March 18, 2026
IS OVERCOME WITH JOY.
Mother Surprised by Sailor Son Who
Went Around the World.
When Frank J. Schatava, ordinary seaman on the battleship Rhode Island, came home to Kansas City from his cruise around the world with the fleet he didn't notify his mother at 9 Bellaire avenue of his coming. She was so overjoyed at seeing him that something like nervous prostration set in, and on this account her 19-year-old son has asked for a five days' extension to his furlough. He joined the fleet last June at San Francisco.
Nothing like the navy," says Seaman Schatava, "and I'm going to enlist again as soon as my time expires."
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