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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1937
Page
9
A network of emergency landing fields is essential to aviation progress. Colonel Steadman S. Hanks argues landing strips need not be costly, suggesting simple concrete flight strips parallel to highways within gliding distance of air routes. They are cheap and necessary for safe emergency landings.
The article portrays Spain as a battleground for European powers and notes up to fifty thousand non-Spaniards, with about ninety percent of air forces made of foreigners. It highlights American aviators fighting for money, including Eddie Schneider, who says the venture is purely business, warning against repeating the Hessian stigma.
Dispatches from Moscow claim history books vanish from schools and libraries as Stalinist control tightens. The regime brands scientific inquiry as dangerous and raises military spending by 35.7 percent this year, costing families about 587 rubles each, while glorifying force and barbarism.
The piece honors Abraham Lincoln as a global symbol of Americanism guiding freedom. It lauds the constitution as an unassailable right and the Supreme Court as defender of liberty, portraying Lincoln’s tradition as a third watchtower inspiring future Americans to guard freedom with courage.
A sharp cultural tirade mocks celebrity driven self improvement schemes. The columnist ridicules quick brain boosters and improvement programs, arguing culture cannot be bought or applied from the outside and that refinements require real effort rather than flashy volumes.
A self help piece argues real growth comes from within not borrowed texts. It urges readers to stop posing and start living their own lives, discovering the true book they require by pursuing honest development and practical self inquiry. Copyright 1937 by King Peas, Syd.
Edwin Hill surveys Abraham Lincoln from humble Kentucky birth to enduring legacy. He argues Lincoln evolves from mythic figure to a complete human being, detailing his humanity, flaws, patience, humor, leadership, and unwavering resolve to preserve the Union.
February 12 1927 features a San Antonio mentor college group presenting three one act plays at Heethoven hall under Miss Ruth Les Kennedy and Miss Janie Baton with Herbert Carnegie Willsing and Frank Haines as luncheon chairmen and Kiwanis Club activities shifting to American Legion efforts. In 1917 Ms Howard H Kaily Medical Corps on duty at Fort Bain Houston assigned to the American embassy in Mexico City and reporting to Ambassador Henry P Pletcher.
A wandering column by King Fear recounts urban figures and social scenes, merging celebrity caricatures, club life, and hazy flirtations. It blurs satire with nostalgia as it circles figures like Bernard Baruch, Hewrll Haggin, and Williams Rhine lander Stewart, alongside club culture and a drifting contemplation of modern ennui.
A bold essay argues Abraham Lincoln became a mythic folk hero within a generation. It praises his rise from poverty to the White House, notes his distinctive look, and contends popular imagination elevates him above other leaders, making him a symbol of the common man.
A 1937 King Peas Synd copy explains how blood poisoning arises from neglected minor injuries, how germs enter the bloodstream, and the progression to severe fever delirium and death. It notes that transfusions and anti toxins can save lives, and urges careful care of skin injuries to prevent infection.
The page presents a quiz with questions on art music and opera. It asks about a triptych a symbol of three panels Veloc in mist meaning glockenspiel use in orchestras Rosa Bonheur Fremstad Auber Auer Bollea and Balfe and asks which is the famous girl opera Manon Lescaut and other inquiries about a cithara a batera a rose window and Florentine painter American soprano and Hungarian violinist.
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