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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 13, 1937

Page

7

The Menace of Parole Explains Hoover View

J Edgar Hoover writes in Cosmopolitan that parole abuse, not parole itself, harms the system. He notes the yearly 15 billion dollars spent on crime by four million offenders and argues a balanced approach favors release for non life sentences to reduce cell block distortions and return offenders to useful work.

J. Edgar Hoover Cosmopolitan Federal Bureau of Investigation

Parole Abuse and Calls for Reform Across States

The indictment claims parole as administered unleashes known criminals onto the streets. It cites an 85 percent figure from a major city and urges competent state parole boards modeled after the federal system to safely determine who may be released, arguing abolition may be necessary only as a last resort.

Flood Control Revival Looms in War Dept Measure

Senate and House conferees revive flood control efforts in the war department appropriations bill, offering a 52.5 million fund to scientifically eliminate flood causes if no conference report passes. The nation recalls last winter and spring’s Ohio and Mississippi Valley floods and faces vast potential damage to cities and farms without action.

Senate House War Department Ohio Mississippi Congress Conference Committee America

The Queen's Necklace and the Crowned Fraudsters

The tale follows Jeanne Valois and Nicolas de Lamatte as they rise through fraud and high society, forging royal favors and a famed diamond necklace. Cardinals, nobles, and jewelers collide in a sweeping chronicle of deception, luxury, and peril amid pre-revolution France.

The Queen Necklace Swindle tale told by King Pens

Narrates a convoluted swindle involving a queen, a cardinal, and a necklace sold for 8 million dollars in installments. A vacillating mistress to the countess, an audience at night in the Grove of Venus, and eventual exposure in Paris and London drive a tale of intrigue, terror, and revolution. The piece is a 1997 copy by King Pens, Sind, Inc.

Ory Paris London King Pens, Sind, Inc

Death and Life’s Parade of Purpose in a Cryptic Reflection

A fragmented meditation on death, purpose, and living fully. The speaker questions what death means and argues life lasts only when one acts, participates, and contributes amid idle, indifferent behavior. It blends quotes about Chief Justice Holmes and ideas on vitality through effort and sacrifice.

Live and move or perish says King Wean column

By Elsie Robinson anise md fortunes, hank up no goodvds but there are greater rewards san dollars. Life, itself, is the greatout reward, Ant you cannot be unless you keep stepping, 89, though your program may svea & failure from the bookkeeping anide, it 45 100 per cent successful if it keeps you to circulation. You Vve if you keep moving, mentally, spiritually, physically. You die if you stop, even though you may still exist, comfortably and complacently, for 50 more years. "To live is to synction. How long would a man live if his fatiga, liver and heart-stopped pro ducing or eliminating? Not many seconds. Fair he dies, just as surely if his emotions stop performing. If he no longer burns with a desire, throbs with pity, quickens with in dignation. The mind and the spirit are as importest for our survival on the Mesh. A glarved heard will bump you, off as quickly asm starved Alomagty, Th yo want proof, Jook Around al some of the people you know-already old fogles though SAM in Chelle 20's, Don't count your pulse and con vulb the calendar to determine your Jenkth of Ife, Check your cutioal dea, sympathies, enthualiems, Aak yourself how long it is since you had a new idea , ricked a new step . . . made a new resolution? How long, also, since you elim inated any old, toxic peeves and prejudices? Answer those questions honestly. Maybe you'll be surprised! Sopy't, 1037, by King wean, fynda Inc.

Hank Sam King Wean, Fynda Inc

Historical knowledge quiz prompts and garbled phrases

A garbled OCR style quiz item asks to match historical events and texts to numbers. It includes items about Charles I, General Abercrombie, Crimean War timing, Burgoyne’s surrender, Heston tea party, Gettysburg address, Mayflower Compact, Star Spangled Banner, We the People phrase, and Declaration of Independence, with corrupted words and formatting.

Charles I of England Abercrombia Ede Ee Burgoyne Heston Quebec Garfield Gettysburg United States Pealurca Spadicalo

Fractured Echoes Ramirez Bank Case Discussed

A garbled note references a man attempting to alter his wife’s bank balance amid a metaphorical split of emotions. Distinct entities include unnamed parties and a financial alteration concept, with no clear dates or locations. The fragment hints at personal conflict and financial manipulation.

Worldly gadabout Tippy Grey roams from Cairo to Paris

A lively profile of New York born traveler Tippy Grey, a permanent bachelor and prolific globe trotter. The piece sketches his impromptu arrivals and departures, musical talents, and wit, from coffee at Shepherd’s in Cairo to piano at the Moulin Rouge, reflecting a restless, restless era figure.

Pruritus of the Anus and Related Skin Irritations

A medical overview explains pruritus analis and related skin itching caused by local irritation infection or inflammation. It notes triggers such as hemorrhoids constipation colitis infections and parasites, and discusses severe forms like idiopathic pruritus. Emphasis is on hygiene washing with antiseptics drying and powders and treating underlying conditions.

Brooks field new commander arrives for relief at Kelly

Maj. Shepler W. Fitzgerald arrives at Brooks field to relieve Maj. James B. Chaney as Brooks assumes command. Formerly at Kelly, Maj. Fitzgerald will take over the primary flying school while Maj. Pittegerald returns from Washington. Also notes Rev. William H. Joyner's revival in Buda Texas with 50 responses.

Shepler W. Fitzgerald Brooks Field Brooks James B. Chaney Dutter Kelly Field Kelly Pitggerald Washington William H. Joyner Beaton HH “Baptist Church Buda Texas

Quotations on Wisdom and Virtue From Classic Authors

A collage of aphorisms from Horace to Dryden and Pope to Dryden. The sayings touch on innocence, learning from mistakes, order, and the balance of truth and mystery in guiding people.

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