Around the Plaza compares World War I to World War II home fronts
An editorial memo critiques the idea of comparing wartime home fronts across eras. It notes differences in public sentiment, civilian sacrifice, and patriotic expression between 1917-18 and the current war. The piece discusses civilian duty, vandalism reactions, and the improved, more adult public attitude today.
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United States
Nol
Dies
Hiss
Beethoven
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Sanin
Cacler
St Mary's graduates urged duty amid war and peace
Dr John L McMahon president of Our Lady of the Lake college addressed St Marys University graduates on the obligation to defend the American way of life as part of a Christian duty. He said war ends by training youth to destroy past comforts, urging participation in a just peace. Rev Waller Golatka defended tax exemptions for charitable and educational institutions against proposed measures.
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John L. McMahon
Our Lady of the Lake College
St. Mary's University
Tollay
McMahon
Waller ¥. Golatka
Golatka
Masters Awarded to Three San Antonians
Three San Antonians earned advanced degrees from the University of Texas. Sister Bernadette Matic received an MBA named Grevaillion, William Ramsay Gray earned an MA, Roland Bell Halt earned an MA, and Mabel Parks earned an PhD. Sister Hernadellc completed a BA at Our Lady of the Lake college in 1995. Parks wrote a botany and zoology thesis on the comparative morphology of Arachis hypogaea and Galactia canescens.
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San Antonians
Bach
University of Texas
Reots
Bernadette Matic
Grevaillion
William Ramsay Gray
Roland Bell Halt
Mabel Parks
Hernadellc
Our Lady of the Lake College
Miss Parks
Frttg, Corpus Christi Pioneer, Dies in Wisconsin
W. Frttg, former San Antonio realtor and early Corpus Christi builder, died Monday night in Richland Center Wisconsin at age 16. Survived by widow Alice Mary Ivite and daughter Mrs Emmitt Holehan of 411 Warwick Boulevard plus siblings Carlsons Clifford Fritz and Pred Fritz among others. Daughter reported the death Wednesday and funeral arrangements set for Richland Center Thursday.
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W. WI. Frttg
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Richland Center
Wis
Ais
Emmitt. Holehan
Warwick
Boulevard
Frits
Richland Genter
Alice Mary Ivite
George W. Kennedy
Holly
Carlsons
Clifford Fritz
Milwaukee
Pred Fritz
Madison
Donald and Charles
Riehland I Couter
J E Flores Dies Funeral Arranged
Jose F E Mores of 4017 West Commerce Street died at home Tuesday. Funeral services set for Angelus funeral home Wednesday at 4 p m with requiem at San Fernando Cathedral and burial in San Fernando Cemetery No 2. Flores, longtime San Antonio merchant, survived by widow Lina Baca Flores and several children.
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Jose F E. Mores
Commerce Street
Angelus Runteral
San Fernando Cathedral
San Fernando Cemetery
San
Frances de la Gy
Josephine M. ‘Flores
Honor Emblems Presented To Two San Antonio Mothers
Mayor K. Quin private ceremony awarded Honor Emblems to Mrs. Mole C. Jimenez of 220 Prady Street and Mrs. J. A. Oberman of 206 Barrett Place for having sons in service and casualties.
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San Antonio
K. Quin
Mole ¢. Jimenez
Prady Street
J. A. Oberman
Barrett Place
Serview
Seed Pooled At St Hedwig In Texas Community Aid
Mariners of the Bexar Gin community pooled seed to aid replanting after last week’s tremor. Cotton, cane, Sudan, and other seed were donated by local farmers. Over 40 residents gathered at Bexar Hall with officials Rudy Stappenbeck and Owen Kilday to organize funding for gasoline and reseeding efforts while the Red Cross surveys individual needs in the rural area.
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Bexar
St. Hedwig
Sudan
Bexar Hall
Rudy Stappenbeck
Owen E Kilday
Dickison
60 Soldiers Feted At Lawn Party
A Garden Public Service event honored about 69 soldiers at a lawn party on a Wednesday morning. The Ladies auxiliary of the Flowers entered with displays and flowers were given to veterans at the Home of Miss Margeret Delery on 301 Roger Avenue.
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Fsowers
Witte Ina
Margeret Delery
Roger Avenue
Hospiliis
Day Club Proposed for Night Workers in San Antonio
Discussion by 30 Community Chest agencies at the Salvation Army citadel focused on new transient needs in San Antonio. Reports noted a gap in soldier recreation and informal leisure for enlisted men and night-shift workers in defense industries. Committees were formed to study housing, unemployment aid, and child care, with final recreation findings due by June 30 and June 15 for child care plans.
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San Antonio
Community Chest
Salvation Army
BR. E. Clevitt
T. J. Ragnea
Committee On Housing
Theron Browne
Wayland DB
Clevitt
S A Air Mail Up 131 Percent
San Antonio post office air mail totals rose 131 percent in May compared with May 1941. Postmaster Tana Quill announced figures showing May 1941 mail 13 073 pounds, May 1942 mail 30 099 pounds.
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San Antonio
Postminster Tana Quill
Harlandale Sees Air Warning Film At Ei High School
Harlandale residents watched the matinee showing of the film The Warning sponsored by the Ad club. Jack O'Brien, chairman, said the film will be shown Thursday at 8 at Ei High School.
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Muldrea
Harlandale
Piotare
Ad Club
Jack O'Brien
Ei High School
Willow Run production line powers bomber output and fuel capacity
Readable fragments describe Willow Run bomber production running at a high rate, with pilots and officers noted. Mention of Henry adjusting tank capacity and a humorous aside about a pocket lighter appears amid garbled lines.
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Willow Run
San Antonio Architect G C Wilson Heads Civilian Protection Group
Glenn C. Wilson of San Antonio is named by the civilian protection committee of the American Institute of Architects. The committee has scored civilian defense officers for standing and called on the OGD to establish a technical service of trained architects engineers and constructors.
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G. C. Wilson
Glenn C.wilson
San Antonio
Civilian Protection Committee
American Institute of Architects
Civiian Defense
OGD
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Andy Vallee
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