Metropolitan Area Should Back Junior College Financing Plan
San Antonio Independent School District board weighs creating a metropolitan junior college district. It would fund the college from a statewide system with shared costs, reducing burden on the SDISD while preserving elementary and high school programs. Proponents argue broader tax support would benefit the entire metropolitan area without harming city schools.
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San Antonio
San Antonio Independent School
Inside and Outside Sizzlers in Card Play Across Personalities
The Brighter Side discusses two types of sizzlers in card playing the inside and outside. It describes how players like Ben Bernie Maurice Hyaras and Max Gordon show inward heat and outward calm, using smoking and gestures to ride luck. It names Bob O'Donnell and Mulian Ager as notable outside and inside sizzlers, with playful anecdotes on their styles.
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Maurice Hyaras
Bill Coram
Bernie
Max Gordon
New York
Mulian Ager
War Department
Egypt
AtsWan
United States
Suez
Hime Seatuirer
Broadway sizzler and card tricks in Runyon tale
Damon Runyon recounts colorful figures from New York theater and gambling scenes. O'Donnell, once a booking agent and heart player, reads decks and bursts into showy bursts amid sizzle legends. Johnny Blevin, noted as Broadway’s inside sizzler, scribbles phrases during losses, kept in his pocket.
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Countenance
New York
O'Donnell
Sizzler
Alk Broadway
Johnny Blevin
Behavior Problems in Children Prompt Treatment by Social Interaction
A historical article outlines how behavior issues in children often improve when they are separated from overprotective parents and placed with peers. It highlights vomiting as a common problem, linked to parental attention, and shares a Minnesota medical case where exposure to regular meals and peer group activities stopped the vomiting after about ten days.
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Arlen
Erle K. Clarke
University of Minnesota
Deseriues
Acho
Firet
Tom
Heath
Bundesen Warns on Early Child Digestive Health and Reeducation
Dr HN Bundesen emphasizes initial full physical exams to detect any intestinal disturbance and nutrition issues in children. If disease free, focus shifts to rehabilitating the child and potentially involving parents to prevent later marital strain and economic hardship. Distribution by King Fear. Rynd fic.
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King Fear. Rynd
Fic
The Handy Homeowner Campaign and Household Tools
A humorous, opinionated piece argues for recognizing handymen in households as a common but underappreciated role. It laments missing tools, misplaced screws, and the burden on husbands and fathers while urging clearer tool storage and shared family responsibility. It jokes about tool hoarding, blueprints for better domestic organization, and promotes a nationwide push to value home repairs.
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Tenters
Jessees
Isndlormi
News Behind The News Washington-Arming of merchant ships debated
A wartime policy debate shapes around arming American merchant ships before the U.S. enters war. Officials warn armament would be ineffective against submarines, urging convoy tactics instead. Officials discuss Roosevelt’s influence, St. Lawrence treaty politics, and refugee issues tied to Hitler’s reach as U.S. defense moves shift.
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Washington
Navy
Comyieas
Robin Moor
Talstake
House
Mansfield
Roosevelt
Krudsén
OPM
St. Lawrence Project
Hinudesa
Listen World Ay Elsie Robinson Listen World
Editorial voice urges support for fair play during strikes, praising patriots who stay at work and condemning work stoppages as threats to democracy. Cites wartime context and sacrifices of past generations, warning against fascism and opportunism in the labor movement. Mentions King Feas as author and 1941 copyright.
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Nolan
Oeal
Bunker
America
Millon
Eitver
King Feas
Aynd
Sui
Local notes from June 24 1931 and June 1921
From L A Light files a 1931 item lists Leonard Adoks leading qualifiers at Brackenridge Park in a San Antonio caddits golf championship while 1921 notes theater plans for The Piper at Kampmann home lawn Oakland Street Lexington Avenue directed by Mrs Davis Moore with cast and tentative war draft figures.
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Leonard Adoks
San Antonio
Brackenridge Park
Theater
the Piper
Kampmann
Alen Lawn
Oakland Street
Lexington Ayanie
Mr. Davis-Moore
Alko Ty
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O'Donnel
Fawn
Dr. HN. Bundesen
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River Rouge
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Tnesell Welchini
Fran Altér
Cask Charge
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Marry Watts
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