Ickes Proposal Threatens Veterans With Bogus Bonus
Harold L Ickes proposes a gold brick bonus in kind as ownership shares in government war plants. The editorial blasts the plan as impractical and demagogic, arguing veterans would gain obsolete assets, lack capital, and face economic failure against established firms. It urges voters to replace “new deal” leadership in November.
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Harold L. Ickes
Interior
Commonwealth Club
San Francisco
Ickes
Bonehead School of New Deaf
Roosevelt
New Deal
Mr. Ickes
Hearst
Tekes
The
America
Walter Winchell on New York's oddities and landmarks
A bustling portrait of New York's quirks and sights from the old era, noting dozen-street patterns, Battery Park signals, famed streets and buildings, and curious facts about welfare, crime, and culture. It highlights Liberty, diversity, and the city’s enduring theatrical spirit through colorful anecdotes and local lore.
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Becomd Avenue
Broadway
190Th Street
Sheri~ Dan Square
Atery
Heng Far Low
Hort End
Battery Park
Wait Street
States
80Th Street
Eighth Avenue
Central Park West
Ninth Avenue
Columbus Avenue
Tenth Avenue
Amsterdam Avenue
Eleventh Avenue
West End Avenue
New York
Department of Welfare
Woodlawn Cemetery
Bool
Vih Avenue
Mohammed Ali
Bowery
George Washington
General Washington
Globe
Vth Avenue
Elly Men
These Days by George E Sokolskey
A 1944 editorial argues Sewell Avery was ousted from Montgomery Ward by soldiers to enforce union dues. It questions wartime legality, cites Dies Committee connections, warns of government and union collusion, and urges Americans to defend constitutional rights against domestic tyranny.
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Montgomery Ward
Sewall Avery
Sewell Avery
United Retail, Wholesale, God Department Store Employes of America
Dies Committee
Lesgut
For Peace and Democracy
Citizens Committee
Bert Browder
The
Daily Worker
Sidney Hillman
I. O. Political Action Committee
C. I
Political Action Committee
Martin Dies
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C
United States
Hing Feat
Those Texans by James Farber
The piece explores Judge Roy Bean famed as the Langtry sage and his grandiose verbal rituals. It notes his use of the phrase Law West of the Pecos and describes marriage ceremony pronouncements and a notable licensure mishap, illustrating Bean’s legal style and local esteem.
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United States
Plate
Texas
Low West
Roy Bean
del Rio
Langtry
May Day 1934 San Antonio Speak-Easy Atmosphere Shifts
May 2 1934 District court grand jury refused to indict four men charged with violation of the Dean law. The era of tight liquor controls softened as the legal stance shifted this afternoon in San Antonio.
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San Antonio
Roosevelt army seizure at Montgomery Ward sparks constitutional debate
Washington columnist Paul Mallon analyzes how government action and company resistance intertwined in the Montgomery Ward case. The dispute centers on a renewed union election, force majeure by the War Labor Board, and broader implications for Roosevelt's labor policy, wages, and court review.
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Paul Mallon Washington
Roosevelt Army
Montgomery Ward
CTO Fanion
CIO
War Labor Board
En Section
Liver Cirrhosis and Its Symptoms and Care
Cirrhosis of the liver is fairly common and often linked to excess alcohol but can occur in non drinkers. It mainly affects ages 40 to 60 and shows symptoms such as upper abdomen pain fullness belching gas loss of appetite weight loss and sometimes jaundice. Advanced cases reveal abdominal veins swollen limbs edema enlarged spleen and blood in stool or vomit. Treatment emphasizes high protein diet with vitamins especially vitamin B complex thiamine and niacin along with brewer’s yeast and plant based proteins.
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King Peas. Syn. Inc
San Antonio
Get Our Boys Home to the Editor of The Light
A plea urging negotiation with Japan to free American and Filipino prisoners held by the Japanese in the Philippines and beyond. It argues existing protests and Swiss mediation fail, proposes leveraging Russia as an ally to press for humane intercession, and asserts the nation’s duty to rescue the captives promptly.
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Sewell Avery
The
United States
Washington
Chicago
the Light
Philippines
American State Department
Japan
Russia
Wail Subscription Rates By Region And Texas Rates
The notice lists subscription prices for Wail by region including Texas daily and Sunday rates, daily except Sunday, and Sunday only. It notes Mexico and Sag Aplonio areas with corresponding rates and mentions delivery by carrier and agent paths. It concludes with postal filing details stating second class matter at San Antonio post under act of March 8, 1887.
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Texas
Mexico
Sag Aplonio
Absmo
Tw Poatattion
San Antonio
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Block Exchange
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Tallor
Front Street
Manhattan
Fort Washington Point
Nassau Streel
Federal Reverve Bank
Police Department
LaGuardia
Weather Bureau
Hudson
Tires
Public Library
RCA
Radio City
Camiegie Hall
New York Central
Hattie
Lexington
40Th
78Rd Street
Riverside Drive
Charles M. Schwab
180Th Street
NBC
Brooklyn Bridge
Park Avenue
Harlem
Bollevue
Mount Morris Park
Christopher Street
Hess
George E. Sokolsky
James Farber
5. A. Light Files
Robert Menefee
Main Avenue High School
Menefee
Austin
Beaumont Inds
Austin Country Club
WLB
Tsehed
George Meade
James Tanham
Texas Company
National Labor Relations Board
WEB
NLRB
U10
Mr. Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Congress
King
H. N. Bundesen
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