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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1941
Page
5
In Caravas, Venezuela, April 1 fires broke out on three Italian ships the Joll Fascio Teresa Odero Prostera and a German freighter the Sesostyls. The blazes drew crowds to the docks as crewmen leaped into the sea to escape.
Lima April 1. Peruvian planes scouting the Pacific for German merchantmen Munchen and Hermuthis reportedly located the ships about 110 miles off shore. Action by the Peruvian government was not known. Two German freighters were sighted by their crews and thought sinking at Callao earlier today.
Government prosecutors in San Francisco press for deportation of Babor Leader Murry Bridges. They aim to prove his ties to subversive groups including the Communist Party, Industrial Workers of the World, and Marine Workers' Industrial Union. Bridges denies ever being a Communist.
President Roosevelt, back in Washington, met congressional leaders to review the legislative outlook and pressed ahead with a plan to accelerate a seven‑billion dollar program to aid allied nations in countering Axis powers. Maj. Gen. James H. Burns discussed munitions acceleration during the talks.
In Corpus Christi on April 1 three candidates oppose the administration party’s slate in a city election, contrasting with usual turnout. Independents run under a new party banner alongside unopposed Mayor A. G. McGatghon and Joseph Mireur for one commissioner seat. The independent ticket includes Mrs. Fultz, widow of the late candidate, as a write‑in contender amid filing closures.
Vatican reports Pope Pius XII has issued protests to the German government through Monsignor Gleanve Orse nige as signs of renewed Catholic persecution in Germany emerge. An Oxservatore Romano homily by Curent Fawhaher of Munfoly asserts the Pope seeks penne but maintains strict neutrality despite the suffering.
Amarillo Texas Tuesday judge G J Matthews sentenced Jatios5 Black to 60 days in jail after a guilty plea to theft of four pairs of gloves from Alex Ochs of Jeslie Brothers. Army contract to Aldrich Washington announced for Fort Clark construction.
Sunlit pages of Tech High's annual April Fool's celebration feature the "kit dig" program. Riva Radack won first prize a lunch reel and Easter rabbit in the girls contest while Hd Harsons took top prize in the boys division amid school sponsorship and student prizes.
Brooksfield and cadets Hastings and Crickette were killed when a training flight crashed on a rocky hillside near Temple on the return leg to San Antonio. Ground parties located the wreckage after a prolonged search. Crickette, Williams, and Hastings were identified among the three officers who died. Bodies were transported to Kelly field for burial. Captain Crickette leaves a widow, and Williams is survived by his wife in San Antonio.
In Rome April 1 steel helmeted troops ringed the U S embassy amid fears of protests. Similar guard lines and street closures were set at the Yugoslav legation where schoolboys marched with Axis flags. Japanese Foreign Minister Matsuoka met King Victor Emmanuel III and visited the Pantheon tombs, then held talks with Mussolini and Ciano as tensions and Axis hopes for a settlement persisted.
Members of the Amarillo diocese elected RL Rev. F. J. Pokluda of Rowena as administrator of the diocese to serve until a successor is appointed. Archbishop R. E. Garey will install the new bishop. Miss Mary Alvarado and Miss Juanita Bailón were treated at Robert B. Green Hospital for dog bites.
The Texas House approved a proposed constitutional amendment creating four state land banks to fund farm purchases. The vote was 105 to 24 after about 30 minutes of debate. The measure now goes to the Senate.
New York April 1 Fordham university seismograph logged two shocks described as very severe. The first quake occurred about 5:50 a.m. local time and a second followed shortly after, recorded 2450 miles from New York, signaling a strong distant earthquake event. Norman re elected a.m. Bank of England site stated.
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