America Must Combat Racketeering Menace Across Nation
A bold call warns that racketeering has become a national institution corrupting commerce courts politics and law enforcement. It argues the menace touches every sector damages self-respect and undermines security urging swift unified action by national leaders to stamp out rackets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Camorra
Naples
Mafia
Munaclin
Sicily
Lfe
America
Ancient Indian Pithouse Found Near Tucson
Arizona archaeologists report a newly uncovered pithouse dwelling south of Tucson dated roughly to 124 A D. Discovered by Ax Tuing, it features clay floors and low curved walls, with no charcoal yet found to help date the site. Dr. Byron Cummings notes the challenge of tracing North American man’s early history due to scant written records.
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Tucson
Byron Cummings
University of Arizona
North America
Listen World! A 1935 essay by Elsie Robinson
A 1935 King Foundation piece urges readers to seek challenge and hardship to stay vital. It argues that physical and mental fitness require effort, conflict, and discipline, warning that ease breeds complacency and unhappiness for both men and women.
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Elsie Robinson
Remembering Early San Antonio Police History
A veteran officer recalls joining the San Antonio police force in the 1830s, noting mayoral figures, the old Kampmann building, the Hat Cave on Military Plaza, and a small force with payments of sixty dollars monthly. He describes cells, security features, and working across the city before City Hall's completion increased pay.
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ED Froboese
Haution Street
San Antonio
Bryan Asllaghan
Kampmann
FU Shardine
Ihe
Military Plaza
Alamo Placa
Wieity Hall
Callaghan
Child Health Day Emphasizes Milk and Nutrition
Royal S Copeland M D outlines Child Health Day to stress three core needs: proper nutrition with milk as the foundation, clean pasteurized milk, and maternal care. He warns malnutrition risks and urges balanced meals including dairy, cereals, vegetables, and fruit, plus prenatal medical exams and access to clinics when private care is unavailable.
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Chile
American Child Health Association
Lnree
Incud
Grovlinks
Wheying Festiiree Soo
1927 Local Notes and Plans From The San Antonio Light
Ten and twenty years ago items note Prince Langenburg stopping in San Antonio en route to Meaiin, the Woodlawn exchange opening in July prompting about 1000 phone numbers to switch, and secretary assignments for a Kerrville vacation camp site. Also references Andrew Carnegie addressing a National Peace conference and his belief in humanity nearing a goal of peace through universal service.
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Max Egon Iohienlole Langenburg
Bac Antonio
Meaiin
Ove
San Antonio
Harry Martyn
Southwestern Bel Telephone Company
Woodlawn Exchange
Etiquette Advice on Luncheon Silverware Placement
Reader asks for correct method to arrange silver and napkin for a lune miter four course bridge luncheon. Reply suggests napkin on left, salad fork beside plate, fruit spoon on extreme right, cake fork next to plate, or cake fork above plate in the continental style to differentiate salad and cake utensils.
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Miss de Peyster
Sugeest
Assad
Diary Notes of Broadway Gossip and City Life
A brisk, fragmentary diary of New York social life featuring Rube Goldberg, Powder River Jack, Kitty Lea, and a panorama of figures from George Bye to Texas Guinan. It weaves theater, film, Chinatown scenes, and high society, noting visits, dinners, and perceptive vignettes of late 1920s or early 1930s luminaries with brief, vivid anecdotes.
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New York
Pepys
Rube Goldberg
Falls
Powder River
Jack
Kitty Lea
Dick Berlin
Joukeyed
Sherry
A. van Beuren
George Bye
Bugs Baer
J.P. McEvoy
Kohrad Bercovich
Floyd Gibbons
Tommy Millard
Pimenta
Brooklyn
Miterd
Bremen
Geneva
Zweig
Marie Antoinette
Free Trade Fallacy Revealed in Economic Debate
Samuel Crowther argues against blanket free trade as excessive reliance on open tariffs. He insists modern commerce requires domestic industry protection and warns that economic war, not guns, could threaten American jobs. The piece contrasts British and American trade theories and cautions against overreliance on foreign demand.
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Pp Prt
Aumort Daily
Na- Hong
Saturday Evening Post
Urta
Great Britain
England
Britain
United States
Tamay
Roy
Nalonn
Annecy
Kalanice
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Arizona
Constanly
King Foun Syit
Royal S. Copeland, M. D
Ita
Rosalee Venable
Ab &J. Louis
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Etiquette
Kathryn DE Peyster
Ip & Jerry-built
Joss House
Mott Street
Anna May Wong
Mies Wong
Persoral
Masemore
Kendall
Hoop- Ja
Texas Guinan
Texas
Abe Thoughli
Montreal
Chicago
White Way
Punch Goofy
Addison Mizner
Wilson
Charles Freuauff
Washington Square Booth
Ralph. Barton
Paris
Adelaide Wilson
Francis Wilson
Tallulah Bankhead
Preston Gibson
Saranan
Zasu Pitt
Adolphe Menjou
Hollywood
Kath
Yya Carver
California
Carol Wainwright
Homer Davenport
Atos
Montague Gleas
Samuel Crowther
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