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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1937
Page
7
Defense spending mirrors consequences seen in China, where six months of war have caused $750 million in property damage, plus massive human and economic tolls. The piece argues that investing in robust U.S. defense yields jobs, stimulates the economy, and avoids a losing war, contrasting destruction abroad with potential national security gains at home.
The U S department of agriculture urges the public to view turkey as a year round food. U S production has risen from 17 million in 1936 to over 20 million last year and an expected 19 million this year. With an average 13 pounds per bird this implies about two pounds per person nationwide. Producers say they can meet larger demand as prices stay reasonable and families should cultivate a taste for turkey beyond Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Indications suggest Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan may still be alive after their South Pacific disappearance. Articles of incorporation for the Sonella Earhart Foundation plan further search and aim to induce encourage and inspire study and research in nautical navigation. The foundation’s broader goals could benefit aviation science and honor Miss Earhart.
The University of Pennsylvania proposes a Valley Forge college to teach American Ideals of Americanism. The piece argues ideals should be taught widely in all schools and universities as a nation’s first duty. Education without patriotism could erode liberty.
A report from a meeting discusses thumb sucking as a common but undesirable habit among children. Doctors warn it can affect jaw development, tooth alignment, and overall health, urging parents to seek early guidance and discourage the habit with humane methods.
Fragmentary OCR text from a medical notice by Royal S Copeland M D includes garbled phrases about correcting street names and infant feeding terms. The readable content is minimal, lacking clear actions, dates, or identifiable organizations.
A playful knowledge test mixes character clues and literary titles. It lists figures like Desdemona Shylock and Becky Sharp alongside classics such as The Odyssey and Don Quixote, inviting readers to match characters to works and reveal answers on the next page.
The piece recalls Broadway figures like Edna Lees and others who faded from the limelight while living quiet, suburban lives near New York. It contrasts their public fame with private routines, noting marriages to ordinary workers and retreat to benign, modest existences away from the spotlight.
A fragmented reminiscence touches on a young publisher near Sea Gate Long Island with a vast private collection housed in a Georgian wing. It contrasts private librarians for a sleepless duke with the grueling studio life that test cartoonists endure before a finished drawing. Homer Davenport is named among those famed for sensitivity in rendering scenes.
By C. C. McIntyre the famed cartoonist notes the editor’s demand for immediate approval and the quiet drive to produce anew. He recalls three great artists Webster Ding and Tart who learned to draw with their left hands after accidents and reflects on his own lifelong pull toward column writing and reporting, while Sam Byrd’s ventures show risk and longing.
Youth react to a Santa Claus question with reactions on education and unemployment. Helen Fite of Marlon Indiana imagines a New Year plan to ease crowded classrooms and support special needs students. George W Kyte of Berkeley proposes a vast international foundation funding exchange scholarships and fellowships to educate hearts as well as minds.
A letter by Elsie Robinson argues for a program to reduce prejudice and foster global understanding by sending Americans to study or teach at foreign universities and inviting foreign students and professors to U S institutions. It invites readers to endorse or oppose the plan, seeking public reaction and names for endorsement.
The essay contrasts Native culture preservation with modern road building and urban longing. A film magnate abandons Broadway for a mountain retreat, seeking solitude yet confronting endless tensions between progress, privacy, and pastoral idealism in a changing America.
Edwin C Hill chronicles a solitary figure in Timidway who longs for Broadway while retreating to a forest. A friend disturbs the quiet with a tree knot that reveals a hidden radio speaker, triggering memories of city life before the recluse returns to his familiar pace and dream.
Ten and twenty years ago the Community Chest mailed twenty two thousand dollars in checks to its agencies as the chest prepares to disband on January 6. Burleson announced a decoration drive for November 15 next year to boost early Christmas spirit with a new special committee. A MeK.s T railroad folder titled Trang with Uncle Sam in the day southwest features San Antonio with historic views. The city council passed an ordinance granting a franchise to San Antonio Bell and Terminal railway to build a switch yard on South Flores 40 miles to connect with the United States argennt, removing the wartime track removal condition.
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