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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 24, 1939

Page

5

Puzzle Winners Highlight Cash Prizes and Bets

Weather forecast sunny with showers of cash. Gash and Shoners celebrate puzzle wins led by Florence Stinson Detroit and Myles Snyder Cumberland Meg. National weekly prizes of one dollar each plus special awards announced by Stars and Stripes club.

Ian Bingpat Stars and Stripes Club Puck Florence Stinson Detroit Mich Myles Snyder Cumberland Valentine Wll Ann Hel' Has Valentine Ella Mental Wisners Murrayne Fideon Clifford Comms Christi Betty Jo Lykins Nucees Sleet Corpus Christi Selvie Inzels North Marsalis Dallas Alice Dienemann Aris Ban Anntonte

Stays in Water 100 Hours for Record

Eight year old Peara Caudialty claimed a world record for time spent in open water. After 100 hours and 33 minutes of swimming and boating with the current he climbed out of the Parone river Fast Weight. He previously held a 87 hour water endurance mark from Santa Fe to Buenos Aires. SAP WANKER DIES. YORIG, Feb. 24a. Dr Tsun Tigmatha, auditor of the Arak of Japan and alumnus of the University of Michigan, died today aged 1h years.

Sap Wanker Yorig Tsun Tigmatha Japa University of Michigan Hel

Pius XI Diplomacy and Vatican Relations Examined

Vatican City reports on Pius XI shaping church state ties after 1922. It notes Benedict XV neutrality, growing ties with Britain France and Germany, and Pius XI's concordats with Latvia Poland Lithuania Italy and others, highlighting his diplomatic stature and the Holy See's evolving international role.

Holy See Vatican Papacy Benedict XV Telda Gasparri Pius XI Italy Pius “XI Eins S1 Sorrages Pius XII Pius

Convention Delegates Seen Spending 13 Million in LA

Convention delegates are estimated to spend about 13 million dollars in Los Angeles during the 1938 gatherings. Observers note significant travel, hotel, and event costs as attendees converge for the major convention.

Los Angeles

Holy See Heir of Pius XI Testament Executors Named

Vatican disclosure reports late Pope Pius XI left most of his estate to the Holy See with some personal bequests to close assistants. The will names two private secretaries Monsignors Carlo Cantalupi and Diego Venini as executors. The testament comprises three pages dated May 31, 1824 and January 6, 1929.

Vatican City Osservatore Romana Pius XI Holy See Garlo Cantalo+ uieri Diego Venini

Building Program Set Washington February Appropriations

The appropriations committee announced 1.5 billion dollars for federal building projects to cost 548.6 million for consideration if authorized by Congress. Projects include post offices and Treasury buildings in multiple locales with varied costs, totaling broad nationwide federal construction plans pending authorizing legislation.

Washington Treasury and Post Office Departments Congress Diy Rommilitee Ueallongle Junotion Taant Mercedant Sooo Taluules Phare Rhiner Stolenbrink Aintyn Ruben Land Aina Weimar Werlein Ning Winters

Smoke Signals Test Papal Conclave Amid Smoke Signals

Vatican reports show smoke from the conclave stove for the first time in 47 years as cardinals burn ballots. Black smoke signaling no pope yet. three American cardinals secure the finest papal apartments during the March 1 start.

Vatican City Shy Ballels Papal Palace Cella Ulrd

Dumb Thief Loses Loot Pigeons Return Home

Newton police report a thief stole 25 homing pigeons from Prentis Sampson. Five birds have already returned home, leaving the thief with a dented early loss and a failed effort at pilfering the birds.

Newton Mass Prentis Sampson

Hamlet Burns in Vera Cruz Village Market Fire

Dispatches from Magozal Vera Cruz report a village fire sweeping Hamlet Burns and Tampich. Nagag Unities were reported as the blaze started in a market area.

Tampich Mexico Magozal Vera Cruz

Portuguese's Alviean Colony News Item

An article fragment notes a large population figure of about 46 150 for a Portuguese settlement and mentions non native presence and a figure tied to the colony. Further readable context is limited in the passage.

Cole Moze Muldue

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