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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1942
Page
2
A cache of reader letters and wartime appeals urging support for the Pacific war, critiques of leadership and labor, calls for collective civic action, and plans for “Discussion for Victory” clubs to pressure Congress. Letters commend Hearst, denounce red tape, and stress national unity and prepared homefront activism.
Soviet and Allied actions blur as 25 year retrospective notes Senate approval of a resolution 82 to 6. French and British forces press St Quentin from north and south while German cross a Russian garrison at the Stokhod river. In Volhynia thirty five infantry units push southeast of Kovel as Nazis mass on Yugoslav borders. British troops on the Ginyan toast retreat under German and Malian mechanized pressure. G S pledges aid to Yugoslavia if attacked by Germany.
A 69 year old man, Joel Tumlinson of 108 Hi Dora street, was in serious condition with a skull fracture and possible internal injuries after being struck by a car in the 400 block of West Usco Avenue. Witnesses said the victim was thrown about 50 feet. Drivers Gilford Exach Dyat and Benito Rodriguez were involved, with Rodriguez suffering a four inch cut to the head in a separate collision on South Brazos Street. A passenger, Margaret Bodilla, 18, suffered a cut on the left arm in the South Pecos collision.
New Delhi April reports Mohammed Ali Jinnah and SS Sivaram expressed strong opposition to Cripps’s postwar dominion proposal. Jinnah warned it would keep Muslims tied to Hindu rule and disapproved the offer. The All-India Congress also rejected the plan as unsatisfactory.
Plainspoken report from Ghungking notes American built transport planes will carry essential war materials from India to China. An official statement says they can handle a substantial portion of tonnage formerly moved via the Burma road. Construction of two overland routes from India to China was reported, with one possibly ready within a month.
The R A announced the Axis air drome at Dera was bombed yesterday for the second consecutive day. A German fighter was shot down and others damaged badly. British fighters also claimed a German bomber down and three anti aircraft guns were silenced in Malta aid efforts. Swedish communique reported eight bombs dropped on Haparanda bore Russian markings near the Finland border.
Weather note about Ply Betectiva with day or night timing referenced, lacking clear specifics. Readable fragments indicate advisory tones but no concrete forecasts, temperatures, or periods.
The page lists a scrambled puzzle with numbered clues mixing letters numbers and stray symbols. It includes multilingual and partial words for many entries such as Behold, In, and India. mentions assets like metal names and ancient places. appears to be a damaged OCR scan of a daily crossword with unclear formatting and several typos. The puzzle section is interspersed with stray characters and misread phrases, indicating a dubious OCR extraction rather than a clean clue set.
In Hollywood on April 4, a fragile eight year old from England named Clare Sandars lost her screen role after contracting measles during filming. The child, who hoped her work might reach Libya to see her stationed father, faced a delayed production and an abrupt end to her brief movie dream amid the industry’s busy, often transient, backstage culture.
Radio San Francisco reports that the Freedom radio in the Philippines remains on air alongside two U S Army stations the Melbourne Turtle and Today. An Australian announcer Amid relayed a message from Philippine President Manuel Quezon after his arrival in Australia. Jap jamming attempts reportedly failed to stop the broadcasts.
New York, April 4 7 The sugar rationing program may be dropped as estimates of sugar supplies favor the war production division over the wishes of the Yerles administration. Registration might be abandoned if Cuban sugar availability rises, with about 1 million tons more for U S consumption due to faster industrial alcohol production in the Middle West.
San Bernardino Calif April 4 Fire and heavy explosion destroyed a small assembly building of the Western Stove company last week the plant shipped orders from the army chemical warfare service Lieut Parker Johnstone in charge of army guards at the plant said absolutely no regarding the possibility of sabotage
Hollywood gossip details the engagement rumors around Hedy Lamarr and George Montgomery. It traces Montgomery's Montana roots, path to acting via a Bakon route, and the couple’s public interest sparked at a party hosted by Fred MacMurray.
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