The CCC of The Sea Proposal for American merchant seamen
In view of alarming conditions, advocates push a United States maritime service to train American merchant seamen inCCC style schools. Graduates would serve in the coast guard then the merchant marine with pay, while deporting non citizens. The plan aims to counter alien agitators and ensure a loyal seafaring force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine
United States Naval Reserve
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Leahy
Naval Operations
Navy
Congress
Washington
United States Maritime Service
C.C.C
Coast Guard
Merchant Marine
Navy Reserve
Knights Errant Save San Antonio Amid County Dispatch
A national magazine writer faced indictment in Bexar County as a visit by a labor department official sparked a scathing attack on San Antonio’s municipal government. Commissioner Joseph Myers of the U S conciliation service called the city “the world’s worst.”
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San Antonio
Som
Bexar County Grand Jury
Labor Department
Joseph
Myers
United States Conciliation Service
My. Myers
Fibroids and misconceptions about their danger
Medical notes explain fibroids are common benign uterine growths varying in size and location. Many women delay care fearing surgery or menopause mislabeling symptoms, but early examination can prevent complications and clarify when treatment is needed.
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Ion
Tuk
Medical guidance on fibroids and symptoms for timely care
A somber note discusses fibroids, noting that many have light or no pain while others present with pain or discharge. It urges prompt medical attention if bleeding or discomfort occurs, warning that delays can worsen the condition and referencing physician advice for immediate action.
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Foley
Health advice on tumor treatment and exams
By Royal S Copeland discusses when operation may be avoided for small tumors. He urges regular health exams, highlights menstrual disorders in middle age, and notes fibroids can be detected only through electic examinations. Copyright 1940 by King Bong Syn. They
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King Bong
Two Decades Ago San Antonio News Snapshot
A 1928 item notes Southwestern Bell Telephone seeks reversal of a US 48 base rate decision and announces San Antonio directory plans by the Worley Directory Co, with population estimates around 208,817. An 1918 note recalls a Be thoven program by the San Antonio Symphony and a governor’s, military, and soldiers protection discussion led by the Ministerial Union.
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Southwesttyn Bell Telephone Company
United States
Ally Commission
San Antonio
Effec Mye Mure
Worley Directory Company
Once Overs and New York Thoughts Collide
A garbled column draws together socialites and urban curiosities from New York’s late 19th century gossip scene. Mentions O O McIntyre Kay and Gerald Sivope as mild figures, Doris Duke and Grover Whalen in stylish contexts, plus a glimpse of a Broadway era milieu and the memory of a nostalgia anchored in a lively stable, a police encounter, and a bustling social calendar.
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O. O
McIntyre Kay
New York
Prite -Obolensky
Gerald Sivope
Arthur” Levy
Doris Duke Romwell
Wodle
Grover Whalen
Smith
Busman
John
Perona
Jils “el
Morocco
Jehn Finley
Bane Hopper
Bill Robinson
Col
Creighton Webb
Billy Rose
Fancy New Yorker Likes to Imitate Birds and Zoo Walks
A portrait of a charismatic New Yorker who admires imitations learned at New York zoos and savors eccentric dining. The piece notes his stylish dining attire, including white gloves, and recalls critics Dean Cornwell James Montgomery Flagg and Harrison Fisher as standout figures in art and beauty.
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Tanoby Doming
Bonja Henke
Chence Straight
New Yorker
Slege
New York
Dean Cornwell
Satbe”-Iemon-Verhens
James Montgomery
Flagg
Bick
Imat
Harrison Fisher
Ben A. Haggin
Ziegfeld Siving Lab
Revealing Letter on Aloofness Toward Women Sparks Reflections
A 1938 column excerpt quotes a gentleman who explains his aloofness to women as a deliberate shield against temptation and danger. He recalls flirtations from youth, remarks on social codes, and a personal vow to avoid distractions, framing flirtation as hazardous yet humanly tempting. The piece preserves period voice and social norms of dating.
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Booth Tarkington
Mearthur’s
Ironh Attec
The Cost and Courage of Love in Giving
A reflective piece weighs whether love is worth sacrifice or a mere exchange. It argues that loving for reward leads to imbalance and loss, while loving for love’s sake endures despite another’s faults. The excerpt urges courage to give selflessly, resisting expectations of return.
Counterpoint Between Grace and Profit in Love
A reflection on love as a grace not a commodity, paired with a harrowing vignette of a mother awaiting the electrocution of her two gos. The piece contrasts selfless care with dire poverty and failed rescue, ending with a bleak note on lost hope for the doomed youths.
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Ufe
Ilyr
Fragmented Office Scene Ends With Tragic Revelation
In a tense office encounter a mother or caregiver experiences a brutal emotional arc as a flood of memories and fear erupt. As the terror peaks a revelation dawns that her loved ones are safe, bringing a fleeting peace before tragedy returns. The narrative centers on severe emotional conflict and a lingering sacrifice.
Open Season Brazil Bans Tarzan Films Across Jungles and Media
Open Season Brazil imposes ban on Tarzan films citing jungle depictions as hostile to national image. The critique links jungle stereotypes to subversive influence fears, noting censorship of press, radio, and moving pictures while highlighting U.S. cultural and trade tensions with Europe and Latin America.
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South America
Ted
Qin
U.S.A
Japan
Germany
Italy
Sam
Europe
Tong
Roosevelt
Hull
International Propaganda and American Image Under Fire
An account of how European and Latin American media shaped views of Americans as dog-eaters, harming trade across Latin America. It notes official censorship and propaganda, critiques U S security complacency, and references Italian editorial satire and ongoing anti American narratives. It cites 1958 publishing by Hing Feas, Bynd. Inc.
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South America
Latin-America
Fen Prance
Eveline
Uncle Stylock
France
England
Generia
Hing Feas
Bynd., Inc
One Word Wrong In Quotation Puzzle
A newspaper puzzle presents altered quotations with one wrong word per line. It lists Shakespeare Arnold Bayly and Wilson among others, asking readers to identify the incorrect word in each quote and turn to the correct answers on the Courts Page.
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Shakespeare
Arnold
Sohtah
Usta
Bayly
Otetla
Downer
Hamiet
America
Woodrow Wilson
Aine
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Ita
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Ulan
W. P. Hobby
Codd
Mein Tyra
Bradshaw Crandell
By Efsie Robinson
Lyshor
King Fens
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Totalitari
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Costapa
Chache McCarthy
U. S
Upton Sinclair
Icago Meat
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Owe
Yuma
State Department
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