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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 06, 1932

Page

12

Baptists End Three Day Meeting In San Antonio

The seventy fourth annual session of the San Antonio Baptist Association concluded after three days at First Baptist church drawing over 280 pastors and workers. Reports on missionary and education work were heard with emphasis on expanding Christian education through denominational schools and organizing youth efforts. Dr A C Miller of Baylor College Baptist church Belton urged education as key to national improvement and governance. Dr Thomas Taylor presided.

San Antonio Baptist Association First Baptist Church A. C. Miller Baylor College Baptist Church Belton

Emerald Oil Claims Quick Cure for Varicose Veins

An old advertisement promises a home treatment using Emerald Oil to heal varicose veins and ulcers without operations or rest. It claims instant relief, reduced swelling, improved circulation, and legs “as good as new,” urging readers to follow directions and shop at nearby drug stores.

Summurs Drug Stores

Civic Righteousness and church outreach in Toonerville meeting

Toonerville Folks of Howard Payne college spoke on current economic mood and urged moral revival. Sunday school membership rose with 565 new members for 10,729 total and 6010 average attendance. Attacks on modernism and calls for a $19,000 home mission fund were made by several speakers including J W Clayton. The Light's Free Rental Directory promoted at Piggly-Wiggly stores.

John M. Riddie Herald Sunday Schools J. W. Clayton Jesse Yelvington Grover Lee J W. Marshall J. Williamson RB. G. van Royen W. A. Sloan T

Open Forum advocates sales tax to fund roads and housing

A reader urges mayoral support for a broad sales tax citing potential benefits such as more equitable funding for city and state needs, paving roads, improving neighborhoods, and financing education. The writer claims personal experience in land development and housing delays due to high costs, urging adoption to boost investment and welfare.

Texas Warner Univesity Park Dallas Highland Park

Storm Strikes in North Carolina

A severe storm lashed Snulaton township in North Carolina with winds damaging several structures including barns and trees. No injuries or fatalities were reported. Local authorities assess damage as weather related and ongoing assessments continue.

North Carolina

Cotton Accepted as Collateral for Crop Loans

Washington announces a plan by the agriculture department to accept cotton as collateral for crop production loans to ease repayment burdens and bolster the cotton market. Middling cotton valued at 9 cents per pound with adjustments for quality. warehouse storage and insurance required. borrowers may sell by March 1, 1933, with surplus returned and any deficit remaining the borrower's obligation.

Washington, D. C Agriculture Department Henr. Clarke Starke Cotton Co-Operative Association Secretary of Agriculture

Dallas case ties amnesia patient to Memphis society woman mystery

A Dallas man linked a amnesia patient at a Terrell sanitarium to Memphis socialite Mrs. Blythe Thompson Long, who vanished a year prior. Officials doubted the match after Memphis and Dallas papers found description discrepancies, though Tankersley planned to travel to Terrell for identification.

Dallas Terrell Blythe Thompson Long Mrs. Long T. B. Tankersley Memphia Tankersley

Damp-Set Hair Secret from Beatrice Marie

Beatrice Marie teaches a damp-setting method that claims to fix waves in two minutes. Using a cotton tuft or tiny sponge and Danderine, you pat hair weekly without rubbing or soaking, for a lasting ripple and new lustre from a shampoo.

Hollywood

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