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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1936
Page
7
In a West Middlesex address Governor Landon rejected the Roosevelt New Deal premise that security requires surrender of liberty. He argued Americans must win security and abundance without sacrificing heritage of freedom and warned the Roosevelt administration deserves repudiation in November.
The piece contrasts Governor Landon’s confident Kansas Republican council message with James A. Farley’s blunt Democratic note saying London groggy. It notes Farley’s use of aggressive tactics and echoes the manager urging a wounded charge with the line We ain’t hurt yet.
The piece argues communism rejects God and seeks to destroy believers by killing followers. It recalls America's revolution as aligning with faith, while current Americans allegedly justify violence in the name of philosophy or in Spain. It claims public executions show “communism in practice” through mass killings of clerics and laity who hold religious beliefs.
A portrait of 0 C New York Johnny Farrar now a top publishing executive, once a blue eyed dreamer from Vermont. The piece notes his partnership with Stanley Rinehart, aided by Melamore Kendall, and their hit Anthony Adverse that built their fortune. It also touches on Ziegfeld era publicity, hotel life changes, and figures like Libby Holman, with vivid anecdotes from New York’s cultural scene.
A retrospective on battlefield photography during the Spanish Civil War, praising rapid, celluloid reporting and the evolving role of photographers. It notes the quick, improvised battles, diverse terrain, and the cooperative posture of both sides toward reporters, while contrasting with World War I reportage.
Reed risked his life to contact Villa and recount events for an article. Villa offered sympathy and proposed immediate amends to ensure the piece was convincing. Reed’s two day beat on the battle earned him praise, while Villa’s troops trained with improvised bombs amid explosive tactics.
Edwin C Hill references a rattles bomb episode in Madrid and debates wartime reporting. The column notes war news as a test of journalism, praising brave reporters for delivering honest photography and storytelling while acknowledging the brutal realities of conflict.
The narrator describes a solitary, demanding worksuite in the Sierra Nevada mountains. He abandons glamour for daily ritual, coffee, and typewriting amid pine and stone, finding meaning in a wild flower, a newborn bird, and a timber wolf’s howl, as beauty emerges from hardship.
In 1945 King Feas Bend ing notes a decline in lead poisoning cases due to new regulations. The article explains how lead enters the body through ingestion, skin absorption, or inhalation and details symptoms such as wrist drop, gum discoloration, and mental changes. It cautions workers handling lead or leaded products to maintain safety, despite laws reducing dangers.
A letter from Winston Norman to Mr Hopkins discusses Cousin Ned losing his WPA bricklayer job, the appeal to raise WPA wages, and fear that private capitalists will draw workers away. The writer urges government action to keep relief programs funded and prevent privatization of labor.
From the files of the 3. A. Light a 1926 note describes The Fray Boy continuing to set the pace in Bay Antonia to Corpun Christhdont sace as Pied Christilles, in my Tancay and Pied Bochme guide their craft along Next Antonia river under the Karnes City bridge. Harmony hall on Romana steer was dedicated last night as Sax Antenna headquarters of the racing ranch of the Young Men's Sebrew Recoolition, Boctls Stern presiding.
In Pueblo the WPA funds a golf course near the city park prompting critique of federal aid. Citizens reportedly influenced uses of treasury money as critics warn against overreach while noting the role of officials and engineers in the decision making.
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