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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1940
Page
16
Washington contends the United States may shift from cash and carry to extending credits to Allies as war in Europe continues. The piece warns Congress could repeal laws to aid loans and arms, noting past promises of cash sales and the danger of drawn conquest toward war.
The piece reflects on changing national character and loss of reverence for foundational sacrifices. It laments rising disrespect and “clever” talk, urging a return of Americans who understand what the country cost and stands for.
President Roosevelt escalates anger toward the labor relations board as Attorney General Jackson orders FBI inquiries into Smith committee testimony. A government emissary reports Allied and German war plans with stalemate expected for months, and Britain weighs risky strikes in Finland and the Black Sea oil pipeline strategic to Germany.
A long fought plan to unify water and power for California’s Central Valley advances after years of debate. Col. Thomas B. Marshall proposed a nationwide dam canal and power system to save soil, curb erosion, and energize a region from New York to North Carolina. A later land salesman, GO Davidson, travels California seeking potential irrigation opportunities as arid lands scarce water redistribution.
Edwin C. Hill recalls a Sacramento party where a “chap Tamed Marshall” sparked a push to organize farmers for the Marshall plan. Davidson later drove to Patterson to recruit support, leading to the 1922 water and power act aimed at backing the Central Valley project, despite heavy opposition.
Describes throat abscesses including tonsillar quincy and retropharyngeal forms. Notes symptoms such as fever, painful swallowing, altered voice, and breathing difficulty, plus treatment by drainage and tonsil removal to prevent recurrence. Mentions diagnosis by palpating the back throat and signs in children and adults.
Dr Herman N Bundesen outlines treatment by draining the abscess without anesthesia and holding the head forward to prevent drainage into the lungs. He warns untreated cases can cause suffocation, pneumonia, ear infection, or facial paralysis, and cites a fatal outcome in less than one in 20 when discovered and treated promptly.
Ten and twenty years ago on March 12 1936 Dr Mary King Robine Mrs J E King and Roger Stokes won a San Antonio school board election with the People's ticket backed by the city machine. Mayor C M Chambers pledged a hands off policy and said no appointment of a trainer would be pursued.
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