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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1943
Page
14
A humorous notice from The San Antonio Light promotes a cuddly dog-stitch pattern 698 to cheer war orphans. It outlines sending 11 cents, your name and address, with orders filled in New York and delivery possibly two weeks or longer.
Readers discuss proper manners with service members in theaters and USO dances. Advice covers saying you were glad to meet someone and inviting staying with the wedding couple’s family, plus a sewing pattern promo with fall designs and order details.
A San Antonio Transit employee’s public relations letter sparks a debate about new uniforms. A bus driver’s wife writes that she objects to glamor and wants practical attire while supporting the city’s war bonds. The exchange includes etiquette jabs and concerns over public visibility.
The Good Housekeeping October issue features Marquand’s short story I Heard an Old Man Say and presents two new serials, seven notable short stories, 15 articles, 12 fashion pages, 25 new recipes, and department news from seven areas.
A reader asks Miss Fairfax about ongoing letters between a young woman and a former classmate now in the service. The exchange defends keeping the friendship, while other inquiries address age secrecy in engaged relationships and a doubtful marriage. The column urges facing facts over idealized love and hints at duty.
Patricia Johnson daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Clay Johnson was honored with several pre wedding parties before her marriage to Lieutenant Speler Saturday morning. A breakfast in the Sun room at St Anthony hotel hosted by Mrs Paul Edward Worris, bride’s sister, drew 12 guests. Friday morning Mrs Robert A Kerr of Victoria hosted a breakfast at her mother Mrs Marvin Warren’s home. Miss Elizabeth Small, cousin of the bride, hosted a supper at La Fonda Wednesday evening with fourteen invited guests. Mrs Glenn A Mast and Mrs Hilda Milley plan a buffet supper for the couple at Mrs Mast’s home.
Three South Texans were reported missing in action in Europe from the war department. Col William J Kennedy Gonzales Pvt Guadalupe Longoria and Sgt Richard C Bartered are listed missing in the North African theater, as Eleanor Roosevelt describes a Red Cross tour visiting military hospitals ships and crews in Hawaii and the U.S. mainland during September 1943.
Youths under 24 made up 15 percent of all arrests for murder, 34 percent for larceny, robbery, and 50 percent for burglary in 1942, highlighting high involvement in serious offenses.
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