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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1945
Page
13
A thoughtful meditation on Memorial Day noting its origins as a graveside tribute for fallen soldiers and its evolution into a general day of remembrance. The piece extols memory’s healing power, recalling joyful moments, shared achievements, and the enduring bond with the departed beyond flowers and tears.
A fragmented reflective piece discusses a wounded soldier named Jim, coping with loss and disability after war. It contrasts his struggle with pride, resilience, and society’s pity, invoking Robert Louis Stevenson to urge belief in personal power and renewal.
Walter Winchell on Broadway Trade Bark mirrors wartime cynicism as generals ignore orders and Goering is mocked. Eisenhower praised, praise turned to caution as the piece skewers Nazi propaganda, prison camps, and Allied resolve.
Shirley Jean Meyers, a 9 year old at Blessed Sagrameny academy, is promoted to Junior high school with a general average above 99. She receives certificates for scholarship, perfect attendance and promotion, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Meyers of 154 Grapeland street Harlandate.
Poem reflects a mother awaiting a son across a rainbow dawn. It envisions a safe afterlife and reunion, portraying the soldier with a heavenly smile and light in his eyes. Attribution: Nick Kenny, 1945, copyrighted by Niel Kenny.
Memorial Day essay honors fallen soldiers with poems and reverent prose. It praises American sacrifice, flags at half mast, and the duty to decorate graves of martyred dead, unknown soldiers, and sailors. It salutes veterans and calls for continued freedom fights and national devotion.
A medical note explains causes and treatment of ingrown toenails. It discusses shoe fit and basic care, then outlines Dr T H Wilson s operation removing the nail and root, followed by healing with protective dressings and antiseptics to prevent infection.
A fragmentary San Antonio Light report recalls Maj. George Twiggs proposing a hammer blow against northern marauders to address the Indian threat. The expedition grew as cavalry and scouts gathered, clashed at an unnamed village, and resulted in wounded officers but failed to decisively end the conflict amid broader treaty pressures.
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