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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 09, 1940

Page

18

Why Abolish Air Safety Board Why Abolish Air Safety Board

President Roosevelt moves to make abolishing the air safety board a partisan issue via an executive reorganization order and to place aeronautics under the commerce department as a bureau. Critics note the act was approved by a Democratic Congress with Republican support, and question the motive and independence of moving authority to a department with a prior poor safety record.

Roosevelt Air Safety Board Department of Commerce White House House Congress House of Representatives Senate Pat McCarran Nevada Clarence F. Lea California McCarran Representative Lea Senator McCarran Mr. Roosevelt Lea Air Line Pilots’ Association Civil Aeronautics Authority Jack Cochran Missouri

Getting the Breaks By Edwin C. Hill

A fragmented reminiscence about Slats and a punch-bowl that alters a life in Brooklyn. A narrator reflects on heredity and environment while recounting how a rough character rises socially after a lucky break.

Edwin C. Hill

Mothers Are Made Not Born On Mothers Day

The author argues true motherhood is deliberate and costly rather than automatic. Mothers prove enduring devotion through daily sacrifice, self denial, and struggle, resisting sentimentality to love and care for children beyond personal desire. The piece reflects on the reader’s mother and the author’s own experience as a mother, citing religious imagery and personal sacrifice.

Wietuth Jange

What Do You Know What is the name for

The item lists a jumble of questions on topics from handwriting quality to funeral hymns, outline shadows, palmistry, facial distortion, cartography, insanity signs, aerial views, sins, airfield terms, blood color, bishop seats, stamps, quilting cotton, torso, and a whalewhacking spear, ending with a prompt to turn to the Managing Page for answers.

Bishop's Stall King Feowurea Syndicate

Stomach Trouble by Dr Herman N Bundesen

A medical overview explains stomach trouble often stems from gastritis inflamed stomach lining. It highlights gastrocope use for diagnosis, lists causes including alcohol abuse and infections, and advises medical exams and dietary changes to treat gastritis. Strong entities include Mayo Clinic physician Dr George Bouster man and references to gastric conditions.

George B. Eousterman Mayo Clinic King Fras. Bynd., Inc

1830s municipal bond election and voting irregularities report

Ten and twenty years ago on May 9 1830 reports describe a municipal bond vote of 4 816 000 contested amid irregularities including voting by nonlisted names and repeat voting. Maury Maverick vowed Amarilla would not open the ballot box in court amid evidence. Dr. Clark Buckner noted a church call in San Antonio and Amarilla. May 9 1920 item mentions officers discarding overseas uniforms per war department order and property sale at Went Houston fronting with a 70 000 purchase of a bank site leading to new building plans.

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Washington gridlock over court power and lobbying fear

The piece reports on Congress debating to curb executive lobbying and court review of agencies, with Justice Black's stance cited. It notes Senate leaders, Roosevelt actions, and mixed political maneuvering as lawmakers and pilots protest civil service consolidation and air safety claims. The piece paints a tense, partisan atmosphere ahead of conventions and inquiries.

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