Congress Should End Hoover's Grab for Power
A special message accuses President Hoover of seeking dictatorial powers through executive orders to reorganize the executive branch. It urges Congress to reject such authority, support a joint committee to cut waste, and press for a constitutional, businesslike approach to government reform before the upcoming campaign.
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Hoover
Legislative
Mr. Hoover
War Department
Civil Service Commission
Robinson
Arkansas
Byrns
Tennessee
Weaver
Garner
Edgar Wallace Dead Shocks England As Crime Laureate Passes
England mourns Edgar Wallace the famed crime writer known as the Laureate of Crime. He died in California, shocking readers who cherished his prolific output of nearly 200 books and his tales of escape that amused a stressed world. A posthumous novel is anticipated.
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Edgar Wallace
England
California
Sherlock Molmea
Evurote
United States
Wallace
Barnard Ideal Women Seek Culture Looks Money And Humor
Barnard College students showed variance in what they want in a ideal husband. Most expect to marry the person they love, though many demand culture looks money and good humor. Women judge by sight yet can forgive much in a husband.
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Barnard College
Mazlitt
Marry Go Round by Helen Rowland reflects on love and gender roles
A 1982 column critiques how women and men are drawn to love and social pressures. It jokes that compliments, youth, and emotion influence romance, while men chase sense and risk. it notes dating scenes and societal expectations with a playful, satirical tone.
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Helen Rowland
Apartment owner pots radios to heat building
An enterprising Boston owner installs radios in every flat and turns off the furnace aiming to heat the building with broadcasts. A resident questions the plan and sends a self addressed envelope in protest.
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Bostonian
Texas Trails Recounts 1670 Jeans Trade and Lost Railways
Sam Dreyfuss recalls an 8 jeans plant in New Braunfels and wagons to Shreveport, noting old-time jeans salvaged from sheep. The tale mentions Iron Mountain railway plans, a local tax-minded leader, and towns like Belton Temple Benton City. Aviator Leyla Yancey discusses Mayan ruins dating 4000 years before Christ and their empty graves, tying to lost towns.
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New Brandels
Sam Dreyfuss
Shreveport
Sam
Henry Bate
New Braunfels
Billy Errempkau
Pioneer Freighters
Iron Mountain Railway
Smith
Jones
Williacas
Barn
Exchange Club
Plazas Hotel
Leyla Yancey
Yancey
Nobedy
Christ
Edd Broad Elected Brady Jubilee Chairman Again
By Harry Williams the town of Brady celebrates Edd Broad in the seventh straight year as Jubilee Chairman. The big annual event runs July 4 5 and 4 with horse races good people and sports drawing crowds to Brady.
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Edd Broad
Brady
Broad
Hearns
Listen World We Must Act Now By Elsie Robinson
Essay urges readers to stop ignoring widespread suffering from unemployment starvation and injustice. It argues Americans are complacent about mass miseries from bread lines to electric chair deaths and calls for mass meetings fundraising voting and organized action to create a decent society.
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Tne
Toris
Murcerern
Fat Thoughts and Fantasies of a Growing Man in Old Notes
A humorous ramble on gaining weight, clothing strain, and public scales. The narrator recalls friends known for stoutness, muses on buttons and vests, longs for comfort and a simple meal, and drifts through memories of weigh-ins and social pressures, with playful self deprecation and dated social references.
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Aires
Frank MacIntyre
Bui Edwards
School Child Health by Royal S Copeland M D
A 1922 King Features piece stresses malnutrition and physical defects as major causes of poor school reports. It urges balanced diets with milk meat eggs vegetables fruits and cereals, and warns parents and teachers to check nutrition vision and hearing. Prompt medical checks can improve school progress and child welfare.
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United States Public Health Service
Toatto
Johnny
Congright
King
Ayn
10 and 20 Years Ago From the San Antonio Light
A look back to February editions from 1622 and 1912. Port Apache’s abandonment appears near, with Eighth Corps headquarters noted and bridge projects planned at Navarro and Crockett streets. Also cited are entertainment items and later corporate and civic notes from Austin and San Antonio, including chamber of commerce leadership changes.
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San Antonio Light
Port Apache
Ariguata
Eighth Corps
State Department
Austin
G. C. Cresson
Pranz C. Groas
T. B. Palfrey
Tomaélics
Medina Irrigation Company
John, DB. Carrington
San Antonio
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Santa Fe Railway
Santa Pe
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Temple
Benton City
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Elsie Robinson
Lpece
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Crockett Streets
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Bucolic Press
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Mr. Drew
Charles Frohman
Cleveland
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Bleden
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