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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1942
Page
1
Fragmented prose pieces blend war talk, idealism, and apocalyptic imagery with references to Lam War and Nascent rebellions. The text juxtaposes violent metaphors with calls for suffering for humanity and a critical note on leaders. A separate letter from 1942 discusses Dutch resistance against Japan in the Netherlands East Indies, praising Dutch steadfastness and wartime efforts.
India and its major political leaders refuse British postwar dominion terms in exchange for full wartime support. The All India Congress and Muslim League deem London’s terms unacceptable, signaling a postponement of independence issues to unite against a potential Japanese invasion. Leaders pledge to fight while delaying major political questions.
Rev. Joseph J. Lynch of Fordham University says instruments logged two severe earthquakes last night about 2010 miles southwest of New York and likely off the coast of Nicaragua. He notes the tremors measured 9:81:14 and 9:38:13, with times recorded in his selamalog.
British artillery shelled Axis columns in Libya yesterday as Rommel's forces tried to move the forward area on the Libyan front. General Headquarters reported German-Italian activity was generally normal and the front was not deserted.
London April 11 Col on Britton leader of Europe's V army urged listeners in German occupied countries to travel daily, saying there's a reason for us but he gave no details. An unrelated item reports a 60 foot submarine misidentified by patrol aviators washed ashore near here.
CHUNGKING April - The Flying Tigers, American volunteers, claimed a second consecutive victory over Japan’s air force after shooting down seven Japanese planes that attacked an air base in northern Burma. Allies reported all planes returned safely. The group, equipped with new gear and reinforcements, also held the line as Japanese raiders targeted central Burma, with Chinese and British forces tightening defense of the Ganges basin and the Burma front. The British withdrew further along the Trrawaddy river Valley, while in the north, Japanese and Chinese forces clashed near Youngeo.
Dispatches report Premier Bogdan Philoff submitted the Bulgarian government's resignation to King Borla. The move follows heightened tensions and a plan to reconstitute the administration amid raids and political strain.
British prisoners of war exchanged for Italians under the conventions arrived at Alexandria a day from Smyrna, Turkey. They are en route to Cal a by tent.
New York report says a United Airlines passenger plane overshot a runway at LaGuardia and plunged into Flushing Bay before dawn. Two crash boats saved all aboard. three crew members were injured, including stewardess Josephine Dargis 23, Co Pilot F F Butterfield, and Captain Douglas Wilton, all of Chicago.
Dozens of Allied bombers attacked Germany's Ruhr armament works including Krupp targets in a major daylight raid. Allied losses were 13 bombers, while Germans claimed many aircraft shot down and civilian casualties in Le Havre and Boulogne amid intensified air war over France and northern Germany.
U S military leaders Marshall and Hopkins advised Britain on the best way to reinforce air power against Nazi Germany. Talks with Prime Minister Churchill and British chiefs point to a likely early heavy Allied bombing and possible continental invasion plans, amid strained shipping and supply concerns for Russia.
Washington April 11 Representative Nichols chairman of a House Aviation investigating committee forecast civilian air travel would be restricted to war needs very soon. He said all passenger service by air would be eliminated to free capacity for vast war transport to bases and across the country and to foreign bases.
Ansty April 11 Anst Wraliit port reports the Dutch warship Lash Ditch was bombed at Java naval base before abandonment. The vessel sailed covertly toward Australia masked with foliage to resemble a floating inland site, per the commander’s statement.
The U S submarine Perch reportedly lost or missing in the western Pacific after a presumed war area incident. Commissioned six years ago the Perch was under Lt Commander David Albert Hurt and based at Submarine Base, Norfolk. This marks the fourth submarine loss since the war began.
WOKYO April 1 1945 The Imperial headquarters announced Lieut Gen Marquis Toshimi Maeda 53 former head of the war college as Japanese commander in chief to North Borneo.
Soviet dispatches report on Saturday that more than 3000 Germans had been killed in the last few days around Bryansk, southwest of Moscow, as Nazis suffered heavy casualties in counter attacks. Red troops claimed heavy losses in German thrusts on the central front and around Leningrad and Moscow region.
The actor Lew Ayres, amid a hunting trip with an associate on Catalina Island, described a wild boar hunt where a companion shot a sow and piglets, leaving him nauseated and with a lasting aversion to killing. Columbus reports note Ayres’s antipathy to combat duty after the event.
In a Tokyo broadcast the Baris and Comettis reported four new air carriers will enter service with Tokyo, carrying 35 40 54 and 83 planes respectively. Kenya evacuation set urged voluntary departure for women and children from Kenya Colony.
Australian dispatch recounts Japanese caution and costly early Luzon failures. It notes reckless tactics, shell fire, and heavy Japanese casualties while American Filipino forces defended Bathan and Cavite areas with observers citing spy networks and air guidance.
American Filipino defenders held stubbornly against a 12 000 strong Japanese landing on the Cebu coast as heavy fire from ships dive bombers tanks and shore batteries pressed an advance. The battle for Corregidor and the Botaan peninsula raged with air and sea bombardment and severe losses on both sides. Allied forces claimed destroying several Japanese ships planes and equipment while continuing to hold key positions.
Forecast indicates temperature changes with warmer conditions in the west and lower coast areas. The Weather Bureau reports on Tage 2 with expected higher temperatures inland and cooler damp coastal areas, signaling a temperate weekend.
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