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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1940
Page
13
Wendell Willkie has run a one issue campaign focused on the third term. He is deemed fully competent for the presidency and would defeat Roosevelt on domestic issues alone. The piece argues abandoning the third term tradition risks dictatorship and urges voters to stay American with Willkie.
Tomorrow's election centers on a third term question and four state constitutional amendments. Voters will also decide two county bond measures, 197000 for voting machines and 285600 for tuberculosis control, each endorsed by the newspaper. Proposals include notaries appointment, civil service limits, tax refund schemes, and faster appeals to the Supreme Court.
A nostalgic, brisk examination of vaudeville's heyday as seen through Douglas Gilbert's American Vaudeville Its Life and Times. The author recalls Nora Bayes, Eva Tanguay, the Cohan family and more while contrasting past stage chaos with today's theater, noting safer happier days and the charm of early slapstick. The piece laments lost merriment but praises Gilbert's candid, workmanlike chronicle and playful digs at dumps and honky tonks.
Edwin C. Hill reviews Edward Gilbert’s book on vaudeville’s peak and decline. He notes Albee’s influence on shows shrinking to fit grand theaters, with performers dressing for million‑dollar houses and audiences dwindling. Automobiles radio and cocktails also reshaped entertainment. the work remains a brisk, factual chronicle of great names and eras.
The piece argues radio quizzes and public forums empower ordinary Americans to think and speak on national issues. It challenges the notion that intelligence is confined to aristocratic or academic circles, urging recognition of skilled workers, farmers, and homemakers as clear voices on democracy.
Elsie Robinson invites readers to submit ideas and letters for her column, asking for thoughtful, nonpartisan topics beyond politics race or religion. Writers should address correspondence to the paper or King Features Syndicate with full name and address, and mark envelopes Listen World Suggest Hon.
A fragmented knowledge test item presents mis spaced phrases and scrambled words. It lists terms like DUAL attack DISCRETION and RESURGENCE of spirit with scattered letters and prompts to refine the captions. The text shows no coherent article and appears as a vocabulary exercise prompt.
Washington mood grows uneasy as Roosevelt aides shift Wallace from farm focus to industry and Wickard takes over. Willkie gains in Missouri and Maryland polling, while Boston and New York incidents shake confidence. Democrats fear a surprising Republican surge visible in late campaign jitters and uncertain polls ahead of election night.
Dr Herma Wiseman and colleagues at Ohio State University College of Medicine studied 26 patients with thrombocytopenic purpura. They found the condition affects more women, often before age 21, can occur at any age or race, and bleeds may start without injury while platelet counts remain low.
The text discusses a blood disorder with possible splenomegaly and relapse after apparent cure. It notes that without treatment the condition can worsen, yet some individuals show no symptoms for years. Treatments include blood transfusions to control bleeding and anemia, with spleen removal in chronic cases if transfusions fail, stressing diagnosis by examining the spleen and platelet counts. Some patients treated years ago recovered fully, though one died from shock post operation.
Emile Portes Gil former president of Mexico travels through San Antonio en route to New York where he will take up a diplomatic post. General Jose Moro accompanies him. The party plans to sail for France with the ex-president. Maury Maverick to address on Free Speech at Temple Bethnal community center.
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