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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1939
Page
11
A Forbes letter column wonders about farm relief costs and self sufficiency claims. It cites a 3821 3937 range showing 3.5 million rural families benefited, totaling 3.5 million dollars in relief over five years, plus loans for agriculture. It contrasts with high taxes and notes reader letters on the New Deal and wage-earner impacts.
Don Politico traces San Antonio’s historic West Side vice district from early 1400s to Civil War era. The piece chronicles the evolution of a bawdy scene, its regulation, and enduring prominence amid reform efforts and political shifts.
A historical study traces vice districts from Civil War days to the World War era, detailing the growth of prostitution in the city. It names famous madames, landmark houses of assignation like The Mansion and The White House, and notes control measures under martial law. The piece highlights showy establishments, worker rituals, and later shifts toward respectability among some former sex workers.
A historic San Antonio piece recalls a late nineteenth century red light district scene. It describes venues like Fort Alien and The Mansion, famed beds and incidents of vice, noting shifts as areas transformed into modern civic spaces and institutions.
Telegraphic field notes describe multiple wildcat wells in Brooks, Duval, Jackson, and other counties. Drilling reports mention perforations, cementing, and reperforation at depths around 4,700 to 6,000 feet, with several tests showing oil-bearing sands and varying flow pressures.
A garbled OCR list details numerous building permits across addresses in Wisconsin and nearby areas. Entries include additions to residences, new walls, relocations, and school work with varied costs from 150 to 4800 dollars. Names like George B L Staverlek, Harvey Huie, Frank Barrera, Victoria Nunez appear amid scattered street, city, and project notes.
Washington July 7 Army orders posted list numerous officer retirements and transfers. Names include Grisstiger Smith Harwood Ruwwimer Cogan Gurhine Monmouth Hamilts Lawrence Bath Whatan Reed and others with varied unit changes and destinations across Forts Pearl Harbor and Philippines stations. The record cites multiple ranks and corps as part of the broad reshuffle.
Fragmentary fire alarm notices record multiple incidents in a urban district. References include North Bt Street, West Woodlawn Avenue, and Denver Boulevard with times around 2:10 am and locations such as 1500 flock North Bt Street and 7230p. m 0L West Woodlawn nue. Names and exact details are garbled.
Cleveland July 7 Ups - Hoover urges new warfare rules to end barbarities of war by protecting food ships and halting bombing. He backs peace through the International Society for Christian Endeavor and cites his WWI relief work. Washington reports treasury figures with receipts and expenditures and gold holdings showing daily changes.
A long list of property transfers, deeds, and notes from San Antonio area parcels. Transactions include lots in various additions, price figures, and monthly payments, with multiple buyers and sellers such as Parker, Becket, Chambliss, Poindexter, Larkey, Tilch, and others.
Funeral services were held for Holley Norman Tilley, 15, of Prear, who died from gunshot wounds after an altercation with a peace officer Tuesday night in Treet. He is survived by his widow and parents Mr and Mrs Volley Tilley of Tildon and several brothers, with burial arrangements announced locally.
Clarence R. Miller of Dallas urged a wage differential plan at a Wage-Hour hearing to favor lower minimums for textile mills in the Southwest and Southeast relative to New England. The textile industry committee backed a 3.21 1/2 cent minimum by 15 to 6, with Miller warning that enforcing the act without differential or removing freight discrimination could drive Texas mills out of business within five years.
Officials of the San Antonio Pups He Service company and the San Antonio housing authority planned a Friday 3 pm meeting to mediate utility rates for the city’s low income housing project. A local housing official said lower rates could save the project from abandonment and let the city pursue more housing with its own utilities.
A jumble of marriage, birth, and divorce notices lists numerous names from a city register. Entries include births such as a girl to George Vorl at 128 Cuties Street and multiple other births with dates and addresses. marriages and divorces appear in scattered notices with names, places, and partial addresses. a section highlights health pioneers Edwin Chadwell and Jobin Blon as founders of modern public health.
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