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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1935
Page
17
Subscribers complain as the Southwestern Bell company pools and repurposes old phone directories. A San Antonio firm handles pickup and destruction while changes every eight months affect about 4000 names and 45 000 subscribers.
Captain W C Dickman ordered a woman owned ice house moved from Hedges Street to the West block of North New Braunfels Avenue due to traffic concerns. The contractor was told to center the move by Wednesday night or face further action.
D LaGrange of Somerset reports two youths caught harvesting a sweet potato crop Tuesday night. He says 35 bushels were dug and a trunkload of watermelons was ready to haul when officers intervened. The pair, former employees, allegedly refused work this year due to being on rebel.
In August a lively scene unfolds as visitors arrive from Los Angeles and San Diego to enjoy San Francisco’s bustling fairs. The city highlights water shortages jokes about building projects and local pride as Corks minds turn to fairs and expo sitions signaling better times ahead.
Edith Kermit Roosevelt widow of the late President Theodore Roosevelt will be honored at an old fashioned clambake picnic hosted by Edith Kermit Roosevelt Rouge-Wilt club friends in Oyster Bay New York. The guests include Theodore Roosevelt Jr Archibald and Kermit Roosevelt and their families. The event marks a quiet family gathering with a large cake bearing four candles and Mrs Roosevelt cutting the first piece while declining further comment on world affairs.
The text details an improvised examination and coded discussions among officers at a tech school, with mentions of Civil Service, auditions, and a plan to reveal secrets. Vague references to colors, betrayals, and personal reactions surface alongside unnamed individuals and events. The fragment hints at investigations and distrust within a police context.
An experimental system uses theodolites and radio links to triangulate the ascent point of balloons releasing gases near San Antonio. Stations at Fort San Howton, the Pagenstecher lodge, and Blanco road coordinate readings via Second Signal Company personnel under Major Maceh.
The San Antonio Wholesale Merchants Association hosted a Monday night event featuring a dinger dance and fashion display. August Perend chaired the evening which officially opened the fall trade week for the ready-to-wear division.
Bexar county records show cotton crop values with total figures and AAA benefits. County Agent Fred Wo Melty reports two payments to farmers totaling 78,783.30 dollars, contrasting with earlier crop totals and 1982 value at 332,720.08 dollars.
A fragmentary account notes Miliean Billoan experiments at Fort Sam. The diagram shows divisions of the acounies unpes and a tropeshere air portion thoroughly studied, with a strato- Spheer mystece in science.
Central Catholic teachers arrive in San Antonio as a group from St. Joseph's High School. Revered Brothers Harold Tele and Bayhard Westrecise lead the delegation, with members including Thwin Coevitt Sohn Maier and Francis Nerden among others arriving Tuesday.
An OCR read mixes a cooking scene with a weekend trip to Santa Cruz, a phone call from a police inspector who monitors a suspect, and a drifting narrative about meal preparation and personal tension. The piece hints at a continued story involving relationship drama and an unresolved investigation.
A report details a planned stratosphere signal and balloon test led by Dr WH Vy Nebuy and others to guide ascent and descent via very short wave signals. A metal transmitter will be strapped to a parachute under a balloon, with a portable transceiver tracking signals from San Antonio.
Amelia Karhary Putnam told a senate committee she supports broader federal control of aviation with reservations. She spoke on a bill by McCatran aiming to regulate air travel and emphasized the need for clear safeguards and oversight as aviation technology expands.
The board votes for a $1,000,000 program from the Works Progress Administration for 64 public schools. Plans include playground equipment, sidewalks, rock wells, and possibly swimming pools. Landscape architects W Keith Maswell and Joe KR Gomez will draw plans, paid $145 monthly. RS Menefee says funds should be easily obtained, noting Ford Wade School received $500,000 from the WPA for similar work. Contracts awarded include plumbing replacements at Brackenridge and library books for junior seniors, plus ovens and utensils for several schools.
A distorted OCR fragment mentions a horse, a review of troops, and an empire, then shifts to a worker named Pinta and a fatal burn incident as a gas tank ignites during fueling. The garbled text blends military, industrial, and accident hints with unclear names and dates.
The second Galltomia mission attempted a stratospheric balloon release above San Antonio for cosmic ray experiments. The craft rose to about seven miles, then the balloon and instruments collapsed after 89 minutes aloft. Parachutes recovered gear 20 miles from San Antonio at the Thindara ranch.
A fragment describes moving trees from the old post office site near Palm Street. Postmaster Dan Quill and B P Roberts are noted figures amid a scene of digging and a copper ash tray on a spaniel marked dig. The oak is removed, leaving one tree to remain while residents seek contact with Fill.
Representative J Franklin Spears will discuss The Vexas Securities Act at a San Antone Lions meeting at the Gunter hotel. Attendees include Mean, Ricardo Mori and Miss Vivian Salsong who present a panel. Mori will guide the panel.
Rental ads describe furnished flats with monthly rates ranging from 25 to 350 dollars. Listings show addresses on Flores and Broadway, bed counts and tenant terms, urging readers to contact Fannin & Co. for viewing and reservations.
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