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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1936
Page
5
American labor must beware insidious forces within its ranks that could enslave all. Governor Landon frames a platform denying coercion by employers or any other source, urging labor and employers as natural allies to improve the system, not destroy it. Landon supports principles ensuring labor’s prosperity and rightful rewards.
A reflective piece explains why humans win by thinking not brute strength. It describes bull fighting as a test of intellect, focus, and precision, with the bull distracted by motion while the matador executes a fatal thrust. It concludes that thought and concentration drive success in any career.
A provocative essay by Elsie Robinson argues that women's behavior in elevators and city streets blocks traffic. The piece blends satire with social critique, reflecting on gender roles, independence, and public expectations in 1936. The author confesses humorously that she herself is a dame and uses hyperbolic threats to illustrate frustrations with modern urban life.
A July 21 dispatch emphasizes the need for an adequate national defense amid reports of mass air defense drills in Japan and rapid aircraft development in England. It warns that Germany, France, Russia, and Italy are arming, urging voters to demand a patriotic defense stance from congressional candidates to avoid war and preserve peace.
A comedic monologue by D C McIntyre recounts a day spent in a white linen suit amid New York crowds. The narrator frets about attention, wardrobe malfunctions, and self awareness as he imagines bystanders reacting, ending with a flourish about keeping cool as public display persists.
A year ago Lincoln County Colorado faced declining relief. March saw 414 cases, November 35 remained. Roosevelt approved projects to employ 22 for a year with total federal pledges of 169 821 dollars. Funds and projects boosted the relief rolls, increasing by 27 percent after five months of WPA activity.
Royal S C discusses the National Foot Health council publication Your Child's Feet advising parents on selecting proper footwear to prevent childhood foot defects. It notes arches form by age ten, fullness of development by twenty, and links ill fitting shoes to permanent deformities while urging straight walking and careful nail care.
Ten and twenty years ago Arpa and his nephew Kavier Gonzales will depart by auto for Colorado where they will spend August painting Colorado scenes. Also noted is the Royal theater attraction Butter Ty Girls in Freezing a Mother-in-Law. Buck Jonge stars in The Fighting Buckaroo. Swift and Company sets a $2,000,000 pension fund for aged San Antonio workers with minimums and maximums, no employee contribution.
An eccentric editorial notes a sun fish resembling a brainless noble and an albino porcupine in Canada and New York. It contrasts curiosity in animals with reflections on wealth, heredity, and American fortunes, imagining ancestral figures visiting modern sites worldwide.
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