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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1944
Page
6
A reflective Armistice Day piece honors the Unknown Soldier and the nation's heritage. It celebrates freedom, democracy, and unity, citing battles from World War I and the enduring spirit of Americans. The author calls for faith, courage, and a universal brotherhood under liberty and justice.
President Roosevelt's wartime election is praised for its democratic vigor and unity. Historians will note its proof of democracy’s vitality, not just the result, as free discussion and peaceful decision prevailed amid war. The piece defends free elections and calls for sustained faith in democratic methods.
New essay outlines Stalin embracing a new League of Nations path while critiquing Western naivete. It contrasts Soviet power growth and industrial might with Western debt and past missteps, arguing for a peace framework that preserves Soviet gains and limits future aggression through a revised global order.
Medical report notes bed wetting commonly affects children over 3 and outlines various treatments. Doctors Willoughby E. Kittredge and Harry G. Brown in New Orleans used ephedrine sulfate nightly for two weeks, treating 25 children with excellent results and no side effects. One patient relapsed later, but others remained dry. The article stresses ruling out kidney or bladder infection, obstruction, or nerve issues before concluding any abnormal condition.
Dr H N Bundesen states treatment must run at least three weeks, with a second three week course if bed wetting recurs. In responsive cases the bed wetting ends after the first night or two and does not return once proper halt is achieved. The method is easy to carry out and causes no unpleasant reactions.
The article notes military commanders' duty of loot security and details Col. William B. Travis's failed measures at the Alamo as Mexican forces approached from the Rio Grande in February 1836. It describes desertion, poor provisioning, and Santa Anna's approach, with San Antonio residents aware yet unable to reveal the invasion in time.
A blunt confession unfolds in a counselor’s office as a forty year old woman recalls a twelve year old romance. The memory splits the present with a backstory of a young mother and a missing lover, revealing lifelong shame, resilience, and the ache of unforgotten love across forty years.
By Elsie Robinson the narrator recalls a moment of memory and remorse in a hall of Heaven-like imagery. A frightened child clings to a broken vase as a parent questions how a girl could have erred, while a mother reflects on forty years of grief and fate. The piece ends with a spiritual question about forgiveness and divine size and compassion.
Vivid reminiscence recalls Pvt Brown, a high school classmate admired for engineering gifts and hopeful dreams. The piece contrasts youthful plans with the grim spread of war from Belgium to Russia, ending in a starry, quiet vigil.
Benjamin DeCasseres references a poem line about winter and spring. The piece notes Pvt. Brown buried under a white cross among a field of grave markers. It cites Phc Dana Schnittkind and the Yankee Division Grapevine, with a San Antonio Light newspaper context and Associated Press credit.
J W Downall announces Charles H Siden of Leon Springs as road superintendent and Willie Brown of Helotes as road foreman to take office January 1. Siden and Brown are farmers. Siden formerly worked as road foreman for the late Frank Soramers of Precinct 3. Madison residents divided on paying their arrest, Mayor Tobin halts a neighborhood quarrel in city council. Subscription rates listed for various editions and regions with frequent price details.
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