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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1938
Page
7
A vintage styled ad extols S.S.S. Tonic as a simple remedy to rebuild cells and energy. It claims improved blood strength, weight regain, nerve support, and skin glow, urging readers to buy at drug stores for renewed health.
An advertisement touts Foley Pills as a fast cure for nighttime sleep disturbance caused by sluggish kidneys. It claims the pills neutralize toxins, soothe bladder irritation, and promise improvement within hours with a money back guarantee. It pressures immediate use and references refund terms.
A collage of 1930s Broadway chatter and nightlife notes. Walter Winchell style vignettes mix showbiz gossip with street scenes from Midtown and New York social life. Mentions include Martha Dodd, Margot Grahame, Harold Rots, and Rudy Vallee with anecdotes on bookings, romances, and urban thrills.
Observers note fur clad models on a rooftop overlooking Grand Central, photographed for next winter advertising campaigns. The scene captures fashion imagery with urban backdrop and seasonal styling cues.
Oakland June 16 Special In The Light Jaycee head urged young businessmen to return to constitutional principles as the key to recovery from economic and political troubles He warned against defeatism subsidies and disunity urging adherence to Americanism and the signers teachings while convention business sessions continue through Saturday
C R Landon district agent of the bureau of biological survey reports 115 trappers in Texas captured 187 predators over about ten years of effort in May. The haul included 96 coyotes 155 bobcats 57 wolves and eight mountain lions. Four thousand four hundred forty six pounds of poisoned grain were deployed in Payhandle-Fisine county as part of pest control.
Germany declares it bears no legal obligation to acknowledge Austrian state debts from annexation. Economics Minister Walther Funk says talks with Britain seek mutual understanding and compromise benefiting both sides. He cites England and the United States as examples of non-assumption of debts by new states and notes Austria’s legal status changed by popular will when absorbed by Germany.
The Reynolds battle for custody of their newborn child centers on the estate of the grandfather at Glen Cave New York. Julian Louis Reynolds recluse tobacco heir Richard Reynolds reportedly taken from Long Island on orders of his father. The infant, under nurse transport, is now at Paxton estate as authorities sort the civil separation suit filed by Helen Fortescue Reynolds.
Harrisburg report notes battle between Desigerats and Republicans for Pennsylvania control centers on the new deal as the defining fall issue. Observers see the November vote as a national test, with Roosevelt and his allies invoked since 1934 after Governor Earle’s 40 year Democratic rise. Purchasing power comparisons across ages and eras highlight the era’s economic debate.
Huntsville, June 18. Two black men, Tommie Wells, 25, Monroe Texas, and Od Mark Henry Calhoun, 18, Dallas, are scheduled to die in the electric chair tomorrow for criminal assault. Both denied clemency by the state parole board yesterday. Wells was convicted of criminal assault on a Texarkana woman. Calhoun was sentenced for assault on a 13-year-old white girl.
Philadelphia June 16. Secretary Morgenthau told Temple University graduates that federal tasks must level the economy so all who are able to work can find jobs or liberties will not be safe. He cited public works as necessary investments and urged reforms to housing, slum clearance, transportation, and tax structure to curb monopolies and reduce tax overlap.
Houston June 16 Levy Scott 44 dead as a lightning victim during a brief storm yesterday. The youth on an errand sought shelter behind signboards when struck. Brother-in-law W C Manteer found the body. Justice of the Peace Tom Mate held an inquest and ruled accidental death. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs L B Scott a brother and four sisters.
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