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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 30, 1939

Page

9

War Games Reveal Need for Rapid Army Reform

General Drum after Plattsburg and Manassas war games warns Congress that the U S army is far below prepared strength and training levels. He urges year round field exercises, better manpower, and ready bases to prevent massive future losses, citing 75 116 mobilized men and 1863 machine guns as current limits.

United States Plattsburg N. Y Manassas Hugh A. Drum First Army Drum Congress General Drums General Drum Prum New York Times

Gloucester Remembering Five Captains Lost at Sea

An August Gloucester memorial service gathers fishermen and widows at the monument to the Lishermen of Gloucester. Wreaths are laid, flowers carried, and bands play as the community honors five captains lost last year. The crowd, many in work shirts, reflects on three centuries of sea toil and enduring traditions while white flowers drift on the waters near The Cut.

Gloucester Massachusetts Cviiconers New England Shermey Grolceater Ipswich Bay Gloucester Nave America

Five Names Called as Toward Last Year Sailors Are Remembered

Edwin C. Hill recalls five fallen sailors William Nolan Alexander Mutse James Murphy Rudolph Jonsson and Albert Carter. The crowd mourns as silver flowers drift on the water and a chorus of bells and verses honors their service and sacrifice.

William Nolan Alexander Mutse James Murphy Rudolph Jonsson Albert Carter

Causes and types of earache and related pains

The article outlines otodynia and otalgia as earache types, notes ear disorders and referred head pain, and explains how ear infections, skin inflammation, external ear issues, middle ear infection, wax pressure, lymph node swelling, neuralgia, and dental problems can trigger ear pain. It emphasizes careful examination by a doctor to identify the exact cause.

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Earache Treatment Depends On Cause Says Dr Mollison

Aene tonsillitis is often accompanied by ear pain and treatment must follow the underlying cause. Dr W M Mollison of Guy's Hospital, London notes the ear's delicacy requires medical orders for any remedy. If an external ear boil exists, he recommends applying specified solutions.

W. M. Mollison Guy's Hospital London England

Doctor Advice on Boil Care and Ear Drum Hole

Medical guidance discusses when to open a boil with pus and when to squeeze to avoid spreading infection. Also covers earache from tonsillitis, neurite relief, and a reader’s question about a 13 year old girl’s weight and a hole in an ear drum in a child.

Rivers and seas misnamed in a quirky quiz

A garbled trivia item lists rivers and seas with many errors and mis spellings. Reads as a puzzle asking which rivers “ha Diack” and includes options like Nile Gulf of Mexlco Congo Pacific ocean and Volga China sea Columbia Pacific, plus others with broken names and stray punctuation.

Nile Gulf of Mexlco Congo Pacific Ocean Markulate ArcUc Ocean Volga China Sea Columbia Murray Trishata LaWweenee Boringsea Colorado Gulf of California

Roosevelt era business outlook hints at postwar gains

Washington reports business watchers expect improving activity for three months regardless of war. If war comes a brief drop is possible but a panicky fall seems unlikely. Foreign liquidation should lag, and domestic production could rise to 105 to 110 percent of the 1923-25 average by year end.

Washington Roosevelt Lelieve Hitler King Features Byn+ wieate, Inc

The Broken Heart And The Path To Love Growth

A harsh personal essay warns that a heart not broken cannot mature and therefore cannot truly love. It argues heartbreak is essential for emotional growth, rejects pity, and cites clinical imagery to urge openness and enduring struggle as necessary for genuine affection.

Life and Love Open a New Self After Pain

A fragmentary motivational meditation by Elsie Robinson urges embracing heartbreak as a means to personal transformation. It suggests pain unlocks a new world and self, steering readers toward acceptance and growth rather than denial or forgetting.

Advertising push for U S Highways through Texas drives 1929 plans

Ten and twenty years ago notes reveal the U S Highway 10 association preparing an intensive campaign to route US 190 through Texas from San Antonio to Van Horn, decided at Alpine with Porter A. Whaley and William H. Purlong. Also dated August 20, 1919, a Salesmanship luncheon speaker urged peacetime expansion of South American trade and a push to keep Southwest railways well supplied with corn.

Texas San Antonio van Horn Alpine Porter A. Whaley Gilirspte Gunter Hole Edward H. Lange United States South Amry UW. S

Grande Passion Drives Lifes Work and Genius

The piece argues every person needs a consuming, enduring passion beyond self to create real worth. It claims without a sublime flame for work, beauty, humanity, or love, one fails to achieve meaningful achievements or inspiration. Emotions are vital, birthright, and source of genius, success, and power.

NoLking Devos Lon Wallonny Trey

Helen Rowland PerfumeMent Inspires Lively Living

Fragmentary OCR text reflects a boastful line about personal drive and adrenaline, suggesting a philosophy that life’s true kick comes from oneself rather than external amusements, money, or social status. The piece invokes Helen Rowland and a provocative, blunt tone.

Letters to the Editor on San Antonio river relics and public commentary

Readers discuss San Antonio river digs behind the Expresa building and submerged cannon relics. They recall silver plate believed to be dumped for defense and urge caution in public treasure hunting while criticizing editorial tone and offering no pity or advice to Spain.

San Antonio Canton Expresa Alan Aalyer Wis Spain Heller

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