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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1940
Page
14
The budget projects 1941 outlays at 8.424 billion, revenues at 6.15 billion, yielding a 2.176 billion deficit. It marks the eleventh straight annual deficit, with debt near 45 billion dollars. The piece questions balanced-budget pledges and highlights annual interest costs of 1.1 billion, urging a president who can and will balance the budget.
The essay profiles Wendell L Willkie as a comparatively young standout with a plainspoken, friendly demeanor. It argues he lacks showy publicity needs, prizes human warmth, and could resist push-button economics while opposing perceived New Deal encroachments as a leadership figure.
Edwin C. Hill sketches a rising public figure from a circus family background, tracing his path from a tent show Barker to law practice in Indiana and Akron Ohio. The narrative highlights his early legal leanings, ventures in the power sector, and eventual rise as a corporate executive, noting a friend’s praise of his charm humor and humane social viewpoint.
A fragment from a dated column argues against gender double standards, claiming earlier bias kept women subservient. It claims women lacked rights and education, then provocatively contrasts intuition with male rationalism, asserting men should acknowledge women as equals capable of reasoning and work.
Elsie Robinson argues both sexes share the same source of cussedness and that misery in relationships stems from the tradition of mystery surrounding women. She contends men tolerate abuse to preserve delusions of female inferiority and urges equality and proper remedies.
A January 4 curfew ordinance was announced by Mayor Mire and Police Commissioner Phil Wright to curb burglaries and yeld-ups. Police boats were patrolled, suspects questioned, and those failing to explain could be taken to headquarters for further inquiry. Citizens were urged to assist in preventing such disturbances as lectures and community talks were planned for February. Delegates from 32 states attended a national meeting in Kansas City.
Washington reports an official forecast of a vast expansion in business under President Roosevelt's new budget. Government economists, led by Morgenthau, project double-digit gains in auto, lighting, and telecommunication sectors with overall industrial activity rising sharply next year. Independent inquiry into tax receipts may become a permanent budget oversight practice.
Special to The Light report by Cole E. Morgan argues that federal state county and local payrolls surged as bureaucratic growth expanded across the government. It cites Civil Service Commission figures showing a 52 percent federal increase 1932 to 1938 and large payroll gains in states counties and municipalities amid New Deal policies with tax shifts toward localities.
An odd fact notes an alligator meal on the breakfast menu at the Titois Restaurant association’s first annual meeting where delegates named it de Tittous. Prisoners in Maidstone jail, England, have successfully supported amateur plays and theater, with plans for a permanent venue and film showings. The national forests draw about thirty million visitors annually for recreation.
A garbled list mixes items like camera, phonograph, hydrophone, radiogram and diary with odd spellings and stray phrases. The text references velocity, locations, images, sounds, and daily personal events, plus names that appear miswritten or nonsensical. The exact meaning and answers are unclear.
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