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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1936
Page
2
School children from District 19 and 4-Heigh members enjoyed the Texas Centennial exposition on Armistice Day. Attendance was 44475, boosting the grand total.
Advertisement touts Zoak Tabiele Blue Box for Men and Orange Hex for Women as hormone aids. Claims to improve vigor with gland weakness and stresses money back guarantee. Warns against cheaper substitutes and notes lack of harmful drugs and free physician consultation.
Fragmented period ad copy warns readers about kidney weakness and nervousness as nature’s warnings. It touts Warner’s Compound as a remedy and mentions a Rochester distribution and a long selling history. The text uses bold, sensational phrasing and lists dubious product claims without verifiable details.
Dr Harry Rimmer of Duluth Minn continued his lecture series at First Presbyterian church on The Bible and the First Days of Creation with Astronomy and the Bright Morning Star He argued that solar and astronomical bodies arise from special creation and said every part of creation typifies Gods redemptive work and prophesies release for all creation.
In San Antonio Krackies bloom into a craze as The Light runs Klever Kracks Kontest No. 4 with 229 entries. Prize winners and honorable mentions include mothers receiving $1 prizes for captions, with entries from Glen FE McMillan Fort Sam Houston and E L Martin Texas hotel among others. The feature film Pigskin Parade and theater prizes at the Majestic spark ongoing contests and a Saturday noon deadline for Kontest No. 7 draws.
Los Angeles reports chief deputy district attorney Robert P. Stewart died at his home after a heart attack. Stewart, a key figure in numerous high profile criminal cases, had served as chief deputy DA since 1923 and was found unwell after retiring from a fishing trip.
Irene Dunne vigorously denied reports she was adopting a child as reported by press dispatches. She will return to Hollywood to star in Paramount's musical High, Wide and Handsome, with Horace M. Mamoulian directing.
Washington reports show new dealers backing a cautious approach to current reform demands from farm groups and labor. Agriculture Secretary Wallace said the administration will not seek a constitutional amendment or AAA revivals, though he believes future events may push broad support for production control. President Roosevelt has not considered amending the constitution to empower federal action on social reforms. Labor groups continue urging such amendments.
Nov 12 Vienna talks bound Italy Austria and Hungary form a tripartite front on Bolshevism Spanish socialism and the League of Nations. A potential Italo Austro Hungarian accord and possible German entry were discussed as Rome hints Austria and Hungary will share in Ethiopia’s economic development under tripartite cordiality.
Governor Richard Leche enters mediation to halt the bloody railroad strike in Louisiana and Arkansas with CP Couch, railway president, and leaders of the strikers. Seven people have died since the strike began in September as violence escalates.
Harry Crosby, 28, an ace pilot, survived critical injuries after his 300 mile per hour racer crashed near Van Nuys during the Thompson Trophy dash. He was trapped for an hour with a crushed chest and scalp lacerations before being rushed to physicians.
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