Germans Lead Foreign Born White Population in U S
Census figures show Germans as the largest foreign born white group among 33,727,603 foreign born whites in the United States. Italy follows, with Russia, Scotland and Northern Ireland, Ireland Free State, and Canada also contributing sizable numbers to the foreign born total.
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Washington
D. C
Barran
United States
Italy
Irish Free State
Rossia
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Canada
Fersonsboro At Sea
Germany
Russia
Few Taxpayers Use Time Payment Plan in County
Maury Maverick tax records show only 121 of 45 000 taxpayers in the county used the deferred tax payment law. The measure allowed 1940 taxes to be paid by October 15 with 10 percent interest from February 15, aiding drought struck areas. After October 15 the law became inoperative.
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Besar Caunts
Maury Maverick
Woman and Child Struck by Auto Near Circus Grounds
A woman and a seven year old boy, William Cadena of 125 Leigh street, were knocked down by an automobile near the circus grounds Monday night and taken to Robert B. Green hospital. Henry Castillo of 2423 Wheat Bulioas street was bitten by a dog and also treated at the same hospital.
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Auto Ars
Joseph B. Dav
Leigh
William Cadena
Leigh Street
Circus Grounds
Robert B. Green Hospital
Henry Castillo
How Do Women in the Movies Manage
A fragmentary article discusses how women in films handle menstruation during filming. It notes that menstrual symptoms can occur on shoot days and mentions Midol as a non narcotic relief option that acts quickly. It frames Midol as a recommended item for cast members to use discreetly.
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Oriad
Fort Forty Thousand Enders Back To Schoolrooms
A reader challenges a September 15 headline claiming forty thousand endrs back to school. They argue most students enjoy school and urge changing to Forty thousands gladly hurry back to schoolrooms. They urge the press to promote attendance and counter Shakespearean snails rhetoric. Signed S. M. N. Marrs, State Superintendent.
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Fastor
Sweil
Shakespeare
Sadie
M.N. Marrs
Reader Questions County Budget And Hospital Tax
A reader criticizes Bexar County for cutting hospital funding while praising past spending on real estate surveys. The letter notes Stoner's $60,000 project measuring shacks farms and land, cites value increases, and warns of a hospital tax vote ahead. The writer urges charity and support for the needy. A LIGHT READER.
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Iate
Stoner
Commissioners’ Court
Ievy
Christian Anz
Victoria Street
Law to Ban Married Women Workers Urged
A letter to the editor argues for a new law banning married women from employment and enforces the same limits as existing working hour rules. The writer contends fines on employers would quickly displace married workers and boost single women and widows who struggle to find jobs, urging rapid passage and broad support.
Married Women Workers Rapped by Local Letter Writer
A reader defends married women who work, arguing they are not compelled by need and calling out perceived laziness. The letter criticizes welfare jobs under Mayor Chamberlain and questions the value of monthly political appointments, referencing local figures and events with grievances about local governance.
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Ban Antonia Light
Jack L. Hanlin
Tam
Geer
Brackenridge
Kodak
Chambera
Keng
Welfare Agency
Chand
Omhn
Overwork of Women Charged San Antonio Light
The San Antonio Light reports insufferable conditions for working women in the city. Wages in a large store were cut from 9 to 8 percent for overtime labor. soda fountain workers in a drug store saw pay drop from 12 to 10 dollars weekly. cashiers faced underpayment. One girl was docked for a cash shortage and forced to repay over weeks. A firm reportedly pays women 31 as. The article questions how long women can endure such treatment.
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San Antonio
Tenny
Gizin
Wom
Gayttenista
Eland
Readers Protest Letter Slams Recent Sunday Light Article
Voice from The Light readers denounce a recent Sunday article by Judge Stex Tind as depraved and unworthy. They urge the editor to publish uplifting content and pledge continued support if better material appears.
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Lindsey
the Light
Judge Stex
Hing
Sunday Light
Designs Sought for Memorial to First West Settlement
The secretary of war invites national reading architects and sculptors to submit designs for a monument at Unitedsburg Kentucky commemorating the first settlement west of the Allegheny mountains and Gen. Rogers Clark’s campaigns in the northwest during the Revolutionary War. Congress has appropriated 100000 for construction. Officials at Washington provide information.
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Secretary of Wer
Fortham
Houston
Anitedsburg
Allegheny Mountains
Rogers Clark
Northwest Territory
Congress
Washington
Body of American Consul to Belize Sent for Burial
Giles Taggert, 60, American consul at Belize, Belize British Honduras, died after a hurricane. His body, aboard the Cartago, was en route to San Antonio for burial with sister Mrs Lacy Carcaran aboard. Survived by wife in San Antonio and two sons in Missouri and Maryland.
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Giles Russell Taggert
Belize
British Honduras
San Antonio
Mission
Associated Press
Cartago
New Orleans
Lacy Carcoran
Bdly
Parter Loring
Taggert
Ela
Port Arthur slaying spurs city to offer reward
Homicide detectives step into the Holstein case as Mayor J D Togan announces a 200 dollar reward for the killer of B H Holstein a 10 year old ship chandler. Investigators also probe threats against Holstein and his alleged young paramours. Holstein was found dead with a pistol wound in his apartment. a pistol lay nearby and a photo frame burned.
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Port Arthur
B. H. Holstein
J.D. Togan
Holstein
Aud Holstein
Lanteen
Chesterfield Ads Highlight Mild Satisfying Tobacco
The copy describes Chesterfield cigarettes as milder and satisfying with right tobaccos cured and aged. It emphasizes blending and cross blending to a size that suits, claiming Chesterfields are the best money can buy and that science supports the quality.
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