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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1933
Page
6
The piece argues for a manufacturers sales tax as emergency revenue to fund relief and public works, then retain it to cut income tax burdens. It condemns high income taxes as hindering thrift and investment, urging a science based tax reform to stimulate industry and employment.
The piece argues that a Texas legislature proposal to raise the minimum public school age from six to seven hurts the poor by forcing early school-leaving to support families. It claims economy motives drive fewer teachers and broader harm, portraying Selfish Politics and False Economy as grim sisters challenging state progress.
A reminiscence of New York literary scenes in the 1910s and 1920s echoes through Luchow's on Fourteenth Street now. Dudley Field Malone and other figures dine under a mellow, bustling atmosphere. The narrative recalls Hofbrau’s wartime patriotism, friends like Victor Herbert and Theodore Dreiser, and the author’s youthful ambitions, jobs, and the early days on Park Row and Hahn’s.
Elsie Robinson urges readers to stop explaining themselves and accept the mystery of their own behavior. She argues that no one can fully justify actions and that true connection comes from kindness and mutual support rather than explanations.
A fragmentary column discusses marriage and gender roles, arguing women seek masculine guidance and security at home. It critiques the idea of a husband as a social asset, notes women’s reliance on male advice, and jokes about the appeal of a man’s presence in domestic life. The piece offers satirical observations on marriage as a gamble and the allure of stability.
An illustrated note recalls famous American war phrases from Revolution demands at Ticonderoga to Civil War battles and World War I praise. It honors Colonel Charles FE Stanton, credited with "Lafayette, we are here," who died in San Francisco as his famed lines resound beside a hero’s tomb in Paris.
Civil aviation shows rapid growth with 1,046,988 passengers in six months of 1982 split between scheduled lines and other operators. Aircraft traveled 70,720,568 miles with 1,164 accidents, including 76 passengers and 4 pilots dead, while 644,948 miles were flown per fatality.
A fragmented reminiscence by R. W. Gramam from 1207 West Ridgewood Carrt describes a Sunday queue for horse and buggy at church time. The narrator recalls social norms, a driver assisting a woman, and a boy observing, with memory of young life and local street scenes.
May 17 1923 reports Mayor Tobin and Colnmbionora Phil Wright and Ray Lambert in conference on flood prevention plans to be undertaken after Inkr administration takes office. Also notes the anniversary celebration of the Unirtyetira organization in Brackenridge park and a Del Rio trip by J Savage with Mrs Bedel-Moore from San Antonio.
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