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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1943
Page
3
Soviet forces pushed to within seven miles of the Orel base as German counterstrikes failed to stem the advance. Reports say Russians shelled the Orel–Bryansk line, destroyed tanks and vehicles, and forced a German retreat despite minefields and air assaults that disrupted progress.
Pravda praised the newly formed free German national committee as a force to unite anti Hitler forces inside Germany and grow Hitler foes. The committee, formed July 1942 by German refugees and prisoners, pledges to urge resistance, demand peace, and establish democracy. Birth notice and advertising text are included in the fragment.
World war veteran and printer for The Light for 26 years F Ted died Saturday in San Antonio. services at Alamo Funeral Home 8:30 a.m. and a requiem mass at St Joseph’s church 9 a.m. Mons Peter Gchnetzer officiating. Interment in Rennsnn Bonssemete Teleti. Lived 512 East Crockett Street. Survived by sisters Vera Dulling Helene Schunke and brothers Hens Teich Ernest Teich, all of San Antonio.
Washington report states the office today issued an amendment defining house slippers as non rationed footwear. The change does not expand the list of unrationed shoes but addresses difficulty classifying many varieties including porch slippers and similar types.
Allied forces report a light Sunday bombing of Munda defenses by Navy bombers escorted by air and sea fighters. 27 tons of explosives hit gun positions and supply dumps around the central Solomons airbase. Weather may have reduced air activity eastward. Barges destroyed near Cape Gloucester. Lae recon flight unreported. Fire started at Boula Ceram and at sea. Attu and Vila airfields also targeted. Heavier raids from aircraft and ships followed by weather.
Jungle lizards gather daily in the South Pacific at a Marine base to dance to Tug-cat music played from a phonograph fashioned by Cpl. Marshal J. Dailey of Waco Texas. The reptiles, 3 to 12 inches long, form a daily crowd until the concert ends and then disperse. Dailey has watched their jigging progress since one day when six lizards appeared in his bed. the afternoon performances continue daily before 4:30 p.m.
U.S. forces push toward Munda airbase on New Georgia in a slow, brutal yard by yard campaign. Allied troops face a small but stubborn Japanese garrison, with heavy bombardment and mounting air losses on both sides. American ships and planes inflict significant Japanese damage, while U.S. losses include several vessels and aircraft. In a separate note, Houston reports 100 people charged in Corporation Court with gaming after police raids.
American forces press toward Munda airstrip as infantry reach Terer village and Bibila HNL area. U S aerial pounding drives Japanese defenders to improvise double decker foxholes with coral topped shelters, one captured has a six foot thick coral roof.
An overseas war dispatch notes war correspondents at General MacArthur's headquarters in the Southwest Pacific. The writer recalls clichéd daily press conferences, the ritual prep, and the strain that leads many to breakdown after months of coverage. He mentions a past Los Angeles sports writer amid a long anecdote.
A quirky, unnamed reminiscence recounts Gene Coughlin writing game stories from a hotel in San Francisco, dispatching by wire to Los Angeles while radio broadcasts from Sacramento played in. It details his rapid telegraph flow, notoriety as a bedside journalist, and a dry, humorous aside about etiquette at sea and a later shift to scriptwriting for Gracie Allen.
Francis Washington reports Air Force debunks jungle fears for soldiers in South Pacific islands. The magazine says snakes, crocodiles, leeches and venomous creatures pose far less danger than imagined and jungle life is safer and more pleasant than many cities.
Judge J Matthews in County Coast No 2 sentenced Willie Gray of Harllcourts to a $100 fine and costs for unlawfully carrying a pistol. Joe Garza of 43 East Commerce street received 30 days in jail for stealing a $39 guitar from Lews Castillo at 338 Blum street.
The Navy reports six US ships sunk in July in the western Atlantic, matching June totals and contrasting with earlier war-year losses. The Associated Press tally shows 876 Allied and neutral merchant ships sunk in western Atlantic waters since America entered the war, with 207 in recent reports and 272 in renewal notes.
Frances J. Spellman of New York arrived home by plane after a six month tour through Africa the Mediterranean and the Vatican in Europe and the Middle East. The trip included a visit to the Vatican and ended with a return to New York.
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