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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 25, 1937

Page

3

Arming America For Defense Speaks On Peace and Power

The text argues that America will spend a billion dollars next year on defense if Congress supports the president and popular will. It emphasizes restraint after the Panay incident, warns rivals not to misread pacific signals, and asserts that stronger defense will promote global peace without provoking aggression. The piece frames defense as a peacekeeping necessity aligned with Roosevelt's call to actively seek peace.

America Congress Japan Panay Roosevelt Chicago

Farm Problem Prom Points Farmer Share of Price

The federal department of agriculture notes the farmer’s share of the consumer price has not exceeded 50 percent since 1920. A farm product’s final price depends on distribution and marketing costs, with more middlemen reducing the farmer’s earnings. Western Farm Life cites the Denve r Colorado agricultural journal on how economy in handling goods affects farmers.

PROM Federal Department of Agriculture Fane Life Denyeu Galo

Big Game Increase to Boost Hunting Prospects

The Department of Agriculture reports big game in national forests has risen 140 percent over 12 years. Deer and elk dominate the numbers while antelope bears and moose increase steadily but more slowly. Hunters may enjoy better opportunities in coming years.

United States Department of Agriculture

Malnutrition in Infants Warned by Health Officials

Officials warn infants in the community face under nourishment linked to neglect and improper medical supervision rather than food shortages. Mothers need balanced diets and proper guidance. early signs require stopping breastfeeding if necessary and introducing supplementary foods to overcome malnutrition. Some cases stem from physical defects or constitutional disorders.

Attention to Infant Weight Gain Rules

Undernourishment can occur at any time in infancy and early childhood but often begins in early life. It should be suspected at any weight loss or lack of weight gain. Monitor infant weight closely and take every step to ensure gradual weight increase.

By Royal 5 Copeland M D The danger to undernourishment

The piece discusses how undernourishment affects infants beyond weight loss, stressing that susceptibility to disease in the first year rises with poor nutrition. It notes infants usually gain five to eight ounces every two weeks early on, then slower after six months, and cites a 1937 copyright line.

King Fees, Synd., Inc

Ten and Twenty Years Ago From A Light Files

A December 25 1927 note reports Rev B B Robertson leaving St Marks Episcopal to helm St Andrews Aberdeen Wash after four years as assistant rector. A Catholic bureau plan was announced to aid charities via a diocese organized effort before year end.

B. B. Robertson Catholi Bureau of Catholi Charities M. 8. Careriga

The Bowery: frost and noise frame a bleak Christmas street

A vivid, harsh portrait of the Bowery in winter. Bowery storefronts, elevated trains, and shopkeepers frame a street scene of exhaustion, drunkenness, and urban decay. A condemned two story building crowds the corner near Bleecker Street as a young clerk notes the roped off space and Crockery shop.

New York Brooklyn Bridge Bowery Payereu Bleecker Street Young Pollerman

The Bowery Pawnshops And Sober Windows

In the Bowery district, pawnshops loom with barred windows and chained exteriors. Bettors, gamblers, and aspiring gentry linger near lodgings like The Ritz The Savoy and The Majestic as surveillance tightens and a wary atmosphere grows around a string of temporary shelters and the watchful gaze of owners and keepers.

Bowery Lanes Through A Fog of Saloons and Sterile Stacks

A vivid Bowery scene depicts late night lodging houses, old fashioned drug stores, a palatial apothecary, and a book shop amid dazzling electrical fixture shops. Feeble air, foul with alcohol and smoke, contrasts with simple eats like porkchops and beans, as clerks and waiters keep a stern, old school routine intact.

Bowery Nh Town Metaught Syn Inc

A Christmas Prayer From Elsie Robinson

A reflective Christmas meditation asks for guidance to feel hope love and courage. The speaker prays for sight to see honest toil and common kindness and for power to cleanse fear and selfishness. It blends biblical imagery with a plea for personal renewal through service and compassion.

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Paris Bluebeard Landru and the infamy of his crimes

A review contrasts Henri Desire Landru with serial killer Weidmann, noting his cunning cruelty in luring and murdering women in a secluded villa. It likens his appeal to fragile charm, recounts a 1922 guillotine execution after a sensational trial, and reflects on public fascination with his persona.

Paris la Belle Amésieone Henri Desire Landru Braallia Ariesienne Sandru Eugene George Weidmann Landrn Gare French Academy Hla Paragon

Prodigy Turned Swindler in Paris Crime Tale

In a Paris setting, a highly educated yet restless man grapples with thwarted college dreams and a life of drudgery. His urbane guise masks a fraudulent, increasingly desperate descent as police pursue missing women and a suspect, engineer Lucien Guillet, amid a trail that revisits 76 Rue Rochechouart.

Paris Lucien Guillet Rue Rochechouart M. Gindl Jet M. Ciufliet

Landru’s Trial Ends in Conviction for Serial Murders

Edwin C. Hill reports Landru, dubbed the unperturbable killer, was convicted after police connected mutilated clues and blood evidence to a string of murders near Paris. The French killer used his charm and careful planning to drain victims’ fortunes, culminating in his downfall at the guillotine.

Guilleh Heer Desire Pandre Gandru Paris Ciarlas M. Land Au

What Do You Know 81 82 95 96 and Other Puzzles

A page of mixed trivia questions covers geography history language and literature. It asks facts about earthquakes machine names, borders of Poland, epaulets, Lipari Islands location, portrait expressions in art, presidential deaths in office, animal identification, ephemera meaning, Malta ownership, Epiphany customs, George Berners born, Shakespeare, and more.

Poland Russia Spain Italy Len Roy Orpheus Abelard Shakespeare Malta Germany France Ctorge Bernan Aw England Ireland Dublin Delmark Beate Js

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