Hard working San Antonio woman wheels business in daily grind
Alice Mullins, afflicted by arthritis since childhood, supports herself and relatives in San Antonio. She sells at a Broadway street corner wheel chair bound, carrying a box of razors, pencils, and gum. She reads romances, sews quilts, and endures daily dust as she works from morning until night.
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San Antonio
Mississippi
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Houston
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Paters
Sue
Houston Street
Mexico Moves to Oust Nazi Envoy
A Mexican senate resolution was introduced by Senator Alfonsa Flores M to require the German ambassador to Mexico to leave the country immediately. Telegrams from across the nation, many from previously pro-Nazi regions, flooded the Foreign Minister’s office as he rejected a German protest over the American blacklist of pro Axis firms and individuals in Latin and South America.
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Atte
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Mexico
Mexican Congress
Alfonsa Flores M
Ezequiel Fadilin
Proaxis
Latin
South America
Peace Dave Success Cited in America First Debate
A Chicago dispatch reports that antiwar sentiment and armed peace advocacy hindered war plans in recent months. General Robert E Wood, chosen as national chairman of the America First committee, says war mergers were halted by strong opposition. Invent for peace notes rising but minority pressure edges the nation toward conflict. R Douglas Sharhole, founder of America First, comments on the mood.
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Oakland
Gallf
Robert E Wood
America First Committee
Gakxi
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Acara Reeburk and Company
Fresh Air Cooler Advertisement Promises Budget Summer Comfort
An old advertisement touts COOLS and FRESH AIR devices offering a constant breeze with a complete room air refresh every minute, claiming gentle cooling and low running cost of about four cents per hour, pitched as an economical long term investment in summer comfort.
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