College Students Should Purge Their Ranks of Communists
The American Student Union, after its Columbus Ohio session, is condemned for absorbing what the piece calls poisonous elements, endorsing the Oxford oath, and attacking national defense. It accuses the union of Communist control and indoctrination, urging removal of communists from student ranks and defending individual liberty and American ideals.
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San Antonio
Tex
American Student Union
Columbus
Ohio
R.O.T.C
Columbus Students’ Convention
Social scientists urged to unite across disciplines in New York
At a New York convention college sociologists called for a united front with natural and humanities scholars to back social science. University of Wisconsin’s Edward A. Ross argued social scientists face exposure due to advocating societal remaking, while Harvard’s P A Sorokin warned that social science is not yet a true science and cautioned against large scale prescriptions. Sorokin favored pragmatic common sense over theoretical social planning.
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New York City
Edward A. Ross
University of Wisconsin
P. A. Sorokin
Harvard
Professor Sorokin
Hoover finds women more violent criminals in October
J Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI, reports that more than nine out of every hundred women arrested nationwide in October were charged with murder, compared with eight out of every hundred men. He notes a stronger tendency among women to commit violence against individuals.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mr. Hoover
Moon will fall toward Earth says Jeans in world class lecture
The article explains Sir James Jeans argues the moon is falling toward the Earth and will eventually break up into countless particles causing continuous moonlight from reflected light. He frames the solar system as a wheel centered far away, with the sun near the wheel’s outer region and the sun about halfway along a spoke 700000 light years from the hub.
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Sir James Jeans
Poplar
Jeans
Jarman
Bir James
Jeans Theory Echoes in Armor of Science
The passage recalls J S Jeans a British physicist born in Lancashire with Scottish parents. An English lecture platform persona shows Chesterton like boyishness and a lack of ostentation. Sixty years ago S J Woolf interviewed Jeans on his final American visit, touching on Jeans theory and its implications.
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Jeang
Chesterton
Lancashire
S.J. Woolf
Jeans
America
The Great Architect of the Universe and Whitman Echoed
Edwin C Hill discusses how science shapes human feeling toward the universe. A dialogue with Woolf centers on astronomy and perception, quoting Whitman and noting the vast wheel of the sun and stars. James questions whether science fuels war, but advocates balancing mechanization with labor-creating industries.
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Utyersea
Wan & Purse
Woolf
Jeans
Walt Whitman
Fras Syn
Smithsonian Institution
Sir James
Ir James
Paraday
Dear Mr Hopkins and the WPA Shovel Experts
A wartime letter from WPA workers mocking graft claims on Project 374 K 53 describes digging a bunker for the poor on a golf course. The writer details a shift system with three shovelers and three supervisors, sarcastically listing costs and payroll while denying graft.
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Harry Hopkins
Boon-Doggler U. 8
Hopking
Boondogele
Hopsink
WPA
Mora
Bupervizers
Mr. Roosevelt
Hopkins
Bupervizer No
City to maintain crew for grade crossing repairs
From the San Antonio Light files notes two items dated January 4 1926 and January 8 1916. Street Commissioner Paul F Bleifler plans a special work crew to keep grade crossings within city limits in constant repair. Mrs W H Quirk president of Brackenridge High Parent Teacher Association proposes a Carnegie library branch at the high school.
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Paul F. Bleifler
W. H. Quirk
Brackenridge High
Parent~ Teacher Association
Carnegie Library
Out of Luck in the Machine Age Says King Feus
A distorted 1930s era screed argues that old ways are gone by the machine age and people must adapt or face misfortune. It laments machines making life impersonal and forces shifts in thought, work, and daily living across generations.
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Cnbeer
King Feus
Syat
Lime
When Carrie Jacobson Bond Captures New York Furore
O C McIntyre notes Carrie Jacobson Bond, 72, drawn into a celebrity rush in New York while appearing on a Rudy Vallee pro am. She rose from poverty to publish over 200 songs, including Memory's Garden, and endured a life of varied artistic pursuits and media attention. The piece also salutes James Montgomery Flagg as a beloved artist known for honesty and social effort.
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O. C. McIntyre
New Yorks
Carrie Jacobson
Bond
New York
Rudy Vallee
Hollywood
China
Sunlight Health Message For All Seasons
The article extols sun exposure for health across seasons, noting ultraviolet rays benefit the body as vitamin action and growth improve with outdoor light. It urges more outdoor time in winter when days are shorter and emphasizes sunshine as a dietary-like energizer aiding nutrition and vitamin D synthesis.
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Coty
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