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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1939
Page
8
Lindbergh warns intervention risks disaster to American democracy and liberty. He urges peace, warns of autocratic rule, heavy losses, and the need for strong internal resolve. Calls for a defensive peace and a calm, rational push against foreign propaganda in a pivotal congressional session.
Amid a bustling market rumble in New York, investors grow wary of a wild rally as steel, finance, and casino-adjacent nightlife revive. Brokers eye new highs while restraint and regulation temper enthusiasm, with old timers recalling past booms and betting on steadier gains ahead.
Edwin C. Hill recounts a late night craps game at Gasey's tomb in Goldfield. A mysterious dealer and a string of bad luck melt away a fortune as the narrator awakens to remorse. The tale ends with a pledge to quit gambling after a harrowing blackout.
A brisk, opinionated essay notes that courts and marriages mix danger for women. It mocks fashionable romance and rapid divorces, contrasting popular mystery fiction with real life, where women seek independence yet feel pressure to marry. The piece highlights social expectations and evolving attitudes toward love and legality.
The piece attributes the development of recent years in the United States natural resources and industrial sectors to underground explorations for oil. It discusses forgiveness and heartiness in fate, referencing author Helen Rowland and a note on copyright and distribution.
A scrambled reader quiz transforms a sequence of wartime terms and phrases into garbled forms. It hints at topics like nonaggression pacts, ominous silence, perennially tense contests, and armament themes, framed as a study in deciphering historical wording.
Washington notes argue economic motives in war, citing official Latin America trade shares. Hitler’s prewar Latin market recovery outpaces Britain, while U S shares rose from 1913 to 1938. Japan and Russia seen as pivoting to a broader conflict. domestic labor and political infighting also discussed.
Aaron Sisson contemplates a sudden, unexplained departure by his wife and babies, exploring how passion and control distort love. He recalls the idea that genuine love should complement, not possess, and probes why jealousy and insecurity drive breakups more than incompatibility or infidelity.
In a reflective piece Elsie Robinson argues that society misuses love and moral gifts, turning God’s loveliest gift into a trap for greed. She warns against using love as a whipping post or to vent spite, calling the sin against the Holy Ghost the vilest evil in modern behavior.
Ten and twenty years ago September 20 1028 and 1419 recount student William Brooks return to San Antonio after a Europe trip aboard the West Quebec disrupted by a German attack. Separate item notes Port Aransas Rockport rehabilitation drive led by A B Weakley after a recent tropical storm. A social event at the Gunter Hotel featured a gold watch presentation by Washer Brothers.
A discussion on how heredity and especially immediate surroundings shape a child’s behavior. It notes how disorders like chronic infections, thyroid issues, hearing problems, or brain inflammation can affect temperament and lead to school difficulties. Overprotective or harsh home environments also foster behavior problems that transfer to the classroom.
Dr Herman N Bundesen notes behavior problems in children who lag behind peers in reading and writing. He warns mis-timed education creates a negative cycle, deepening distress and risk of failure, urging balanced correction once the underlying cause is found and taught to align with the child’s needs.
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