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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1931
Page
12
HARVARD relamograps station director Jen a to lead earth science tests in Quines. Experiment aims to measure strain and pulsations using portable seismographs to study global plate movements.
Corning resident Peter Oren Arn is linked to a long medical recovery noted after 23 years. The fragmentary OCR mentions a site visit, a bank building, and weekly records, with unclear references to vaccines and officials. The text is heavily garbled, but implies a personal medical renewal and local administrative actions.
An advertisement extolls Lisurated Magnesia as a safe daily remedy for sour stomach and acid indigestion. It claims rapid neutralization of acids, stopping fermentation, reducing gas, and alleviating pain after meals, with physicians recommending the product and urging readers to buy from reliable druggists.
A garbled ad-like passage promotes a fake baldness remedy with dubious claims and fictional testimonials. It urges readers to send a postcard for a free treatment book and notes no cost or obligation, using sensational language to imply guaranteed results despite unclear origins and implausible details.
San Antonio's recreation program opens with a Friday of events at local parks led by Miss Marr Wilson. The schedule includes pageants at Sunken Garden Theater, fruit contests, and a series of city playground activities from June 19 through August 20, ending with a formal close at Lionsfield. Regular classes for women tap, drama, gym, baseball and community programs run nightly through August with two directors overseeing each playground.
A Congress clash looms as representatives debate a Postal Service economy program. The Brown plan faces opposition from the railroad brotherhood which accuses the Post Office of cutting wages and filling vacancies to save costs, harming employees.
Washington report by James C Stone of the Farm Board projects 8 million bales of cotton for the 192% crop. He cites a 20 percent drop in fertilizer use across the cotton belt and notes uncertainty about yield figures in Georgia and Iran affecting overall estimates.
Paris June 2. Petit Paus said today a motion picture camera able to photograph more than twenty frames per second was demonstrated yesterday before the Academy of Screws. The stated speed limit of film was said to be 28 photons.
New York June 20 The annual tax levy on car owners rose 550 percent over the decade 1921 to 1931, according to T A Hentges vice president of the New York Automobile Club. He spoke today outlining the impact on motorists and public finances.
Everett Beackin Walker, appointed president of Ausin College, meets with former leader Dr Glyce who guided the institution for years, as he studies the college's problems and plans for the future.
Reports indicate postponement of general elections in the Irish Free State may extend into 1933. The prevailing view is the government will stay in office for the full term, with delays possibly beyond the upcoming year.
A vintage ad warns against harsh irritants in tobacco and promotes LUCKY Strike cigarettes. It highlights the Adam's Apple and the throat, claiming Toasting removes irritants and that 20,679 physicians find LUCKIES less irritating.
Veseran 62 denies murder motive claiming insanity plea after testimony at trial. He allegedly killed his wife with a shotgun last February amid reconciliation efforts and aided a companion in a separate act involving an automobile. Authorities report the case proceeding in Angeles courts.
The French president postpones his honeymoon until the end of his term, staying in the Elysee Palace under presidential orders. An official said he will remain in Paris while ministers attend to duties and foreign leaders travel to Pont-Neuf region for events.
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