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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1936
Page
17
The lyric narrates a rural voter’s frustration with farm hardship and political outsiders, praising Mr Landon and denouncing Democratic influence. It references PWA signs, GOP alignment, and public signs affecting a country community amid economic strain.
The Lights contest for London opens with four days left to enter. Entries must be postmarked by Monday October 12 to qualify. Daily $10 prizes continue with today’s winner Mrs Billie Hood Warding of Corpus Christi. Grand prizes include $1000 first, $500 runner up, and 25 honorable mentions of 20, with national contest through Hearst papers.
Police use a Cinderella test to identify a slender missing woman as a young adult in her twenties. Moulage casts fitted to a size three shoe, while the head and torso are believed to lie in Boston harbor. A diver was ordered to inspect the harbor bottom. Treasury figures show October receipts and expenditures with a yearly balance and debt details.
Teon Pall Mall reports on Alvin York marking the eighteenth anniversary of his World War I exploits. York recalls his 1918 Argonne victory where he killed many Germans and captured prisoners. He warns of another war if Europe remains unsettled, urging America to stay out yet remain involved.
A vintage ad urges readers that a persistent three days cough signals danger and promotes Creomulsion as the remedy. It claims Creomulsion reaches the trouble, loosens phlegm, and eases inflamed membranes, promising results from the first bottle and a money-back guarantee if unsatisfied.
In North Bay Ontario a 15 1 2 pound girl was born to Mrs Witts on October 7 the largest baby recorded in the area. She quipped that her baby weighs less than the Dionnes five. Nearby Corbeil is noted for the Blank Quintuplets who weighed 10 pounds and 214 ounces at birth.
A meeting of the contest night squadron is set for tonight at 8 o'clock at the Gunter hotel. Plans for the indoor meet at Dronks field hangar Sunday will be discussed. National Director Lawrence Shaw says a story on R T Rickard winning the model plane competition at Stinson will be carried by Wilding papers in two weeks. A few members still need indoor competition photos at Brooksfield on November 28 and should report asap.
Margery Maxwell, opera singer, paused mid performance in Fargo to swat a fly. She waved to the conductor, exclaimed that a fly was swallowed, left the stage briefly, then returned to finish the aria amid applause.
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