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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1934
Page
9
A reflective piece links crime history and cosmetic surgery to broader issues of national policy. It notes banditry, wartime disruptions, and a shift toward modern ideas, while discussing German embargoes, French and Japanese trade, and U S protectionism. It critiques idle farming, tariff disputes, and the idea that inactivity could lead to social decay, ending with a nod to ancient rulers and the fate of captured foes.
Senate votes to approve the House wage plan amid debate in Washington D C. The measure aims to adjust pay scales and labor standards, marking a milestone for workers. Matuhaf is noted in the proceedings.
The House and Senate debated veterans benefits and pay cuts with House pay amendments aiming for White House approval. A $64,000,600 savings was reported by concurring in House provisions. Restore one-third of the 45 percent pay cut as of February 7, about $26,000,000, while a $128,000,000 cost looms for next fiscal year. Senate provisions would restore $26,000,000 and the full 15 percent with higher cost. Question focused on cost of veterans provisions between $110,000,000 and $雕160,000,000.
Corning works poured twenty tons of blue-white glass into a brick mold for a giant telescope lens. When annealed and ground, the disk will be 200 inches in diameter and 26 inches deep, later shipped to California for final assembly. A separate Houston dispatch reports James F. Shipman surrendering to authorities, citing haunting memories of a crime five years past in Memphis.
Weatherman J H Darboo predicts a mild Tuesday with a 40 degree overnight low, then a sharp rise to 70 by afternoon and 65 Tuesday. Light north winds, 0.48 inch of rain in the past 24 hours, and gardens benefiting from recent moisture amid a brief mild spell.
Partly cloudy for San Antonio Monday night and Tuesday with a low around 40 and a high near 66. North winds light to moderate, coastal details noted for the northwest and north central. West Texas mostly partly cloudy Monday night into Tuesday with north winds.
A congressional inquiry into alleged Roosevelt administration plots to overthrow the government was introduced by Rep. Welwas Wink Burk, with hearings planned. The measure seeks a five member panel to probe radical statements and actions amid a broad labor united fronts amid the New Deal era.
Professor William F. Ogburn of the University of Chicago rebutted Dr. William A. Wirt of Gary Indiana who accused brain trust members of pursuing ideology over recovery. Ogburn argued no member is uninterested in healing and restoring the nation's economy, defending the group amid tension over policy direction.
Dr William Wirt renews charges of radicalism against the Roosevelt administration and says he would gladly appear before a congressional committee to amplify the claim that ten advisers plot revolution. A call to a special committee to slim the charges was discussed as the superintendent of schools weighs the inquiry.
In Puente Vel Inca Argentina dynamite will be used to move ice bound bodies of six men from the downed Grace plane wreckage 20 months after the Pan American airliner disaster. The body of a boy aboard the Grace was brought here yesterday.
The Hearst papers have raised wages and shortened hours in line with NRA goals and added reductions in non regulated departments. They defend independence from party labels, embracing Jeffersonian rights and Lincolnian constitutional ideals, and reject radical departures or alien policies, continuing in their editorial stance across pages.
A powerful thunder squall struck New Orleans on March 26 injuring many as it toppled at least 78 houses in Edgewood Tivn-tlonk area. An hour later 10 dead were reported with a baby missing presumed buried under debris. Wreckage spread along Admonaster canal toward Lake Pontchartrain as downed poles, gas mains and live wires disrupted the five-block zone.
A pending resumption of work in Massachusetts and New Hampshire shoe factories signals a possible settlement path. About 8126 hands had been on strike, with the labor action looming on the industrial horizon today.
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