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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1943
Page
11
Railroads publish summer travel appeals stressing stay-at-home travel to support wartime needs. They note staffing shortages, overtaxed facilities, and the priority of moving troops and war goods. Travelers are urged to plan trips, travel midweek, and limit nonessential journeys to keep rail service available for service members and victory efforts.
A crowded notes section recounts Walter Winchell’s chatter on Congress, Leon Henderson, and shifting film and Broadway figures. It mentions Joby Lewis, restaurant food stamps, King Levinsky, Ensign Ney, Greer Garson marriage talk, and various entertainers, with a mix of society sketches and industry rumors.
A reflective piece contrasts the envious wish to feel enthusiasm with the reality that true ardor comes from long effort and self discipline. It argues that life offers shocks and miseries yet also unlimited beauty and grandeur, and that individuals choose whether the world breaks or makes them.
Auguring news notes Burgess of 125 Glenwood Court designs a motorless aircraft to test in the air span. The project is described as the authentic aluthwmede he built, with plans to attempt air flight. the report reflects early aviation enthusiasm in Los Angeles during July 1933.
Maj Gen David Prescott Barrows praises the Sicily landings as a crucial, well coordinated operation. He lauds Allied leadership, the mix of national forces, and naval air power under Adm. Sir Andrew Cunningham, highlighting strategic aims, patience, and bold execution guiding success.
A book publisher’s rep notes fall lists skip war titles and that dealers accept lower notations, suggesting newspapers may see reduced paper demand if authors shift to printing war works. He imagines authors plotting in attic rooms while readers tire of war coverage and notices arrive.
Damon Runyon reflects on war apathy and how the strongest war works emerge after conflicts end. He notes Red Badge of Courage and Gone With the Wind as enduring examples, praising art that survives later echoes of warfare and sorrow.
A medical note explains staphylococcus as a frequent cause of eye inflammation in newborns, often starting after birth with swelling, yellow discharge, and red inflamed membranes. Most cases clear in seven to ten days, while chronic infections may recur, blur vision, and scar the cornea. In adults, similar infections flare periodically, may involve crusts on eyelids, and can lead to scarring and long-term pain.
Dr H N Bundesen outlines effective methods for staphylococcal infections. Sulfathiazole compounds can be taken orally or applied as eye drops or ointment. Severe cases may require staphylococcus antitoxin, toxoid, or vaccine, with toxoid favored for highly inflamed infections. Antitoxin effects are temporary.
In 1377 lower Texas faced raids as Diaz factions and outlaws struck near Eagle Pass. Ranger Lee Hall led a small force to drive roving bands from the area, with about 50 captured and many fugitives flushed from the city amid raids and confrontations near Rio Grande City and El Pass.
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