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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 12, 1949

Page

3

Trinity Booster Club Aims to Make San Antonio a Top Texas University

San Antonio urged to form a Trinity University Booster Club and pledge 100000 dollars annually to back Trinity, an old Texas institution adopting the city as its permanent home. The plan envisions campus expansion, stronger faculty, and broader music drama athletics and graduate programs to position Trinity among Texas universities.

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The Bend in the Coyote Trail A Western Reverie

A narrator reflects on life’s woes while riding the Sierra highlands along an ancient Indian trail. The landscape shifts from gold to emerald seas, revealing imagined beaches, ivory castles, and vast, changing horizons that offer a rare moment of wonder amid troubles.

Pardner Sierra

Mirage on the apricot beaches and the trail ahead

By Elsie Robinson reflects on illusion and disappointment as a trek continues. She urges perseverance, describing a mirage filled landscape with dust, shadows, vultures, and an old steer’s skull while promoting the idea of being a sport and moving forward.

Willie Biz

Filibuster stamina noted in Senate clash with Dixiecrats

President Truman’s latest bombshell stirs Dixiecrats and wary Republicans into a possible protracted filibuster. Reportedly, lawmakers plan nonstop sessions to exhaust the debate while a veteran Arkansas lawyer once spoke 37 hours straight. A Maine counterexample followed with 42 hours without repetition.

Arkansas Maine

Letter to the Editor Questions Roosevelt Family Criticism

A reader complains about the newspaper’s content and accuses the Roosevelt family of political influence. The letter demands fewer Roosevelt items and expresses long-term readership and frustration with modern issues.

Isaiah’s Promise Of Peace For Trusting Minds

Brief religious quotation notes that those who keep their thoughts fixed on Thea in steadfast trust gain perfect peace, per Isaiah 26:3. The verse emphasizes faith and mental focus as sources of serenity.

Thea

Broadway Heartbeat and Nightlife Snapshots in New York

Walter Winchell surveys a bustling scene on Broadway and Fifth Avenue with Mrs Babe Ruth, Nelson Waterbury, Arthur Miller, Roberto Rossellini, Lili Fors Andre Kostelanetz, Gene Austin, and other luminaries. He notesUpcoming records by Vaughan Monroe, a jail visit involving a Soviet liaison, and chatter about Gable Lombard romances, theatre figures, and late-night haunts. The column captures social legends, celebrity sightings, and musical intrigue in 1940s New York.

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Pegler Urges Self Defense In Riots Across States

Pegler argues courts in Iowa and Illinois uphold citizen self defense when facing fear of death or injury or damage to property. He cites Michigan governor and 1930s UAW riots, claims police flinch and citizens fire first, noting acquittals. He references Kalamazoo Shakespeare Products incident where police, outnumbered, began to shoot only if necessary.

Right to Kill Goons Upheld by Courts

A 1943 report discusses legal arguments justifying lethal self defense by citizens during labor unrest. It cites police hesitancy, rioting, and a pattern of armed confrontations, noting a view that law abiding citizens may shoot in self defense when the state fails to restore order. The piece references the Michigan shutdown strikes of 1937 and prior incidents in Chicago, framing the right to repel attackers as necessary. The analysis attributes such positions to King-Treuban Syndicate.

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Health Talks on Dentists Detecting Mouth Cancers Early

Dr Hérman Ne Bundesen argues dentists see mouth and facial cancers earlier than physicians, citing a hospital study where dentists identified more than a third of mouth cancer cases. He urges immediate action for any nonhealing mouth ulcers or suspicious growths, stressing early treatment saves lives.

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Hoover commission urges sweeping reorganization of federal power

The Hoover commission led by Herbert Hoover asks Congress to grant President Truman extraordinary authority to reorganize the executive branch. It proposes centralized civilian control over the military budget and services, tighter economy, and improved coordination between foreign policy and defense. The plan awaits Congress to pass the pending government reorganization bill.

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Ten and Twenty Years Ago March 12 1939

A compact retrospective notes political humor amid business figures, marking March 12 1939. Mentions Don Politico shedding tears for the sad spectacle of businessmen in politics and references a 1929 event about a new national memorial proposal by sculptor Gaston Borgkun and congress. Also recalls Berlin officers and US occupation troops, a 1908 San Antonio vignette, and earlier New Braunfels and Soledad street gunfire incidents from late 19th century.

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