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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1938
Page
8
An advertisement touts RINEX Prescription from Platt Chew as a tested physician’s form to ease eye strain headaches and energize the body. It urges trying a dose and claiming immediate improvement after the first use, appealing to quick, noticeable relief.
The Daughters of the Republic of Texas received a gavel crafted from the Alamo roof torn down in 1911 by Governor O B Colquitt. Presented at Huntsville on May 12 by Mrs J F Fairchild, UT regent. Lambeth Palace is noted as Canterbury’s residence for six and a half centuries.
Weslaco sits in the heart of the citrus region with Mercedes as the Valley’s largest concentration point and headquarters of fruit and vegetable buyers. The area features a well equipped class A public school system and many churches. Miles of paved streets frame beautiful homes.
In San Antonio, Baltazar Rodriguez, 29, awaiting execution for the 1935 killing of Hope Estelle Hyman, has won a new trial after appeals judges found prosecutorial arguments may have swayed the jury. In Austin, 22-year-old Polanco, jailed years for the murder of George Forbes, awaits a second verdict with a stubborn grin, insisting fate is in God’s hands.
Ex San Antonians Bailey Carnahan and Herbert Hartung join Paul McSween and Alice Claire Luckel in Houston for a social evening. Shine boy Beau Brummet quietly polishes shoes on city hall steps. Gladyse Johnson discusses pencil caligraphy giveaway hobbies. Albert Steves’s 500 rare photos become magic lantern slides. Gene Lewis remarries after Hollywood days. L A Walkers celebrate a wedding milestone. birthdays for Salesian CW Melthany and J Annraw Smith.
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