Warrant Racket Gets New Twist in Bexar County
A new $80,000 bond issue for the county is allocated wholly to Commissioner Robert F. Uhr in Precinct 3 with a pledge that interest and retirement principals will be deducted from his road and bridge funds. Critics warn the agreement may not bind future commissioners as the county accumulates debt over 16 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bexar County
Commissioners’ Court
Robert F. Uhr
Uhr
San Antonio
Precinct No. 3
Bexar
Criminal
Morgenthau
Treasury
Jefferson
Tommy Carroran
J. Campbell
Chicago
Cargoran
Tommy
Henry Ford
W. J. Cameron
Double Jeopardy Taxation Threat and Public Liberty
A historic editorial warns Congress to cut the tax burden to satisfy the people’s mandate from the last election. It argues taxation for socialistic aims increases poverty and endangers public liberty, citing Dean Ackerman on the dangers of regulating and funding media.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl W. Ackerman
School of Journalism
Columbia University
Baltimore
Congress
Winter Sports Fever Sweeps American Skiing Nation
A London Daily Mail writer paints American winters as a surge of ski zeal with two million skiers, early trains to ski resorts, and booming equipment spending. Dartmouth figures, college clubs, and cross-country growth push skiing from New England inns to a national pastime.
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London Daily Mail
Tecentio
Old
New England
Fred Harris
Dartmouth
Guteoars
Young Harris
New York
Williams College
Middlebury
Ski Fashion and Form Define Early Nordic Blazing Styles
By Edwin C. Hill notes that women's ski costumes combine color and practicality while judging emphasizes speed distance and grace. The piece highlights form in long jumps, describes torso and leg alignment, and mentions regional skiing areas in New England to Colorado. It traces the National Skiing association lineage from Colonal Thiefren in Minnesota to 1900s origins and ends with assorted observations on culture and attire.
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Skink Regio
New England
Adirondacks
Catskills
Laurentian Mountains
Minnesota
Wasatch Range
Utah
Colorado Rockies
Yosemite
National Skiing Association
Colonal Thiefren
Gotterdamme- Tung
Twilight of the Gods
Fred Harris
King Feas
The Fear of Sickness Drives Ill Health Fears
The text warns that fear of illness, not disease itself, causes illness. It claims unscrupulous doctors profit from anxieties while thorough exams may fail to ease them. Mothers fear illness in children, risking invalidism, with phobias linked to inhibitions and nervous tension making treatment hard.
Distinguishing the insane from the sane in dreams
The text argues that dreams blur the line between sanity and insanity, with dream states producing hallucinations voices and dread. It notes difficulty in judging eccentricity as true insanity and questions whether body or mind is more affected, suggesting limited progress in treatment or rehabilitation.
Mind controlling measures and medical Q A items
A reader asks where to obtain a book on Arthritis Margolis. The answer: Mer Millan company New York Fifth avenue. suggest bookstores or libraries. Another reader asks about the milk and banana diet and duration two weeks. Afterward, advise one meal milk and banana daily with other meals meat soup lean vegetables fruits little bread and desserts.
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MerMillan Company
Fifth Avenue
New York
G. T
Synik
Joe
Democracy at stake as nations front against dictators
Anthony Eden warned officials that democracies face a core test: how much liberty they will sacrifice for a united front against fascist powers. The piece notes impending moves by Hitler toward Ukraine, with Hungary, Poland, and Romania already drawn in, while U.S. policy and federal spending draw new scrutiny from lawmakers. Additional items touch on Roosevelts housing loans and proposed audits of federal agencies, all within a World War II era context.
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Washington
Anthony Eden
Hig
Britain
Statismen
Ahd
Congress
Roosevelt
Federal Housing Administration
Byrd
Virginia
Boston
Treasury
Freedom and Responsibility in American Life
A plea for personal liberty paired with duty. A seventeen year old writer argues that individual freedom requires responsibility and sacrifice, contrasting self reliance with reliance on government. The piece questions how much freedom one would use or risk and highlights emancipation and women’s rights as part of broader liberty debates.
Is Freedom Worth the Cost of Your Own Fear
Elsie Robinson challenges readers to confront neglect and dullness, urging self honesty about ambition and responsibility. The piece questions whether readers, and men, will take risks and bear choices in pursuit of genuine freedom, pairing blunt critique with call to action.
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Ty King Fran, Synit., Inc
L A LightsFiles 1928 city planning commission add 25th member
R L Dalton appointed to San Antonio city planning commission increasing the strength to 25 members. Mayor M Chambers announced the appointment. Dalton was city purchasing agent during Sam C Bell administration. Claud J Carter Jr returns to San Antonio for Christmas with parents at 131 West Rosewood. A horse stolen from F Ashley on West Guenther Street escapes and returns home. Nat Parks reports brighter Texas conditions with rains aiding grass growth and cattle fattening, reducing winter feed needs.
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R. L. Dalton
Hammond Avenus
City Planning Commission
M. Chambers
Dalton
Sam C. Bell
Claud J. Carter Jr
Columbia University
San Antonio
Claud J. Carter Sr
Rosewood Avenue
Texas
Nat Parks
Gentral Livestock
Scott Vallead Ines
Gulf
Parks
Erratic clipping of 1930s notes and anecdotes
A pasted jumble of local color items includes academic ties of Dr. Henry Slavik at Our Lady of the Lake college and Prague, a female antagonist in a conic-section scene, a department store kiddie entertainment crowd, stray violinist notes from the Detroit Symphony, a Yale-themed lawn spray prank, bicycle curios, a child’s gift tale amid traffic danger, a minstrel show anecdote, and a pun about a wiener in cold storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Slavik
Our Lady of the Lake College
Prague University
Prague
Heaton
First Secret Society in San Antonio High Found
An informant recalls a 1894 incident at San Antonio High School near the Tech site. The class of 45 saw the formation of the eight B C A B eight secret society to aid studies, later clashing with dramatics and public speaking before dissolving in an old hayloft.
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San Antonio
Tech School
Gan Antonia Actuals
Dava
Cura
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Law Funds
Dies
Nish
America
Percy van Hovephen-Byphen
Mt. Ketahii
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Whaknens
Gaieherie
Bureki
Willy Guste
Copright
Byndtette
Hiller
Ukraine
Paul Mallon
Nist
Nathurs
Hungary
Poland
Rumania
Munich
Czechoslovakia
Carol
Edsel
Lyrd
King Features Syndicate
Tne
Preedom
Charles Parysek
Flushing
Elsie Robinson
Yoave
L. A
Tod
F. Ash
Alamomentos
Louis Kothier
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Serson
Detroit
Adrian R
Bugs
Hines
Sunita
Claus
Gheletipas
Christ
Percy Hartat
Barbat Wis
Lee
Art Bennack
Barbat
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