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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1940
Page
8
The Brookings Institution report indicts administration policy for slowing capital flow and private enterprise. It pins failure on taxation, spending, and regulation, urging removal of impediments and restoration of confidence to revive industrial productivity and defense funding.
SAN ANTONIOS residents were told three of six Bracken Ridge Park Zoo alligators lost an eye after stones were thrown by visitors. Curator Fred Stark cited 30 to 35 spectators engaging in the act on a Sunday. Past incidents include mirrors hurled at monkeys causing injuries. All visitors should help keep animals safe.
A Cleveland study of 30 patients with allergic conjunctivitis found 14 reacted to inhaled substances such as pollen. All were tested with germ vaccines. most had additional allergy signs, including hay fever, perennial nasal discharge, asthma, eczema, or migraine. Treatments used escalating injections with limited results.
A short note by Dr Herman N Bundesen discusses eye issues including a bulging eyeball and eyelid, burning and pain when exposed to bright light, and excessive tearing. The text appears from 1940 and mentions King Feas Synd Ine.
In a Washington session Gen Marshall warned the house military affairs committee that Latin America could become a fifth-column danger spot. Venezuela and Colombia host vital oil and refining sites, with weak protections. Possible U S military aid would be needed if regional forces fail to deter saboteurs, while Berlin and Rome eye strategic oil routes and airfields in the Caribbean and Caribbean-adjacent areas.
Geologist O L Haught recounts a Smithsonian account of a slender showy tree with hollow trunk and red blossoms serving as an ant fortress. A tribe of vicious leaf cutting ants defends the tree while prey shrubs trap attackers with a sap glue, revealing unusual insect plant defense and collaboration in western Colombia's jungle.
The narrator observes an ant dragging a bread crumb many times larger than itself across a terrace into tall grass. Amid notes on adaptation and survival, the scene highlights persistent effort and strength as the ant tunnels back and forth before resuming the load. Copyt 1940 King Feox Synd, Ine.
Federal census figures report 6220 unemployed in San Antonio. A RB Holgebucher notes many jobless are Mexicans seeking casual work while a small portion are active workers seeking roles. Mary Hamper named U S delegate to the Dresden Hygiene congress in August. Sidney Cornelius to head San Antonio Open Shop Association around June 15. Basil K. Watson, San Antonio, earns marksman status in the U S Marine Corps and will wear a medal with higher pay. father Dave R. Watson listed.
A senior class editorial for 1940 at MacMurray College Jacksonville WJ argues against idealized notions of graduating women. It encourages honesty about life, ambition, and independence, praising graduates as dynamic, powerful individuals ready to face adulthood beyond campus norms.
By Elsie Robinson a wartime exhortation to women graduates. She calls them a fighting regiment of women facing a world in chaos, urged to grow strong and real, bearing the burden of humanity with courage, charity, and leadership beyond mere beauty.
A puzzle prompts readers to identify literary figures from various works. Questions ask about a ravening half-wit boy, Iago’s wife, a clever duellist in The Rivals, the knight famed for fearlessness, Banana’s son, Ela the self-styling writer, Excalibur’s owner, the wooden horse builder, and other figures including a Mohican chef and Shylock’s wealthy friend. The page teases answers in a comic feature syndicated by King Features.
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