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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1941
Page
2
A sharp critique of tax law and enforcement discusses the burden on taxpayers, lawyers, and accountants. It argues the system excuses excessive tax avoidance while pursuing alleged evaders, condemning the Misdeal government for high penalties and audits, and cites Andrew Jackson era tax battles and a figure named Joe Schenck as context.
Italian high command said Italian forces crossed into Albania and pushed into Greece along the front. Four hundred Fascist planes bombed Greek positions as they retreated into Epirus with heavy losses cited. Air raids hit Preveza Arta Paxos and Carpi islands and the British base at Suda Bay Crete. One steamer was burned at Suda Bay.
Berlin reports Count Galeazzo Ciano Italy’s foreign minister met with Adolf Hitler and Joachim von Ribbentrop. They discussed Yugoslavia’s fate and Ciano’s return to Rome after the talks.
President Roosevelt nominated James G. Camp of Texas to be director of the census replacing the retired William L. Austin. The appointment announced in Washington places Camp in charge of the 1940 census preparations and national population count.
Tokyo April 22 Japanese Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka arriving from Rome and Moscow said there is no misunderstanding among Axis powers on the Soviet Japanese neutrality pact. He noted Germany and Italy warmly welcome the pact and praised its acceptance.
Izmir April 22 report by Daniel de Luce on a second Dunkirk in Greece as 50,000 to 80,000 British and colonial troops retreat under Greek defense. German tanks crush heavy armor. Greeks and allies fight on amid rearguard actions and dwindling supplies. Royal Navy destroyers prepared to evacuate King George II as Luftwaffe and German armor drive south through Yugoslavia and Thessaly.
Weather data covers wind speeds around northeast gusts, rainfall totals since January, and moon and sun timings. Listings include temperatures across multiple cities and a touristic weather guide noting cloudy to clear conditions.
War Roundup reports German invasion armies crack Allied lines and capture Volos Lamia Ioannina while British fall back to new posts near Thermopylae pass. Nazis claim Greeks cut off as Hitler’s high command says ships held for debarkment destroyed. Berlin says advance toward Suez resumes and Royal Navy fleets move from Tripoli. Plymouth bombed by Luftwaffe as heavy casualties feared. RAF raids Le Havre.
War reports from April 23 1916 detail President Wilson's ultimatum and submarine warfare from his front headquarters. German attacks near Caprella fail, French aviators target Sofia, Germans test aerial bombardment tactics in Norway, Narvik area fighting traps 300 Germans, Sweden protests German warplanes over its territory but denies troop passage.
German African corps regiments push eastward from Salam frontier in Egypt’s far east reports say. New movement followed a repulsed British thrust near the Libyan Egyptian border. Germans skirmish British rear guard and claim four officers and troops captured with motor vehicles.
London reports indicate German raids along the south coast and Plymouth with heavy anti aircraft fire over Dover strait and East Anglia. A Luftwaffe bomber was claimed shot down by RAF fighters as British bombers attacked Le Havre at dusk. Casualties feared heavy. government says fires under control before dawn.
Congressional leaders wrestle with what would happen if Britain sued for peace with Germany or if Hitler forced Britain from the soil of England. Most believe Hitler cannot invade the United States and that the U.S. would not easily invade Europe under current or foreseeable conditions. Some expect Britain may relocate to Canada leaving its fleet, with debated effects on the Western Hemisphere and the economic war.
The transport Republic from Fort Meson, Cull lands at Manila with over 2000 soldiers, including 1400 coast artillerymen to Fort Mills and Corregidor Island. The voyage marks the largest single American force landing in the Islands, carrying nearly 8000 tons of semy sarga and war equipment. The Republic will return with a passenger load of wives and children, plus materials vital to the United States defense program.
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