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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1936
Page
6
President Roosevelt calls a census of the jobless a necessary step to create new employment opportunities. He notes critics and supporters alike stress the need for accurate unemployment data and warns that counts vary. a reliable registration system with continual checks will reflect changes and lay groundwork for addressing the problem.
Dispatches praise swift crew action aboard the Gripsholm as the Swedish American liner avoided burning and saved one thousand passengers. The incident is cited as a stark contrast to a deadly disaster and highlights the value of effective teamwork at sea.
England’s politicians, while circling the Simpson case, send America a Christmas card and pay the postage of 171,670,765. They note they could not pay the 117,670,763 due on December 15 and say nothing has been paid on the 5,029,163,198 total since 1933. France has not paid either, an old custom. The piece ends with a call to resolve the next time any action is taken.
A somber poem describes a child in a slum waiting for Santa Claus. It contrasts hopeful yearning with harsh reality as Christmas passes by. The piece ends with a call to a reader named George E. Phair.
An anonymous 1946 column narrates a young man’s bold switch from honesty to adopting the “game” of grabbing, arguing that decency remains the only paying stance. He recalls desert years as a miner, surviving with minimal means, valuing a bath for its cleansing spirit and personal resolve.
A humorous Christmas letter from Winston Norman in 1936 asks Santa Claus for jobs for 4,000,000 unemployed, prosperity, brains to avoid 1829 Beaum run, a large army and navy, balanced budget, and favor for radicals and moderates alike. The missive mocks political divisions and urges a practical holiday wish list.
A garbled OCR fragment presents a muddled quotation about courage and death, mentioning words attributed to Shakespeare and references to unnamed individuals and acts. The text is fragmented and lacks clear factual detail or coherent context.
A historical overview recalls how producers risked fortunes on Broadway shows. It details Abie's Irish Rose profits, Tobacco Road’s rise after early doubt, and parallels to Lightnin and The Old Homestead. The piece notes Anne Nichols earned an immense sum, while initial skeptics misjudged live performance risks.
December 24 1936 reports a new motor for the Pan American plane St Louis and spare parts shipped from Duncan Field to Tampico by express. Major J H Pirie commander notes a prior 1915 transfer from Hebert A Dargue as night commander. San Antonio Christmas 1915 marks a prospering season with $6,000,000 spent on silts, up 23 percent. Lucille and Mildred Wiseman, San Antonio girls, now in New York City with the Unite Time program, are daughters of Mr and Mrs G W Bichtity.
A London woman visits George Burchett’s Waterloo Road shop to have a Gary Cooper portrait tattooed on her back. The piece notes Cooper’s humility and the impossibility of altering tattoos as history references German Red iconography and Hitler’s rule. The piece ends with the reminder that Gary Cooper is married and tattoos endure.
The column skewers literary eccentrics and society figures, noting Edge’s late life, Corrinne Griffiths marriage to George Marshall, Tallulah Bankhead and Gertrude Lawrence in London theatre scenes, and Hollywood social rituals. It paints a vivid portrait of mid-century fame, fads, and the era’s cultural gossip.
Kansas Senator George McGill, a member of the agricultural committee, is seen as likely to press a fight on the self conservation act. He advocates shifting its regulatory power from states to the federal government following last year’s Supreme Court ruling on the general concept known as the AAA.
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