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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1936
Page
1
Washington reports the Works Progress Administration authorized 21 500 new drought relief jobs for farmers in North Dakota South Dakota Missouri and Montana. This increases total WPA drought quotas in the Great Plains to 180 000 as of today.
County inquiry continues into improper use of public resources with testimony about gravel placements on driveways and vehicles used for county work. Witnesses describe road materials, deliveries to private properties, and orders given by officials. sessions adjourned with plans to resume Friday for nearly a dozen more witnesses.
The Texas Triangle daylight passenger train will run daily between San Antonio and Corpus Christi starting September 20. TJ Nett of Missouri Pacific said the service will depart San Antonio in the morning and reach Corpus Christi by mid afternoon, with return trips leaving Corpus Christi in the evening and arriving back at San Antonio the same night. Air conditioned coaches chair cars and Pullman equipment will be used on the new route.
The notice provides daily weather data including humidity at 5 44 am 7 percent mean for September 88 percent and no precipitation in the last 24 hours. It records sun rise and set times and mentions moon phase and tides at Aransas Pass with high and low times.
Maj. Gen. Frank Parker who led the Taled Army and Eighth Corps flew to Dallas Thursday to attend a dinner in his honor hosted by the First division. He traveled with aide Capt. J D Becch Leyte and pilots J M Carroll and FN Wild from Brooks Field. Also named were City officials Paul Breffler and Frank Bushick appointed to continue representing the city on the civil service trial board.
Several communists were arrested after two bombing explosions at the Vienna trade fair as King Edward of England visited. The attacks appeared linked to radical demands for support of the Spanish government, amid heightened security measures at the event.
An old advertisement touts Doan’s Pills as a remedy for backaches tied to liver or kidney issues. It claims many users report relief after taking the product, noting widespread trust built over decades.
A vintage ad touts PMARL BEER and TEXAS PRIDE BEER as satisfying cold drinks. It claims the beverages replenish minerals like calcium magnesium potassium and phosphates lost through perspiration.
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