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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1939
Page
7
President Roosevelt urges defensive neutrality and warns against repealing the arms embargo. He proposes large expansions of the Navy Army Marine Corps and National Guard, boosts to the FBI against propaganda, and substantial funding for weapons and materials while keeping the embargo to avoid aiding European powers.
An Eastern theater labor settlement shows conciliatory spirit as unions and employers end conflict without violence. The agreement keeps employment and wages steady, supports production, and earns public approval for peaceful conflict resolution in wartime. The theater community is commended for choosing detente and cooperation.
A thought provoking riff argues that moral harms like lies and gossip gain power only when we give them belief and attention. It urges readers to recognize the danger, own responsibility, and reject allowing harms to control behavior.
By Elsie Robinson, this motivational piece argues that neither God nor fate can wound us unless we allow it. It compares reactions to hardship and urges readers to test the claim by applying ten daily challenges, promising personal growth and resilience. Copyr. 1919 King Features Syndicate.
A broad vow of Keeley Institute alumni to toast the sixtieth anniversary of the Keeley Institute at Dwight Alabama. They will dedicate orphrepide to Dr Leslie E Keeley and associates John R Oughton and Maj Curtis J Judd. The piece recalls Dwight alumni and a local tale of Dan Hubbard and the region.
Edwin C Hitl reflects on small town public scrutiny of personal lives amid a Keeley cure celebration in Dwight New York, recounting Dr Keeley’s 1878 alcoholism cure and mass production in the 1890s aided by Chicago Tribune publisher Joseph Medill and others. The piece notes the social value of individual dignity and community concern.
A dated multiple choice style Bible knowledge quiz asks who built the golden calf, who played the harp for a king, who was willing to sacrifice an offspring, the Philistine giant, an unknown “Ian Aretinurdgeer,” baptized Jens, a prophet swallowed by a whale, the apostle who was a tentmaker, the reader of Israel beside Moses, and the Babylonian king.
Washington reports Anglo French war strategy moves from sea blockades to strangling Hitler's supply lines. Italy, Central Europe, Scandinavia, and even Russia may be targeted to curb German war aims as Britain and France pursue a prolonged attritional campaign unseen in communiques. Roosevelt administration actions and pending congressional reconvening are noted amid prep for broader mobilization. Weather alerts hint at early freezes as Mussolini waits.
The article describes influenza as a destructive, variable disease with unpredictable waves and incubation. It notes common symptoms fever chills and cough, underscores pneumonia risk, and warns against misattributing diarrhea or intestinal symptoms to influenza. No vaccine exists yet and treatment is supportive while bed rest and fluids are emphasized.
In September 1919 the San Antonio Junior College reports three professors hold doctorates, boosting faculty credentials to a record level in Texas. Dr. EL Nelson directs the college as Miss Kennedy teaches Spanish, joined by Miss June Pield Bastkn and Dr. W. UdmMaki. The report notes a high standard for the era.
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