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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-29
SERVICE.
ASSURED BY
AIRLINE
San Antonio New York Mail
Time Cut Down by
80 Hours.

Fast mail service from San Antonio
to New York, was herslded By the
christening of the giant air mail plane
Miss San Antonio" by Josephine
Houston at Kelly Field at $50 a. m.
Thursday.
Seventy-two hours are required for
train mail between here and New
York, but with the air route to be in
stalled on May IL from Dallas to
New York, the time will be cut to SO
hours.
Josephine, the 5-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Reagan Houston,
1144 West Craig Place, poured the
christening waters on the propeller Of
Miss San Antonio"
LEAVES FOR DALLAS.
Officials present were Mayor John
w. Tobin, Police Commissioner Phil
Wright, Tax Commissioner Frank II.
Bushick and l.. B. Clegg, first vice
president of the Chamber of Com
merce.
The five airplanes arrived in San
Antonio Wednesday from Houston.
Thursday morning the flyers left on
their Dallas Air Good Will Tour.
Stops were to have been made in
Austin. Bolton, Temple, Waco,
Brentwood, Abilene, Sweetwatcr and
Dallas.
From San Antonio to Dallas the
mailing time is twelve hours, and
from Dallas to Chicago the train mail
ing time. is % hours. From there to
New York it takes about twenty hours
on the train.
SO-HOUR SAVING.
With the air mail the time from
here to Dallas remains twelve hours,
but from Dallas to Chicago the air
route takes only eleven hours and
forty minutes. From Chicago to New
York the air time is twelve hours,
making a saving of 80 hours.
The pilots for the southern planes
from Dallas are D. A. Askew and H.
L. Kindred. Colonel Paul Henderson
is manager of the air line. Colonel
Henderson formerly was assistant
postmaster general. L. G. Matthews
is manager of the southern district.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-29
Doomed BOOSTERS Find Champion
BEER WAR BIAM Ed
IN CHICAGO KILLINGS
MAIL PL ANE CHRISTENED

"Good Luck" was the christening message given
MISS SAN ANTONIO, mail plane which will bear
sunshine ctys fame, night and day, winter and sum-
mer over the route between Chicago and the South
west. The plane christened Thursday and starts
its first trip north on May twelfth.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-29
POLICE SEEK
LIQUOR RING
LEADERS IN
SLAY|NGS
Deadly Machine Gun Used
by Gangsters Traced
by Officers.

CHICAGO, April 29.-R)-Ths
beer racket" today had supplanted
all other theories as supplying the
motive behind the latest triple slay-
ing by machine gun gangsters, with
the death of William II. McSwig-
gin, hanging prosecutor" of the
states attorney staff, regarded as in
cidental to the alcohol war.
But the death of the youthful
prosecuting "ace" who with James j.
Doherty and Thomas Duffy, fell be-
fore a murderous fusillade Of bullets
in Cicero Tuesday night, brought one
of the most energetic campaigns
against gangsters ever waged in Cook
county.
DOHERTY MARKED.
Almost every. scrap Of information
in the hands of the police pointed TO
the fact that the killing of Doherty
was long planned by rival "alky =
and beer purveyors from which
Doherty was Wrestling control of bust
ness in Cicero and that McSwiggin
and Duffy were killed merely because
they happened to be in Doherty's com
pany when the machine gunners pump
ed 100 bullets into Doherty's auto.
mobile.
SEEK GUN.
The machine gun, a type designed
for police use, and capable of firing
1900 bullets a minute, offered one of
the best available clews to the slay-
ers, as police raided hundreds OF
places in Cook county in search Of
Doherty's rivals. 1t was believed the
sale Of the weapon could be traced,
after authorities had questioned
salesman for a hardware store who
recently had disposed of a similar
gun.
The theory that McSwiggin was Que
seeking evidence for the trial of Mar
tin Durkin was abandoned: likewise
I IlaL ne was sam III EGfelSt lOE MS
activities as prosecutor for he was
/ friendly with Doherty and Duffy aud
their presence together was merely
social.
WAGE CRIME WAR.
A campaign against gangsters aud
their resorts was in progress all night.
There was a great scurrying of the
beer bosses and the "slky" chiefs aud
the gamblers.
There was persistent effort to
ferret out the killers or-more import
ant-the men who hired the killers
and armed them with deadly Thomp-
son machine gun.
One such weapon was traced 70
the store of Alex v. Korecek. he said
he had bought it on an order from
two men whom he didn't know An
all night srilling failed to wrest any
definite information from him.
1 His place Of business Il in tha
] fCoufinued I'm Pace ~
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-29

