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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1937

Page

18

Scouts Award Merit Badges In Four Districts

In four districts Monday night three hundred sixty four merit badges were awarded to 215 scouts in Courts of Honor. District 1 met at the Lake Boulevard Hullache Avenue school with star and eagle awards and multiple first class recognitions. District 2 at Boys Scout HQ on Broadway distributed second and first class badges plus star and eagle honors. District 3 at Washington Irving and Poe junior schools awarded lifelong and eagle scout honors with star awards. District 4 saw star awards to Joseph Castello Sr and Rein hard Frensel along with eagle badges and several first and second class recognitions.

Lake Boulevard Hullache Avenue Myatt Naylor Gordon Swope Billy Bushy Lee Rice Harold Dawe Don King Owen Spruance James Arnald Jr Hugh P. Porter Clayton John Lutz Ffard Miller Marth Miller Don Kenney Bobby Breuning Jack Spellman Boys Scout Broadway Robert Zl Warren Thieme Sidney Birenberg Gene Colbert Tucker Hersey Joh Locks Sandy Saffarrans Roy Sasson David Wheat W. G. Lagerquilst Ted Allen Ju William Berry Bennie Fuller G. L. Wallace Thomas Haslett WE Jimmie Hoch Frank Lovillard Elton Bueche Joli M. Simon Lewis Birdsong Ben C. Glaze E. D. Sesse A. N. | Dutz R. G. Hersey Robert Beil Ralph Distert Billy Greenville Geoffrey Cheadle Bnl Ferguson Edvie Ferguson Frank Mooney Floyd Covengton Thomas Jenkins Aaray Reidh Henry Greenville Tommy Maertens Willian Faulkenberry Ben Carroll George Summers Jack Taylor Buddy Rolling Harry Anderson Bill Tom Cain Basel Wor Carl Ulsaker Washington Irving School Poe Gilbert Garci Piggot Fred Storey Lewis Gutowski James Muir Marshall Duliing McLut BR. M. Garcia W. 8

Relieve Painful Backaches with Kidney Tone Pills

A classic health ad claims tired kidneys cause backaches and fatigue. It promotes Dean's Pills as a trusted, long used remedy to flush wastes from blood, promise relief, and urge readers to ask their druggist for the product.

Dean Sidney

Penetro Cold Remedy Advert Claims Superior Content

An ad urges relief for chest colds by applying Penetro to the chest and throat with a hot cloth, especially before bed. It boasts 113% to 227% more medication than other products and advises asking a druggist for Penetry.

Horror and Torture in Red Prison Camp San Sebastian

Senora Martinez Baldrich recalls Red militiamen arresting and torturing her and other women in San Sebastian, detailing beatings, hunger, cold, and fear aboard boats to Bilbao and Angles Custodios. She and Pilar Gaitan de Ayala were among the first women jailed, later freed by Red Cross exchange as General Franco’s forces advanced.

Red Forces Senora Elorza de Martinez Baldrich Senora Martinez-Baldrich International Red Cross General Martinez-Anida Interior San Sebastian Spain Tebel Franco Reds Privo DeRivera Ondarreta Pilar Gaitan de Ayala Calvary Bibao Viccardi-Mendi Bilbao Arnuzazumendi Brest Stwos Angeles Custodios Hour of Freedom

Farley Planng Visit in Ay San Marcos

Postmaster General James A. Farley will make a debut visit to the San Marcos post office on March 4, per Postmaster Gran W. Cliett. He will address a joint session of the legislature in Austin before coming here and later dedicate the new post office in San Antonin.

San Marcos James A. Farley Gran W. Cliett Farley Austin San Antonin

Uvalde Fur Trade Leads in Texas Pelts

Uvalde, Feb. 23. One Uvalde fur company has paid out about $125,000 to date for pelts. The city is established as the largest primary fur concentration point in Texas with about 7000 Javelina hides, most from Mexico.

Uvalde Uvalde! Fur Company Texas Mexico

Lone NRA Employee to Draw Final Pay

In Washington on February 23 1 the NRA blue eagle will draw its last breath as Diana Regogin cashes her final paycheck. She is the last survivor of the vast NRA staff once numbering 8300, tied to national recovery administration activities in Washington and dismissed when the Supreme Court invalidated NSA functions.

NRA Washington Blue Eagle Diana Regogin Hesett National Recovery Administration NSA Supreme Court

500 Turned Back at California Border

Deputies under Sheriff R W Ware operated the bum's blockade at Niland turning back 500 itinerant tourists in the first week. In cooperation with Southern Pacific railway officials, hobos faced a choice between returning or facing vagrancy charges in El Centro California.

California EL Centro Calif R. W. Ware Niland Southern Pacific Railway

Ren your vacant property befors March 1 through a Light wantead

Fragmented notice urges property owners to renew or rent vacant lots before March 1 via adwriter line P.1331. Names or locations are unclear due to OCR issues but implies a rental or renewal deadline and contact method.

Dial Adwriter

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