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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1947
Page
8
A nationwide push seeks 45,000 student nurses from women under 35. Training lasts three years with expenses paid, leading to permanent well paid jobs. Nursing offers dignity, humanitarian service, and vast opportunities across many medical fields for healthful, intelligent high school graduates.
A call or hospital visit offers expert guidance for women seeking training. Ex-service women are especially desired and may enter through the bill of rights. The passage presents a welcoming path to a lasting career and reward.
Broadway chatter notes Jose Ferrer refused fifty thousand dollars to star in Kiss of Death citing top billing for V Mature. Also mentions All My Lone author and Mrs Arthur Miller Mayo Methat, who has recovered and will wed on Gregan business exw Kathleen O Malley.
A Glasgow study by Dr. Jamieson and colleagues examines smoking habits in 473 ulcer patients aged 20 to 61. Light cigarette smoking correlates with fewer symptoms, pipes link to milder cases, heavy smoking worsens symptoms in younger patients, and reducing smoking showed no clear improvement. Experts warn excess smoking remains harmful and decisions should be physician guided.
A 1947 New York Mirror column ridicules State Department officials and diplomats over Peron, Nazi alliances, and Munich treaty ink. It cites Sprunle Braden's resignation, references to James Marion Fidler, and critique of U. S. policy under Lecy Marshall and Senator Vandenberg. General Doolittle warns of harvest profits and potential recession.
A collage of historical notes lists events from 1887 to 1917 including AFL versus CIO struggle, economist Lawrence Dennis commenting to a Rotary club, a residence move for Guton Horgum, court adjournments for Glenn Springs raid participants, commencement plans for Stella Steves and Albert Steves, graduations and travels of several individuals, and an 1887 report of officials charged with breaking up a public meeting on Alamo Plaza amid tensions with prohibition advocates.
Westbrook Pegler recounts a May evening at the Lido Rendezvous cafe where a festive, risqué atmosphere and a surprising homeward turn lead to an awkward morning after. The narrator, Healy, describes mingling with patrons while reflecting on his anniversary and a misadventure that left him sleepily sharing blame with Maurice Carney.
A lengthy wartime accusatory column argues the United States faces a broader Soviet strategy. It cites the Danube and Hungary as pivots toward Italy, ties Hungary to Russia’s response to the Truman Doctrine, and claims world revolution plans advance via the Kremlin. The piece links Stalin, Lenin, and Communist armies to a global bid against U.S. power.
By George E Sokolsky claims Russians direct guerrilla and military actions extend from Europe to Asia. He argues the United States is barred from inspecting Hungarian sites by General P Sviridov and warns that Soviet forces aim to push the US from Europe. He cites traitors and appeasers as aiding Russian conquest and foresees decades of American subjugation.
A speaker warns 15 years hence a changed America, contrasting security and happiness with individual freedom. He cites creeping Bolshevism, global influence, and the threat of regimented society, urging readers to defend liberty. At Western High School, a Russian-born speaker’s anti Americanism prompts student walkouts and a campus clash.
Elsie Robinson cites a 1620 spark as a potent idea shaping history and warns readers about dangerous currents. The piece urges readers to confront ideas that could lead to terrible consequences, noting sensational facts as a warning from a San Antonio publication context.
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