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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1948
Page
7
A nostalgic piece champions Army Day as honoring veterans and the dead while urging stronger national defense to deter future wars. It laments postwar policy, notes obsolete weapons and a weakened air force, and calls for renewed effort to secure peace through preparedness.
A speaker urges making full use of all talents and desires to avoid wasted life. Believing opportunities and growth surround daily, she cites experiences from simple acts to grand ventures, including a hitchhiking woman who traveled from New York to Los Angeles for just 1.95 dollars by working varied jobs.
A reflective piece by Elsie Robinson urges American readers to pursue life fully with curiosity and courage. It emphasizes paying any necessary price within decency, risking sacrifice to enlarge life, and giving of oneself to reveal larger horizons beyond fear or self doubt.
A columnist argues television will transform politics by exposing the actor’s face and voice. He cites Sarnoff on radio’s social impact, notes Truman’s screen appeal, and predicts video will shift voter trust toward personality over rhetoric.
A quick note explaining that Huguenots were French Protestants of the 16th century. It adds that a majority of U S presidents have been lawyers. It also states Nikolai Lenin was the first President of Soviet Russia.
Article argues General Douglas MacArthur, as supreme allied commander, governs postwar Japan guiding reconstruction and democratization. It cites his undisclosed correspondence praising representative government, dismantling feudal land ownership, and breaking monopolistic “zai su” units to foster free enterprise and prevent a slide to socialism.
A 1948 King Features Syndicate piece explains that infant convulsions can signal serious underlying issues such as kidney or bladder irritation infections brain inflammation or tumors and that a doctor must identify the true cause. It notes epilepsy as a common recurrent source and lists cautious at home measures and doctor prescribed sedatives for seizure control.
Article by Arthur Bugs Barr satirically critiques presidential campaigns and fringe endorsements. It questions voter behavior and the influence of unlikely supporters, mentioning quirky figures and outsider opinions amid a chaotic political landscape.
Adolescent love scenes cut from a motion picture at Thomas Jefferson High School with Jane Withers slated to attend for ambience. Houston publisher M. Swearingen returns from St. Louis to advance a proposed six story hotel at Travis and Navarro. San Antonio Cavalry holds nightly meetings at Suhr's Hall Austin with Captain Schofield to instruct in cavalry exercises. Major Cephas Bateman, oldest cavalry officer, arrives with advance guard. W. C. Chamberlain heads a ranching enterprise badly bitten by a wolf seeks Pasteur treatment in Paris for rabies.
Walter Winchell notes reveal a web of diplomatic intrigue and press freedom debates. Costa Rican envoy’s son in Geneva, Joaquin rewriting Francisco’s name from Washington, and U.S. visa gaps fed by a 1995 law. Hollywood profits, Eisenhower’s warnings, and state department tensions frame a restless late-1940s media landscape.
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