0UT ". "a. Kindig, of Los An
- geles, objccting 70 that smile
writes:
"Your reference to W B. Storey
who runs the railroad, and the ant
on the track is good. But for the
purpose Of seeing the question
from all angles, you should also
have shown the futility Of the ant
offering up prayers 10 Mr.. Storey
for some special attention. -.#
Show silly il would be for the
ant 10 offer up such a prayer.
asking that a few extra crumbs be
thrown from the dining car on to
his particular railroad tie"
Perhaps that isn't as convincing as
it sounds. Mr.. Storey it is true
would not hear the ants prayer, but
he would hear from the most humble
track walker. And if the track walk
cr's plea was just, it would get at
tention.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-29

sST,HE Rio Grande valley is
I only a strip OF land about 40
miles long and a few miles wide
but there is no other strip like 1t
In America" declares Floyd Whit.
ney, representative Of produce
firm in Ell Paso. Mr.. Whitney has
been in the valley for the past
three months buying fruit and yege-
tables. "The valley is a little EN-.
pire within a big empire" he con-
cluded.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-29
s. A OIL F|E Id DRAWS BIG mel
R|e':|y!Mii!{aIt
III eGD~>S

EX-GOVERNOR WILLIAM p.
IL HOBBY was registered at the
Gunter hotel Thursday. Mr.. Hobby
is too busy running the Houston
Post. Dispatch to take q very active
interest in politics but he declared
Thursday that he was going to sup.
port Dan Moody for governor. MIR.
Hobby is in San Antonio on legal
business.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-29
Today
If the Ants Prayed.
Henry Ford Says.
Billions of New Wealth.
Kept for U. S.
By Arthur Brisbane
: Copyright. 1926 BY Star Co;

n PR. SINCLAIR LEWIS, assum-
M ing that the universe sort of
runs ITSELF" says there isn't
any God. To prove it, at public
meeting, the earnest gentleman defied
God to strike him dead Sin the next
ten minutes. A." He wasn't struck dead
and believes he hae proved that there
isn't any God. .
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-29

all will be struck in large guam.
~ titles In the vicinity Of San
Antonio when deep wells are sunk.
That Is the opinion Of NJ. e. Weber,
oil man Of Laredo, staying at the
st. Anthony hotel. "a number Of
shallow fields have been developed
into real oil fields by the drilling
Of deep wells" he declared. EVERY
indication points to the presence Of
oil around San Antonio"
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-29
) FIRMS SEEK
LEASES At
. MISSION
GROVE
Deep and Shallow Tests to
Be Sunk as New Pro-
duCers Come In.

With the bringing in of a
25-barrel we'll and plans
formulating for the build
ing of a refinery and pipe
line, North Texas and Okla
homa oil men Thursday turned their
attention to Mission Grove, San
Antonio's new residential oil field.
Men from the three big companies, 1t
was reported Thursday, are on the
field seeking leases where both shall
low and deep tests will be made.
The biggest producer of tho field
was brought in Wednesday when NJ.
ii. Davis, at depth of IS feet, ell
countered n flow of oil which he csti-
mates will yield % bdrrels a dag.
Very little water was found in the
hole. .-...- d..
TO SINK so WELLS.
Mr.. Davis Immediately announced
tIlaL nc VIII sim w "tilS vi aSicaSN
which he controls in the vicinity OF
the discovery we'll. Already, sixteen
men are at work digging shallow wells
and by the end of the week he ex-
poets to have 90 or 30 completed.
In addition to the property he al.
ready has, Mr. Davis has taken
options on five more vacant lots ad-
jacent to his discovery well.
Erection of 1000-barrel storage
tank Immediately and installation of
pump to draw the oil from the holes
also was announced by Mr.. Davis.
Later he plans to erect a refinery TO
handle all Of the oil in the field, as
soon as production warrants.
TANKS DOT FIELDS.
Spurred by the discovery of the pay
oil in the Davis well, Mission Grove
residents began digging wells with re
newcd vigor Thursday. Already more
than 80 shallow wells, all producing
small quantities of oil, have been dug
in back yards and on vacant lots.
Some are almost hidden by the heavy
growth Of vegetation which covers o
portion Of the field.
Fifty-gallOn steel drums dot the
field where owners of the small wells
have provided them for storage.
4 short distance from the main
field the City of San Antonio is drill
ing a well which already is showing
oil with considerable water. Other
leases were being made Thursday,
both nearer the city and beyond the
discovery well, which will extend the
field more than mile.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-29

