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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 13, 1939

Page

7

War in Spain Lies Exposed by Catholic Front Against Communists

A San Antonio front page column accuses American Communists of using the Spain embargo to draw the U S into civil war support for loyalists. It denounces Bolshevik influence, praises the Catholic Church, and calls for Americans to back church efforts to defend civilization and liberty.

San Antonio Spain United States God Law Order Marx Stalin Catholic Church

Jacob at the ford Jabbok Triumph over trouble story

A sermonic reflection urges facing trouble head on as a life test. It recounts Jacob wrestling a divine presence at the ford Jabbok, choosing endurance over flight, and emerging transformed with a symbolic blessing and lasting weakness. The tale contrasts avoidance with courage in adversity.

Jacob

By Elsie Robinson Not Let Thee Go Bless Me Theme

A reflective column urges embracing trouble as a chance for growth. It cites Jacob’s blessing and a steadfast resolve to persevere through darkness. The piece champions using hardship to gain new peace and pride, acknowledging lingering faults yet urging continued effort.

Jacob Ife King Fuas

San Antonio Tax Rate Raised to 1.97 for 1927 28

San Antonio announces a tax increase for the current fiscal year with city tax commissioner Frank H. Bushick stating the rate will be 1.97 dollars per hundred. Including the school rate of 0.58, the total would stand at 2.78. Plans for a 2500 dollar February drive to fund the Southwest national egg laying contest for 1925 were announced by the Junior Chamber of Commerce led by Archie Helland with committee members named for street roosters and Alamo plaza efforts.

San Antonio Frank H. Bushick Chamber of Commerce Today Archie Helland Annenced Jack Beretta E A. Feille Martin Giesecke William Northway Houston Street Lewis Kavton Arthur Pfeil Alamo Plaza

Marry Go Round by Helen Rowland

An excerpt skewers marriage, divorce, and gender tricks with social satire. It claims third parties disrupt unions, defines separation as suspended divorce, and lampoons glamour and husbands as a constant negotiation. The piece ends noting copyright and syndication.

Helen Rowland

Wise Words On Learning And Ignorance From Classics

A fragment quotes Dryden on the need for good sense and cultivated learning to season understanding, paired with Fenimore Cooper noting that ignorance and superstition appear to share a close, even mathematical relation. The remark reflects a historic view on knowledge and belief.

Fenimore Cooper

What Do You Know The Knowledge Test Speed Quiz

A fragmented 1939 style prompt lists names and associations for a speed quiz. It pairs Joseph P Kennedy with England and USA, Abbott Lawrence Lowell with Yale Princeton Harvard, Philip Etter with Austria Switzerland Italy, Thornton Wilder with Our Town and Christmas Carol, Galenaro Ciano with Italy Belgium Turkey, King Carol with Russia Romania framing, Kenesaw Landis with football hockey baseball, Derma Taylor with magazines mountain climbing music and copyright.

Joseph P. Kennedy England Germany Ussia Abbott Lawrence Lowell Yale Princeton Harvard Philip Etter Austria Switzerland Italy Thornton Wilder Galenaro Ciano Haly Belgium Turkey

Wallace program seen as dandy after four days of struggle

Washington reports describe a fierce four day clash between Southern cotton producers and Agriculture Secretary Wallace over the Wallace program. The dispute highlighted a powerful farm influence within AAA leadership, with many delegates and state officers tied to the agency.

Washington Wallace Congress AAA Department of Agriculture Agricultural College of Oscar Johnson H. Day

Protesting Withdrawal of AAA Benefits in 1935

Paul Mallon reports on a group opposing the withdrawal of AAA benefits. Most members have ties to the AAA as former state or county committeemen, or as producers, yet fear harming Wallace. References to Kennedy Bullitt, London Paris ambassadors, Munich, and Red Army practices appear in a broader, partly rumor-filled context.

Joe Grapplers Zbyszko ‘Wallace Mr. Wallace AAA Wallace Bronco Wallace Kennedy-Bullitt London Paris Munich Lindbergh Hitler Russia Ukraine Han Rimsala Red Army Elie Features Syndicate

New Scientific Outlook Prompts Moral Shift in Evolution Theory

A Richmond Virginia science column surveys AAAS abstracts showing a shift toward Lamarckian ideas and theories of supermortal consciousness. It traces the rise of force-based morality influencing global thought from Darwin to Bohr and Einstein, arguing for renewed spiritual sanction in science.

Jungletown Richmond American Association For the Advancement of Science Darwin Chevalier Jean Baptish Lamarck Darwin Predecrasor Lamarck Harvard Aristotle Pinto Miedam Niels Bohr Max Planck Heisenberg Germany Alfred Einstein

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