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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1936
Page
7
Poem airing fears over the Black Committee probing private mail and desks. It attacks the senator search of personal space and constitutional rights with satirical verse about prying groups and spying.
John Renny Hamimond Jr, president of the Hot Clubs, describes a nationwide swing devotion with jam sessions for jitter-bugs. He notes swing’s roots in Negro culture, its improvised history from illiteracy, and the music’s European popularity since 1927, predicting a future surge then a decline in America.
Mrs Mabel Slocum Fisher a 57 year old Hamburg New York grandmother spent ten years at New York University. She will graduate June 10 with a bachelor of arts and plans to pursue a doctor of philosophy degree. The article argues government efforts to ease access for students are less effective than personal determination.
A collage of diary notes and celebrity glimpses from New York society. The piece mentions Betty Rogers inviting writers to tea, a Meredith Nicholson jester, and a Bath and Mi Japan possessor. It covers Dean Cornwell murals for the Detroit Athletic Club, a Queen Catherine Dinner, and Albert Keller’s creme caramel at the Ritz. Also previews a recent Ava Rand Town Hall speech on individualism, and notes on The Tongchemps restaurant chain, tipping ban, and various socialites and scenes on Asti’s and Treth street.
From the files of the A Light June 1548 reports para chute jumps by Sergeant C. C. Plage and Private Boo Bing in a plane piloted by First Dieak over Kellyfeld. Florence Griswald named Pan-American Round Table delegate to Bolivar congress in Panama City. In 1916 San Antonio auto dealers consider Sunday closure. Claude V. Birkhead to command Battery FP First Texas Pier artillery for organizational work.
A reflective poem about a gardener narrator who seeks beauty and peace in a walled garden yet fears its unsettling safety. She compares herself to garden slugs, fears confrontation, and longs for reality and growth beyond complacent retreats, praying for deserved hardship if needed.
The text explains that until 1913 senators were chosen by state legislatures, but the Seventeenth Amendment established popular election. It contrasts direct elections for major offices with other systems where groups select leaders, and emphasizes government by the people rather than monarchic rule.
A compact collection of aphoristic lines about wisdom and human folly. Includes Latin proverbs and attributed sayings from Publilius Syrus and Pliny the Elder, touching on home, injury, and learning from others. The fragments convey timeless reflections rather than a single news event.
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