II WAS suggested here that ants
! living along the railroad tracks
probably do not believe there is any
W. B. Storey, Santa Fe president,
who runs the whole railroad.
II one ant asked the mythical W.
B. Storey ito strike him dead" and
nothing happened, that ant would be-
lieve that the Santa Fe ran itself.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-29
SOCIETY ASKS
/. RESP|TEFOR
FOWLS
Humane Workers Protest
Proposed Slaughter of
Chandelier.


With the agricultural committee Of
the Chamber Of Commerce firm in its
demand for the death sentence Of TO-
600 Bexar county ROSTERS, chanticleer
found a defender Thursday when Of
ficials of the San Antonio Humane
Society declared they would lodge a
formal protest against the slaughter.
The chamber committee, headed by
Chairman Tom McCrary, has enlisted
the aid of the Bexar County Poultry
association in its drive to STAY the
ROSTERS, which cause fertile eggs. Fer
tile eggs, it is claimed, remain fresh
only a short time and thereby exact
heavy financial loss to poultrymen
and produce agents.
PROTEST PROPOSAL.
Despite the fact that the United
States Department Of Commerce is
said to encourage me production of in
fertile eggs, Miss Lucy Smithers, Sec
rotary of the society, said:
THE society feels it a duty to raise
its voice in defense of these fowls
which cannot speak for themselves. 1t
does not believe the necessity is great
enough for such drastic measures as
are proposed.
1T is violating a provision of ma
ture which may lead to disaster" she
concluded.
UNMINDFUL OF FATE.
Miss Smithers did not intimate to
what lengths the society would go to
gain a respite for chantocleer, who
struts about the poultry yards OF
Bexar county, unmindful of the death
sentence or his defenders. But the
campaign started by the chamber calls
for the slaughter of 10000 of the
fowls by May 1 which is less than
two days away.
The court of death" has given no
answer on the humane society's ap-
peal.
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TN any case it wouldn't hurt the
! ant if it did pray and was not
heard. Praying would make the ant
feel better, it might comfort her
when one of her little ants died or
got stepped OIL, and when crumbs did
fall from the dining car it would
make her feel grateful.
Millions that wouldn't pretend to
run a railroad, or build a bridge,
have no difficulty in proving that
nothing at all, no directing intclli-
gence. no benevolenee is required to
run this universe with its many
suns, planets, railroads and bridges
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-29

sSTHE PAST is only some
i thing to learn FROM" says
Henry Ford, and says great deal.
To learn from the past, escape
from its limitations and do what 1t
never did-thut is the modern pro-
gram.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-09-20
Den,psey.Tunney

With the eyes Of half of America upon them two
men, "Jack" Dempsey, present titlehclder. and
Gene Tunney contender, will fight at the sesqui-
centennial exposition in Philadelphia for the heavy
weight hampionshp-provided that the ministers
Of the "city Of brotherly love- do not succeed in
their attempt have the match called off, in those
environs at least. The fight originally SEIZED.
uled for New York, but the boxing commission
there was unkind and very harsh and finally re-
fused the requisite license
Then, after the wholesale distribution of ringsidc
seat tickets where they would most count the state
of Pennsylvania sanctioned the staging of the fisic
classic at the sesqui much to the qualification Of
the managers Of the latter for the gate receipts
at the exposition have been very disappointing.
But the ministers went up in arms over the
fight. They were already somewhat miffed at the
scsqui for keeping open Sundays and thus the
prize fight Offered them a further target for in
vectivc.
There is no question that to lot of people prize
fights are not only silly, but positively evil. Never
theess the fact remains that some millions of peo-
pie will try to see the championship mix-up and.
failing in that. will get just as close to the near
est radio set as is possible so that they will not
miss word Of what 70 them is thrilling piece Of
business.
1t takes so many kinds OF people to make a world
that we rather wonder ut ministers who will make
such fuss about prize fight Why the people
who % to the fight will probably be those who do
not go to church anyway. Also the bout is not be-
ing held Sunday and will not interfere with a
single religious service. Ministers may not like
prize fighting. lots of people dent, but why con-
denim those who do?
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SAgENfs@&SlN \ I
AnneKustin @$i$S xtz 12 gafhS SE

