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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 13, 1943

Page

14

Congress Takes An Untimely Vacation

The Congress votes itself a two month break during wartime, risking public protest and accountability. It faces unfinished duties on hunger, bureaucratic waste, and war powers, with critics urging continuous session to meet urgent decisions and maintain democratic oversight.

Congress of the United States Congress Roosevelt

Missiles and Blades in a World at War This Summer

In a World in Review column Maj. Gen. David Prescott Barrows argues that while air power and tanks shape modern combat, victory rests with infantry and the timeless duo of missile and blade. He traces weapon evolution from stones to firearms and emphasizes the enduring role of the foot soldier in future battles.

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Stomach Ulcers And Their Treatment In History

Stomach ulcers are open sores in the lining of the stomach treated by coating the ulcers and reducing acidity. Rest in bed and soft foods aid healing, with alkaline substances and sometimes atropine. long-term recurrence depends on mental state and proper management.

Anti-acid and mucin therapy for ulcers described

The text discusses calcium carbonate combined with magnesium oxide as a more effective anti acid treatment than calcium carbonate alone. It notes mucin as a coating agent that does not remove acid but protects the ulcer to aid healing.

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Weather and heat record from 1934 and 1982 note

The 1934 report records downtown heat peaking at 110 degrees amid a 103 degree maximum by 4 pm. A 1982 note states the Public Service Company employes organization was incorporated, named after T. C. Brown, a former transportation head and lake enthusiast.

Public Service Company T. C. Brown San Antonio Public Service Company

Walter Winchell On Broadway Riffed Anecdotes From 1949

A collage of Broadway lore and music history anecdotes features Walter Winchell discussing Techaikowsky, Schubert, Toscanini, Stokowski, Wagner, Verdi, and other icons. The piece blends biographical sparks with humorous asides, noting marriages, pensions, and theatrical gossip from the era.

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Democracy and Christianity As Postwar Solvents

A reader argues that democracy and Christianity both matter, noting Christianity as an enduring ideal guiding personal justice and self improvement. The writer contends Christianity has been tested, improved lives, and remains essential to a progressive postwar world, warning against abandoning the ideal.

Washington

Listen World! Beef, cows, and the Western plains

Elsie Robinson argues against meat shortages and Washington conservation meddling. She paints vivid Western beef abundance with Herefords and Jerseys roaming the Sierra foothills. The piece urges readers to reject meat bans and celebrate livestock, noting the abundance of beef and pork across the United States and criticizing policy makers. The author signs as Cony’s, W435, By King Peas, Synd, Inc.

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Those Texans San Antonio Then and Now in Alamo Plaza Area

The narrative recalls San Antonio’s Alamo plaza area fifty years ago with deske''s store at the plaza and Commerce, the 1. G. N. railroad ticket offices, Bainbridge and Corner mercantile firm, and offices in the plaza Crockett Street building later used by the servicemen’s club. The Maverick National Bank and a federal building stood nearby, the Odd Fellows hall at St. Mary’s and Houston, the Maverick hotel on Houston between Navarro and Losoya, and the Menger at Alamo plaza. Kaupmann at Commerce and Soledad was a major building, the Orphans’ Home on Commerce near Carayon, and St Mary’s College at St Mary’s and Colleen.

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