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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1933
Page
2
Light staff correspondent Arthur Laro describes a 600 mile non stop truck journey into the Rio Grande storm zone. He recounts passing highway guards near Falfurrias and entering flooded roads southward past Encino with farms damaged and homes left uninhabited.
A vintage medical advertising snippet touts Carter's Little Liver Pills as a mild vegetable remedy to cleanse bile and improve personal charm. It warns against calomel and other tonics while claiming the pill helps prevent liver decay and digestive issues, urging readers to ask for the product by name at drug stores in 1963.
Advert shows Penetra Nose and Throat Drops claiming relief from hay fever pain watery discharge and breathing trouble. It notes ephedrine content and urges purchase at 25 or 50 cents per bottle with a nasal bulb applicator.
Reporter recounts the hurricane's strike through the lower Rio Grande valley. Harlingen and Harlingen area suffer extensive roof and building damage with flooding. Roads blocked by fallen trees and high water, towns San Juan Alamo Weslaco and Mercedes display wreckage as relief crews move in. Brownsville reports severe inundation. Residents scramble for food and medical aid while nurses and doctors arrive from San Antonio and Houston to help.
In St Louis the epidemic conference produced little concrete plan as leading scientists participated. Laboratory work and general developments were reported while the metropolitan health council discussed future steps. Total cases show 600 sleeping sickness references in Mt Louis County and 32 in the city.
Regular airplane passenger and mail service resumed Thursday to Brownsville with heavy traffic after a Gulf storm disrupted flights since last Saturday. The first American Airways plane left Brownsville at 2:50 pm and landed at Winburn field by 6 pm. Pilot Andy Burke flew the Brownsville leg and handed control to Hugh Smith in Corpus Christi before continuing return.
State highway patrol opened routes into the Lower Rio Grande valley storm area on Thursday after a guard was set at Falfurrlas Tuesday. Cars were directed through Skidmore and Alice Brownsville, with another plane supplementing service. No passengers could depart Brownsville Wednesday due to dangerous takeoffs. First passengers expected Thursday. At least two planes planned to operate daily as demand grows amid storm relief efforts.
Corpus Christi on Sept 7 reports business resuming after Tuesday's tropical hurricane. Water on North Beach remains high and access to the area is restricted to workers and property owners while wreckage is cleared. Construction on highways and improvements underway to handle traffic emergency.
General Edwin B. Winans at Fort Sam Houston Texas received a congratulatory message from General MacArthur for relief efforts after a Tuesday storm. The army chief of staff praised his rapid and efficient actions and radio-gram plan. Also mentions best values in classified furniture ads.
Traffic to San Antonio rerouted over the shell road after the Nueces causeway destruction. Work to widen and pave this highway began today, affecting local routes and travel plans.
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a cure for malaria and a general tonic. It claims three benefits: destroy malaria in the blood build up the blood and fortify against future attacks. The tonic is praised as tasteless, pleasant for children, and widely trusted by many families.
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