage with steerage and cabin travelers aboard.
Charles O. McKelvey is scheduled to receive one Mark Master’s degree at Burleson chapter No 21 RA ML in the Masonic temple on Monday at 7 pm Acting master will be A X Newcomb grand royal chapter Texas assisted by his two sons W B and Gerald R Newcomb Local chapter members and others from area will attend the ceremony Readable fragments note rental ads and classifieds context.
Fragmentary OCR note reports a fire alarm box giving work to firemen in Hurloon on September 28. Patrolman D. B. Herreli relayed the call and firemen used chemicals to extinguish a small incident described as a misfire or miscalibrated alarm.
In Cleveland, August Rindfleld held a cemetery custodian post at Willet Street from 1849 until his death in 1906. His son Henry succeeded him and died recently in a cottage at the cemetery where he was born four decades earlier.
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