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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 14, 1941

Page

12

Selective Service Act Should Be Amended

The article argues for amending the Selective Service Act to defer medical and dental students interns and resident physicians until they finish training. It notes nurses and doctors are being drafted, straining city hospitals and rural areas. Britain already seeks to retain such trainees and send others to the United States for education.

Army Navy Great Britain United States

Probation Theory Centennial Highlighted by National Group

John Augustus, a Boston shoemaker, pioneered probation in 1841 guiding about 2000 defendants over 18 years with only 10 betraying trust. The centennial observance involves 17,000 members of the National Probation Association and cites President Roosevelt praising probation as a practical yet underused method for reform and public protection.

John Augustus Boston Rankard National Probation Association Franklin D. Roosevelt Aland

Press censorship and danger to democracy in wartime

General Hugh 8 Johnson argues over voluntary and statutory press censorship as a tool to prevent military information from aiding enemies. He warns of potential compulsory censorship if judgment by editors fails, citing examples like the B19 bomber and a damaged British battleship to illustrate risks and the limits of suppression. He criticizes officials who would stifle reporting and stresses the need for responsible journalism amid wartime secrecy.

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Marriage Minded: A Guide to Manipulating a Proposal

A fragmentary early 20th century piece offers questionable counsel on courtship tactics. It promotes manipulation to secure marriage, urging self restraint while covertly guiding a man toward commitment through rewards and strategic misperception. It frames dominance and control as protective, while presenting coercive methods as clever persuasion.

Mocking Political Play It Safe in Wartime Dating

Helen Rowland satirizes deceitful politics and gender games in a tongue in cheek warning about how strategies described as games can mislead. The piece cautions that savings and war are not noble games and that politicians may use tricks to attract support while individuals self deceive.

What Do You Know The Knowledge Test

Test questions cover census intervals materials search lines from poetry and proverbs. It lists decennial biennial centennial. It asks about radium mercury platinum lines from poems and the word origin of GIRM and three words with a syllable. It ends with a note about distribution by King Kemlurea Bymdfeate Inc.

Seore Roosevelt Dawn Elephant Butle Grand Coulee Dam Answenca King Kemlurea Bymdfeate, Inc

March of Events by Benjamin De Casseres

A caustic critique of postwar European aims and Allied leadership. The piece slams Bevin Be gin Laski and Winant Hopkins as prorevolutionary forces allied with Stalin. It brands Adams as a demagogic progenitor of propaganda and outlines a provocative view of American duty against Bolshevik influence.

Hegin Usin & Spitfire Spe Bull Bevin Boviet Russia Joc Stalin Harold Laski United States New York Luski Begin John G. Winant Harry Hopkins New Order Laski Great Britain Churchill Britain Moscow England Nariam Winant Hopking Stalin

Odd Facts on Right of Way in 1940 Traffic

A clipped 1940 report notes taking the right of way caused more injuries than any other factor in American traffic accidents that year. It states about 24 000 of 36 000 traffic deaths occurred when drivers did not yield properly, and mentions a misread river limit and other scattered corrupt phrases.

Boston Aad America Eng- Yang Engjand Britain Tess Abismar Adams Massachusetts Sant Adams Firebrand Zitid United States I Rowal

Frankfurter camp under fire over labor and the courts

Washington analysis argues Frankfurter justice group has shifted from liberal labor support to defend anti trust and federal power limits. The piece critiques Arnold and local unions resisting labor board elections, strikes, and price fixing while predicting Congress and Roosevelt will struggle to curb the trend amid Supreme Court rulings.

Washington Tuzman Arnold Guch Supreme Court Walding Arnold Thevid Hoover-Coolidge AFL CLO Labor Board Justice Frankfurter Sheery Congress Supreme ‘Court Roosevelt

Gas theft on our block prompts call for parental action

A late night on our street ends with three youths fleeing after siphoning gasoline, highlighting a larger worry about youths’ character. The piece argues parents must instill old fashioned honesty and decency, not rely on schools or texts, citing Dr. Sidney W Powell urging communities to teach guiding principles to prevent crime and maintain national defense.

Dr.Powell Americen Jimmy Sister Detective America Sidney W. Powell D. D First Baptist Church St. Paul Minn Dr. Powell Aranda

Ten and Twenty Years Ago From L A Light Files

APRIL 1953 report notes resignations and health officer meddling as Mary King Robbie assists Dr W A King while warnings on predatory animals appear from C R Landan in San Antonio area. An incident in Bexar County mentions a dog bite and rattlesnake findings leading to survey of local dangers.

Mary King Robbie W. A. King M. Chom Bexar Wakfren C. R. Landan J. Marshall Walt Austin

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