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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1930
Page
14
A writer argues against wasteful duplication in holiday giving. He urges a coordinated clearing house among relief groups to prevent repeaters and ensure fair distribution of food and clothing during Christmas. He warns greed exists across classes and stresses thoughtful charity.
The 1991 class at the Naval Academy will be discharged at graduation next June unless Congress increases officer appointments. The Navy urgently needs more officers for ships, the merchant marine, National Guard, and reserves. All midshipmen graduating this June must be commissioned to meet the Navy's expansion for new ships.
British carformist Will Dyson depicts Miss Drama as a winged intellectual seeking amusement from a dull man. The film critique notes producers touring the Valley of Despair fail to profit from current shows, from which the picture explains part of the problem. The tone mocks modern audiences demanding entertainment and industry woes with Shakespearean allusion.
The Central Park West frontage blooms with new luxury residences, including the Dakota, and once-fashionable avenues regain their prestige. Wealthy backers revived the area two decades after the Century Theatre era, bringing penthouses, grand lobbies, and a renewed parade of aristocratic life amid changing residents and dramatic street-wide transformation.
R S Copeland discusses digestion as the body's engine, comparing food to fuel for a car. Proper eating and regularity keep the digestive system functional, preventing disturbances like dyspepsia and belching.
Carlton Caruthers recalls a wild gathering near the Medina river bottoms where Somerset Futurist Farmers hosted a campfire roast with Gopecana, wagons of food, and music. The kid reporter describes roaming pecan groves, camp fires, and a lively night. Dutch Knages becomes a rumor in the Corolla region.
By Harry Williams recounts Hebbronville miscellany with references to Reuben Holbein descendant of the European painter, Trails and Trails’s plans, a rain‑shortened meeting, and a hunt recount featuring panthers including a 124‑pound specimen and a 10‑pound second, with local figures Lulicg foundation and Belville packed into the narrative.
The piece argues women have risen from mythic subservience to equal capability. It challenges male double standards, extols practical partnership, and critiques “intuitive” stereotypes as outdated. The author insists women are strong, capable, and deserving of shared work and respect.
A fragmented note asks how Antonio owed allegiance to minor Orr, suggesting a local inquiry into a historical proclamation or oath. The readable bits reference names Antonio and Orr and imply a question about loyalty or duty within a community or legal context.
A fragmentary literary piece satirizing American romantic myths and male vanity. It references famed lovers and film stars, notes American pragmatism in business men, and questions where the quintessential American lover resides, inviting reader commentary.
Calvin Coolidge argues for fixed tenure of office citing Europe as unstable. He notes Britain and other nations face frequent elections and uncertain governments. The piece praises steadiness of a predictable leadership cycle and laments perpetual turmoil of elections.
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