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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1944
Page
4
A compact profile extols Canada as the Allies most important supplier and partner, detailing vast production in aluminum nickel asbestos iron and armaments, vast naval and air forces, secret tech, and near-complete wartime industrial parity, highlighting the deep Canadian-American ties and strategic air routes.
Readers are invited to weigh in on whether women are healthier, more enduring, and longer living, or if men remain the sturdier sex. Submit a signed letter with full name, address, and age over 30 to Elsie Robinson, with contest prizes for top girl and boy responses and others for published letters. deadline in one week.
A front page feature prints diverse letters from youths and adults debating postwar policy. A female student defends continued rationing and global aid while boys largely oppose. Readers urge sacrifice and international relief to rebuild nations after war, with signatures from Mayme Kaln and Pvt. Harold Vietor.
The writer extols Gracie Fields as the greatest English serio comique on record praising her wit stage presence and ability to lift crowds at the Wedgwood Room Speaks of comparing her to Vesta Victoria and others and hopes she remains in town for audiences.
A collage of wartime sentiments, personal notes, and media blurbs. It references love letters from B V Dorling, General Eisenhower's favorite dish fried mush and chicken gravy, a Pembroke shire Red Cross nurse family, Franchot Tone remarks, Franchot Franchot’s name origin, a Cornell alumnus actor, and a U S Army Medical Corps fitter bearer remark. The piece blends morale-boosting poetry, family military service, and entertainment trivia with a soldier’s view of danger and resilience.
Sally remains steadfast in love with Joe while moneyed Gerald Diggs enters her life offering luxury. Gerald sets a trap by inviting Sally to his apartment to discuss their future, only for Sally to learn the wife is home from hospital. Sally’s plan to abandon Joe for affluence collapses as the truth unfolds and a new job offer arises.
A veteran recalls the old New York theater scene with figures such as George Rector and Jonny Gates. He contrasts wartime taxes and high living with the Broadway of 1915, recounting poker rooms, notable acts, and clashes over cuts in profits. The talk pivots to the lure of the old days versus present times, noting impresarios and performers from Considine’s and Ziegfeld to Erlanger.
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