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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 02, 1939

Page

9

The Insanest Economic Theory about Spending

An unidentified author denounces deficit spending and government debt as bankrupting the nation. Citing Senator Byrd, the piece argues the government has no money of its own and excessive borrowing harms taxpayers, delays recovery, and yokes industry with confiscatory taxation. It calls for reduced deficits, renewed business investment, and end to socialization of national enterprise.

Byrd Virginia Illinois Manufacturers’ Association Chicago Develp Washington

Brotherhood Day Observance Set for San Antonio Luncheon

Mayor Quin urges participation in Brotherhood Day to defend religious liberty against pagan influences. San Antonio will host a public luncheon at the Gunter hotel with leaders from Jewish, Protestant, and Catholic faiths. Speakers warn of alien doctrines undermining religious freedom and call for America to remain a bulwark of tolerance and justice.

San Antonio C. K. Quin Gunter Hotel America

Survival Exhibit No 17 and the Seminole Nation

The Seminole Indians from the Florida Everglades arrive at a New York world’s fair camp, survivors of a long conflict. The piece compares their struggle with early American hardships, notes isolationist policies, and traces treaty payments, relocations, and shifts in status through the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Florida Everglades New York City Piute Marysville Calif Florida Georgia

Ear Infections and Mastoid Complications Highlighted

Medical notes outline how ear infections stem from colds and throat infections via the eustachian tubes. If untreated, middle-ear infections can spread to the mastoid bone behind the ear, causing pain fever and potential serious complications like meningitis or brain abscess. Dr Kennon argues that proper nose blowing, not nose pinching, reduces spread to the middle ear.

W. G. Kennon Nashville Tenn Kennon

Middle Ear Infection Treatments Discussed

Dr Herman N Bundesen notes multiple approaches to middle ear infections including drainage and antiseptic washes. Persistent discharge with pain fever or swollen tissues may indicate a lingering or malignant infection requiring medical attention.

King Fens. Bynd., Inc

Word Origins Quiz from Rome to Reality

A fragmented quiz asks which English words derive from Roman roots. It hints that martial, senator, July, aqueduct, Mercury, chancellor, tagger y, museum, volcano, proscenium, and Jubilee trace to Latin or Roman sources, with the answer on the Comic Page.

Rome Martial Seeers Palrona Blackemitha McCann King Features Byndicale

Europe in balance of power hints amid looming crises

Washington notes experts view Europe in a fragile balance of power with likely Polish Danzig pressure and ongoing unrest. Hitler’s mock armed strength is estimated at 2.3 million, while U S policy and internal politics shift as Roosevelt and isolationists spar over press and diplomacy.

Washington Roosevelt Europe Hitler Poland Danzig Giller Britain

Marry Go Round: Mrs Solomon Rants About Woman Scorners

The reading lamp piece riffs on the world of women and the men who scorn them. A cynical youth, a glamour boy, and a parade of damsels provoke complaints about hats, makeup, stockings, and chatter in a satirical social monologue.

Benedict to Marry The Diary of Fate Predicts Bachelor End

The narrator vows he shall never marry while declaring no woman meets his exacting standards. Yet a fortune of fate predicts his bachelor days are numbered as suitors and flattery swirl around him. The speaker warns women to take him seriously and heed their own consequences.

Benedict

16 and 20 Years Ago From L A Light Files

From L A Light files May 2 1920 the Gitch a benevolent organization of Ralph Waldo Emerson Junior High pupils plans a garment donation for the Protestant Orphans home led by sponsor Miss Emily Nicholson Officers include Helen Kennedy president Sue Clie Heys secretary Also South San Antonio chamber of commerce to broadcast a KTSA program with Vic Harrison talks by Rev J C Everett Dr R L Glasscock May 2 1819 Debs sympathy meetings to be deterred by Mayor Sam G Bell police will arrest demonstrators and display windows urged to deter anti-government actions the San Antonio Telegram club luncheon urged authorities to take action against the Debs movement

The Gitch Ralph Waldo Emerson Orphians Uecut Emily Nicholson Helen Kennedy Sue Clie Heys Chamber of Commerce of South San Antonio Radio Stati Ktsa Vic Harrison Yodler Singer J.C. Everett R. L. Glasscock San Antonio Sam G. Bell Kochler Park

Squatting on a Spot and Sticking to His Squats

A writer recounts the hardest part of the job as staying put and sticking to one spot, rejecting glamorous fantasies of creat ing. He reflects on critics bluntly, noting most readers aren’t ignorant and that only a few new thoughts exist. He shares his own evolution from scorn to commitment.

Aoul Tim

Sticking and Steady Work Define Real Success

An Elsie Robinson piece argues that success in any field comes from staying put and carrying on. Talent and technique matter less than persistence, temperance, and consistent effort, or else one becomes mere noise in the annals of society.

Almaly Annals OF Human Society King Fenn Byhil, Inc

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