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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1939
Page
17
A colorful column argues the rise of narrow pointing dinner knives while condemning forks for tasting foods. It praises the old art of using a knife at the table, notes rising blade fashion, and mocks fork dominance with anecdotal humor about diners and a misstepped spoon incident.
A violent weekend at New Orleans area locations left Tony James, 42, fatally stabbed at the New Orleans Beer Gardens on East Commerce Street. Police arrested a suspect, Walter Manning, 28, charged with murder with malice. Dozens more were treated for stab wounds and other injuries at nearby hospitals.
Texas traders in Kansas City maintain light optimism for hog prices this month with forecasts of a possible rise toward July. Reports show Friday’s hog top near the year’s highs, while steer and hog figures compare to late 1930s levels. A Highland cattle inspection tour through Oklahoma and Kansas heads to Chicago stockyards, and cattle shipments north from Texas are delayed by late season and salinity issues.
Austin faces a clash over financing relief as Attorney General provides opinion that counties lack authority to issue relief bonds. Dallas County officials weigh using regular county funds and stretches of authority to fund relief, including poor farms and work programs, amid opposition from legislators and concerns about fiscal legality.
Police and sheriff's department join to crackdown on gaming dens after weekend operations. Hightech men were among those executed by radio patrols in Corpora Moncolich and North New Ryamifels avenues. Twelve others were arrested in the 59 block of nat Comnoyea with officers Jon Heeler and B. Veatubal leading the raids.
A long OCR listing of wholesale prices for fruits vegetables and dairy across many locales including Abpies Wash New Mexico Texas Louisiana Georgia Oklahoma and Arkansas. Notable entries show winesep at 230 a bar crates and boxes of grapes and citrus with per unit prices, plus dairy products like sweet cream butter and sour cream with per pound or per dozen measures.
A confused item reports Maury amid calls in San Antonio for abolishing free passes to city employees and denouncing perks as improper. The note cites mayoral stance, taxpayer cost, and the push for discipline across departments with official acceptance of gratuities in question.
Figures on Texas income tax reporting for earnings in 1038 show totals by county including Bexar Cameron Hidalgo and Harris with city breakdowns such as San Antonio Dallas Houston and El Paso. Commissioner Guy Trmverling cites reports from customs collectors and notes misstatements and filing origins from city or business addresses.
Bondi Coney of University of Trxng Nbyariay reveals in Edinburgh that libraries are reclassifying volumes by wartime value. He cites "A" and "G" books and notes staff discuss preserving valuable works while weaker items may be abandoned or protected with improvised methods potentially used to shield shelves from bombs.
Final rites are planned for Mix Mabel Eldridge a Texas oil leader and church member. The San Antonio resident was active with the First Baptist Church and the Eastern Star. Survivors include Titus Eldridge husband and several siblings. Funeral arrangements are set by the San Antonio chapter No 4 OES.
The commission broker Jyne Pwen Brownwood 76 a native of Martyetta GA died suddenly at home yesterday in Brownwood. Funeral services will be held tomorrow.
Texas egg shipments rose in April with 79 units reported versus 410 last year. University of Texas research officials cited improved demand and ongoing negotiations in turkey shipments, noting limited growth compared with last April.
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