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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 04, 1929

Page

9

Hearst Papers Advocate Key Reforms and Plans

The Hearst papers outline a program for world peace among English-speaking nations, proportional Senate representation with at least two senators per state, reapportionment laws, a unified national defense secretary, and federal action to end illiteracy under a Secretary of Education. It also calls for election timing reforms, a federal sales tax to offset earned income taxes, a 13 month year with four weeks per month, holidays aligned to Saturdays, and a Nicaragua canal for commerce and defense first voiced by Hearst papers in 1895.

United States Senate Department of the Army Navy Air Forces United Secretary of National Defense United States Education Congress Nicaragua Canal Hearst Papers

Louisiana Executes Woman in First Southern State High-Profile Hanging

A Louisiana execution last Friday saw a mother of four hanged, prompting debate over capital punishment’s barbarity. The case, involving a physician who delivered the woman’s children, sparked reflection on tradition, justice, and the evolving use of state instruments of death.

State of Louisiana Little Parish Yian Ada Tven South

Growth of Zoo and Park Plan Draws Massive Visitor Interest

Five million visitors and broad public support surround a proposed expansion of municipal facilities, including a new zoo and park facilities in Jirackourivige area. The plan aims to strengthen public attractions, drawing praise from diverse communities and positioning the city among top urban showcases in the nation.

Sea Scouts in S A see potential naval youth program

Fragmented lines describe Sea Scouts in San Antonio, mentioning Pexas 10 and a proposed Uva offer for a training ship and personnel valued at $25,000. The text hints at local interest in nautical programs for Scout age boys and references Widlar steamship lines and lifeboats, though details are unclear.

Uva Pexas 10 Teena Poyernent San Antara

London Diary of a Visiting Writer in a Foggy Century

A visiting writer in London observes the city’s fogbound streets, common labor, and social bustle from Simpson’s lunch to the Brom London Arcades. He notes etiquette, beggars, and enduring Britishness amid decay, with scenes of clerks, street singers, and a Chaplin-like figure timing a performance.

Biochemical Entity of Dr Barnes Explored by Serviss

garrett p serkiss notes a lengthy discussion of Dr Barnes in a speculative essay. the piece references suniel college and various scholars while evaluating the nature of science, religion, and intellect among educated readers. the prose signals a period voice with a focus on moral and philosophical questions.

Barnes Garrett P, Serviss

Rock Pile Opulent Plans and City Boom Echoes

A rambling, OCR heavy piece reflects on a site at Fifth Avenue between Forties eighths and Kitty First Fleet near the Opera Center, once a rock pile valued at $120 in a century, with Columbia University paying $22,000 annually. It traces Manhattan inland business expansion, housing epidemics, and speculative real estate chatter, ending with a caution about inflated values and Rockefeller era wealth shaped by daring urban growth.

Fifth Avenue Forty-eighth Kitty First Fleet Walla Hlockefuller Columbia Univercity New York Bax Ile Saud Jocal Realty Mantiltan Peader Ten Activte Niles Steglatur Ameria Rockefeller

King Don of Warri to Visit London in Season

GENUINE KING a Heavyweight Con A. sight of this powerful gentleman world almost pers uade the Iate Mr. Rickard to return from the unknown world to snake ONE morte mates. But no prizefighting, in fact, no working for a fiving at all, disturbs the calm of this gentleman. We is none other than His Royal Highness King Don, paramount chief of the Warri, a powerful African tribe in Southern Nigeria. King Don will visit London at the height of the season, then his appearance will change. The British will receive him in State and royal family members will shake hands. He will say the British are great people and their royal family is marvelous, and they are fortunate to live in union under the Jack. Wise King Don and wise British will know how to keep those under their rule happy.

Rickard King Don Warri Nigeria Don London Asd Raadke

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