ice cream, Faith! Smack on the
mouth it was! Gee, he's a reg lar
kissin' bug, amt he? thought he
was goin' to eat Cherry up"
t "Muggy, will you make that child
bchave?" Cherry's face was scarlet.
what Chester Hart did Sunday
i; or does in the future, doesn't make
the slightest difference to me- Faith
said steadily, as she flung the white
/ .ablecloth over the big round table
| family isn't good enough for Chester
Hart, then you can go cook some
thing yourself, Cherry"
Long Lanes tempestuous arrival
/ broke the tension. "Yoo, hoo, folks!
T Got . job today" Selling Cherry
I around the waist, he began to
Charleston, his long-legged gyrations
shaking the imitation cut glass on
the sideboard.
"Stop maxim clown O. yourself,
Junior!" his mother seized his arm
and shook him affectionately. "What
kinda job, son 2"
"Sellin' automobile accessories for
q jobber, but ! gotta buy me a Sec
ond-hand Ford. Travelin' job" he
concluded proudly. Commission
basis
"Where are you going to get the
!, money for Ford?" Faith forced
him to meet her eyes.
From Grandpa" he grinned at
her. "Saw him today. He'll actual
" own the bus, but will let mc drive
it, and pay him for it out of my COM
| missions. Say, Faith, saw friend
| Of yours today. Got message for
you," he said loudly, as he followed
| her hastily into the kitchen. before
his mother could question him about
/ his all-night absence.
"What's the dope, Sis ?" he asked
cheerfully. How'd you get the coin
, without striking Dad for it? Gee.
you're q peach, old DEAR He kissed
her smackingly on the mouth.
!, She told him briefly how she had
raised the money, then. shaking him
by the shoulders, and holding his
eyes with hers, she said with low
toned, passionate emphasis:
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SOllltiOns

The chemists of the department of agriculture
making some interesting tests. They took some
dust from grain elevator and used it for running
engine There prolonged. continuous
run, but enough power was developed to turn the
engine many times.
The experimenters said the test was encouraging.
They even have hopes of perfectng the process to
the extent where automobiles may be run by grain
dust.
OF course, this is wild dream at the present
time But all the marvels Of this great civilization
were wild dreams once.
If it does become possible to run auto on corn,
imagine the result Won't farmers be tickled !?
When they start for town all they'll have to do is
to 20 out to the old crib and load up the fliv-
ver-much the same as they did when Dobbin was
ruler Of the road Take care of your health you
will live long The future is going to be truly in
teresting and startling.
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II won't do it again for you,
Junior. swear ! won't! And you've
got to pay me back every red cent
Of it. l don't. know how Pm going
70 make up that ten dollars l took
out Of the housekeeping money, and
I'll be darned il | go without suit
this winter because you got pinched
for speeding in that terrible girls
car"
Jaw, Sis, TT pay you back" he
stammered, reddening. "Of course
| will. Haven't ! got a job already :!
Tom Tate. who put me wise to this
job. says he's making sixty to sew
enty-five week.. You won't be
sorry, Kid. Honest! I'll pay you
something every week."
Il believe you will, Junior" she
smiled at him through quick tears.
Cherry, in a burst of gratitude to
Faith, which she colld not express
before her mother without arousing
suspicion, was setting the table.
when Faith went back into the din
ing rom. The long-drawn honk Of
motor car interrupted Cherry ut
her unaccustomed task She stopped
to peer into the sideboard mirror.
fluffed her hair with her fingers,
then ran, Skipping joyously. yodel.
ing in her high musical voice:
"Yoo hoo, Chester! How's the
sheik? Oh, boy. His Lizzie's had a
bath! And look at the golf panties
my boy friends sporting! Nize
baby!"
After supper, which had been a
painfully stiff meal, darkened by Mr..
Lanes disapproval Of Chester Hart
presence at his board, whose hospi-
tally he considered insulted by the
young garage mechanics switching
of his affections from. Faith to
Cherry, the two sisters and the tickle
young man were in possession Of the
living room.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lane had taken their
favorite chairs on the front porch,
Joy was playing shrill game of
"hide and seek" in the street with
the neighborhood children, and Long
Lane had gone off on what he called.
mysteriously. "a heavy date with my
Sheba."
Faith Lane, looking splendidly cool
and calm and unconcerned for q girl
who has been superseded in her
''steady's" affections by her sister.
sat at the piano, her well-shaped but
remarked hands resting grace
fully on the keys. She had been
playing -.'by carr MacDowell's
ITO Wild Rose" but now Cherry,
perched on the arm Of the daven-
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-09-20
Watch Out. General

