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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1935
Page
7
Northampton May 1 1931 speech argues against outside control of business noting artificial rules threaten liberty and progress. He favors voluntary standardization and trade organization guidance, stresses sound banking and that wisdom must grow from people not elected officials. Edison and Ford cited as not government creations.
In the Seventy third Congress Senator Ashurst urged federal steps to make ransom payments to kidnappers a felony. Governor Lehman proposed similar state measures in New York, with the second proposal already enacted there. The editorial argues for swift passage nationwide and within all states to outlaw ransom negotiations and penalize withholding information to authorities. It cites England and Canada as precedents and echoes Governor Lehman on the state’s interest and the need to confront the crime.
A student, Jimmy, prepares to speak before the Current Events club on progress and the machine age. The piece questions if modern conveniences truly make life easier, comparing life now to grandparents’ times and asking whether society gains real value, safety, or happiness from rapid change.
A collage of items mentions January 30 1025 and January 39 1915 with notes on military orders in Texas, a resignation at Carnegie Library, a railroad valuation by the Texas Railroad Commission, and brief food listings and column snippets from a newspaper page.
The article attacks the Seventy third Congress for docilely approving executive demands. It argues ALL LEGISLATIVE POWERS reside in Congress and cannot be delegated. It warns the NRA oil code and Supreme Court decision threaten liberty and likens the constitution to a scrap of paper.
Palm Beach scenes mix old names and new glitter as winter residents and visitors mingle in high society. The piece profiles Mrs Margaret Emerson and sons in safari travel, Fifi Widener and Aksel Wiehfield in South Seas glamour, local sportsmen, and a wing of domestic staff from the West Indies. It notes cultural shifts, gray days, and lingering celebrity sightings amid cabana life and arching rainbows.
The piece traces early migrations into North America from Asia, noting ancient land bridges and the mingling of Mongoloid traits with Eskimo groups. It claims a “great white bird” arrived off the eastern seaboard, bringing white strangers who displaced the native peoples and ended vast indigenous lineages.
Stars and Stripes California salutes Senator Hiram Johnson with a campus style collage yell chanting Hi Hi Hi Hiram as a show of support. The event highlights Johnsons popularity among supporters across the state.
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