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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1936
Page
4
A thrift argument extols saving as a path to independence and security for couples and families. It contrasts a disciplined saver who accumulates wealth with a spendthrift who ends in hardship, citing Franklin and Confucius to urge moderation, foresight, and shared future happiness.
An AFL speech by William Green defends labor’s patriotic partnership in American life. It warns against John L. Lewis master plans that would reshape workers into a ruling class and sever allegiance to the federation and the American system. The piece condemns class domination and urges preserving the partnership that secures citizens’ rights and benefits.
Professor Walter 8 Cook of New York University, just back from Spain, warns that the price Spain must pay for communism is ruin for a generation. He says whichever side wins, monuments are destroyed and business is wrecked, and that communism destroys all progress.
An expansive, brisk reminiscence sketching 1920s-era figures and scenes. Ziegfeld battles debt while Chaplin, Valen tino, Sinclair Lewis, Don Byrne, Paul Whiteman, and others appear in salons, parties, and public spots across New York and Hollywood. The narrator notes meetings, gossip, and cultural currents, threading through venues from St Louis offices to Miami Beach and Manhattan studios.
An OCR fragment mentions O. O McIntyre delivering a speech at Bob and Pat Brinkerhoffs wedding breakfast, Ray Long hosting a dinner for Edgar Wallace and a fake murder mockery, a waltz with Trene Castle, and travel with Arthur Roche and Ethel Roche near Tokeneke. It also notes W Hearsts radio speech at Cabbie and a 10 foot alligator FH Webster gage from Florida.
The New York Sun reports that a Colorado FERA project demolished an old club exhibit building and planned four new ones but records are missing. Officials cannot confirm exhibit details or progress, yet President authorized $24,899 in federal funds to finish. The WPA never undertook completion, leaving funds and effort wasted.
A 1920s-style health column stresses early detection of breast cancer. It warns that noncancerous lumps can become malignant without treatment, urges recognizing signs such as swelling and pain, and notes that early surgical removal may prevent extensive procedures. It cites Dr. Royal S. Copeland and emphasizes prompt medical advice and possible subsequent x ray therapy.
Mrs Tathan Gordon, Mrs Elizabeth Lestourgeon and W W Herit left today for Des Moines to attend the national war meet of the United Spanish War Veterans and the auxiliary. Work began on a six story mill building for Guenther Milling company at Comal and Morales streets featuring unusual timber of windows.
Elsie Robinson questions a reader’s remark about modern youths who refuse to grow up. She recalls how earlier generations sought maturity by thirty, while many twenty and thirty somethings now resist adulthood, insisting they are still kids. The piece muses on whether society pushed too hard or if fear drives the trend.
A British magazine notes polo’s masculine origins and praises modern ladies polo as established, citing two young players at Ranelagh. It contrasts eighteenth century Persian royal ladies polo with today’s women competing with men, arguing that beating a man in sport signals danger to marriage and happiness.
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