General McCarl, who is known as the watchdog
Of the treasury, has been out shopping He needed
scme new rugs for his office. The ones he had
were sort Of faded, and nothing helps the morale
of an office mose fhan real nice rugs.
"They must be good rugs" thought the general, to
himself, he went down town and paid 81 900 for two
The rugs may have been worth every cent of it, but the
average man who sits in an office having a var
nished floor $50 rug, and the taxes spent
for the 600 rugs, won't be well pleased with the
purchase.
This watchdog of the treasury should watch
his step.
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Her OlUn Way = :!$ sss

my dear, your time is your own
always before nine in the morning
and after four in the afternoon.
When l invite you to 60 out with me
In the evening It IL as my friend, and
oh, that to me 10 the greatest thing
about you-you are my friend. are
You not, Judyr'
II want you to know that just be.
cause you have consented to live in
my house 10 no reason for me selfish
ly to require all your time. Judy,
please be my friend first, and ~ my
friend I want. to tell you that you
have made me very happy by taking
poor Johns thoughts away from
himself and his affliction. Already
can see thst he 10 very different
man."
my dear JOAN" could not help
exclaiming, do ysu not realize that
your brother is only q boy--why, he
Is a year younger than The is just
your age"
"But have always thought Of him
as older, Judy" interrupted Joan.
II know, 7 know, but that makes
no difference. he II still . boy, per.
haps more Of one than II he had been
out in the world. I am sure it will
be very easy to take his thoughts
away from himself"
Copyright, 1926. NEA Service, Incl
TOMORROW-A Rsbuke for Josa.
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ing to such poor as shall appear most
deserving"
When the clock sounds 10 o'clock
. crowd Of bareheaded children ap-
pear ~ the front Of g. Lukes.
They 60 away with bread for hum
cry families.
St. Luke's is an old church. It
came into being when Greenwich
Village was little more than asSeries
of farrnyards. II stands on the fringe
Of q fashionable and wealthy section,
but its yellow brick, diney air IL
rather symbolic Of the economic state
Of its parishioners.
It is fitting place for the per-
petuation Of Manhattan's oldest
charity--a charity that has gone on
for 1000 weeks. In contrast is the
more modern method Of aid, o. DEM
ons.rated by Greenwich House.
which stands nearby, exuding an EN-
cient, modern atmosphere.
Here the children and parents alike
are taught to bring in their own
bread. There are school rooms, medi-
cal clinics for the ailing, the teach
ing Of trades, all the machinery Of
m0Gern settlement work that would
have set poor John Leake's head in
a whirl.
GILBERT SWAN.
Copyright, 1925, NEA Service, Incl
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HIST 4 ROY9

Did any one man or, woman who
was really and truly in love stop to
listen to anything except the beat.
ings Of that impulsive muscle called
heart? IL l were in trouble Of
any kind I would instinctively fly to
Jerry Hathaway, but II John Mere.
dith was In trouble would fly ia
him. Which was love! could not
say. Did love either man? The
question was becoming too ccmpli.
Gated. n.
wished devoutly that something
would occur that would take all de-
cision out Of my hands, little think
ing that very soon something would
happen that would do that very
thing. .s
had forgotten all about Joan; 4
had forgotten that hadF.n replied
to her information that Jerry was
going TO join our party.
In the silence looked up suddenly
and saw her with q peculiar 'sniie
upon her face.
"Did you understand, Judy dear
that had invited your friend for to-
night He seemed to think that
you were under the Impression that
part Of your duty rs secretary and
business manager were to accom-
pany me on all social occasions that
! wished you to as well IS on any
business calls that might have.