Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

San Antonio Light in San Antonio, Texas

We have 22,786,314 pages in Texas

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1937

Page

5

Congress Like Floor Of Exchange

A Washington dispatch reports on congressional floor barter during a tense session. Promises traded for ship canal support and labor pledges are alleged, with Rayburn and leadership under pressure amid farm bloc and Tammany ties. Jokes and offhand boasts surface as lawmakers debate housing, road building, and committee posts amid a volatile mood in Congress.

Paul King Futt L Tashington Will Matke Rayburn Bankhead Boland Com Any Florida Florida Ship Canal American Labor Party Congress Barkley

Debutante Miss Sarah Dugger Honored at Rainbow Rest

Mrs. Joanita Starcke and daughter hosted a barbecue at Rainbow Rest near Boerne to honor debutante Miss Sarah Lillian Dugger. Guests enjoyed riding, badminton, ding pong, and boating, with supper by a decorated ranch house table amid chrysanthemums, autumn leaves, and cedar.

Joanita Starcke Eila Mae Starcke O. D. Dougas Rainbow Rest Boerne Sarah Lillian Dugger Starcke University of Texas

Reservations for Style Show Luncheon Highlight Event

Reservations show a full house for the weekly style-show luncheon on Wednesday. Patrons include Mesdames Randolph Garter T G Milsgrave Charles Trueheart T A Pressly JF Stauffer Willam Morrow O W Alms Bud Nash Walter Whisenant Lilian Wiggins R Warren 8 Mi Casseel David S Kennedy J Kroschel Smiley White Russell Ponder R A Hargin George Friedrich O L Garner Joe Pabst Oo E Martin Jn Tom Walsh Des mond J Jarrell 2 T Atkinson Charles Shermhan and Miss Well Pryor. Mrs Charles Roos hosted a reception with debutantes Sarah Douglas featured at the J Anthony hotel. A winter tableau with Alpine backdrop and silver Christmas decor enhances the room.

Mesdames Randolph Garter T. G. Milsgrave Charles Trueheart T. A. Pressly JF. Stauffer Willam Morrow O. W. Alms Bud Nash Walter Whisenant Lilian Wiggins R.warren Mi Casseel David Skennedy J Kroschel Smiley White Russell Ponder R.A

Kelly Graduate Dies in Arkansas Air Crash

W Beyherd, a Kelly field graduate and former tying cadet, was killed in a Little Rock plane crash Sunday after a formation dive over Austin violated regulations. He had joined Advanced Flying school in March and would have graduated in July 1929. The monocoupe spun from 2000 feet and nosed into a turnip field in the turn.

Kelly Arkansas W. Beyherd Kelly Field Little Rock Siday Shepherd Austin Advanced Flying School

Major G C Irvin to Attend Army College

Major G C Irvin of the Signal Corps has been selected as a student in the Army Industrial College for the 1938 30 course beginning in September 1938. The announcement comes from corps press headquarters and notes Irvin will headquarter in the area as part of the program.

Fay Wallace Congress White House Guffey Permnsylvania Garner Defind Minton In- Mana Munton bEeynn Dutty Wisconsin Duffy G. C. Irvin Army College Gordon. Irvin Signal Corps Army Industrial College Corps Pres

Also Mentioned on This Page

Abner Ferguson The Federal Housing Administration Lafayette Park PF. D. R Ickes Hopking Mr. R Sarah Dugger Charles Roos S J. Anthony Mise Sarah Douglas Desis Welf & Marx Oxford Greys Banker Hunter Brown Coronet Darsen Needlecraft Linton Ackerman Chester Baccle Walff & Mars
Search Courier

Search the San Antonio Light Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The San Antonio Light?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication