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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1943
Page
1
An audit ordered by Mayor Gus Mauermann criticizes municipal airport construction costing 2,038,099 as a result of inexperience and amateurish services. It highlights overruns on runways, drainage, lighting, and three wooden hangars, with WPA and bond funds covering most costs.
A swift string of Allied wins in Russia, Sicily, and across Europe has President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill weighing the next steps. The war appears near a decisive moment requiring a unified plan to break Hitler’s European fortress.
San Antonio faces a surge of illegal taxis with no meters and high fares. Drivers hire out cars to spread to downtown streets and at train and bus stations. Officials weigh possible decoy strategies and joint talks with licensed firms as debate grows about enforcement.
San Antonio faced its most critical housing crisis since the war began as thousands of newcomers and army wives arrived with nowhere to live. Real estate agencies report no rentals for months, with rents of 85 to 150 dollars seen as beyond average job seekers. Evictions spike as landlords remodel or seek higher rents, with 45 cases in Vaughan and 37 in Corri fan courts last month. Many work in city, then return home due to lack of housing. Families sleep in parks or stations awaiting solutions from USO Travel Aid and the YWCA.
Neutral countries led by Sweden and Switzerland respond cautiously to President Roosevelt’s call to bar Mussolini and Axis war criminals. Diplomats say neutra ls may offer polite refusals with escape clauses to preserve international law and U N principles. In North Africa Allied forces report 500 Axis planes destroyed or damaged, with sanctuary to refugees still debated.
In a wacky Washington week, a halibut incident leads to a fishy chase as a grocer is fined after a shopper accuses him of insult during a halibut purchase. A laundryman quits amid a gas cutoff scare, and a hunt for lost clothes unfolds with comic chaos.
Secretary of War Stimson reported after a 13,500 mile tour of North Africa and the British Isles that American troops display high fighting spirit and morale. He said the Allied will is powerful, and U S bombers caused heavy damage to Axis targets including Romania oil fields, with losses and downed planes noted.
Secretary of War Stimson reported American casualties in Sicily through July 22 totaling 7,42 501 killed 3870 wounded and 2370 missing. He called these losses moderate given terrain and troops involved and said British casualties were not much higher. Axis prisoners estimated at 100,000, mostly Italians, with German losses heavy.
Lieut Peter Krug a German saboteur once escaped from a Canadian prison camp and later convicted of treason has been recaptured after another escape. He was taken at the Canadian Pacific railway station at Nevil Bay near North Bay Ontario on Monday night authorities announced today.
A forecast shows little change in temperatures in San Antonio and nearby areas Thursday or Friday. Scattered thundershowers likely in the northwest portion Thursday afternoon and night. Additional weather details appear on page.
COLE E. reports John Bovingdon, chief economic analyst at the Office of Economic Warfare, was fired amid Dies Committee pressure. Bovingdon had refused to resign, citing service to the country and opposition to anti New Deal smearing.
London dispatch reports 101 American airmen killed in the Priesti raid buried with military honors by German and Romanian troops. The claim, carried via Reuters from Bucharest, reflects partisan wartime reporting on casualties and ceremonies.
British Eighth Army seizes Catania and Paterno as Axis defenses falter cutting off western escape routes to Mount Etna. Soviet forces push to Orel in a major 1943 victory while Italy eyes armistice moves amid Balkan sabotage and air war against Ruhr and Naples.
Police Commissioner P L Anders son analyzes a new downtown traffic plan with no parking on Houston and Commerce Streets and meters on one side only. He expects a sharp drop in meter revenue, the main source for pensions of firemen police and alarm operators. He will survey current intake to estimate losses and account for removal costs and new street layouts.
The report notes Irish urging to open a western front in Europe after the Red Army's Orel victory. William Gallacher calls Foreign Secretary Eden to brief the war cabinet ahead of the summer recess. He seeks decisive action and notes Allied contributions and expected continuation.
Washington report to the war department cites Col Royalty Gervais stating 40,900 Japanese casualties on Guadalcanal. He notes only 500 of about 42,000 U.S. troops escaped death or capture. He praises jungle fighting tactics and equipment and says American soldiers will meet the Japanese anywhere.
In an AP dispatch from ENOGAL INLET New Guinea July 10 a mixed force of Marine Raiders and Army troops captured Enogai inlet disrupting Japanese lines on Kolombangara. Under Col Harry B Tiversedge they moved through swamps and jungle in a surprise operation from Rice anchorage, fighting occasional snipers and enduring rain and fatigue. The raid demonstrated stealth and endurance with a small force reaching the river by July 6 and approaching the enemy fortifications before withdrawing after securing the objective.
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