Organize America Against Reds Defend Democracy Says Pope
A 1930s public message urges Americans to organize against communism and for democracy. It cites Pope Pius XI warning that atheistic communism threatens civilization, urging vigilance, unity, and preservation of American liberty and democratic ideals. It frames democracy as the enduring barrier against totalitarian threats and calls to avoid the horrors seen in Spain.
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Pius XI
Guyope
America
Pops Pius
Spain
Europe
Should a Child Be Forced to Use the Right Hand
Dr. Copeland discusses handedness in children, noting left-handedness is common and not abnormal. Forcing a left-handed child to use the right can cause nervous strain and speech issues, which often improve when the child may choose the hand. More than half of the world’s population is left-handed, with many later adopting the right for comfort.
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Hla
Keller
No. 1 Man by Ironical Fate in Social Security Era
John Sweeney of Rochelle New York, 23, becomes the first Social Security number holder as government begins assigning numbers to 26 million workers. Princeton graduate from a wealthy background, he contemplates watching the program unfold before his death, while noting fate may have tied him to this distinction.
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John Sweeney
Rochelle
N. Y
Sweeney
Princeton
Destiny
Return to Broad Way: Gold Diggers and a Gambling Night
A reflexive meditation recalls a New York lab scene and a Nevada desert tale of greed. The narrator recounts a night at Casey's in Goldfield with casino glamour, sudden luck, and a fall into ruin as an emblem of human folly. The piece ends questioning whether people ever learn from such depressions.
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Erwin C. Hill
Unig
Dallas
Texas
Long Island
Jaze
Texas Guinan
New York
Nevada Desert
Cfoldfield
Casey
Catey
Plats Planned For 1927 Chamber Budget Campaign
From the files of the 5. A. Light, the December 20, 3820 item notes budget plans of 169,131.58 for 1927 by the chamber of commerce with board approval anticipated at January meeting led by General Manager Forer Whaley. Traffic deaths in 1926 reached 23 in San Antonio, with Captain Gus Klock in charge of traffic safety. A farewell luncheon for Herbert Hayes, founder of the San Antonio Rotary, will be hosted at the St Anthony hotel as Hayes heads to Houston to pursue business.
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5. A. Light
Chamber of Ecommerce
Forer Whaley
San Antonio
Gus Klock~enkermper
Herbert
Hayes
San Antonio Rotary Elnv
St Anethony Hotel
Houston
New York social whirl ends with famed man’s marriage exit
A controversial social column recalls William Rhineleader Stewart’s marriage near an election and his dramatic shift from a magnetic social presence to steady romance with Janet Ryan. The prose traces his prominent circle, glamorous friends, and the bowling of gossip through Newport, Palm Beach, and Southampton.
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O. C. New York
William
Janet Ryan
New York
Mrs
Harrison
Newport
Southampton
Palm Beach
Arthur Brisbane The Lord of Expression in His TODAY Frames
The piece praises Arthur Brisbane for his clarity and conciseness. It likens his style to masters like Voltaire and Hugo and credits Brisbane with the art of concentration and elimination. It notes his preciseness and his motto that “the inexpressible does not exist.”
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Benjamin
Arthur Brisbane
Buffon
French Academy
Brisbane
Voltaire
Victor Hugo
Montaigne
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Anatole France
Daly Pepys
Hrisane
Vad
Rembrandt
Brishane
Remy de Gourmons
Victor Rugo
Lord
Rissane
Theophile Gautier
Chapin
Goethe
Listen World By Elsie Robinson Thud
A fragmented verse poem complains of idle, hungry masses marching in protest through urban streets in 1936 America. It laments wealth disparity and urges action, citing San Francisco on December 5 1936 and a plea to think and do something about deprivation.
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San Francisco
America
King
Lynd
Ina
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