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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1937
Page
6
An old advertisement promotes Bachmann's Gas Tablets to relieve gas bloating and stomach pressure. It claims the tablets end gnawing stomach pain nervousness and heart palpitations caused by gas, restore comfortable breath after meals, and prevent limbs from feeling tired due to gas pressure. Available at Sommers Drug Stores and other drugstores.
Gov Allred announced appointments to volunteer parole boards for Kendall and Kenedy counties. The Kendall board includes J C Adler L J Gregory and William Gammon Davis of Boerne. Kenedy board members are Walter G Bourgeois Antonio Loxine and Maxey Runnels of Sarita.
Toledo reports 54,962 telephones in service, up 5,776 from last year. In the past month 71 new phones were added, marking ongoing growth in local communications infrastructure.
In Burbla Puebla Governor Avilazuacho said President Cardenas suspended expropriation of a sugar plantation and the property of former U S consul Jenkins. The move would have deprived over 20,000 families of daily income and halted mills producing 90 000 tons of sugar and 75 000 gallons of alcohol annually.
Albert Dyer a 32 year old WPA crossing guard was indicted on first degree murder for the June 26 killings of Madeline Everett seven Melba nine and Jeanette Stepens eight near Inglewood. He allegedly strangled and violated the girls and reportedly confessed before a county grand jury. The district attorney said Dyer would face the death penalty by gas.
Washington dispatch reports Representative Jerry J OConnell Democrat Montana accuses officials in California of treating Tom Mooney with outright brutality after his return to prison following a failed freedom bid. In another item from Falmouth Massachusetts an INS report notes a serious labor shortage as the strawberry season nears.
Gordon Shook a Braniff traffic manager in San Antonio notes a 20 percent jump in business last month. Lions club members joke about Al K Ho driving. Lester Park Schwethell takes over Kendall county fair advertising this August. Stew art King, landscape artist, plans to visit his parents in San Antonio. Officials seek owner of a foreign built car. Fred Stark of the municipal zoo shows lively displays with goldfish and a lamp topped by a miniature elephant. Cartoon portraits of Cissy and Buster the chimpanzees arrive from George Burnett.
Klamath Falls reports clover seed thrives after three year test. Agricultural authority George Denton says Utah section favorable for growing alfalfa style clover seed and farmers see returns of 40 to 60 dollars per acre versus 14 to 26 from cattle pasturing.
A nameless mail problem was solved when a card addressed to Ashland Oregon appeared at the Ashland post office. Postmaster displayed it and Ed Petty identified it as from his son in Coquille Oregon. Classified ads list bargains in furniture and home appliances in the Light section.
Texas schools will receive 22 per pupil state aid next year, the largest allocation yet, after a board of education vote. Governor Allred had urged trimming the 22 to 19, but superintendents and board members argued the reduction would mainly help property owners while homestead exemptions leave homeowners unaffected. Local taxes would still carry no homestead exemption, and readers are invited to see Light Want Ads in Sundays edition.
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