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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1940
Page
8
A jumbled glimpse from old San Antonio pages shows ads and notes on cabs and livery, soda fountains and fashions, travel and theater chatter, and local figures like Hoke Womack and Buck Whioat. The piece mixes street scenes, store prices, and social notes from a bygone era.
An unclear TV-like montage mentions Dick Kenner and Mrs Larson during a husband’s hospital stay, a frozen street scene, a bride in white parading with bridal party, and John Anthony Nelson a labor agent known for rapid typing. The fragmentary text blends events without clear sequence or details.
A veteran wanderer known as the old Army Scout died Monday at Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital after a stay since January 13. Dressed in faded uniform, he traveled from border to border on his burro Tipperary visiting army posts, sharing tales of the Old West on radio and in magazines. Born in Logansport, Indiana, he was reportedly captured by Comanche Indians two years after his birth.
The San Antonio chamber announces a 1943 gathering of about 1000 scientists for a joint convention of the Entomological Society of America the Texas Entomological Society and the American Association of Economic Entomologists. HM Van Auken of the chamber and W. Brine of Texas A&M head the event planning and department leads.
An elderly man described as Arizona Bill recounts his life from a child among the Sioux to roles as a pony express rider for Wells Fargo and a courier for General Grant. He claims service under General Custer in the Sioux campaign, and involvement in the Little Bighorn aftermath. His army record could not be located, leading to a death at Ute Robert B. Green Hospital.
The Tech Graduate club announces a banquet at the Tech library at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, February 7, honoring class of 1937 member Hervey Schetiler. A varied program will feature ROT sponsor exhibits and aerial dancing by Patsy Haley in a display of exhibition drills.
Reconditioned S-room home at 388 McHinley Avenue listed for sale. Upper furnished two-room apartment at 649 West Elmira for rent $4.50 weekly. Lower four-room rent at 10 Wilkens $25 monthly unfurnished. Four-room unfurnished house at East Josephine for rent $920 monthly. New stucco building lease available 3 years at $40 monthly. 1937 Buick Series 40 sedan price $495. Victorian marble top tables offered. Clearance sale at Sunbeam Mixmanters with prices from $12.95.
Dr Fran J Polgar psychologist speaks Wednesday at 10 30 a m at To ws Hall San Pedro Playhouse about his unusual powers to read minds entertaining and instructing the audience the lecture aims to amuse and inform attendees.
In Navarro Street and Santa Rosa area shops report shoplifting incidents. Mrs Madge Graf says two women left a turla store with merchandise valued at 25 dollars while posing as polite customers. At Medina’s wine shop three youths took items as one distracts, another departs with a quart.
Arthur Bugs Baer argues there are two types of European wars the declared and the undeclared. He notes the undeclared conflict dominates the western front while urging faster production for the home front and mocks an artificial peace used to keep generals at the front.
San Antonio safety council members viewed the short Drink Driving at Allec theater as prep for a citywide surety campaign. Attendees included John Cape traffic chairman Police Chief Ray Ashworth Capt Hb Allen Lt Floyd Arrowtwood A L Dobbs Wilden Rutgers Temple Galhoun Louis Lipscomb Deputy Mayor Floyd McGown and others. Cotton allotment in Callin county totals 127310 acres for the 1940 season.
J C G Hicks, 115 Compton Avenue, builds a niche raising chukars alongside pheasants and bobwhite quail. He notes the chukar weighs about a pound and a half, hatching in 23 days with about 50 percent survival. Adaptable to sea level or 12 000 feet, the birds eat Swiss chard and dig through snow for food. An avalanche in Fukui, Japan, buries 30 workers, marking a separate headline.
Statewide radio appeal issued Monday by George Troule seeking information about his son Mel Yin Lee Troule, 16, who left home and has not returned. Authorities request any sightings or tips from the public to aid in locating the missing teen.
Chicago dispatch reports a self styled hobo king condemning a surge of young women hitchhiking with roving bands of transients. He claims 5000 girls aged 16 to 22 roam highways, threaten itinerants with guns and robberies, and urges action to curb the movement.
Barrett Willoughby sets a brisk nautical scene in Echo House Sitka as Captain Dynamite Danny O’Moore returns to Alaska with a past tangled in love and sea adventures. Tanya Karmanova watches from an arch while the Glory of the West battles a pursuing gunboat Falcon.
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