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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1932
Page
9
Elsie Robinson sketches a father's shock as his 18 year old daughter returns with a glamorous yet troubling life. He recalls baby days, questions her friends, dresses and late hours while his wife normalizes the new youth culture and prompts him to accept change. The piece probes generational gap and social shift.
Column argues in a light social tone that in most marriages one partner is the dominant, the other submissive, driven by will power and economic dynamics rather than sex. It uses metaphors like Mussolini or Stalin to describe the boss of the home.
A collage of columns and social notes surveys manners and celebrity culture. References range from car etiquette to a page of New York society with mentions of Gershwin, Weismuller and Portents of the era. The author comments on telephone mania and the pace of city life amid fashionable circles.
A reader asks how to handle a close friend who calls her husband honey and papa. The adviser urges tact, warns against jealousy, and suggests a gentle, humorous response by the wife to defuse the situation without airing grievances with the husband. The piece advises the wife to manage feelings privately and avoid demanding action from her spouse.
Twenty years ago in The San Antonio Light reports fashion notes from 1912 including aeronautics images and new styles. Dr Anna Brow predicts suffrage progress nationwide as she lectures at Grand Opera House. W W Searcy Jr is elected secretary treasurer of the San Antonio Automobile Club. Charles Lukin, state public schools superintendent, named to attend the National Play Round and Recreation Congress in Cleveland Ohio.
The Hearst papers advocate a bold program including abolition of the electoral college, elections by nationwide plurality, fusion of armed forces under a national defense secretary, federal education action, a federal sales tax, a five billion dollar public works loan, selective immigration screens, deportation of undesirable aliens, a 13 month calendar, and shorter workweeks to create jobs and better conditions.
A bereaved mother and father endure unimaginable pain after their child is stolen from the home. The nation responds with sympathy as authorities pledge full pursuit of the kidnappers, promising relentless investigation and punishment. The article underscores the family’s grief and the public’s demand for justice.
The recollection recounts a notorious murder case in which Ken Thompson Kingfisher was killed and bodies displayed to men while women were kept away. The narrator recalls the town’s feverish mood, a hidden view through an old building, and the grisly scene that lingered in memory.
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