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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1928

Page

6

Peace and reform plan from Hearst Papers

A multi item platform calls for English speaking peacetime alliance, proportional Senate representation with at least two Senators per state, reapportionment in the House, a united Defense Department under a Secretary, abolition of illiteracy under a Secretary of Education, and elections in November with presidential inauguration the following January.

Hearst Papers United States Senate House of Representatives Department of the Army Navy Air Forces Secretary of National Defense United States Education

Mechanical Equation And The Human VER 80 Percent Of Accidents

An essay argues 80 percent of auto crashes stem from the mechanical equation defective brakes lights and steering and that human negligence drives most failures. The Save-A-Life campaign calls drivers to obey laws and use common sense to reduce preventable collisions and assign individual responsibility.

Studying Credit PULIAN GOLDMAN Proposes National Review

Merchant Pulian Goldman suggests a national conference to examine installment buying, noting high usage across furniture and appliances last year and a total turnover around 6.5 billion dollars. He calls for a thorough evaluation to identify weak spots and improve understanding of the practice.

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Farm Relief Aims to Boost Vocational Agriculture Education

Basic farm relief emphasizes education to fit farm keys for success. It cites millions of youths in public schools aged fourteen to twenty-one, only ten percent receiving farming instruction. With 11,561 rural high schools, under 30 percent offer vocational agriculture, urging a cabinet-level education department and expanded federal aid. Attention highlights another farming need.

Department of Education Representang

Prosperity Reserve for public works policy debated

Prospective federal support for public works would top up funds beyond routine levels, directed by the President when business falls by ten percent. The measure faces hurdles in accurately measuring declines and political bias in barometers as Congress weighs a bill to appropriate 140 million dollars.

Congress

Piscatorial Paradise by Garrett P Serviss Explores Gulf of Maine

Noted science writer Garrett P. Serviss describes Georges Bank and the Gulf of Maine, detailing water depths from 500 feet to over 5000 feet, the Gulf Stream, and the rim that meets Nantucket Shoals. He explains why the Gulf remains cooler year round, emphasizing local heat absorption, vertical stability, and tidal stirring as key factors, with Bay of Fundy as a contrasting mixer.

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Growing Children and the Need for More Food

An editorial notes that growing children require substantial daily nutrition to build bone and muscle. It argues regular meals, including school lunches, support health and prevent irritability, citing broad concern across income levels and stressing early meals by 10 o clock to avoid hunger.

Murat Hong Mauscle

Fear and Cowardice in the Face of Danger

A reflection on the difference between fear and cowardice, arguing courage is action despite fear. The piece cites examples like Sergeant Jasper and Arnoll Winkelread, noting true bravery lies in performing duty while inwardly afraid. It asserts fear is natural, and courage comes from continuing despite trembling, with examples of mothers and soldiers showing heroism under emotional strain.

Beaven Jasper Arnoll Winkelread Mother Joye Eoran

Dinosaurs and Big Corporations Lessons From the Sun

A reflective piece traces dinosaur extinction theories from volcanic dust to sun rays and predators, then draws a parallel to modern corporate giants. It argues big entities may vanish when they outgrow usefulness, while acknowledging current value of large scale ventures.

Dr. Marshall University of Virginia

THEIR FIRST JOBS By Philip Nowlan

From a leading Pacific coast banker, originally a lawyer, who practiced in Colfax Washington. Through professional connections he moved into banking and led Exchange National Bank Spokane and several others. He served as director of the Spokane bureau of Federal Reserve and held four seats in the state senate before moving to Marin County California to become president of Marin County Savings Bank.

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Figures of Speech In English Pedagogy Through Cocker

The article notes Edward Cocker, born about 1631 and died 1676, as a prominent English language teacher and author of Arithmetik and a Guide to Pronmanship. His posthumous Works and the phrase According to Cocker influenced older writers though now rare. Pepys praises his skill in engraving.

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Fragmented Creature Lore Of Unnamed Fish Lore

An OCR fragment discusses fantastical fish and strange lore about nature and transformation. It mentions a fisherman returning home with peculiar “cyriogy Unt” and notes a mysterious vanishing of “fisherman’s monhee” as the creature becomes altered after leaving water.

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