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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1945
Page
6
A essay urges cooperation to save thousands of man hours in laundry and other daily chores. It humorously notes rolled sleeves, missing packages, clothing buttons, and disassembled Sunday papers as examples of wasted time and calls for mutual efficiency urged by the American Institute of Laundering.
The city recreation department will hold several special classes at various playgrounds during the summer. Activities include wood crafts tumbling tennis ladies gym dancing acrobatic and Mexican dancing. A class schedule will be mailed on request by calling K-731.
Lieutenant Clarence mianop ying receives the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism in Italy during a Liberator mission on December 24, 1944. Other officers, including Kirst Lieut. Malcolm J. Simmons in Germany and Col. Francis T. Dodd in Europe, are noted for Bronze Star or related honors. Brig. Gen. Thomas E. Lewis and Maj. George M. Dileht Jr. also listed with Bronze Star and Distinguished actions.
Two soldiers injured in a jeep motorcycle crash on Fredericksburg road remain in critical condition at Brooke General Hospital. Cpl. Thomas S. Manning of Stinson Field and Pvt. Park Thompson of Kelly Field suffer head and body injuries. Cpl. Kenneth Blanchard of Stinson Field was moved for neurosurgery. Two motorcycle riders were killed instantly.
The Ameson River theater hosts a second singsong of the summer at 8 16 p m Wednesday. Mrs Marjorie Callahan will discuss the group singing. A short play by several performers from the recent aman feur will be presented.
Arthur Baer humor column lampoons wartime politics and Ike era tensions. The piece jokes about Franklin D. Roosevelt and Dwight D. Eisenhower with satirical barbs on leadership, military manpower, and public duty amid 1940s context.
Dr. Lewis G Robeins of the city health department said the baby diarrhea epidemic in San Antonio has probably peaked with one death reported for the week ending June 23. Through May 23, total deaths reached 14 for the month and 11 in the year, compared with figures from 1944 and 1945.
Volunteers in the campaign to control infant diarrhea in San Antonio will be honored at an 8 p.m. gathering Tuesday at the Arneson River Theater. Certificates of appreciation will be presented by Dr. Lewis and others. The program includes speeches by Rev. Samuel Caners and various medical and civic leaders from local and international groups. A post ceremony centertainment and the movie My Baby will follow.
Bob Hope heads to Europe on his sixth overseas tour to entertain servicemen. The column, prepared before departure, notes upcoming dispatches from the European theater. The egg shortage persists and the OPA keeps him on air for summer. Farmers push production. anecdotes include hens boosted by vitamins and quirks of wartime supply.
Major General Weller M. Robertson, former Second Division commander in France and Germany, is reassigned to command XV Corps with headquarters in Salzburg Austria. In a letter to two World War I veterans now in retirement Sgt Maj Warren W. Winship and Sgt James J. Brought Robertson credits the division's record to the tradition set by former members. Brought, noted as an early baseball pitcher, is mentioned in the correspondence.
Funeral services are set for Mrs. George W. Jones, 74, at 5 p m Tuesday in Hondo. She died Monday at her home 115 West Russell. A San Antonio church worker and clubwoman, she served as past matron of the Order of Eastern Star and held leadership roles in the League of Protestant Women and other groups. Survivors include brother G D Nowlin of Goose Creek and several nieces and nephews.
The Office of War Information lists local casualties including Navy dead Trt. Clemente G. Perez USMC and Seaman Eugenie L. Hertel, both of San Antonio addresses, along with multiple wounded and missing from the Pacific and Europe theaters. Includes Pvt. Elias Pineda USMC and Pfc. Luiz M. Salgado, among others, with home addresses in San Antonio and nearby cities.
George Haeusler grand president of the Hermann Sons lodge in Texas died Thursday morning at 910 Highland Boulevard. He had served as county auditor of Payette County before 1935 and then led the state Hermann Sons lodge. Survivors include daughters Anita Wilcox Leola Voelker and sons Lee Edwin Leslie plus nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Riche Naval Home with interment at La Grange.
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