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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1945
Page
13
An eloquent speaker notes that returning service members face easier adjustment than many civilians especially wives with new jobs and war wages. He warns of rising female employment, potential marital strain, and the need for civilians to accept frugality as they reintegrate after the war, predicting a painful social adjustment.
The Rev. Benjamin Mintfee of the Church of Good Shepherd Corpus Christi will be guest preacher at St Mark's Episcopal church on Wednesday noon. He will speak again at Christ Episcopal Belknap at Russell at 8 p.m. Wednesday.
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The War Department lists 2365 soldiers wounded in action including many from South Texas. Names and addresses span San Antonio, Kingsville, Laredo, Corpus Christi and Mission with next of kin notified. Also noted are missing and decorated service members from the region and a ceremony for John J. Smith at Central Catholic High School.
A 27 year old Chinese WAC private, known as Mother Tan, leads a group of Chinese flying cadets at a San Antonio air base. Fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin with knowledge of German, French, and Russian, she acts as interpreter and organizer for the trainees, many with limited English. She enlisted on June 14 and previously served as a claims agent in California.
Midshipman Jack Spurlock, who spent ten months at sea before entering the merchant marine academy, retires a petty officer in the merchant marine and earns the rank of ensign upon graduation from the merchant marine academy at Keans Point New York. During sea training Spurlock endured a submarine attack. He is son of Mutant Mrs Wiltieny of 62 West Lynwood Avenue. Blove potatoes in a shallow container to allow sprouting for storage.
Frank Ly Dickson son of Col. Charles A Dickson writes from a French hospital describing trench foot and ten days of snowbound action. He recounts close calls, a shattered pair of glasses, and capturing 14 Germans with three others before his company rejoined the battalion.
A garbled account notes a New York curfew affecting Manhattan cabarets with entry barred after midnight and exit blocked until dawn, mentioning disruptions to butter distribution and a long ago clock change as part of the confusion. It then references varied topics including Spanish exploration, Corduroy soundings for meat storage, and Thornton Wilder’s Our Town at a Playhouse.
Ace the black cat of Normoyle headquarters squadron is mourned after nine confirmed kills and eight probables. She went missing and was later reported killed in action during an eight mission in the squadron area. Her tailor made jacket hangs on a nail in the elderly room.
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