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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1939
Page
6
A New Deal era critique links rising taxes to falling federal revenue. The Bureau of Internal Revenue reports four months of this year show income tax collections down by 164 million, while excise taxes rose. Estate taxes also fell, signaling tax-driven government strain and a claim that high taxes shrink incomes for all Americans.
The passage laments declining income and per capita output while the debt and deficit surge. It criticizes piling taxes and increased borrowing with no concrete remedies offered by President Roosevelt or Secretary Morgenthau in six years, and argues leaders focus more on Latin American troubles than domestic finance.
Senator Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma, chairman of the senate sub committee on war department appropriations, says the Panama Canal and nearby army posts are virtually defenseless from air attack. He notes abundant big guns and airplanes but no anti-aircraft guns and will report the need for improvements to the War Department.
An unnamed narrator reflects on two tiny wooden angels kneeling before a boy's picture, a symbol of prayer that consoles amid life’s darkness. She recalls a worldly friend doubting the power of such relics, then defends prayer as a reaching toward something greater and a source of gentleness and courage amid cruelty.
By Elsie Robinson questions whether superstition or belief acts as a bridge between a sorrowful heart and the Source of meaning. The columnist suggests hearts are unreliable yet finds beauty in art, craft, and nature as small prayers, noting two little angels guarding a boy and a desire to bridge loss with courage beyond personal limits.
A historical medical note explains pruritus ani, itching around the anus, its higher occurrence in men over 30, and the tendency to neglect it. Treatments range from injections and ointments to addressing pinworm or threadworm infections. A Mayo Clinic recommended proctoscope examination helps identify bowel causes before systemic therapy.
Dr Herman N Bundesen discusses causes of skin sensitivity and itching related to certain foods. He describes approaches including dietary change, injections of extracts, and possible surgical options for hemorrhoids or fistula, noting nervousness can worsen itching and advising prior to alcohol injection.
Fragmentary magazine item appears to be a promotional or spoof page titled by King Fenturds Syndicate. Content is garbled, unreadable, and lacks clear events or persons for a concise summary. No verifiable entities or dates present.
A King Features Syndicate digest presents an analysis from inside Germany on Hitler's decisions after the Grat Eyes event. It notes potential internal strain, naval casualty concerns, and a shift in British and Allied plans including Canada’s industrial role, American air power, and a future Allied peace. It discusses Poland, Czechoslovakia, and a possible Rhine border move, with France privately pushing border changes to cut Germany’s industrial base as a buffer against Russia.
Raoul Graument and John Hensel arrive with a bold plan to publish a knot encyclopedia. The Encyelopedia of Knots, a 410 page volume with 3216 knot examples, weaves nautical technique with ancient knot lore and literature. Felix M. Cornell Books in New York hosts the venture, funded by a $2000 investment and six by eight photo-engravings, tracing knot origins from Neolithic to modern times.
The excerpt notes Edwin C. Hill’s association with a knob, cites the old ballad Feir Margaret and Sweet William, and surveys a knot theory book. It lists knot-using groups from sailors to rug makers, ropemakers, Boy Scouts, and anthropologists, noting Edger Lee Mesters and a 1937 Wing Foss Bend publication.
A humorous exploration of memory in marriage contrasts a wife's detailed recall of past loves with a husband's selective amnesia about his former affairs. The piece argues women remember romances vividly, while men forget, creating tension and prompting confessions to avoid conflict.
A fragmentary note praises a man’s ambidextrous memory and strategic Forgetting. The quip reflects on a woman’s curiosity about a parade and hints at heartaches and headaches averted. Published as a cheeky caption under a King Feas syndicate tag.
An odd fact notes a man wearing a polished wax wedding ring on his head, resembling a crown, while he distands a temporary wife. It cites an estimate of 80,000 1,000 board feet of commercial timber within California’s national forests.
A fragment reads plans for rapid postwar construction by San Antonio architects at Randolph Field with War Department backing and a Hoover era policy directive, while 1919 notes moving pictures to document Helly Melders Information flights and air service officers coordinating a film crew to film airmen at Kelly Field.
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