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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1943
Page
2
Allied air campaign intensifies against Germany with a new strategy to target waterworks and distribution systems. Reported Hamburg casualties vary, with estimates around 30,000 from neutral European sources. authorities cite 4.6 million city population amid ongoing bombings.
A garbled report describes patients in an emergency chair with backache and dehydration. It mentions loss of paper and water, urging care, and references doctors and urgent signs. Specific names or places are not readable.
A harsh wartime notice claims Hiller seizes living spaces for his vast slave workforce, while a contrarian call touts voluntary housing for workers as the American standard. A telephone line advertises quick rental rooms.
MEMPHIS TEN Aug 3 Romance has flown from the hearts of Margaret Polk and Maj Robert Morgan pilot of her Flying Fortress named the Memphis Belle That word came last night from blonde Miss Polk who revealed wynere will be no wedding But Bob and I will always be good trends She refused to disclose the reason for the break saying it was mutual agreement The major is on a tour of war plants with his plane and crew
New York dispatch cites Ankara transmitter reporting German pressure limits Balkan governments from appointing readers opposed to the Axis. Budapest Bucharest and Sofia hold cabinet meetings as Berlin demands troops to replace ceased divisions. outcomes remain unresolved amid continued coercion.
The navy reports two San Antonio sailors missing. Ensign Jack Brice Howard, wife Ives at 13th Park Hill Drive, and Ralph Mar amalejo Rodriguez, father Pete G. Rodriguez Ives at 127 Rehrham Street. Also missing were Ramiro Rodríguez and Alfred Sanchez of Laredo. Also notes on war strategy and Berlin spread.
Dewitt Mackenzie reports a crisis across fronts as Mussolini’s Italy delays surrender. Hitler aims to slow Allied advances by fortifying northern Italy near Trieste and the Po river line. The plan seeks a last stand to salvage occupied territories while Allied pressure intensifies bombing and campaigns in Sicily and the Soviet Front.
Austin Aug 3 42 The possibility of a special legislative session grew uncertain as Governor Stevenson said he has received petitions from legislators and teachers against his school finance shuffle plan He warned he would not call a session for other purposes unless his plan is approved The plan includes lowering the general fund property tax from 32 to 40 cents per $100 and the automatic tax board has withheld setting the 1843 rate pending his decision If he abandons the larger tax cut the plan may be dropped
Olmos pays for fire protection in Olmos Pack area. A $806 check covers two years and was turned to Fire and Police Commissioner P J L Anderson by Theo FP Meyer Jr. Olmos mayor. Protection continues until May 31, 1845.
Dean Ward a San Antonio contractor has been awarded a War Department road relocation contract in Bell County. The project cost is under 50 000 dollars. In the same San Antonio district U S engineers awarded two more contracts to Rose and Oakes Abilene to build facilities in Taylor County and to Westle F Crockett Austin to construct utilities in Bell County.
Fifty candidates will be inducted into the Fraternal Order of Eagles Wednesday night at Judge Hall. Congressman Paul Kilday and city Commissioner Paul Steffior will address the gathering. Seventeen past presidents will attend. Lysteg to officiate are Paul Neushutz, Guy Cade, Gus Sotumids, Frank Gusido, William Mosla, EK.T. Bouter, and W. Mooty.
An unnamed Western desert light forces officer with Patton and Montgomery says pre invasion bombing raids on Sicily were a decisive factor, softening forts, ports, rail yards and lines of communication. He notes air support has redefined air power, with Spitfires, Warhawks and A-36s delivering crucial, ongoing aid to ground troops.
A disjointed note reports Itching First Application stirring up confusion at Webs Terr. Ronaseraiy and Pig ehoeter kia are named in relation to a tense meeting with Peete of RAS Be Tepal, with unclear outcomes and renewed questions about the process.
Allied forces push through rugged terrain across Mt Etna line as Ca Pieri Cerami fall and a 70 square mile bulge is cleared north Sicily. Air strikes hit ports and rail lines behind the Axis. Prisoners reach 94000 as Germans retreat toward Messina. American advance extends inland to the Tyrrhenian coast near San Stefano and San Fratello seeks a temporary German anchor.
County Commissioner Henry Hein unveiled plans for a cleaner, more beautiful Washington square in San Antonio. Building inspector Carl Wideman designed stalls with a washable, uniform base and canvass roots to replace the vegetable sellers’ shacks along Buena Vista Street. Concurrent war updates note Allied advances in Sicily with progress toward Messina and battles affecting troop movements and supply lines.
LEWES Del August 2 INS For the second straight year soldiers of the United States Army today aided in harvesting Delaware snap beans. Also assisting were imported black workers from the Balsams Craig Edwards former University of Minnesota student expressed amazement at the speed the Bahamians worked, noting they moved through the beans like electrically driven lawn mowers.
Austin Aug 3 committee probes replacement of J Murchison as director of the old age pension office. A large salary rise to 6000 a year drew criticism while 20 applicants seek the post. Lawmakers fault the department for slow reinvestigation of pension eligibility and high admin costs.
CHICAGO Aug 3 A second daughter was born today to Mrs Teresa Larkin Suite wife of Pred Sniter, the 33 year old infantile paralysis victim who has been confined in hospital for more than seven years. The child was born in Chirksy hospital where she and her mother were reported in good condition. Their first daughter Teresa Marie was born September 22 1840. Snite observed fits talty thra birthday Saturday.
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