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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1933
Page
5
Editorial contrasts Nineveh sins with Dr L D Young and Algernon Crofton noting eighty sins including road hogs. It jokes scripture references about highway hogging, warns that modern road behavior counts as sin, and suggests the new commandment on revised tablets may curb such conduct.
Iceland, unique among nations with prohibition, confronts a 26 year effort deemed a failure by opponents. The Heathen parliament reports increases in home brewing and bootlegging as the nation debates repealing the dry law in a fall referendum.
The Civil War drummer boy and Graeco-Roman wrestling champion built a health empire earning over 1 million dollars. A confidant of sport world figures, he edited a stern life code, forbidding tobacco and alcohol, urging rest and discipline. He remained a familiar figure at sporting events until recently.
Canadian booze sales fall as American beer satisfies temperance drinkers. Legal beer draws customers away from speakeasies and supports American workers and federal revenue, ending the spectacle of mass border crossings on July Fourth to celebrate independence.
Portugal decides to end its opium monopoly in the Macao colony off China, sacrificing about 15 million dollars yearly in revenue and roughly 18 percent of its colonial budget. The move is hailed as placing humanitarian welfare above profits from a debasing industry.
An Illinois traffic policeman was arrested for speeding during a high speed chase as another speeder escaped. The incident evokes the old motor car theft tale of a patrolman being charged on the blotter with impersonating an officer.
A brisk diary style page sketches social life in New York with mentions of Arthur Somers Roche Carolyn Wella and Frank Sullivan praising Sunday school attendance. It notes encounters with Howard Chandler Nancy Christy Amelia Earhart portrait, dinners with Frank Masons and Edward Bernays, and chats with George Jean Nathan. The writer laments distractions and bemoans a ruined day while mixing in literary satire and city scenes.
Article discusses atmospheric pressure, its effects on the human body at sea level and during high altitude or diving, and explains conditions like caisson disease or the bends. It credits Professor Picard's stratosphere work and praises decompression chambers and ongoing scientific study.
Bride to be asks about a quiet church wedding and a private hotel supper after. Advice favors private church ceremony invitations only and discourages a reception at the groom’s home or public dining room.
Elsie Robinson argues modern marriage suffers when both partners fail to advance. She notes wives seeking equality clash with husbands clinging to old roles, creating tug of war and unhappy outcomes. She urges both to grow, share interests, and pursue mutual progress.
Helen Rowland discusses male inconsistency and societal paradoxes. She notes men fashion garters to hold suspenders, invent schemes to dodge Prohibition, seek luxury and doctors for dyspepsia, and chase status while undervaluing domestic partners. She portrays how women desire saving devices, yet often evaluate men by birthright rather than merit.
Charles Davis recalls a cross country race from Manitoba to Nuevo Laredo in November 1917 to test mail transport times and publicize the Meridian highway. He describes starting at midnight from Fort Worth, crossing the international bridge, reaching San Antonio, and driving 20 hours and 9 minutes to complete the journey.
The San Antonio Light recalls 1923 notes on women precinct workers appointed by Commissioner Frank H Bush Ick and plans to provide jobs for qualified supporters of the administration. It also mentions a 6,000 church building by Penitt Avenue Baptist and Cantues Realty Co announcing 250 new residences. A June 12 1912 item references Nimr Bald Gallbl of Calva Egypt visiting San Antonio and an engineering student Alfred Rantley. A fly weighing five ounces, resembling a pear, was sent to The Light by Mrs Clara Braunschweig from her yard at 120
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