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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 14, 1928

Page

13

Peace and reform platform from Hearst Papers Advocate

The document outlines goals for a world peace pact among English-speaking nations, proportional Senate representation, prompt reapportionment to the House, a unified defense department under a National Defense Secretary, federal literacy abolition under an Education Secretary, and the timing of congressional elections and presidential inauguration beginning January after November elections.

Hearst Papers United States Senate House of Representatives Department of the Army Navy Air Forces Secretary of National Defense United States Secretary Education Congress

Home Exposition Opens At Municipal Auditorium

The second annual home exposition in San Antonio will open next Monday at the municipal auditorium. It aims to educate housewives and husbands about modern housekeeping and reveal the city’s varied local industries. Citizens should visit to learn how local production contributes to the community’s wealth.

San Antonio

Detroit shows gains in traffic safety amid nationwide rise

Traffic fatalities in the first five months of 1928 outpace 1927 in New York City and Chicago, with New York up from 421 to 544 and Chicago from 260 to 281. Detroit buckles the trend, dropping from 128 to 93 deaths as Commissioner Rutledge enforces strict, permanent traffic violations reporting and summonses. Alvan Macauley praises Detroit’s approach as a model for enforcing laws and reducing accidents.

New York City Chicago Detroit Alvan Macauley Automobile Chamber of Commerce Bie Rutledge United States

Propaganda in U S public utilities and the Power Trust

The quote reports Senator Walsh and others warning that propaganda funded by public utility customers shapes opinion through FTC hearings and public service commissions. It notes the significance of the development, likening it to unprecedented influence in American life, with utilities using consumer money to sway press and schools.

Montana Bar Association Federal Trade Commission Power Trust Commission Walsh Public Service Commissions Thomas J. Walsh Montana

City guards can’t swim reveal civil service findings

The civil service commission finds fifteen lifeguards in EWYORKE’s city paid salaries despite lacking swimming ability and no proof of skill. The note parallels Werner era marriages and warns against judging by appearances like a car’s paint, citing Helen Rowland.

Ewyorke Civil Service Commission Werner Helen Rowland

Sunspots and solar turmoil described in dramatic explainer

A sweeping, period voice essay explains sunspots as a sun's illness, detailing patterns of maximum disturbances, visual phenomena, and Earthly effects. It compares solar activity to geysers and volcanoes, noting Hale’s Mount Wilson research and theories on electromagnetic causes and cyclic eruptions.

Ibis Slac George E. Hale Mount Witton Observatory Hale Equator

Heart Nourishment and Care From Hy Royals Copeland MD

An article by Hy Royals Copeland explains heart health through diet and exercise. It emphasizes feeding the heart muscles with proper foods like lean meat, cheese, cereals, and eggs, plus regular intake of iron rich items, rest, and mental calm. It urges consulting a doctor if concerns arise, noting most fears are unfounded.

Heart Royals Copeland, MD Newspaper Feature Service, Inc Beart Ana

Pineville warns on chickens within city limits

Public notice from Pineville Tennessee warns that on and after the fifth of the month all chickens inside the city must be confined. Chickens found running about will be dine ale in provecntion and a fine. Issued by the chief of police and a city judge.

Pineville Advim Tenn

Hats and fashion norms across sexes in society

The excerpt argues men seek simple ready made clothing while women curate outfits with intelligence and fashion guidance. It notes widespread conformity in men’s dress, contrasts women’s selective dressing, and questions headwear use with jokes about hats, college habits, and a letter referencing Mussolini.

Santa Monica Beach Life and Stars in Golden Age Visions

Monica writes from Santa Monica describing the oceanfront, terraced shores, and bustling lanes filled with pedestrians. The author notes luxury bungalows, movie folk like Clea Bow and Allan Dwan, and the Pacific Mallendey home of Adolph Wornheimer, with vivid scenes of color, crowds, and the mingling of wealth and leisure along the coast. There are portraits of Chinese imports, renovation projects, and views of cars, dunes, and sunset glory. The piece captures a romantic yet hurried snapshot of coastal California life with personal observations and names.

Te Isa Ocean Front Howless Hot Dog Aoft Residencia

Science Sideshow The Salon

The little salon is a bay piese miner in the animal kingdom content to live at the shaft bottom. The entrance lies low on the shore and remains exposed only at low tide. The creature digs its home in a rat like fashion using a beak like tool. It pushes its shaft into the soil, forms a hinge, contracts and plunges, creating a long improvised shaft. The animal moves with a precise head bob as it probes below.

Animal Kingdom

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