Social Security Act change urged by mayor and press
Mayor LaGuardia and a Hearst commission backed universal old age coverage, arguing that hidden social security costs are passed to consumers. They urged widening act equity to include exempt groups and oppose voluntary premium boosts that would pit government benefits against private insurers.
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LA Guardia
New York
Nonpartisan
Social Security Commission
Hearst Newspapers
Congress
Hearst Commission
LaGuardia
Social Security Board
Great Britain
Health Advance Eradicates Bovine Tuberculosis Nationwide
The Agriculture Department announces bovine tuberculosis is practically wiped out in every county of every state. After years of sacrifice and culling to protect herds, infection levels have fallen to less than 14 of 1 percent, signaling near complete eradication and advancing public health efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Department of Agriculture
Pacific
Department
Heart Disease and Returning to Work After Coronary Thrombosis
A study of 413 patients over six months to fifteen years shows more than half could return to work full or part time after a coronary thrombosis. About 75 percent returned within six months and 90 percent within a year, with white collar workers returning most often though some experienced pain or breathlessness afterward.
Medical guidance on heart attacks and rheumatism risks
Dr H N Bundtsen discusses that a coronary thrombosis attack alone does not require permanent invalidism and that recovery is possible. He advises rest and avoidance of strain if heart failure or angina signs appear, and notes rheumatism definitions in youths with possible joint or muscle inflammation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Feds, Symi, Inc
Mutiny on the Bounty and Pitcairn island origins
A historical note on Pilosira Island and the Bounty mutiny. Fletcher Christian led a mutiny aboard HMS Bounty in April 1789, sparing only a few, with Captain William Bligh and loyalists cast adrift. The mutineers vanished, later forming Pitcairn Island, where a small community survived into the present era.
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Bounty
Hugh
Met
Fletcher
Christian
Biligh
Yanla
Fletcher Christian
Polynesian Human Relics in King Peas Tale
Edwin presents a fragmentary account of Polynesian figures described as human relics in a dramatic tale attributed to or associated with King Peas Bend. The piece appears as scribbled notes or a blurred historical sketch with unclear chronology and minimal identifiable names.
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Peci Evey
Jie Lumbitng
King Peas
Can You Solve The Lights Quizzes From Texas Edition
The Light's Quizzer poses two questions about Texas topics. One asks for the largest toad trap in the state and the other for Niexar county's average rainfall. The piece notes misperceptions about people missing and highlights a big food item from Texas farms, including sweet potatoes, with annual ranges cited.
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Texas
Besar
Tex Farms
Niexar
Knowledge Quiz From The Supreme Court To Opera
A fragmented reader prompt lists questions about Supreme Court justices naval explorers Alaska purchase Greek myth figures opera prima donnas and a courtroom tale. It asks for frat names of justices, exact dates, islands associated with Napoleon and Arctic Norse ownership, myth characters tied to Helen and Aeneas, opera stage terms, and a court case brief from a syndicate page.
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Hpreme Court
Justice Murphy
Duatice Douglas
Justion Reed
Alaska
James A. Caleld
Napoleon
Arctic Ocean
Norwiy
Helen
Terche
Aenons
Praika
Hinger
Lee
Comte
Anguers
King Featuren Syndicate
Inn
Namebary clash over monetary policy in New Deal feud
Washington commentary outlines a feud among Treasury and Federal Reserve leaders over Eccles banking power aims and the gold and silver policy. It notes Morgenthau, Hatfield, and Wagner maneuvering as Congress dabbles with bank holding company bills to influence prices and monetary control.
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Washington
Hatfields
McCoys
Treasury
McCoy Morgenthau
Federal Reserve
H. Hatfield Hectes
Morgenthau
Eccles
Federal Deposit Insurance
Congress
Ferres
Ferles
King Features Synedicate
Detached view or passion in the American Revolution debate
A columnist rejects detached history about the American Revolution, arguing for empathy with the patriots and critics the Kenneth Roberts portrayal Oliver Wiswell. The piece cites Washington Jefferson and the revolution’s ordinary fighters, plus Emerson on compensation, and muses on Civilizaton’s tolls and the era’s comforts.
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Troy
Kenneth Roberts
Oliver Wiswell
Mr. Roberts
Athens
Sparta
Spal
Britain
America
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Hiller
Mussaini
Democracy and Town Hall Centers for Public Opinion
Benjamin DeCasseres extols freedom of expression as essential to democracy. He highlights George V. Denny Jr.’s plan to create 1000 Town Hall centers nationwide to foster informed public opinion and open debate, envisioning 50,000 such centers as power plants of democracy.
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Treadon
George V. Denny Jr
Town Mall
New York
How to face life’s hard knock and keep going
A reflective piece arguing that sustaining curiosity enthusiasm and ambition comes at a price. It warns against safe disengagement after midlife and suggests that genuine involvement and feeling are the greatest assets yet the costliest, as people over 40 often choose to play it safe and avoid risk.
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Tim
The High Quake and the Grief That Guards It
A reflective essay on coping with grief and social judgment after loss. The narrator condemns indifference and self protection, urging personal courage to live fully despite others' scorn. The piece contrasts public silence with private resolve to meet life’s challenges head on.
Centenary birth banquet in San Antonio hosts 100 dignitaries
L A Light Files recalls a centennial birth commemoration in San Antonio with a banquet at the B L Anthony hotel attended by about 100 prominent leaders. The event featured A Gousins of Beaumont as principal speaker and other local officials, amid a 1922 note on public appointments and Chamber of Commerce plans for advertising Antonio to the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Thanlevene
San Antonio
BL. Anthony Hotel
A. Gousins
Beaumont
Wy McAlllater
Antouiy van Lonstiaster
Tuneheon Meekig
Adela Uhob
Ha Chamber of Commerce
Wislel
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Health Advance
Towano Wat
Stisner
Drs Mats
Simon Dack
Dr. H. N. Bundtsen
Pilosira Island
South Pacific
India Eerth
Iadia
Piluaima
KOM
Alan
Haderd
Rehe
Finlcher Christan
Ugh
Pitcairn
Bounty Mills Rens
West Polyargian Mbitors
Bounty Mmutiners
Edwin
Robert Wagher
Senate Banking and Curreacy Committee
Paul Mallon
Wagner
Carter Glass
Federal Reserve Bank
Long Island
Ralph Waldo Emerson
By Benjamin DeCasseres
Emerson
Elsie Robinson
Ace
Hemi
L. A. Light Files
Antonie
Municipal Auditorium
San Antonio Musicians Society
AG. Shatlenberger
Boxe
A. Wo Baldlin
Augustus McCloxkey Qi
Charles
J. Alvord
Chamber of Commerce
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