Meat shortage prompts call for more farm meat animals
A veterinary college head argues that expanding the number of veterinarians alone cannot fix the meat shortage. He notes 400000 carcasses were rendered last year and warns rising prices unless livestock, grazing land, and farm production increase. The solution lies in more meat animals on small farms and wider use of thoroughbred meat stock.
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Better Civil Service
Federal employees show growing support for a scientific business approach to government work. The Federal Employee Federation has drafted civil service reform measures to be urged at Congress next session, aiming to curb political favoritism and boost efficiency and economy.
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Congress
Civil service reforms urged to align with wartime needs
The article advocates civil service changes to train and promote based on fitness, equal opportunity regardless of sex, and scientific management. It calls for central exams for top posts, demotion and retirement rules, and a shift toward professional, businesslike administration to replace spoils practices.
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Easy Money Trap Warns Young Men In Sentencing Opinion
A district court orders a 25 year term for a youth from a good family linked to a gang of criminals after robbery. He confesses the gang’s lure of easy money led to crime and lifelong shame, warning fathers to tell sons to beware of easy money and its deadly toll.
The Third Marshal of France Promoted
The record of Petain's promotion marks a major war incident beyond military ranks. It notes Marshal Foch as supreme allied head and Marshal Joffre in advisory duties while pointing to Petain's rising role in France's wartime leadership.
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Petain’s rise from colonel to marshal shapes a legend
A historical reflection on Philippe Petain’s swift ascent after years in retirement, his strategic brilliance at Verdun, and the broader question of initiative versus conventional merit in military leadership. The piece contrasts his intellect with bold action and notes contemporary reactions, including a digression on political and social themes of the era.
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Rotary Guests Enjoy Varied Program With Balkan Lecture
The Rotary Club’s ladies night featured Brig. Gen. George Bartlett discussing the Balkan situation and Greece’s wartime role. Guests toured the St Anthony Hotel ballroom with autumn decor as club officers reported Christmas tree plans for Alamo Plaza and transport aid for Orphans.
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Letters to The Light public notices and signatures
Publication policy for letters to The Light notes letters must be signed or initials withheld, unsigned submissions are anonymous, and publication does not imply publisher endorsement or policy change. Anonymous manuscripts are included only if clearly marked.
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Where 20 We Get Off War Profiteers Question
A reader letter condemns profiteering during wartime and asks how prices and profits will be curbed and when relief for the public will come, urging action against price hikes.
Queen Visits Ostend and San Antonio Transit Pricing
The article notes Queen Elisabeth of Belgium entering Ostend after German retreat and discusses San Antonio Public Service Company seeking a 40 percent rate hike. It argues the company’s claimed 5.27 million dollar streetcar valuation rests on citizen-funded infrastructure and calls for court-ordered stockholder accounting to protect public taxpayers.
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Ancient History Classroom Exchange Delivers Quick City Quiz
A classroom dialogue summarizes fates of biblical and ancient cities. The teacher and students discuss Baby lon, Nineveh, and Tyre with answers noting downfall, destruction, and puncture through exchange.
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Girl From Bohemia Ends Grangt Run With Mrs Castle
Mrs. Vernon Castle appears in The Girl From Bohemia at the Grangt for the last time today. The photodrama has drawn steady crowds since Thursday afternoon and praise centers on Mrs. Castle as a screen favorite. Beginning tomorrow at the Crand, Make Yourself at Home, a tabloid musical comedy, runs for five days.
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Tips to prevent future trouble with shoelace tips
A brief note from the Illustrated World suggests using liquid glue to secure loose shoelace tips. Apply drops to the tip, roll between fingers after glue sets, then the tips will resist wear longer than the laces.
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Illustrated World
Smiling teeth and social quips spark lively musings
A collage of wry quips and social observations from a bygone era. The snippets touch on gender roles, politics, marriage, and class with humorous asides about celebrities, efficiency, and daily life. Notable lines mix light satire about suffrage, war service, and cultural stereotypes with playful exchanges between a father and son and a hospital humor anecdote.
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