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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1944
Page
6
New York City's high schools showcase co operative education as a practical system keeping students in school during wartime. Grace Brennan, assistant director, notes registrations rose from 2042 in 1943 to 2051 in 1944 as pupils earn while learning and gain job experience.
Washington voices critique Bretton Woods plan, calling it a one way foreign trade scheme that shifts wealth with credits while risking non repayment. Analysts warn imports undercut American industry and urge a balanced policy with equal exchange of goods to fortify future needs.
The piece argues conventions fail to be deliberative bodies as galleries swell with crowds and pressure groups shape outcomes. It cites Roosevelt era, Byrnes, Wallace votes, and media interference, noting delegates mostly defer to master leaders while speeches mislead, and the formal platform drafting hinges on prearranged bargains.
By George E. Sokolsky compares the 1928 and 1933 conventions to a circus, noting loud crowds and spectacle. He argues the events mark a shift as old parties yield to new leadership, with southern Democrats losing control to New York Chicago and Jersey City bosses and to the GTO amid powerless delegates.
In old notes the craft is believed to have originated in Syria or Egypt. Arabs held that sacred trees are haunted by angels or jinns. American hawks largely do not kill poultry or small birds.
The piece rails at postwar demagoguery and pacifist strains in America. It warns of renewed Nazism, political spin, and the need for transparent peace plans, urging voters to demand voting records and vocal public accountability. It condemns opportunism and stresses unity for lasting peace.
The piece attacks Franklin D Roosevelt as immature and inexperienced, citing New York governance, New Deal programs, and Pearl Harbor. It praises Thomas E Dewey as mature, experienced, and decisive, listing his eleven years in public service and various offices.
A humorous Texas frontier yarn about Ben Wade the eater and sleeper. The captain wakes Wade early for a deer hunt and Wade asks if dinner is ready, illustrating his famed napping habit and practical joke value in frontier life.
Jeering crowds and labor agitators swarmed the West Side industrial district, blocking more than 2,000 workers and bringing shelling industry to a standstill. Pickets halted operations, while later passages recall a 1924 frontier tale and a courtroom note on auditorium land disputes.
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