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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1940

Page

16

Court criticizes NLRB as unfair in Sterling case

The Los Angeles court denied enforcement of an NLRB order directing Sterling Electric to bargain with its company union and to disestablish that union. Judge Denham cited the NLRB as a star chamber and warned of its one sided approach while urging that labor rights require balanced justice for both sides.

National Labor Relations Board United States District Court of Ipinesis Los Angeles William Denham Congress Moty NLRB NERS Denhamin Circuit Court Circuit Court of Appeals

Taxpayers urged to scrutinize public spending

An advisory emphasizes that every dollar spent by public agencies originates from taxpayers and must be used wisely. It laments taxpayer indifference and calls for vigilance to ensure government costs reflect the public burden and interests.

Marry Go Round Reflects on bachelors and marriage

A humorous monologue about bachelor life and marriage, contrasting carefree independence with domestic ties. It mocks press hype around actresses, warns against matchmaking tricks, and jokes about spats between couples while noting the social view of married life. The tone is satirical and breezy.

By Helen Rowland’s Fragmented Nighttime Echoes

A garbled reading from a diary-like fragment attributes lines to Helen Rowland and features disjointed street dialogue about cigarettes, money, a soiled collar, a screen door, and a rushed departure. The text blends slang, exclamations, and odd names, creating a fragmentary, mood-driven tableau.

Knowledge Test of Famous Scientists and Inventions

A scrambled quiz lists scientists and inventions such as Pasteur Rontgen Exhson Priestley Galileo Newton Lavoisier Faraday Curie Einstein Watt and others. It includes references to radium discovery oxygen television water composition pendulum steam engine and relativity among errors and misprints.

Men of Science Mal Pasteur Rontgen Exhson Priestley A Frabures Syndicaie

Exchange Value and the Mystery of Human Desire

Edwin C. Hill reviews how exchange value reflects human impulses beyond utility. He recounts General Zogg in Mexico, a magenta 1856 British stamp, and experiments with gold rings and shoes to probe why people pay for value. The essay links war, revolutions, and monetary faith to the abstract concept of value.

Jae Nicholas Benn Zogg General Zogg Zapata Porfirio Dias San Benito Venice Fess Syad Ine

World s Harvest at Stillmeadow review echoes old joys

In a reflective piece from a traditional life, the narrator recalls a shift from trusted everyday decency to a sense of modern chaos. Gladys Tiber’s journal style chronicles simple pleasures, family warmth, and rural comforts as a counterweight to fear. A recommendation to readers who cherish homely routines and dogs.

Stillmeadow Unis St. Gladys Thber Connecticut oHarvest Lite, Brown and Company America

By Elsie Robinson old world that rewards effort

Review of a book by Elsie Robinson describing a comforting dog in bleak hours and a life filled with simple joys. It extols shared memories, dogs, and domestic anecdotes as enduring American values, highlighting sensory details and homely pleasures from New England life.

Ely New England America King Feas, Synd, Inc

Rheumatic Fever Precautions For Children

Doctors emphasize protecting young patients from colds and sore throats to prevent rheumatic fever. Study of 749 cases links first attacks to throat infections in 58 percent, with two thirds of those being sore throats. Maintain warmth, proper diet rich in vitamins, rest, sunshine, and physician guided activity to safeguard the heart.

Dre. T. D. Jones J. R. Mole Boston Sai Cate

Vaccine forms and rheumatic fever vitamin D note

Dr Herman N Bundesen discusses vaccine administration routes and stresses high vitamin D for children with rheumatic fever as blood levels drop during illness. The Q A section covers piles symptoms and a young man asks if beer affects hair loss, answered as unlikely.

Life memberships at San Antonio museum awarded in 1930

Life memberships in the San Antonio Museum Association were conferred on Albert Steves Gr, J. K. Beretta, Ed Witte, Theodore Friedrich, Mia, George W. Went, and George Marit of Rockport. Mrs. Henry Hirschberg elected to the board. Ruth Felder and Roberta Caffarelli named sponsors of the Kappa Slama Phi fraternity with a June 30 dance. Also notes the 1920 film listings and an airplane crash near Hondo involving Lieut. Xitlo H. Nelson and Lieut. Morris Berman returning to Ann Adelonse by rail.

San Antonio Museum Association Alx Wilam N. Capturre Albert Steves Gr J. K. Beretta Ed Witte Theodore Friedrich Mia George W. Went George Marit Rockport Mra Henry Hirschberg Avenu Ruth Felder Roberta Caffarelli Joe McHaney Frank Blairvier Dhé Lieul. Xitlo H. Nelson Kelly Field Lieut Morris Berman Hondo Ergle Pass Ann Adelonse

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