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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 30, 1928

Page

6

Proposals for a Unified National Government and Elections

An outline calls for English-speaking nations to maintain global peace and a Senate with at least two Senators per state. It demands House reapportionment, a unified Department of National Defense, and a Secretary of Education to end illiteracy. It favors federal action and a November election for Congress with presidential inauguration on January 1 following the election.

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Goethals and Gorgas Led Panama Canal Triumph

The article honors George W. Goethals and William Gorgas as pivotal figures in the Panama Canal project. It recounts Goethals’ leadership from De Lesseps’ failed effort through U.S. mandate to completion in 1914, his prior work on Muscle Shoals, and his governorship of the Canal Zone, while praising Gorgas for eradicating tropical disease. It notes their interdependent roles and Goethals’ lasting legacy in American engineering.

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Why Power Lobby in Washington Surges Over Dam Deal

A parliamentary inquiry questions a 23.9 billion power lobby opposing Boulder Canyon Dam measures. The piece cites Mrs James Cullom of Ontario charged 23.44 for electricity versus lower rates elsewhere, and notes Ontario’s lower provincial rate and public control. It argues private power firms and a “power trust” seek to protect profits, prompting the vast lobbying effort in Congress.

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British cinema industry faces delays and rising costs

The piece notes constant change in production, with British efforts hindered by difficulties. It mentions high salaries, shifting lessons from Hollywood, and German and British influence bringing Wetter competition, while uncertainty grows over value and timing of results.

Haily Wood Wetter Giews

Time and means of measuring the day by sun and stars

The article explains solar time versus sidereal time, defining mean time from the mean sun and universal time linked to Greenwich. It details how Earth's elliptical orbit and longitude shift affect day length, how standard time zones are arranged from Greenwich, and how local times align with global coordinates.

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Eat Less Study More and Live Long

Old readers stay sharp by limiting indulgence and reading seriously. A Calumble University director notes the strong link between sustained interest in ideas and youth, citing many elderly readers who eat modestly, sleep well, and study literature and history to keep minds active.

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The Yard Worker Acquitted in Murder Case

A shipyard worker in England was acquitted of murder after his child, suffering from tuberculosis and gangrene, would likely die within hours. The judge urged caution, arguing the ruling sets a dangerous legal precedent against protecting life, and stressed the sacredness of human life and opposition to capital punishment.

England Iself Newepaper

Beating Incident Reported by New York Sun Text

A fragment from the New York Sun describes a confrontation where a patrolman is followed to the sidewalk, struck on the head with a pencil, knocked unconscious, and severely beaten, prompting street-side protests by onlookers.

Johmaan Peater New York Sun

Medina County Obituary Notice Greate

Ada Foe Aele-Exgn is listed in Medina county records as the deceased. The obituary notes a final residence in Medina and frames the death with standard obituary details.

Benne Ganyard Medina County Obin Greate

The Great Mr Kean as Othello in Modern Times

A commentary on changing acting fashions using Kean as Othello. The piece notes ancient Greek masks, gender casting in Japan, and compares past and present stage beauty, suggesting change is eternal and often correct though sometimes misguided.

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