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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1932
Page
29
A derailed tale recounts Dave and his wife hiring a comically inept chauffeur named Mister Woo. The misfit crew faces a dance marathon, a questionable gas bill, and a bungled police stop near the Palisades. Mister Woo’s antics include a reckless long-distance call to Shanghai and a spree with exotic dishes. The narrator jokes about writing a book one day.
Defense views warn that without a defended base in the Aleutians our Pacific fleet remains limited to coast protection. A base there, plus key ships and air capabilities, would deter attacks on Puget Sound and safeguard Philippine trade, options shaped by treaties and global tensions noted by Navy officials.
Private letters from John P. Medbury in Holly Wood detail daily ti tbits from Los Angeles including social gossip about Larry Elsie Joe Watson and a Hollywood house detective. The tone is light and wry with references to film stars detectives and collectors as the writer narrates encounters and urban humor.
The fragmentary text hints at a conversational column with titled quotes and stray line snippets. It references a Louisville Courier Journal item about a reception committee and a maid questioning mistresses about a man at a tack door. Multiple incomplete dialogues appear from Paris and Boston contexts, with street scenes, manners, and social exchanges sketched in terse stubs.
A cryptic chess note describes a position where Black first moves 13-23 then 1319, gains a second king by 28-32, and uses seesaws 28-32-28 to force a draw. The fragment implies a combinational sequence ending in a drawn result.
The piece argues Bolivia seeks conquest in the Chaco to seize Paraguay’s land. It cites 1907 to 1928 arbitration efforts, Argentina’s breaking relations after an insult, and repeated conferences that failed. Paraguay is praised for lawful defense and insists Bolivia’s war aims threaten the region.
A folklore of the Earl of Bristol Frederick August Hervey born 1798 became a bishop and famed traveler. Hotels across Europe and America bore his name as Bristol’s patronage drew guests. A throne tale includes Bah Lemall 1 Safer 1847 1524 boasting 32 608 gems set in an imperial chair.
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