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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1937
Page
19
A weekly publication reels off stray letters and humor from San Antonio and nearby. Anecdotes include a street scene reading All riotous hair art, a city campaign joke with pink garlanded garbage bins, and traveler tales of a letter destined for Mexico City and back.
A garbled OCR passage lists names such as Mabel Far and Hazel Prupock with scattered phrases and quotes. It mentions Fugh McKee arranging for Weessle Lenty tard and Earnard Trall the saxophonist, plus Jocksike Renny Gorman, all framed as stray lines from a noisy street scene.
Twenty three Boy Scouts from Mexico visited San Antonio en route to the national Jamboree in Washington DC and the International jamborees in Holland. They were met by San Antonio Scout worker Jans Tuoila at Pearsall Tuesday and escorted to the ship in New York on July 12 for overseas travel. The group travels with Scout Executive Jorge Nunez of Mexico City and will tour England France the United Kingdom and Belgium as part of their voyage.
San Antonio youths may learn police identification through a NYA sponsored fingerprinting project. Edwin Bogash will lead, with training from FBI. The NYA and local officials discussed the plan as a yearlong program beginning July 1, selecting those who can pass civil service exams.
Local mail from a wrecked airliner crash is received in Webster Groves Mo and Lake City, with a December 15 event noted. The report mentions casualties and recovery of mail from the plane, highlighting ongoing investigation and federal response.
Texas Rover Never Boy Whitfield aged 28, famed for his fame not by name but by TV attraction, travels through San Antonio seeking employment. He has never smoked, never taken a photograph, and has minimal exposure to common social acts, while hoping to find a top job.
A colorful, error filled reminiscence of early radio, travel, and art scenes in San Antonio. The piece mentions Wilard Van Moogen, Tom Saylor, Melba Millen, Wendy, Mia’s Family, and Rady Browne, weaving anecdotes of shortwave radios, city depots, flooding in 1921, horse clutter, and ongoing artistic pursuits amidst community life.
Plans for the Texas Bar Association convention in San Antonio July 1 2 3 were advancing with speakers including Attorney General William McCraw who praised the city as open to visitors and joked about delegates and their wives. Other leaders outlined entertainment, lectures on the profession, and proposals such as hiring an executive secretary to boost membership as about 490 attendees joined the luncheon.
A cycle officer, Edie Hrendler, suffered injuries after a collision at Broadway and Austin Road. Police report the rider was cut and bruised when a machine struck him, marking a third such incident in a run of accidents involving the same officer.
Reports on economic costs of city WPA labor for projects were awaited by Wednesday as committees prepare findings. A protest group opposed further WPA spending arguing workers gain jobs while the city pays for equipment and new facilities. City officials expect contracts for digester tanks at the sewage plant and a bridge across the Sam Ap lente river in Afflechlt.
A garbled column by Arthur Bugs Barr presents chaotic political commentary and claimed intent to manipulate public welfare discourse. The piece references unnamed groups and calls for drastic self-reliance, portraying a turbulent editorial mood with satirical register.
Fifty hardware dealers gathered Wednesday to discuss temnot problemes at the annual Texas Hardware and Toy traders convention. Coleman served as chairman of the executive committee, with Sexton of the association and others present to hear reports and members’ concerns.
A 14 year old boy named Pedro Ottis sustained a broken arm after slipping from a fence. He was admitted to Robert B. Green Hospital for treatment as sleet and winter weather affected the area on Wednesday.
Nineteen hard heiled convicts fled from a Texas jail farm, with 7 Bexar County inmates among the 17 on the run. Guards pursued through oaks and pitts as gangs used mules and a horse to escape. Notable escapees include W. H. Bybee and James Rice, both serving long terms for robbery or murder, plus a list of other fugitives from Harris, Dallas, and surrounding counties. The manhunt followed a violent guard attack and the seizure of weapons, clothing, and a horse, with a large contingent of convicts still at large in East Texas.
An OCR listing of classified ads from a Texas area, including land for sale at 812.56 per acre, a two-room furnished apartment, a furnished five room apartment, and a 1938 Chevrolet master for sale, with various classifications and prices. It reads like a page of a late 1930s or early 1940s newspaper classifieds section.
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