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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1939
Page
2
Washington dispatch reports a 4 percent drop in relief cases from October to November across 26 states and D C. Representative Paul J. Kilday and Mrs. Kilday plan holiday travel to Guy Antonio, with the family staying at the Menger?, as Congress braces for the upcoming session beginning January 3.
Dupe Martinez 31 of 715 Sout Navidad Street faces murder charges after the fatal stabbing of Jon Manoa 24 on South Laredo Street during a Saturday night altercation. Manoa died Sunday at Robert Bycheen Hospital. A second man remains held as a material witness.
Vacation inquiries overwhelm the chamber as many seek travel and relaxation this midwinter. A. M. Van Aken, chamber manager, notes most requests come from individuals seeking information on European trips, rail travel, and local leisure options.
Sheriff Nance said a hold up suspect was wounded in the arm during a gunfight after he and another youth fled from a Grand Falls filling station robbery inquiry. The shooting occurred as the sheriff approached the youths and opened fire as they returned fire.
District patrolman Hutton encountered Augustine Gonzales 28, of 514 South San Saba street, Tuesday night in the 400 block of South Canchy Street. He then found Gonzales a block away arguing with a woman an hour later and questioned if he would go home. He appeared intoxicated and uncertain about his plans.
Miss Lapp a 21-year-old domestic was killed by a shotgun through a window last night in Slatingsun Oregon. Police say Lawrence Reig 24 admitted shooting after the woman refused to go to a movie. The pellets struck her in Nathan Hawk’s home where she had worked three days.
In a overgrown creek near Brooksfield a derelict cement tub settlement survives where George Dulhing once operated a mineral water bath resort. The site shows rusting tubs amidst tangled brush, remnants of a health retreat that drew visitors for baths and bottled water in earlier decades.
Awards and charters were issued Tuesday at district courts of honor by the Boy Scouts of America. Troops 45 and 82 received charters in District 1 at Horace Mann Junior School. Eagle badges went to Arthur Howard and Revert Holschuter, life badges to Bill Moyer and Manuel Debarrera, and site badge to Johnny Givers. Other troops awarded include Star and Eagle distinctions for Adrian G Quayd n, Herbert Warmer, Carlos De La Garza, Roland Sierra, Edward Rais, Red Simmons, Paul Hoyer, and several others across multiple districts and schools.
A Galveston Tribune issue dated March 3 1876 was found delivered to the San Antonio Light. Workmen unearthed a bundle under the luggage room floor of the San Antonio Aransas Pass depot revealing torn papers addressed to the Southwestern Thesatia asylum, Southern Messenger, and several individuals including G Ayi and G Sallavich among others.
In MoG-M, the marketplace of an African village showcases more than 225 varieties of baskets. Artisans display woven designs, as traders discuss patterns, materials, and traditional techniques shaping local trade and daily life.
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