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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1939
Page
4
President Roosevelt calls a special session to open September 21 and remain in session through January. The piece argues Congress must stay active to handle wartime and domestic needs, stressing checks and balances, budget, tax reform, spending bills, and defense measures. It emphasizes Congress as essential to national defense.
A reflective narrator recalls Edna Smiley and the town’s judgment of her age and independence. The piece then surveys historical examples of accomplished women who never married, arguing moral worth lies in character over marital status and calling for renewed views on love, work, and motherhood.
Cony't 1920, by King Feds Synd Inc. examines how war in England and France unfolds with grim, methodical resolve rather than rousing shouts and band concerts. It praises restraint, contrasts past wartime fervor with present quiet patriotism, and notes modern armies fight with discipline over spectacle.
A fragmented historical column reviews ideas on fame power and modern invention. It contrasts Phileas Fogg with real figures like Hughes and Lindbergh, argues Verne anticipated tech progress, and reflects on photography's light writing. A United Press note mentions Emma Brooks and a Texas Communist meeting crackdown.
A garbled OCR style prompt presents disjointed trivia lines, mispelled names, and odd phrases. It seems to request identification of answers to numbered prompts though text is fragmentary, inconsistent, and mixes historical and fictional cues with broken punctuation.
A garbled clipping notes the cream commodity rise in 1851 with a Baltimore dairyman Jacob Pussell selling it to ease surplus milk. It cites influenza deaths in Texas rising from 1612 in 1998 to 3878 in 1903 and mentions 160 schools and a football moment. It also recalls a 1991 Cleveland national retreat averaging 1852 acres.
Washington dispatch describes fast German motorized “buzzsaw” columns slicing through Polish lines and rail networks. It notes Polish reluctance and lack of motorized units, reports specific movements near East Prussia and Warsaw, and ponders French British war plans and potential postwar outcomes while citing King Features Syndicate dispatches.
Neuralgic pains in the face arise from inflammation or irritation of the trigeminal nerve and can be linked to dental issues. Wisdom teeth, especially lower molars, are often the source, with referred pains sometimes felt behind the ear, scalp, or shoulder. Complete dental X rays and tooth extraction may relieve the neuralgia once offending teeth are removed.
Ten and twenty years ago on September 16 1929 notices invited retired men pensioners and members of the Bugehour Ferange Dex cam No 1 United Spanish War Veterans to attend a meeting at the Crockett hotel garden. The Kennison and Wurzbach bills favored maintaining pensioners and veterans and would be disclosed. Thirty city park department employees were discharged as eight municipal swimming pools closed. Pools at Woodlawn Lake Bon Petro Park and Brackenridge Park would stay open, but there would be to be shifts. Al Hanson park superintendent announced. Meanwhile Bon Antonio became a focal point for relief work after a tropical storm devastated coastal towns. Food clothing and supplies from state city and Red Cross were organized for Corpus Christi and surrounding areas. A chamber of commerce meeting led by Mayor Sam G Bell A W Beesligson and Fred W Cook coordinated relief. Governor Mabby appointed a committee to collect funds for San Antonio. Planes left Kelly Field for Corpus Christi Aransas Pass Rockport and nearby towns to aid relief and transport.
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