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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1935
Page
7
The author argues the national defense act created a permanent policy for a small but trained regular army with civilian reserves and the National Guard. Years of neglect have left the force under strength and under equipped, ranking seventeenth among world armies, risking national peril unless Congress funds and equips it.
A national exhortation stresses defense as the supreme duty of citizens. It urges a navy equal to the strongest, a larger army, compulsory training for college students, and stronger aviation, arguing preparedness deters invasion and sustains freedom. It warns pacifism yields nationhood to subject nations.
The piece compares Secretary Hulls calm approach to a Neroes Rome and warns that American cotton exports have shriveled as global markets decline. It notes cotton production and export share, cites competitors using cheap labor in Japan, and urges Washington to support Philippine and Caribbean trade negotiations to shield American cotton textiles and curb unemployment.
The article surveys oil diplomacy and global commerce as nations build pipelines from the Middle East to the Mediterranean. It cites Sir John Cadman and major oil companies shaping Iraq Palestine Transjordan and Syria ventures, amid British French American power struggles and Japan’s rising market clout.
A fragmented historical reflection on Iraq's modern sovereignty under British and French mandate, tracing Desert power, Versailles diplomacy, and oil interests. It weaves Lawrence of Arabia, Feisal, King Ghazi, and Princess Aliyah into a panorama of empire, finance, and tribal rivalries shaping Mesopotamia.
A speaker reflects on life’s worth and resilience when facing poverty illness and despair centering on the idea that personal integrity and keeping faith offer value and purpose beyond material outcomes. He recalls the biblical Saul and Paul and asserts that living true to oneself remains a meaningful reward even without certainty of heaven.
A humorous column notes how customs of insult and praise in dating have shifted. It contrasts past strictos with present ease, observing women now brush off many slights such as late-night calls and playful nicknames while associating attention with flattery. The piece ends with fashion notes and spring patterns.
From the L A Wight files February 13 1925 Governor Ferguson confirms Senate appointments of Bickett Sr and Eugene Smith of San Antonio to the state highway commission. Other items note 3625 registered voters in Bexar county and 111 outside the city, with county figures on local participation. A veteran hospital transfer honors Dr Burnett with a silver levine, and a court recommendation seeks fair land pricing for acreage held by Bexar Kinney and Valverde counties. A robbery occurred at Merchants and Mechanics Bank on West Commerce Street with $1060 taken.
A sweeping portrait of Peter Arno as the era’s top Romeo prompts a chorus of romantic caricatures and high society gossip. The New Yorker cartoonist, a Yale runaway turned artist and producer, is linked to Gilda Gray, Elisabeth Bergner, and Lois Long amid a rapidly shifting cultural scene. The piece also notes Arno’s ribald drawings shaping early The New Yorker, and touches on Cobina Wright and others amid a backdrop of theater, haute society, and economic oddities like pawn shops in midtown.
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