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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1941
Page
8
Detroit Aug 11 Ford and other makers map 1942 model plans amid re tooling. Production will stay slow as previews begin late August into September. Use of 1941 panels continues. total output likely below 50 percent of 1941 levels. Used car prices steady to higher amid anticipated shortages and tax costs.
In Mexico City officers of the new V for Victory party say they advised Nelson Rockefeller Winston Churchill and Gen. Charles de Gaulle of their organization. The group plans to coordinate its work with the United States Britain and the Free French.
Mexico City August reports say 1000 bales of silk bought by Mexican mills are frozen by the United States. The Textile Workers union warns 28 stocking factories employing about 2000 workers may be forced to close without silk, as Avila Camacho is urged to intervene.
Private James Rees enlisted from Waterloo Iowa and is reportedly eating five to seven pounds per meal at a Marine base. Doctors call the appetite unusual but not alarming and note he has gained 18 pounds in two and a half months in service.
Immigration officers detained a Norwegian seaman, later identified as Edward Hall Harrison, after he threatened to sink the German steamer Arauca to prevent its transfer to Mobile for reconditioning. A new Norwegian crew was brought to Florida to man the ship before its South American service under the Federal Maritime Commission. The Arauca was chased into Port Everglades in 1973 by a British cruiser.
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