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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 12, 1933

Page

3

Navy League Appeal for Adequate Naval Protection

The Navy League under President Hubbard calls Congress to fund new ships to reach the London treaty quotas. The U S would still be 85 ships short even after the proposed build up. Britain and Japan meet their quotas. the United States must not drift below parity and a 5 to 3 ratio with Japan. The appeal urges maintaining ship and crew levels, estimating 730 more officers and 20,000 enlisted needed. The league argues restraint, no militarism, and ties readiness to national recovery.

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Copeland’s Scotland Yard Plan For Nationwide Justice

A columnist describes Senator Copeland’s proposal for a federal style Scotland Yard. The plan trains state officers in federal methods, then appoints them as federal investigators while retaining state roles at $1 per year. It argues such fusion could address kidnapping and gun violence without constitutional clash, aided by Moley and presidential delegation.

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Death and acceptance inside a loving letter from McMaughit syndicate

A personal letter from a noted writer reflects on the death of a beloved spouse and a child’s response. The author describes the calm, peaceful transition, the erosion of atheism, and the strengthened resolve to face mortality. He recalls shared memories, religious doubts, and the impact on his family, noting his own aging and gratitude for friendship.

Listen World! An Ode to Mary on a Humble Wall

Elsie Robinson writes of a simple shrine on a pine board in a cabin in Havana. A Mary plaque by Anton Lang stands as a beacon of bravery and patient courage, with a weed offering symbolizing humble endurance through hardship.

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The Supreme Court in Washington and Wu Ting Fang Portrait

The piece portrays the Supreme Court as a powerful, aging yet central U S institution to be housed near the Capitol, recounting its long, humble origins from New York’s Rows Exchange to Independence Hall and its steady rise alongside presidents and Congress. It then shifts to a vivid portrait of Chinese minister Wu Ting-fang in a Waldorf Astoria apartment, noting his wit, American ties, love of baseball, poker, and a sharp prophecy about China’s future.

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Two baying hounds trained to hunt fugitives in San Antonio

Ten and twenty years ago notes from the San Antonio Light report two items. Hounds owned by Albert O Van Riper are being trained at John Henry Long farm southeast of the city to pursue criminals, presented by WG Coffey from Olt Ollicamp of Bexar County, tracing the Booth Laday lineage. The 10 month old dogs show eagerness akin to the old slavery era trackers.

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Marry Go Round by Helen Rowland

A humor essay critiques youth folly and the price of beauty in love. It satirizes gender norms and modern marriage, contrasting female self reinvention with male indulgence, and notes poets and critics like Hays. The piece ends with a wry observation on romance and divorce in American life.

Helen Rowland

Poison Ivy Care and Prevention Tips

An article explains poison ivy infection risks and treatment for all ages, especially infants. It covers transmission by contact, windborne pollen, and clothing, plus symptoms like red swollen skin and itching. Advice includes washing with alkaline soap, alcohol, calamine, zinc lotions, and seeking physician help for severe cases.

Yong Wat Kann

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