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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1934
Page
3
Editorial attacks Senator Wagner over a proposed payroll tax, arguing it would harm employment and burden industry. The piece denounces federal interference with state work and warns this approach impedes industrial recovery and overall economic revival.
The piece reads as a chaotic stream of consciousness with fragmented names and riffs on social figures. It parodies slang and pop culture touches, drifting through dinner talk, gossip, and tangential memory lanes.
1984 column by Kine Pena argues editors should not attack women and mothers in editorial writing. It defends women as resilient, criticizes male club power, and urges writers to reveal truth about women despite backlash, citing a reader letter and ongoing controversy.
R. Howard argues for federal control of deposits to save the constitutional government and end private banking profits. He contends a national depository would free the government from interest payments and shift earnings to the state, warning against existing bank power and advocating central oversight.
A fragmentary opinion piece praises George Washington as father of public education and links his legacy to equal access to schooling. It argues Washington aided by federal and state governments, cites his Farewell Address and bicentennial pamphlets, and urges annual commemoration of his birth with a focus on public schooling for all U.S. children.
Dr Copeland explains how Wilhelm Roentgen’s X-ray discovery revolutionized diagnosis. Early dangers gave way to safe, detailed imaging enabling detection of tuberculosis cancer and other diseases before symptoms appear. Roentgenology now studies head teeth heart kidneys and more with trained specialists.
A look back from the San Antonio Light marks February 24 with 1994 sports notes on Brackbury students and a San Marcos loss to Austin High, plus 1914 chatter on West Commerce street property changes. The Torreon restaurant site sale data from 1910 shows a jump from 82500 to 110416 and a Mercant Building deal involving local San Antonio figures.
A garbled column touches on political factions and social events with mentions of Nat Goodwin, Roosevelt, the grand old party, and Vancouver. It weaves satire about parties, birthdays, and public figures in a rush of stray phrases and incomplete thoughts.
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