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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1936
Page
8
In a Kiddies’ Bedtime feature, Uncle Frank tells a rambunctious tale to children ages seven to nine about Christmas neckties and a silver cocktail shaker gift, mingling mock scolding with playful banter as the youngsters beg for more stories and drift toward bed.
The article discusses a conference on naval armaments with emphasis on surface warships. It notes proposed bans on battleships and heavier cruisers, Britain would abolish submarines, and the US backs a 20 percent navy reduction. The airplane is seen as a looming threat receiving little notice.
A period piece advertises a home cough remedy claiming strong relief without coating. It describes mixing dinet or similar substances with water and syrup to make a pint bottle that yields four times the cost of store remedies, asserting three actions to soothe airways and ease breathing for restful sleep.
A 1941 Klask Features cartoon shows two 100 foot flagpoles in Miami and Washington standing perpendicular. The tops are 232 feet farther apart than their bases when accounting for Earth's curvature, yielding a 944.8677 mile top distance.
Christmas Day ends with Henry Binks, famed inventor, forced to flee his chaotic workshop. Mrs. Binks departs, leaving behind a stunned, amnesiac husband after a wild New Year noisemaker explosion damages the home. Henry vows to abandon invention and tend tropical fish.
Helen uses a mix of deduction and hotel directories to locate Dr Paul Legros of Geneva. Warren mocks her, then supports the search by tracing boxes and memories of past stays. They finally confirm Legros is at the Crichton and plan to call at eight after dinner.
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