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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1940
Page
41
A 1934 August reprint satirizes Hollywood and Broadway gossip columns. It lists numerous famous names with playful, often false or sensational claims, mocks industry reporting, and closes with a sharp jab at Maxim Gorky and Soviet gossip.
Edwin F. Black of the U S C C at West Point pens a prize letter as cadets present arms, prompting readers to reflect on patriotic service and civic duty.
Edwin F. Black, 24, of West Point New Jersey, outlines goals for a strengthened public education system from grade school to college, a world youth congress, merit-based civil service reform, universal Social Security, and robust national defense. He lists perils like subversive propaganda, labor troubles, unemployment, crime, and political corruption. Margaret Hepler of La Crescenta, California, follows with her views.
The piece lampoons the opportunist politician known as the Career Man. It paints him as tall and distinguished yet constrained by diplomacy, noting the vanity of aristocratic dress, the limits of social maneuvering, and the endless, sometimes absurd importance of protocol. It ends with a wry verdict that the Career Man is essential only when nothing else matters.
Readers are invited to write 140 word letters on what defines Americanism in 1940. Prize ten dollars for best boy and best girl entries, plus other prizes. Eligible writers must be 30 or younger and send letters to Elsie Robinson, care of this paper or King Features Syndicate, 295 E. 45th St. New York City, by March 31.
The candidate voices a program stressing faith in God and country, higher youth standards, fair distribution of goods, affordable housing, and peace. She condemns communism and urges strict immigration limits, Americanist education, and protection for slum children to secure jobs for all willing to work.
Robert Smith of Seattle Washington outlines goals for a stronger nation. He envisions an end to poverty with a social economic order, universal medical care, aged security, marriage education, and continued peace. He calls for a return to religion as a guiding force.
Anne Brand of Bay Shore N Y articulates a symbolic wish list for America. She would grant better health education to improve child care and mental wellness, ensuring citizens have the energy to perform their duties.
Brooklyn residents Joe and Ethel discuss taxes in a long talk with humor and a young view of government. They imagine a world where all people behave and police and courts are eliminated to save money, then joke about the idea and the adults’ reactions.
Anne Seand, 24, Bay Shore New York addresses issues from better homes and hospitals to slums and public office corruption. She lists optimism as essential and cites traffic accidents as a key danger, urging collective action to reform housing, health, governance, and safety.
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