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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 24, 1930

Page

7

Hearst proposals list from Hearst papers on national reforms

The collection outlines aims such as friendship with all nations without entangling alliances, proportional Senate representation, separate military departments under a National Defense Secretary, universal literacy drive, federal action to abolish illiteracy, a January installation for President and Congress, a federal sales tax to offset other taxes, a 13 month year with Saturday holidays, Nicaragua Canal for commerce and defense, and acquiring the French and English West Indies as debt payment.

George Washington United States Senate Army Nicaragua Canal Hearst Papers English West Indies

Surrender of Naval Delegation to Europe

The United States appears to have abandoned its long standing policy of building twenty one eight inch gun cruisers, agreeing at London to eighteen. Admiral Jones warned that dropping below twenty one would weaken sea power, yet the delegation followed a different plan. The Senate is urged to scrutinize papers from London to reveal when and how the surrender began.

Hoover United States Senate Admiral Jones Hayal London Washington Johnson California America Tyas Coolidge Geneva MacDonald

All Aboard Gulf and West Texas Gap Seeks Two Hundred Club

The Gulf and West Texas railroad project from San Angelo to Corpus Christi misses a gap near San Antonio valued at under two hundred million dollars. Two hundred San Antonians are asked to join the Two Hundred Club by volunteering to cover the shortfall, driven by civic duty and the hope of community progress as passenger trains await.

Gulf and West Texas San Angelo Corpus Christi San Antonio San

Listen World! Elsie Robinson on synthetic personalities

A satirical column mocks how people imitate film stars and public figures, imagining a nation spread with mimicry. It lampoons Greta Garbo, Rudy, and others while noting how Americans copy accents, mannerisms, and attitudes across households and offices.

Monadasa Reogin Bsmith Greta Garbo Rudy Ethel Havermore Garbo Raton Navarre Menken Main Street Will Moyera Okteloms

Estimating Geological Time Through Radioactivity and Ring Counts

The article discusses methods for dating Earth's past, including a radium clock rate assumption and erosion, deposition, and sea processes. It notes the age gaps between eras, with mammal and reptile periods, and outlines growth ring analysis in shells as a potential timeline tool while acknowledging margins of error around ten million years.

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Sky Wonders and the Quiet Power of the Heavens

A vintage meditation contrasts modern distractions with the heavens. It notes Jupiter, Venus, and Mercury appearing together near a crescent moon, and recalls Kepler and astrology's historical influence while warning against overreliance on celestial destinies.

Astralots Elt Sky Gazera Kepler Mathematica

Nighttime glimpses of a dreamlike New York wandering

Vignette of bustling streets and peculiar scenes from a bygone city, mentioning a bird store, a birth day card shop, a Woolworth building reference, Syrian cafe, firehouse musketeer, Elizabeth Ardenin motif, secondhand radios, and dim drug stores. It recalls Greenwich Street gloom, hemp and tar odors, and steam vents, with a closing note on literary editors and a fictional author alias masterfully revealed.

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