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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1933
Page
5
The Texas Democratic Party faces a mandate to liberalize prohibition as nationwide acceptance of beer policy grows. Leaders argue Austin must follow Washington, revise the Walstead and Dean laws, and allow 3.2 beer to align with the national trend and public sentiment.
A survey of 80,644 public schools shows 1,404,995 high school girls, 643,235 or 38.6 percent, took home economics in 1931-32. Courses exist in 80 percent of city high schools and 64 percent of county high schools, with 64 percent of elementary schools offering them in large cities. In California, 46,500 of 122,215 high school girls studied home economics, underscoring its continued societal strength through girls' training.
Calling Out Bison Canada maintains a top buffalo herd with 8000 animals, culling three-year-olds for distribution to hotels and restaurants. Meat aids distressed Indigenous communities while hides, robes, and rugs support park upkeep and Canada’s status as keeper of the world’s best bison herd.
The article notes German scientists under wartime blockade pressure developing a chemical process led by Nobel laureate Prof. Friedrich Bergius to convert ordinary timber into a high grade protein for bread. Wood biscuits, costing about the same as ordinary bread, claim higher nutrition and calories, equating to a ham sandwich in value.
A fragmented retrospective recalls fall night fear and wild geese as a child steps from bed into darkness then shifts to a Oklahoma reservation stockade memory. The piece blends nature and culture with personal crisis, then moves to wedding etiquette notes on guest cards and timely thank-you letters.
The article notes a growing trend among former city dwellers toward isolated country living with space for farms and gardens. It cites Long Island and New Jersey residents, plus Maryland Connecticut and Pennsylvania regions, moving toward hillside plots with water, sheds, and simple utilities to escape modern city pressure.
In San Antonio on March 22 1933 writers ponder the gloom and the bright new venues like the Bagdad and the revamped Trexy and Roxy The piece weaves in social notes from Hollywood to Boston with comic asides about deaf Boston dogs and a manager’s humorous phone rebuke amid a collage of cultural reflections.
The Dowager Duchess D'Axes, aged almost 86, defies aging myths by riding her horse and hunting with Wolfhounds near Rambouillet. The feature notes her fame among Americans in Paris and the duchess’s famed horse D'Uzer, hounds, and hospitality as proof age need not define vitality.
Ten and twenty years back in The San Antonio Light with notes on Proat prediction for tomorrow and an injunction filing over Alamo Heights building restrictions. Reports from San Angelo mention auction lines for wool and a horse sale tied to illness of Helen Rowland. A 1913 item notes aviators Graham and Millin may attempt a Galveston to San Antonio flight pending a new passenger distance record. A bay mare and a black runabout are held by police after being found by Pollerman Murphy and towed from Alamo Street.
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