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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1937
Page
7
A satirical column riffs on James V Allred and Texas gambling laws. It claims the state already has many laws, but enforcement is weak. It urges district attorneys to pursue nuisance injunctions to shut down bookmakers, or else consider licensing bookmakers for revenue.
In Austin a railroad tragedy showed enduring railway courage. Gus A. Rothman, a San Antonio engineer, sensed danger as his locomotive toppled an embankment and braked to stop. He died, but all other passengers survived, exemplifying the old Casey Jones spirit in modern trains.
The passage claims Europe spends vast sums on armaments, taxes burden citizens, and faces starvation as treaties break down and border tensions rise. It argues Christian nations sow hatred and covetousness, contrasting America as a utopia free of envy or conquest.
A Christmas Eve telecommunication feat linked the United States and Canada with millions via air and wire from New York’s long distance switchboard. Operators in Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, London, Paris, Sydney, and hundreds of distant cities contributed greetings, while reflections trace the telephone’s origins from ancient legends to Bell’s world network and early experiments by Hook and Wheatstone.
Recited anecdotes recount the first telephone uses in royal circles and courts, including Queen Victoria’s deafness tale and Professor Dell’s Osborne demonstration. The piece links telephony to legal trials in Tampico 1892 and political shocks in Salvador and Cuba, noting dramatic weaponless exchanges and surrender telephones.
A rambling nostalgic monologue contrasts early 20th century emigration conditions with modern comforts aboard steamships. The narrator mocks outdated passenger experiences, imagines Columbus sailing in luxury, and notes federal retrenchment debates led by Virginia Senator Byrd aiming to streamline government.
A fragmented reminiscence columns about El Howe and other literary figures. The piece reflects on Howes life in a small town, his publishing path, and anecdotes from writers like Kipling and Damon Runyon, with personal vignettes from a dentist and a magazine writer.
A narrator recalls a tedious party where a dirty story circulated and admits not walking out or confronting friends. He contrasts vulgar humor with his own fading resolve, noting a long American decline in moral courage and fidelity to values. He cites a line from Father Raoul Plus on facing life and Judas’s kiss as a stark reminder. Copy 3937 by King Feas Sync Inc.
Statements issued today by San Antonio banks reflect a healthy industrial and agricultural condition in the city, with deposits up by 3 million over the past year, according to Ernest Brown of Alamo National Bank. Also notes social scene as Cecile Newton and companions meet opera tenor Orville Harold. An outgrowth of the World Salesmanship Congress leads to a San Antonio salesmanship bus project with Clifton George taking the lead.
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