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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 25, 1935

Page

6

Pan American Inaugurates Transpacific Airmail Route

The conference panel backed a rise in foreign airmail funding to nine million dollars to contract with an American air transport firm. Pan American Airways completed a record Pacific crossing Alameda to Pearl Harbor in under 19 hours and aims to slash delivery from San Francisco to Manila to four days via a Pacific air network.

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Progressive tax plan sparks alarm in New York retailers

Senator Lafguiste proposes amending income tax to shift more burden onto the public, calling it progress. In New York City only 167,047 of over 187,000 registered retailers have paid taxes, with non-payers threatened with penalties. Critics say the so called progress will bankrupt the public and harm the forgotten man, risking debt prison.

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Profit by Helen Hail a coy dive into romance and gender roles

A playful column examines how women and men chase romance through shopping, dancing, and dating rituals. It contrasts female fantasies with male expectations, questioning whether women are optimistic seekers or disillusioned by romance.

The Roman Empire and Social Decay Examined in Fragmented Essay

A fragmentary piece discusses Roman decline, linking it to taxation, class structure, and the shift from peasant strength to urban proletariat. It argues that taxpaying citizens bred less while non taxpayers multiplied, accelerating collapse, with dire warnings from historians and public figures.

Listen World Do You Vote For A Woman President

Elsie Robinson debates female presidential candidacy with humor and fierce critique. She cites prominent women like Josephine Roche and Mary Wooley while highlighting why many doubt women’s fitness for national leadership. The piece argues for or against women in power, urging readers to consider gender, capability, and political ambition.

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Ten And Twenty Years Ago From The Files Of The APRIY

A jumble of notes from 1918 to 1925 covers legal actions on slot machines in Witely, district attorney G M Ghambere’s price quotes on farm seeds, Grasso Bred camping binds, and grain pricing details for Tiganaize and Eugen grass seed. Authenticated by San Antonio Light archive, the piece notes Wigner drug store at Houston and Avenue C, the firm name Tins and Silverthorn, and a change to Silverthorn and Wagner with Ht 1. Wagner buying partner’s interest. Guards De Besner, aviation corps member, arrived in St Antone with aides to visit Darton ILa for plane purchases.

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No Hammocks and Shade Trees on the Road to Alcaloe

Fragmentary lines note a rough journey with few shade trees and emphasize the value of experience, suggesting the road ahead is harder for Alcaloe who has graduated from the school of experience.

Alcaloe Mater

Gossip and Celebrity Notes on Broadway and Society

A lively, opinionated notebook on actors, writers, and socialites. Highlights include wit from Parker and Kaufman, reminiscences of Algonquin era banter, and glimpses of theater figures like Fields and Ty Cobb. Also mentions bars, salons, and ongoing names across Hollywood and New York society.

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