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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1938
Page
6
The Catholic church in the United States advocates a nationwide program to dedicate educational resources to teaching democracy and citizenship. It argues love of country is a virtue, loyalty essential, and stresses patriotic instruction as vital to preserving American freedoms and ideals across all schools and institutions.
A humorous account recalls an in office ritual of collecting for a banquet to honor city workers after payroll delays. Officials and citizens discuss the implied obligation and the risks of institutionalizing such gifts, noting every employee earns their pay and questioning future pay schedule celebrations.
A writer notes a rising number of Souls in Revolt since the war as they invade homes and workplaces. He argues the phenomenon is widespread across social ranks, with everyone claiming sympathy and shared loneliness, insisting the revolt is a common condition rather than unique to any group.
The piece argues readers are not alone in loneliness and despair and urges pooling misery to form a supportive collective. It questions why people remain solitary and why genuine sensitivity remains private, hinting at social pressures and the costs of openly revolting.
A prominent ear specialist warns 75 percent of deafness could be prevented. He estimates 10 million in the United States have defective hearing, including 3 million children, with 60,000 completely deaf. Factors include maternal drug exposure such as quinine and salicylates, meningitis, scarlet fever, mumps, and chronic middle ear infections. Early intervention and avoiding risk factors are urged to protect hearing.
Dr Dixon advises a balanced diet and calcium or iron in drug form for chronic ear infections. Keep nose and throat clear and avoid forceful nose blowing. Sulfanilamide shown helpful. When discharge persists ear cleaning and removal of small growths may be needed. Iodine or boric acid in alcohol may be used, and keeping the ear dry aids healing. Early lip reading teaching is encouraged for affected children.
Dr. Herman N. Bundesen asserts that greater success will be achieved through programs where four year old children in certain institutions learn lip reading. The source references 1928 agreements and a syndicate named King Feas Inc.
The article notes varied presidential terms across Latin American and Caribbean nations, six years in Argentina and others, five in some countries, and four in many. It mentions Britain’s medical man ratio of one per thousand and a dish of lobster a la Newberg created during a quarrel involving Delmonico and Wenberg.
Dec 5 1928 report notes Miss Anna Elle named honorary research historian by the Withe Memorial Queen in Texas history. Committee on constitution and bylaws named. later outdoor stage in Brackenridge park discussed. costs considered by Mayor Chamtrun and others.
Critics walked out of the anti monopoly opening as the cast delivered a strong performance with charts and economic themes. Debates on debt ceilings and rearmament loom while Ways and Means leadership reshapes with Democratic shifts and internal party jockeying.
A 20 year survey shows music in industry boosts speed and happiness, recalling a Chicago garment maker who lowered turnover by using concert style directing. The piece laments today’s fast pace and stresses folk tunes, Notre Dame chants, and sailors songs past and present while noting a 74 percent rise in musical instrument sales last year.
A fragment from a King Fens poem notes that men chase idealized romance while women secretly plot, arguing that while many kisses seem sincere, lasting commitment remains elusive. It contrasts bachelor freedom with the lure of matrimony and warns that past romantic tricks do not guarantee future victory over any woman.
Fragmentary text mentions traveling with baggage and choices in safety, with references to a witty chant and a welterward trimkling. Details are unclear but suggest a travel safety or etiquette note. No specific people, places, or organizations are clearly identifiable.
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