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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1939
Page
10
Forbes lauds the automotive sector's rapid strides and future potential. He praises initiative, research, and improvements driving growth, predicts a revival of normalcy and employment, and urges executives to push hard for full prosperity. Copyright 1938 by B C Forbes.
New York Aug 3 The Iron Age reports a widening diversification of steel orders across products and user types. The weekly industry review notes expectations of a stronger late summer to autumn trend, citing a 7 percent rise in steel ingot production the highest since last year and higher steel prices pushing the strap price composite to 46.42 in October 1947.
In Southend England Jesse Wallace of London walked into a police station and handed a pair of gold-rimmed spectacles he found 25 years earlier. He recalled the item during his honeymoon and said he would have turned them in sooner but forgot until now.
Detroit police are ordered into a compulsory etiquette course by Police Commissioner Pickert following a mother's complaint that two officers manhandled her 16 year old son during a 2:30 a.m. film question. In Maryland, Dr Cooper Curtice, 23, credited with advancing cattle disease eradication methods, died yesterday.
In congressional debate Senator Nye cites Sidney Rogerson’s Propaganda in the Next War from a British edition as evidence of a plan to draw the U S into future conflict. The excerpt argues Britain’s propaganda targeted Irish, Indians, Egyptians, and Jews, and notes shifts after granting dominion status to Ireland and the Indian constitution. It questions American public sentiment and the effectiveness of anti propaganda measures impacting U S unity.
Los Angeles August 9. Lady Lark walked the plank in a gambling ship opera incident. Attorney Joseph Orloff, representing Noating eating Teas owners, offered two options today. Either the federal government issues piracy complaints against law officers, or a million dollar damage suit is filed. Orloff named Earl Warren, Baron Fitts, and Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz in Los Angeles County as targets overboard in a Texas change of 4 cd case involving equipment and seized paraphernalia as evidence.
Twenty five San Antonio teachers over seventy who paid into the State Teachers fund will await pensions indefinitely. Superintendent Stutsman said payments could begin only if the state matches teachers' contributions, a match not legally possible this year. The board approved various staff and repair contracts and noted ongoing forest fire fighting efforts using new methods.
A family dispute over a vehicle remained unsettled after a Justice of the Peace trial where W Power Sr. sued J W Power Jr. for possession. Power Sr. claimed the truck was unlawfully withheld. Power Jr. said it was bought from his mother for 200 dollars. Virginia Wood testified for her brother, stating the father gave him the truck. The judge indicated a retrial would be held next month.
A San Antonio official reveals if a student completed every course offered, high school study would stretch to 10 11 years, given the 605 unit spread at Jefferson, Brackenridge, and Sidney Lanier. Vocational and technical offerings add 45 to 48 units, with gendered subject choices noted.
Provisional Second division units pour into Camp Bullis as August 14 war games approach. The Twenty third infantry with 1500 men arrives from Fort Sam Houston at 9 am. Second Engineers, 264 men, move in from Fort Logan Denver in 43 vehicles. Eighth Engineers join at 1 20 pm from Fort McIntosh Laredo in a 36 vehicle column. Additional units follow from Fort Warren Wyoming Fort Sam Houston.
The city council Wednesday authorized the purchase of a motor grader for $8934 to be used by the street department. Street Commissioner Paul Steffler said the Morton Equipment bid was not the lowest but included a two year guarantee.
Grading and busting work for a $477,000 school stadium in San Antonio is slated to start next week. WPA regional supervisor W. R. Thompson said construction will begin as soon as arrangements are completed. The WEA office in New Orleans approved the first unit including ground prep at the stadium site. The $116,000 stadium revenue bond transcript submitted by the San Antonio school district was approved by Clarence Crow, assistant state attorney general.
An old advertisement touts Calotabs as a quick fix for biliousness amid hot weather. It claims calomel and salts combined in pill form purges the system by morning, leaving a refreshed head and clear appetite. The copy urges buyers to seek genuine Calotabs and warns against imitations.
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