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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 28, 1936

Page

8

The Working Man Fools the Bill

Washington claims taxes fall on the rich while deficits climb. The piece argues that the burden will fall on all taxpayers, citing 1934 income data and Roosevelt’s past statements to claim unspent funds and new taxes will hurt the average worker. It casts current promises as hollow and urges scrutiny of fiscal policy.

Washington Franklin D. Roosevelt America Roosevelt President Roosevelt Mr. Roosevelt Horder

Folger Library preserves Shakespeare through a grand memorial

The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington houses 18,000 items including 78 of the 200 first folios from 1624 and the first complete edition of Titus Andronicus. The fireproof vaults safeguard rare pamphlets, manuscripts, artifacts, paintings, costumes, and the reconstructed Elizabethan theater. The building mirrors a golden age of creativity with Crat designed architecture and Trinity Church Stratford stained-glass reflections.

Hoover Fitza Greenfield's Falstaff Kay Teron Washington Horsry Wray Horsal Blackfriars Theater Paul Philippe Crat Vox

Folger founder Henry Folger buys first Shakespeare folio

Edwin C. Hill recounts Henry Clay Folger reading news of the 310000 bid for the folio and securing the priceless Titus Andronicus for the Folger museum. Folger’s later decades of collecting built a vast Shakespearean archive praised for taste, scholarship, and cultural impact.

Henry Clay Folger Amherst Shakespeare Emerson Baid of Avon King Ins

Dear Mr President A humorous misfit letter on New Deal era WPA and social change

A fan letter to the president from Norman in Caney Ills railing at WPA programs and New Deal culture shifts. The writer mocks dance propaganda and warns his wife Mabel has shifted Republican over News on the NRA relay. He imagines radio appeal to restore traditional views and laments wartime social changes.

Wash D.C Mabel NRA Minnesota WPA Matel SCC WEA Reilef CDC Norman King Peon Syad

White Cargo at Beethoven Hall Delights Local Audience

Ten and twenty years ago in the January 28 files the tropical South Africa drama White Cargo played at Beethoven hall last night. The Brackentidge Times editor Paulie Rochester was re elected for the last half of the 182b term. A 1914 San Antonio Light note honors Dr King with a medical society entertainment and a poem by Mrs Tead.

Tropics South Africa Beethoven Hall Paulie Rochester Brackentidge Times San Antonio King San Anitonio Bexar County Medical Society Matore Duggan Albert Bender Wim Peter Pan Alber Bender King Pena Bynd

A Gentle Benefactor Albert Bender Changes a Life

Elsie Robinson recalls a hungry era and a chance gift from Albert Bender. A lonely 29 year old woman in 1912 faced poverty and despair until Bender offered small comforts and human warmth. His quiet acts, carried through years, helped many lives rise from hardship.

New York Radio Leader Braggiotti Attracts Attention

An article notes Mario Braggiotti, half of the Fray and Braggiotti radio duo, rising as a leading orchestra figure. It highlights his Italian American background, studies at Heidelberg and Sorbonne, and his concert ambitions. It mentions his piano directing style with Eddie Duchin’s rhythm and references to John Frederics millinery, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, and perfume culture among entertainers.

D. C. New York Mario Braggiotti Radio Piase Fray and Braggiotti Tony Biddle Bid Solomon Broggiotti Heidelberg Sorbonne Fray Eddie Duchin Duchin Lea Heisman Bragglott John Frederics Ing Zibald Gage John Frederics Margaret Case Harr Timan

Platform Plans Shielded by Administration at Philadelphia

The administration seeks to control the Philadelphia convention by writing the platform and dictating delegates. Roosevelt and Frankfurter are cited drafting a pro Supreme Court plank, with Farley guiding Eastern and Western delegates to support a platform aimed at restraining the Court. Sen Byrd and other Southern Democrats are named as potential oppositional forces.

Philadelphia Thismaich Roosevelt Farley Felix Frankfurter Covernor al Smith New York Supreme Court Byrd Virginia Supreme Court of the United States Farley Wil Yast Congress Sue Preme Court United States United States Circuit Court of Appeals Federal District Courts Feltz Hossevelt

Emotions and Digestion Link in Health Advice

The text explains how emotions like anger fear and excitement disturb digestion by reducing gland secretions such as saliva and gastric juices. It notes bodily changes from adrenaline when upset and urges learning to avoid anger worry and fear as part of health training.

Bility Mena Byny Luc

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