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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1934
Page
3
The communiqué outlines violent proletariat action to abolish bourgeois power and smash capitalist state machinery. Adopted as the Commnitat programs by the Strik Congress of the Kommivlerss of the Consimunists Internationale held in Moscow in 1928.
A historical broadcast argues that native and alien Communists in America threaten the republic. It calls for measures under Representative Cormack to criminalize affiliation with overthrowist groups and to fund nationwide Communist and Nazi roundups. The plan proposes deporting foreign-born Communists and imprisoning natural-born ones.
President Roosevelt is set to approve a Public Works administration loan exceeding 100 million dollars for a New York City municipal power plant. The plan aims to cut federal power costs in the NYC area and signals a shift away from inflated utility valuations and opaque accounting practices by private electric firms and holding companies.
Elsie Robinson derides fortune telling chain letters and superstition in a brisk, cautionary piece. The author argues belief shapes reality, urges rejecting the “send this four times” gimmick, and notes superstition fuels misfortune while good luck follows a conscious focus on positive thoughts.
From the 1924 San Antonio column Lawrence Lyons promoter of an $850,000 tourist route near Fredericia bay road will headline a Real Estate board luncheon. Miss Fanny Rutherford of Austin, long prominent in city circles and a former 20 year resident, wed in San Antonio on Christmas Eve and depart for Kansas City with plans to live at 1284 Magnolia Avenue after January 1.
Confused clipping notes Red Grange’s past fame and a jumble of names and events. It mentions a football figure and a vague sighting of a Cartier watch, plus a remark about a corner man and a local visitor named Misual.
An article by Kirk Yeast Syn in 1928 discusses infant growth, noting average birth weight around seven and a half pounds, typical gains by six months about 14 pounds, and tripling to roughly 33 pounds by one year. It covers underweight concerns, feeding methods, bottle feeding as needed, and the role of hereditary height, advising parents to use weight and height charts and consult a doctor regularly.
A historical note describes the rising value and trade of mammoth tusks from Siberia. It notes discoveries on Wrangel Island and the Arctic coast, with tusks fetching 65 to 250 per hundredweight in London markets. Prospects predict continued demand even after extinct elephant species.
New York reports a novelist Fannie Hurst experiences panic after missing a manuscript. She searches Simpson Street apartments, finding only scattered pages in an old wash-tub while a neighborhood search unfolds. The piece hints at a broader, chaotic literary milieu and references to performers and city life in the era.
Cartoonist Knott highlights Texas constitutional flaws in a Dallas Morning News December 19 issue. An accompanying editorial argues the document is a loose collection of statutes, urging a constitutional revision within a year to take effect by March 1936 and proposing conventions or referendums as mechanisms. The piece frames the centennial as an opportunity for progress.
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