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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1938
Page
4
The article critiques inadequate anti ransom laws after the Levine kidnapping ending in the mutilated death of 12 year old Peter Levine. It argues for revival and passage of the Ashurst anti ransom bill and forcefully opposes kidnapping rewards as incentives to crime.
At the National Congress of Parents and Teachers in Salt Lake City the debate on the old red schoolhouse raised by the oldest delegate Mrs. Fred Dick of Denver who at 84 years recalls past teaching. She says she would start over in a modern school and notes today’s 10 year olds are smarter than 20 year olds were fifty years ago.
Forward Step reports physicians have found a chemical injection that, in one to six sessions, bleaches strawberry birthmarks and permits normal skin growth. Pigmented birthmarks remain untreatable, but the raised swelling is cured. The Journal of the American Medical Association notes the treatment is inexpensive and leaves no scars, easing mothers’ fears.
The piece notes people flee northward to escape summer heat and tax collectors, suggesting a taxpayer might seek cooler locales. It argues that regardless of where he goes, the tax collector will still be waiting.
A Texas reader signing as BRYANT defends the Rodrigues murder case jury, arguing the Court of Appeals misread proceedings. He asserts jurors were not swayed by attorneys remarks and laments erosion of jury deliberations by appeals and procedural strictness.
A compact meditation on independence and virtue from Emerson and Tennyson. The speaker contrasts worldly opinions with inner sweetness, noting that true greatness lies in solitary integrity. Sorrow and misfortune are seen as external to the self, which remains in the house shaping the key.
A reader asks if small black and blue marks and lumps under the skin can indicate purpura hemorrhagica. The article notes this is a rare disease caused by a blood element disturbance and stresses thorough investigation before diagnosis. It warns bruising easily can occur in other conditions and emphasizes cautious assessment.
June 4 1928 reports Jesse H Dones of Houston Democrat notes a strong Democratic edge for this year citing farm policy and government tests as campaign issues. Town officials announce O B Black as bailiff and Phi Wright wins a two to one city election race over Fendman. A donated land triangle at Dewey Place and Jones Avenue is officially named Ridgeway Park per city commission action.
Royal S Copeland notes sudden internal bleeding and easy bruising can appear anywhere from nose to stomach. He warns purpura may mimic other disorders and urges complete blood and clotting tests. He describes bleeders or hemophiliacs as hereditary, often from European royal lines, transmitted maternally.
The essay contemplates the new Twentieth Century Limited with its chromium and aluminum, comparing it to childhood fantasies of steam power and the engineer’s romance. It muses on modernization, the widening cosmos, and the tension between technological progress and preserved ideals, referencing King Solomon's Mines and future fictions.
Edwin C. Hill describes Japanese picture brides sent to Manchukuo and earlier California arrivals. He portrays emigrants selecting wardrobe from husbands who display wealth, followed by a rigid, uncomfortable dress and forced bridal fittings before the couple depart. The piece notes a system ended by U.S. immigration laws.
A long meditation on aging argues youth comes from flexible thinking and curiosity, not calendars or beauty routines. Dr. Foster Kennedy notes wonder preserves mental youth. fear, routine, and fear of criticism dull the mind. Keep questioning life, embrace risk, and start fresh ideas to stay mentally young.
A 1938 King Beas Synd poem recalls Lot’s wife who turned to salt for a backward glance at Sodom. The piece frames modern readers as equally prone to halt progress by clinging to yesterday rather than advancing into tomorrow.
A dated language quiz tests knowledge on parsec and monosyllables, asks what a philologist studies, clarifies word origins for ham and bantamweight, and ponders accents in amenable clandestine behemoth. It includes questions about cravat and telemer syllabus, and invites readers to the comic page for answers.
Merrile Stanley Rukeyser condemns socialist and bureaucratic control in a Houston address comparing Soviet planning to American enterprise. He cites 1844 Ellsworth, 1868 Wright, and 1886 progress as proof capitalism adapts through invention, risk, and thrift while warning against statism.
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