Vandenberg Defends Tariff Policy Against Free Trade Push
Senator Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan argues for a protective tariff stance against Hull Wallace policies and free trade moves. He outlines five propositions: shield farmers from foreign crops, protect industry and labor, oppose so called tariff bargains, reject export dependence for prosperity, and build domestic self containment. He calls for cross party cooperation to tailor external economic policy to home needs amid high unemployment and selective future trade.
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Hull
Wallace
Roosevelt
Senate
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Hersays
New Deal
Mr. Hull
George N. Peek
NRA
Vandenberg
State Department
Natrow
Command Your Life Plan For Clear Focus And Action
An exhortation urges decisive goal setting and steady daily planning to master the situation, promising life opens to the disciplined mind. It discusses organizing thoughts and resisting interruptions, then shifts to a wartime note about Japanese book matches threatening American industry and testimony from the American Match Institute dated April 22, 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Robinson
Napoleon
Mussolini
Alexander the Great
Sheriff Wilkinson
Dep
Smith Walla
Covington
J. Willicombe
Willian Randolph Grop
Hearst
Angeles Examiner
Ftory
Willirombe
Bhese
HG. Traute
Diamond Match Company
Traute
Dia- Match Company
Enno
Telfer
American Match Institute
Lexington Avenue
New York City
Japanese Matchboard Tactics Undercut American Makers
A letter to the American match industry details how Japanese production uses a cheap 6 cent per day fiber and a serial American process to smuggle matchboard into Japan. It argues Japan undersells U.S. book matches by about 50 percent, keeping prices low despite high American costs. The writer thanks Hearst publications for fighting Japanese imports and signs as X Eble, Manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Ameriaa
Tam
Sod
Hearst
Civic Rejuvenation Organization for Civic Improvement
A fragmented civic text argues for a united chamber of commerce to advance community growth. Emphasizes loyalty, universal sufficiency, and collective effort, noting commerce groups improve advocacy and funding prospects for San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Wales
Ail
Incoherent Soviet engagement tale sparks curiosity
Fragmentary text discusses dancers bound for Russia with pay claims and unclear references to a Lay version Brotherhood and U.S. State Department figures. Mentions Moscow, rubles, and a dubious financial arrangement, suggesting a problematic or fictitious scenario without clear names or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Americas
Russia
Phillips
Moscow
Eller
State Department
Belon
Etiquette Pointers from Dear Miss DePeyster
A reader asks about a small house wedding and hat wearing for the bride’s mother and sister. Advice says the hostess should not wear a hat, guests may drive their own cars, and maid service for a luncheon may be trimmed. Proper soup sipping and hand use are outlined, with the lady on the right of the gentleman as the usual seating rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherin
Miss DePeyster
Wheat Farmers to Ballot on Control
Wheat farmers across the belt plan secret ballots on May 20 to decide whether the AAA should continue to guide their marketing efforts. Voters will weigh a long history of price supports and contracts amid concern over farm policy and market stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
AAA
10 and 20 Years Ago From L A Light Files
May 23 1945 notes report Baylor University professor becoming editor manager at The Light and a San Antonio boy moving to Sophomore status. mentions Stocklard of Bryan Texas visiting San Antonio for installing Robert Ball as Grand Knight. discusses Confederate monument debate and a visitor from Gutron Borgluin. death at San Antonio city hospital linked to narcotics prohibition enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L.A
Uetry Bales Stocklard
Bryan
Texas
Mt San Antonio
Robert &, Ball
Grand Knights Templar Commandery
San Antonio
Falltaye
Parking lot brawl erupts on Seventh Avenue in New York
A wild street fight broke out last evening as two men argued over a parking space on Seventh Avenue. The melee drew a large crowd, required police intervention, and left several combatants bruised. Witnesses recounted slugs, shadows boxing, and a final scramble into a patrol wagon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Seventh Avenue
Cincinnati
Jack's
Bustanoby's
Thirty-ninth Street
Red
Ettel
Aoe
Black Magic In Jungle Town Brooklyn Exposes Voodoo Trade
A long article describes a Brooklyn neighborhood near the Navy yard where British scientists study primitive superstitions and martial arts. It details shops offering talismans, animal bone powders, and magical rituals including feathery charms, running streams, and a feared ogre tale Talia Virja. It portrays local importers from Caribbean and Asian traditions selling remedies for courage, love spells, and protection, amid sensational, cautionary notes on dangerous rites and old world beliefs.
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Edwin C. Hill
Tae
Brazil
DeKalb Avenue
Brooklyn
Dungie Town
Navy Yard
Manhattan
Matto Grasso
West Indies
Talia Virja
Asia
Jungle
Talla
Linis Teasan
Mely
Harlera
King Fens
Syrd
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Pach AtHe
the College
Secret
de Peyster
Questa
Tole
Fon Giles
Ale Jarker
Wali Elinbe
Jimmie Pfiester
Woske
Tor Mew
Btone
Ld Gutron Borgluin
McIntyre
Billy Baxter
Jack
Tad
Dot
Joy
Curom Club
Walter P. ‘Chrysters
John Jacob Alors
Dyke Biddle
Jeritza
Princess
Pip
Dolly Olvlensky
Winnieed King Rugg
Powys
Chris
Sopher Marley
Pulitzer
Shakespeare
Charles
Kathleen Norris
Caliifornia
Danion Runyon
Corenelius Vanderbilt
Bert Dure
Tony Sarg
Auié
Greenwich Village
West Sixty-seventh Street
Clare Booth Brokay
Percy Crosby
Potomac
Kent Coopers
Miami
Marques
Minacels
Towers
McNaught Syad
Ino
Lab
Dimple
Colombia
Gbl
Obi
Black Pallandrum
Tollesta
China
Tibet
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