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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1941
Page
1
The speaker indicts the United States for higher crime and overcrowded jails while arguing that inefficiency and corruption in government drive criminal activity. Education and punishment are criticized as failing to curb crime, with blame placed on public policy, politics, and societal influences. Continued on Page 2, Col. a.
The German high command announced Tallinn and its defense fell after a hard fight. Soviet losses included a destroyer and nine warships sunk in the harbor and in the gulf, with 22 troop transports reported sunk.
A garbled weather note warns Antonians to carry tarpaulins for outing plans as cooler temperatures are expected. Forecaster J Henry Jarboe notes possible thunderstorms across Texas including San Antonio with highs near 90 instead of 100 and light to moderate southeast winds.
A $10,000 damages suit was filed in Forty-fifth District Court Friday by Mrs. Robert Christmas against San Antonio Public Service Co. The petition alleges her husband Mic Gordon Christmas died July 29, 1941, due to the company's negligence while repairing a metal roof at 151 West Third Avenue.
John R. Brinkley of Del Rio Texas undergoes amputation of his leg today after a period of critical condition last Saturday. The 661-year-old gland surgeon battles gangrene and a related ailment as his health worsens following surgery attempts and complications.
The War Department outlined plans to discharge 200,000 service members this year. Largest share comes from the Third Army, with 46,000 freed from its San Antonio headquarters. Other releases include 39,400 from the First Army on Governors Island, 19,300 from the Second Army in Memphis, 16,200 from the Fourth Army in San Francisco, 7,000 from the armored force, and 5,200 from general services.
A report planned disruption of Charles A. Lindberghs non interventionist speech in OKLAMNGMA Aug 29 led Sheriff and George Gort to reinforce police presence. 25 of 35 staff on duty, crowds monitored, speeches moved to a ball park outside city limits to prevent trouble.
Austin reports an antitrust suit by Attorney General Gerald O. Mann alleging a Wichita County beer price fixing agreement among 26 drive in beer sellers. The defendants allegedly agreed not to sell beer below a common price and to raise prices effective August 8 1941, setting 16 cent or 25 cent per two bottle cases.
Partly cloudy Friday night and Saturday with isolated thunderstorms. Southeast winds will be moderate to fresh along the coast. Temperatures will range from a high Friday near 74 to a low Saturday around 64, with little change elsewhere and scattered thundershowers mainly in the south portion. East Texas and the Rio Grande Valley show similar cloudiness and showers, with temperatures near steady.
Washington reports Senator Maloney warned of bunker oil scarcity affecting defense industries on the Eastern seaboard with only four to five days supply. Admiral Land proposed 100 oil carrying barges to ease shortages and opposed a Southwestern pipeline. Paris notes Pierre Laval to undergo emergency surgery for a bullet wound with infection concerns rising.
George Earl Scott 58 longtime San Antonio resident and auditor at the San Antonio Machine and Supply Co died Thursday. Funeral services are Saturday at 8:00 am at Porter Loring Chapel and 1:00 pm at St Gerard Catholic Church. Burial at San Fernando Cemetery. He is survived by son Clarence Scott of San Antonio and daughters Mrs. P J Bulger of San Antonio and Mrs Beatrice Elgell of El Paso. Rosary Friday at the chapel.
Berlin radio quoted Tokyo officials claiming an agreement with the United States has been reached amid Japanese mobilization measures. Tokyo announced emergency cabinet action under the national mobilization act to shift labor and strengthen labor control as tensions with the U S persisted.
President Roosevelt avoided commenting on the Pacific peace question and the Namura talks with Japan. He refused to discuss the Kanoye message or conversations with Admiral Nomura and Secretary Stimson, saying it could affect plans for potential talks and the broader issue of peace or war in the Pacific.
Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini concluded a five day war council at the front amid front-line cannon fire. The leaders discussed development and duration of the war and sought a new European order with destruction of Bolshevik influence and plutocratic exploitation as aims for victory.
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