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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1939
Page
6
A dated political column argues that high taxes burden workers, asserting that top rate taxes fall on wage earners through wages, prices, and job risk. It cites Roosevelt and warns against deficits from “soak the rich” rhetoric, urging Congress to adopt sane taxation to prevent national sweating.
The article endorses moving the federal prison from Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay. Attorney General Murphy backs inland prison farms to provide occupation and rehabilitation, arguing Alcatraz is a costly eyesore and a failed deterrent. He urges a swift shift to humane, productive confinement away from dense populations.
In a piece titled Earth Hunger Edwin Markham and university scientists discuss soilless gardening using nutrient solutions indoors to grow fruit, vegetables, and flowers. The essay argues this method can combat pests drought and weed problems while reshaping labor and freedom, but notes cultural resistance and nostalgia for traditional soil farming.
Columnist Edwin C Hill cites Paul and Sumner to discuss how human minds adapt and the fantasy of ending hunger through technology. He notes Folkways argues minds are plastic and capable of new solutions while warns future debts and armaments may strangle global prosperity.
The passage portrays a troubled shift in a person’s emotional life. It warns against chasing constant intense feelings and explains that emotions arise from bodily processes, not perpetual excitement. The tone blends caution with a blunt medical explanation of mood changes and disconnection.
Elsie Robinson advises balancing energy and emotions to avoid burnout. She warns against overwork and impulsive behavior, urges steady intervals between efforts, and champions continued effort in marriage and work despite fatigue.
A garbled puzzle list promises items starting with F and includes clues about a Philadelphian death, a Little Boy Blue author, Oliver Twist characters, and a giant book size. The text blends OCR glitches with scattered names and incomplete phrases, yielding a quirky, failing-to-cohere puzzle brief.
In Washington the Californian scientist’s work is echoed by Congress missteps over farm parity payments and relief funding. The piece notes a record of memory lapses as lawmakers shuffle funds between relief, flood control, and food programs, while President Roosevelt faces party unity pressures, and labor influence shifts with A F of L traction rivaling CIO.
Dr. Herman N Bundesen discusses bone injuries and treatments including compound fractures and infections. Maggot therapy is described for cleaning wounds in osteomyelitis cases, with reported improvements in fever, pulse, and blood color, though the method is costly and painful and may require surgery in deep wounds.
Public schools in San Antonio seek relief from crowded conditions with two proposed bond issues totaling between 3.1 and 4.8 million dollars to be placed before voters within 50 days and 14 months respectively. A separate retirement of Detective Joe Harris and a pension of 126 dollars per month is noted along with a leadership reshuffle in the police department.
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