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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1936
Page
1
The text asserts that Communism nurtured by Soviet Russia seeks to destroy free institutions in America and that Communist support remains undeniable. The fragment hints at political fear and labeling without providing concrete events or dates.
A 1940 appeal argues Roosevelt must deport all alien Communists and rescind recognition of Soviet Russia to repudiates support for a revolutionary People’s Front. The piece questions what actions prove his repudiation and urges swift executive steps.
The Madrid government said troops pushed west from Santa Cruz del Retamar and captured Maqueda, advancing toward Santa Olalla near Talavera de la Reina. The move aimed to sever Fascist forces’ links between Toledo and the northwest, with other reports of insurgent maneuvers and renewed fighting across Madrid and surrounding fronts.
In Katoomba New South Wales five firemen battled a drapery fire wearing only shorts. Urgent call interrupted a Rugby Union match with two players on field and three others on the sidelines. Firemen rushed to the blaze as players returned to duties despite bare heads and knees.
Alpine Oct 5 19 A H Richardson of San Antonio bought the Tae Ji2 Oodsarre Wells McIntyre ranch 40 miles southeast of Alpine for 33 an acre through Gay Meriweather. The purchase enlarges Richardson's roughly 60 sections in a pine valley canyon grazing area formed by the Arnold and McIntyre properties once linked to late Confederate land grants and soldier bonuses.
Oklahoma City reports that the CCC program at Lake Corpus Christi near Mathis, Texas, will finish in November. The Mathis CCC company will move to Palmetto State Park near Gonzales, while other crews remain through the eighth period with possible changes in November or December as announced by National Park Service deputy director Ieubert Mair.
UT students form cooperative housing groups to share meals and board, cutting costs to about $1 per month for some members. Eleven women and ten men participate, pooling supplies, renting, and cooking together to ease expenses amid high living costs.
The article catalogs Camille screen scenes and participation across Metro Goldwyn Mayer productions. Greta Gsroo leads with forty two scenes, Rohe rth Taylor appears in forty five, plus eighteen additional scenes spread among twenty other featured players, totaling156 major scenes.
Austin residents sing praises of the Buchanan dam on the Colorado River crediting it with reducing flood force and delaying crest levels. Officials note the structure backed up water and spread the crest, resulting in a lower than expected peak in Austin compared with last year’s torrent.
Handwriting comparison linked Simon Pure, editor of The True Blue published in Mexico City by prisoners of the Santa Fe expedition of 1841, to George W. Grover of Galveston. Walter E. Grover of Galveston produced father’s documents confirming the link, now on file in the Hall of State. The early issues mocked Mexicans and claimed the editor as Sinton Pure.
Atlantic City N J Oct 5 Accidental deaths in the United States will total about 110 400 for 1996 The 3 stelletial bureau calculated today for the opening of the twenty of th e national sateep conference This would be 10 000 more than last year's death 108 and 900 above the pre Wentlpire reached in 19 the hareas reported to the thousands of industrial and traffle engineers public officials and insuir ance men as they began their conference which will continue until Friday night.
In Wharton county flood waters from the Colorado River receded slowly as rice fields near Pierce were submerged. A crop loss exceeding 100000 was reported with displaced residents camping in box cars and stations while officials predicted a full week before waters fully subsided.
New violence marks a Salinas strike as guards with guns and gas confront around 100 workers. Six workers are seriously injured and 31 suspected strikers are arrested after a night of clashes. Earlier, shots were exchanged between guards and unknown occupants of a car.
VARNON Oct 5 WPI L A Wilson general manager of the Pease River Flood Control District announces Lieut Col Lunsford F Oliver of the US Army Engineers office at Vicksburg Miss informed him a public hearing on flood control work on the Pease River will be held October 23. District officials say construction of a dam about nine miles northwest of Crewell is proposed to obtain flood control and the district organization was asked by the engineers office to prepare a complete statement on the flood control problem.
A Mexican visitors group plans a month long tour of the United States and California starting October 10 from Mexico City. The itinerary lists stops in Dallas Fort Worth the petrified forest the Grand Canyon and various California points. The drive will be undertaken by representative business men bankers and manufacturers from Mexico City.
About several hundred Yoakum school children will attend the Centennial on Wednesday and Thursday under the supervision of their teachers.
Vienna reports a revived Carlist effort to crown Prince Xavier of Bourbon-Parma king of Spain. Carlist leaders and four Burgos officers met with the prince, heir to the late Don Alfonso Carlos, amid plans to consult former King Alfonso before final moves.
Police cleared a cafe siege as fifty rightists barricaded themselves inside hurling bottles and dishware at officers. A park rally chanted defiant slogans while red flags with communist symbols and calls for wealth redistribution appeared among the crowd.
George M. Harrison, chairman of the Railroad Executives association, told a Dallas audience that railroad workers have chosen Roosevelt and will follow him. He recalled the 1920 lesson when Harding was elected, speaking at the Texas Centennial exposition alongside railroad employees.
London dispatch citing the Lisbon exchange says women in Bilbao who organized a demonstration demanding surrender of the city were "cruelly massacred" by royalist militamen who used public safety items against the demonstrators. The report notes the event as an INS revelation from Oct 5.
Loyalist forces report capture of Molrico a coastal town on the Blea ray bay after a day and night bombardment. The advance comes in a broad northeast offensive on the Bilbao front while Socialist militia deny Fascist Mines near Motrico 29 miles northeast of Bien.
Rebels claim insurgent radio stations warn of bombardment risk to ports from Malaga to Barcelona. They say cruisers Almirante Cervera and Canarias control the Straits of Gibraltar with troops and munitions moving from Africa to Spain without hindrance. Business best since 1929. Commission jobs advertised in Empire Ment Columns.
An old advertisement touts Dr Lyon’s Tooth Powder as pure powder with no grit, claiming it cleans teeth faster than paste, polishes enamel, freshens breath, and reduces decay. It emphasizes dentist usage, long-lasting supply, and the idea that once tried, users won’t return to toothpaste.
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