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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1933
Page
7
President Roosevelt has a chance to complete his economic rehab with tax reform. He supports a general manufacturers sales tax to finance public works and relief, while opposing ineffective alternatives. Congress should adopt a sound, adequate revenue plan and implement the sales tax as the core reform.
The New Jersey legislature passed a bill signed by Governor Moore to compel identification of sources by reporters in court. The law aims to protect confidences and prevent suppression of news, citing past cases in Cleveland and Washington as turning points. It marks a significant step in safeguarding press independence and informing the public.
A fragment from Elsie Robinson portrays a man behind bars and the shock of his crime. The speaker recalls the suspect, age thirty three, admitting no clear motive while describing a life that drifted toward violence. The piece hints at denial and the brutal surprise of a homicide.
A reader questions proper etiquette for wedding invitations and introductions. Advice covers writing names on cards, acknowledging invitations, and recognizing engraved invites. It also addresses social handling of relatives at ceremonies and the sequence of introductions among family members.
In a stark meditation on fate and choice, the speaker contemplates how a life of crime or cowardice is not premeditated but a drift from seventeen year old dreams. The piece links a murderer in prison to ordinary people, arguing no one plans to become their worst self and urges honest self-reflection.
A breakdown and rain push the narrator to a porch as a newlywed couple arrives at a box cottage. The man’s work hopes, the woman’s homegrown fashions, and a playful dog frame their fresh start. Commentary blends sunsets, city life, and a parade of cultural vignettes from New York.
A column on modern romance, marriage, and social mores filled with sharp witticisms. It critiques bridesgrooms, grooms, and the dating scene with vintage irony, referencing technocracy and urban good humor while lampooning fashion and faux glamour.
Ten and twenty years ago San Antonio notes record a border airplane capture near Sabinal by Sheriff Johnson and a ranger at 15 000 dollars each. A Chicago pension tribute to Rabbi Abram Hirschberg shifts to his mother Mrs. Sarah Hirschberg in Antonio with family present. Also mentioned are early 1919 watermelons and cantaloupes in San Antonio and W 0 W warnings at a lodge gathering led by Litherlane Ayings.
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