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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 05, 1948

Page

8

European Self-Help Is the Key to Recovery Aid

Administrator Paul G Hoffman states the European recovery program hinges on beneficiaries using maximum self-help to avoid permanent American subsidy. He warns aid will end if Europe becomes a perpetual pauper, urging rapid development of Europe’s agriculture and industry to self-sufficiency and stressing shared responsibility and readjustment beyond old national lines.

United States Europe Paul G. Hoffman Mr. Hoffman America

The Secret of Popularity and Social Presence

An opinion on stage fright and social likability contrasts the popular Mary Jones with the shy, offering practical steps to boost personality. It argues popularity comes from giving to others, studying peers, and forgetting self to engage and influence.

Elsie Robinson Ring Bob Chay King

Broadway and Elsewhere by Jack Lait

Broadly satirical column notes political moves toward top posts, socialite intrigues, and entertainment industry antics. It mentions Herold Stassen possible Navy secretary, Eisenhowers vacation, Royall and Clay reporting, Aga Khan hospital visit, Anita Colby and Clark Gable, and the economics of Broadway musicals including Earl Carroll and Dorothy Knapp amid lavish funding and lawsuits.

Lovelife Herold Stassen Navy Dewey Eisenhower Colorado Berlin Washington Army Kenneth Royall Lucing Clay Royall William H. Draper Clay Draper

Blood Clots After Birth or Surgery Heparin Aids Treatment

Blood clots in veins after delivery or reproductive surgery pose danger. Today doctors use heparin to lengthen clotting time and dissolve clots more effectively. Warning signs include fever, pulse changes, breathing rate rise, and leg calf tenderness with swelling or chest pain with coughing and blood-streaked sputum. Clots in the leg may show a tender calf, hard swollen limb, shiny bluish skin, and foot pain on bending. Heparin is given intravenously with dextrose or sugar solutions.

Heparin Therapy to Treat Blood Clots Described

A 1945 overview explains how heparin given with acid and water is absorbed slowly to halt clot formation quickly. It notes contracted vessels relax, fever pain and swelling subside within hours. The dose is adjusted to keep clotting time safely longer than normal, under physician guidance.

Kink Feat Syeul., Inc

Truman Attacks Immigrant Law In 1948 Campaign Speech

In his opening address to Congress, President Truman criticizes the displaced persons act for religion origin and occupation biases and urges admitting 400000 beyond normal quotas while seeking housing for veterans and lower prices. He contrasts immigrant needs with American housing strains and warns against manipulating constitutional ideals for propagandist ends.

New York Congress Truman Trueman

Immigrant ties in a 1948 anti-Communist critique

A 1948 King Fest Syn inc piece argues that a large portion of 5995 investigated Communists were foreign born or connected to migrants. It cites John Edgar Hoover findings on refugees and alleges government evasions in refugee and immigration figures while labeling specific individuals as traitors.

United States John Edgar Hoover Henry Wallace New York Leon Josephson Russia Eislers Gerhard Ham Eleanor the Great Mr. Hoover Roosevelt Truman Department of Justice State Department King Fest. Syn. Inc

Backing Down On the News By Arthur Bugs Hae

Hank Wallace speaks in rambling fashion about Utopia and pearls in oyster stews while mixing absurd metaphors. He argues for national vigor and beef on the tracks with a wreck yielding steak, yet laments lack of insurance amid his muddled rhetoric.

Arthur Bugs Hank Wallace Hank

Ten and Twenty Years Ago August Fifth 1038 to 1588

A travel through time via August fifth items from 1038 1928 1918 1908 1888 and 1588. Entries note a wooded search for a wild man in San Antonio a Mexican marihuana ped fier seizure in Cassiano park a Republican county convention clash at Owl's hall a Kickapoo farming party traveling from Oklahoma to Mexico and a Tampa era typhoid fever lament.

Owl's Hall Engelking D. A. Welker Southern Pacific Mexico Katy Oklahome Tampa Fla E.S. Morris Fitz Cavalry Devine Harrison Cleverland Cleveland Trelaw

American system contrasts party leadership in US and UK

The American system differs from Britain in party responsibility. In Britain the prime minister is party leader and can be replaced by his party, while in the United States the president is elected independently, may not be the party top leader, and the vice president inherits vast power upon a president’s death or removal. The piece critiques the lack of party control over governance and notes historical lineages of vice presidents succeeding presidents.

Will Mary Jones Sue United States Wendell Willkie Dr. Bisthewer Harding Coolidge Hoover Woodrow Wilson al Smith Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Senate Congress Lincoln Andrew Johnson Johnson Reconstruction Garfield Chester Arthur McHinley Theodore Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt Harry Truman Aunlei Hary ‘Luman Dewey Sens Taft Vandenberg Wherry Reps Martin Halleck Jan. Antonio San Antonio Seg Cet Cates Joe Ice Pitti Pegas Pda Associated Press Assoniated Press

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