No Congratulations To Communism President Roosevelt
A letter condemns President Roosevelt for greeting the American Student Union at City College New York. It claims the group is a college branch of the Communist United Front and cites past slanderous oaths and pro Soviet stances. The piece accuses Roosevelt of knowingly aligning with Communist groups and urges investigation by the Dies Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
American Student Union
City College
New York
Communist American Student Union
Communist “United Front
Young Communist League
America
Russia
White House
Dies Committee
Wing
Solitire
United States
Troosevelt
Tax Racket Claims Against the Income Tax
Excerpts from a 1933 Hearst statement label the income tax as a vicious, undemocratic racket that plunders the public, destroys wealth, reduces employment, and fuels bureaucracy. It argues the tax undermines industry, shifts wealth to securities, and worsens the nation’s mood, calling for a return to democratic relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Adolph Hearst
Finance Committee
United States Senate
Hearst
Listen World Listen World By Elsie Robinson Ty 1
A reflective meditation on honesty and self deception inspired by a solitaires game. The piece argues that people frequently rationalize minor wrongdoings to feel morally clean, yet such self-justifications erode our own honest reckoning and integrity.
Holiday musings on love fashion and marriage woes
A nostalgic, satirical column reflects on Christmas gifts and expectations, the Santa instinct, and exchanging sensible presents for frivolous ones. It ponders compatibility, modern marriage, vanity, and the idea that love endures amid glamour, clubs, and seasonal temptations.
Two Decades Ago Highlights From L A Light Files
Dec 30 1928 report on car license payment delays with 20 000 owners unpaid and possible grace period. county tax collector notes state officials may visit and a two week grace might be granted. Cobbs Jr to speak at Texas City Attorneys Assn convention in Austin on home rule and needed legislation. Dec 20 191? notes Dr I Edgar Tatca to Amarillo joins First Baptist San Antonio pastorate next month. Dr Gates guest pastor remarks on staying. theft reports note Saxon four wheel car and Dort roadster missing. Keller car recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Neil Campbell
T. D. Cobbs Jr
Texas City Attorneys’ Association
Austin
Edgar Tatca Ui
Amarillo
First Baptist Church of
San Antonio
Gates
Lord Frexes the Water Forces Self Cooled Tree Cutting
The fragment suggests a dispute or instruction about watering or freezing conditions and a directive to harvest or cut a tree independently. No clear people, places, dates, or organizations are readable to anchor specific facts.
Roosevelt for a third term in 1940 bold call
Senator William H. Smathers argues Roosevelt should seek a third term to preserve democracy and lead against global threats. He praises Roosevelt’s leadership, adaptability, and public confidence, contending a third term would strengthen the Democratic party and avert conservative opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam H. Smathers
New Jersey
Smathers
Roosevelt
Washington
Frankiin Delano Roosevelt
Uberal
Sannot
Democratic Party
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Hell's Kitchen reimagined as charm school and brass knuckles
In Hell's Kitchen New York, old myths fade as the Theodore Roosevelt Recreation Center hosts a Tenth Avenue charm school for poise and decorum. The piece traces the neighborhood's shift from boozy, brutal nights to a rehabbed image while noting lingering relics of violence and street life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorks
Tenderloin
Haymarket
West Side
Hell
Morrison
Paul Bunyan
Gophers
Tenth Avenue
Kitchen
Boys’ Athletic League
Tenth Avenue Charm School
Theodore Roosevelt Recreation Center
Shaw
Studer
Stestag
New York
Hell's Kitchen
Ugl
Alec Williams
Brooklyn
Manhattan
End of Infamy and City Remodeling in Hell's Kitchen
By Edwin C. Hill recounts a city renewal era where the New York Central sold wrecked buildings, the Port Authority spurred warehouses and street clearances, and the Midtown tunnel reshaped sleazy tenements. Police defense relied on force and machinery more than court decisions, illustrating drastic steps in urban reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central
Whd
New York Port of Authority
Midtown
Williams
Bupretia Court
Hell's Kitchen
BN Express
Amy Fgttestigk
King
Iran
Match the Columns Correctly From a 1928 Quiz Card
A puzzle listing 17 historical figures with roles and nationalities. The page asks to pair names such as Hans Dieckhoff Louis Brandeis Jamen G Blaine Andre Maurois Howard Spring Harold Ickes Martin Dies Mustapha Kemal Atatürk John O Hara Theodor Joncker Douglas Hyde Kurt Schuschnigg and others with descriptors like author, president, or minister. It appears as a quiz prompt from King Features Syndicate Copyright 1928, with a page reference to turn to the Comte Page for the Answers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hans Dieckhoft
Louis Brandeis
Jamen G
Blaine
Andre Maurois
Howard Spring
Harold Ickes
Martin Dies
Nike
Oscar Benavides
Edouard Deledier
First International
Confors
Neven
Notre Ie University
Germany
Juat
Ireland
Supreme Court
Vienna
United States
John I. O'Hara
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Union
Communist National Student League
Socialist League For Industrial Democracy
Communistic American League For Peace and Democracy
American League
Soviet Russia
Elsie Robinson
Kini, Fons. Syind
L. A. Light Files
Oday
A. B. Corbin
West Woodlawn Avenue
Raymond Keller
Elizabeth
Dort
Keller
Paul Mallon
Mount Vernon
Hyde Park
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dr. Parkhurst
By Edwin C. Hill
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