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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1931
Page
16
A tour through Deliluh geones and Corevil’s modern theater digs highlights backstage life. Readers meet glittering performers, the lavish dressing rooms, and the electric buzz of a bustling show world with reporters roaming for firsthand impressions.
The Navy league rebukes the president's committee for garbled evidence and misquotation. It argues the panel was partisan and urges Congress to investigate, stressing national defense and the fleet's readiness, equipment, men, and morale as paramount concerns for safeguarding overseas commerce.
A historical discussion extols a British amphibious tank that can swim rivers and cross obstacles, claiming one unit could outpace ten thousand cavalry. It argues future warfare will favor air power submarines and mechanized fighting, with traditional cavalry obsolete.
A rambling Texan column mixes a quail story with social commentary. It recalls a farmer who fed and enjoyed his quail until city visitors disrupted the flock, then shifts to a discussion of knowledge, youth, and local governance. The piece ends with civic jokes about the Laling Foundation, its leaders, and a retirement gift to Jack Idol.
In a humorous local note Harry Williams cites Bob Mackey of Rebstown and Roy Camer. The tale describes planting potatoes in a perforated barrel with a slit pipe center to grow potatoes in the holes and push dirt out as vines spill outside. A dog then helps ready the barrel for shipment to market, a quirky efficiency tale.
A long prose piece argues that life is never finished and that search for perfect love, happiness, or meaning ends in constant growth. It urges embracing hunger, rebellion, and ongoing striving as essential to living, warning against expecting a final solution or completion.
Goiter is a neck enlargement caused by iodine deficiency or absence. Fears of surgery are common, but many cases need no operation. Prevention involves iodine rich foods and, where needed, iodine supplements in water or school programs.
A satirical column on marriage and gender roles reveals how expectations shift after engagement and marriage. It critiques male fear of deception, changes in women’s appearance, and the social theater around romance, offering sharp commentary on love and sex in a dated context.
Carrizo Springs reports an editorial critic from November 26 notes Bon Anfonio officials dropped legal fights over the state automobile apportions. The county attorney De FL Havin was pressured to withdraw anti meticking, stirring local political tension. The piece stresses that Isthat legality influenced remission actions and comments on San Antonio’s trade climate.
Ten and twenty years ago notes from The San Antonio Light report Lions Club officers elected including W G Wiggin and T J McMillan. City council discussion over funding for labor on Yarramorn Street and a motion to distribute 4900 dollars for the project to be approved by the council is described. Also mentioned are stray items on strawberries, a stock sale, and Southwest Texas notes.
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