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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1944
Page
7
Admiral Kimmel asks Senator Truman for an open court hearing to address dereliction of duty charges over Pearl Harbor. He contends postponement is political, not military, and urges full disclosure of facts before the election. | Unable to add extra lines.
The Chinese residents in the United States joined with Americans on Friday July 7 in the Triple Seven observance marking the seventh anniversary of China’s war against Japan. The piece urges renewed reinforcement, arming, and timely aid to China to keep Japan from expanding land and air attacks and to prevent the need for U.S. direct conflict.
Walter Winebhell and Lily Puns recount a flamboyant wartime journey touring the Persian Gulf, Teheran, Cairo, and North Africa. They describe concerts for GIs, a GT Symphony-Popular orchestra, royal palace hospitality, and a stunning jewel collection, noting travel hardships and cultural contrasts.
A medical note discusses how unbalanced diets and dehydration concentrate urine, increasing kidney stone risk. It cites urban dwellers, high protein intake, low fluid balance, and conditions like prolonged immobilization or injuries as contributing factors. Thyroid and parathyroid activity may also influence calcium phosphate stone development.
The text discusses how bladder and kidney infections can affect kidney function and deposit lime. It suggests that drinking ample fluids and watching the diet may help prevent kidney stones and related issues. Include reference to Conprlaht at King Fens.
A band of Indians swept into Texas driving livestock and creating alarm across several towns. Texas Rangers pursued them to the Rio Grande, where a council with Guadelupe officials led to a temporary treaty allowing cross river pursuit by both sides. A final showdown with the allied forces resulted in a ranger being shot.
A garbled early text discusses diet hints claiming essential eel foods for bone and tooth repair. It mentions predicted nylon collars and cults for postwar wear and notes a need for correcting or verifying claims.
A columnist argues Miss Perkins may push wage hikes via business profits and tax cuts, while labor groups seek higher pay. He contends wage gains fuel inflation, hurt consumers, and undermine profits, urging labor to oppose price rises and support business profits to fund real wage gains.
In a reflective piece the author compares the chore of picking blackberries to the vanished moment of a promised Great Thing from youth. The narrator recalls seventeen year old anticipation and the later sense that life’s peak never arrived, while noting the ongoing busyness of canning time and the poetry of ordinary work.
The Aug 2 1934 LA Light Files recall Jin Neal a Webb county ranchman and lawyer as a top Texas senate candidate. It notes Neal at 6 feet 5 inches and mentions a 20 year earlier upset defeating Averile Pare for the portly district nomination. An Aug 24 1924 item records widow Adéle Callaghan, widow of Mayor Bryan Callaghan, dying at 3720 West Commerce with survivors listed.
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