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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1936

Page

8

Fort Worth Gag Hearing Ties to San Antonio Gas Rates

The Fort Worth domestic gas rate case sits before the State Railroad Commission where its outcome may influence the San Antonio rate dispute. Glen Culberson of the gas division noted hearings target March, with surveys by Burns and McDonnell and the commission to finish by March 1.

City Norta Texas File Road Commission Lone Star Gas Company Gul- Berson Fort Worth City Commission Gulbersor San Antonio Public Service Company Sapeco United Gas Putrolic Service Company San Antonio Culberson Railroad Commission Burns and McDonnell

Southern Workers Taught Communism Under Government Backing

A Macon Ga investigation reveals WPA workers schools in the South allegedly teaching communism, class hatred, and racial tension. The piece cites government funding, factory access, and worker indoctrination with music and drama, prompting suspicions among textile employers and calls to halt the program.

Frank C. Waldrop Universa Seerice Macon the Internationale South Romevelt Administration Federal Works Progressscministration WPA

Red labor indoctrination through WPA schools exposed in South

A smear of WPA programs in Columbia and South Carolina links music and theater to communist propaganda. Teachers chosen from relief rolls reportedly spread radical ideas to unemployed women and mill/farm workers, framing bosses as oppressors and urging unity. Critics warn the plan aims to reshape society via education and sentiment, threatening employer relations.

MOL WEA WPA Garcling Georgia Ploride Columbia, &. C Aew Federal Columbia D. B. Lewis South Carolina Brookwood Or College Mr. Waller Dawg Turing & Vate Caney Jones Casey Waldrop South

U S School for Reds Ends as I Resign from WPA Teaching

A Georgia former public school teacher, citing Communist propaganda in the WPA workers education program, resigns after teaching at mills and a Georgia camp for unemployed women. She recalls Columbia summer school warnings, music restrictions, and secrecy around radical content before leaving Griffin.

Ike Russia United States Griffin WPA

Cave-In Risks Tunnel Work Near Berkeley

About 100 workers were trapped in a hillside road tunnel project near Berkeley as heavy rains caused a cave in. Rescue teams freed most workers after the collapse, preventing a major disaster.

Berkeley Calif Fourier

Personnel Meet Closes Sessions At Annual Convention

The American Council of Guidance and Personnel Associations holds its annual convention at the Enter Coronada with sessions focused on guiding young people into suitable occupations and addressing associated challenges.

American Council of Guidance and Personnel Enter Coronada

Market for safety razor blades expands as potential users rise

The Department of Commerce predicts a steadily increasing market for safety razor blades as the male population grows from about 390 million to an estimated 199 million potential users. The note emphasizes evolving consumer demand and broader access to blades.

Department of Commerce Fepgriy

Italian drops bombs at Naples killing dock worker

One laborer died and four were seriously injured when a case of mortar bombs spilled aboard the steamer Automatta bound for East Africa. Emergency measures prevented further explosions as the cargo was secured.

Naples Italy Automatta East Africa

Automobile Kiss Fatal to Two at LaPorteBay Trip

In a midnigh t crash near a bridge whalment a groom Haskall Owens twenty drove a car to kiss his bride Miss Karen Guldmann twenty and passenger Miss Alice Hardie twenty were injured or killed. Mrs Owens three months married remains critical. The party was en route to Laporte Bay beach resort.

Housign Wee — Haskall Owens Billy Mins Karen Guldmann Alito Mra. Owens Alice| Hardie Guldmann Laporte Bay

Poisoning case in West Virginia girl 14 held for grand jury

Gladys Dillon of Hamlin West Virginia, age 14, held for the grand jury after authorities say she poisoned her father Edgar Dillon 40 mother and seven siblings, placing poison in a sack of flour during a breakfast plan for elopement. Prosecutors report several children in critical condition though recovering. The girl admits aiming at marriage plans and blames her mother for ruining the romance.

Hamlin W. Va Borgia of Damion Anker Jed Pop Edgar Dillon Gladys Logan Reiford Grand Jury

Mae West Collects Autographed Prize Fighter Photos

Mae West, star of Paramount's Klondike Annie, maintains an extensive collection of autographed boxing pictures. Hollywood’s most devoted fight fan, she counts among her friends nearly all the sport’s leading figures.

Mae West Paramount

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