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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1943
Page
3
An excerpted wartime diary recounts Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and crew surviving 92 days adrift at sea. Descriptions cover drift, sun glare, injuries, rationing orange peels for food, and nightly signaling. The crew faces dehydration, fever, and near death while seeking land and maintaining faith and discipline.
In Mexico City and across the nation fiestas honored mothers. A Dia de las Madres gathering awarded mothers with tokens while dignitaries attended ceremonies at the national academy. Public education Minister Octavido Mesnt Vazquez presided over events.
In a closing mayoral rally on the west steps of City Hall, Mauermann urged harmony to make San Antonio the largest Texas city again. He pressed economy in office and praised local strengths while opponent criticism drew counterattacks.
A requiem Mass was held at St Marys University chapel Thursday at 8 60 a m for Lieut Rudy Vargas ex student of the university. He was the son of Mr and Mrs M Vargas of 2002 South Prata Street and the newest member of the Alpha Eta chapter of Delta Epsilon Sigma national scholastic honor society in service to World War II.
Duncan employee Clarence Wilson, a former Duncan field worker, faces sentencing at 2 p m after pleading guilty to charges of fabricating wage records. Wilson admitted falsifying time cards at the Meld facility, with Judge W A Keeling presiding.
Local Union No 14 has been temporarily restrained from paying union funds by order of Judge Robert W Terrell at the request of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. A hearing is set for Friday May 21. The dispute began April 2 when the national redirected control to Indianapolis and suspended the San Antonio local for 22 members losing non union work.
Thieves escalated raids through Monday night and Tuesday targeting wartime households and the Armed Forces community along West Cypress Street. Red Cross welfare services and a regional conference in the Plaza discussed recreation therapy and veterans support, with BAP workers and officials from St. Louis and San Antonio detailing hospital, home service, and camp programs.
A solemn mass at 8:70 a.m. Wednesday in the St. Marys University chapel begins a day of festivity for Rev. Brother Peter J. Sebutt as he celebrates the golden jubilee of his religious profession in the Society of Mary. The Very Rev. Waller F. Golatka, university president, will be celebrant with two peer presidents as deacon and subdeacon. The Very Rev. Joseph G.C. Ed will preach the jubilee sermon. A communion breakfast follows, with St Marys students as guests, and a jubilee dinner at 5:30 p.m. attended by St. Marys and Central Catholic High School faculties and friends. The public is invited to a reception from 8 to 11 p.m. on the Woodlewin campus.
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